*sigh* What car... Classic, 4 seater convertible

[Rich n Em]

So, strangely, both myself and the wife are blissfully happy with our cars, which is a novelty!

She adores her old, rattly, faithful Rav4 for the shopping/nursery run. I love my diesel Alfa 159 for the long commute.

Both of us, however, are missing soft-top ownership...

Now, with having a little one, we need a 4 seater - which eliminates my musings of Boxster/MX5/S2000 ownership. I've also got a hankering for something classic-ish, we've got a garage to keep it in, I can pop it on a classic car insurance policy with limited mileage, it should be cheap.

Money is tight, I'm thinking maybe £2000-3000. I just want something for occasional use, which has a good look and feel to it. My head says Audi 80, something like this:



but I'm not sure it's "special" enough? We've had an E36 328i 'vert but the wife found the unreliable roof to be frustrating and is refusing a new one...

Classic beetle maybe, not exactly a drivers car?

2 seater classics seem easy, 4 seater, not so much.

Help!

[kambites]

How about a mk1 Golf? For example:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4099348.htm



ETA: Oh that one's an auto, but still there are plenty out there.

This one is maybe nicer: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4069877.htm

[okie592]

2 mx5s

[DrTre]

Classic 900 turbo

[vixen1700]

Saw the title and thought of this.

Then read the OP.

[nosuchuser]

w124 convertible? If you can find one in budget...

[V8Triumph]

If you could stretch your budget Stags are great

[cv01jw]

Not classic per se, but how about a Volvo C70?

Or perhaps a Celica?

ETA

This, with the standard wheels back on:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2010...
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Edited by cv01jw on Friday 27th July 11:16

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Edited by cv01jw on Friday 27th July 11:43

[Rich n Em]

Golf Mk1 is a good call, I'll take a look at them W124's are very nice, I'll see what's around.

I'd love a Saab 900, but for some reason the wife didn't like the look of it!

C70 isn't a bad idea. Stag too, I don't know a lot about them (off to the classifieds)

[tomsugden]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4054110.htm

[V8Triumph]

Hardly any of the cars pointed out are classics?

[tomsugden]

He said 'classic-ish'...

[S2Mike]

Who will be first to photoshop an MX-5 with a dickey seat instead of a boot ???????

[MGgeordie]

Triumph Herald?

[Rich n Em]

S2Mike said:

Who will be first to photoshop an MX-5 with a dickey seat instead of a boot ???????

SOLD!

[DrTre]

V8Triumph said:

Hardly any of the cars pointed out are classics?

And a stag is hardly 2 to 3 k..from my recent perusing you need to treble those numbers.

You raise an interesting point though.most of these cars are 20 years old and older whereas in 1990 I would have pegged something from 75 as classic...despite it being younger than these mentioned.

When does a car become "classic"

Edited by DrTre on Friday 27th July 11:29

[Rich n Em]

tomsugden said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4054110.htm

That seems a lot of car for the money

[C.A.R.]

I had a 306 Cabriolet (don't laugh) which I really liked. It's a bit camp, but a good-looking car all the same, plus they're very cheap now.

Trouble with a convertible which is 'Classic-y' is that the roof (most likely to be a fabric one) is going to be a bit tired. Electric roofs can also be very expensive to repair if they go funny.

What about an E36 328i Cab? On the BBS wheels, there's nowt much better I can think of which has classic looks. It would be top of my wishlist, if I could afford the insurance!

[Alnassma]

Ropey 944 S2 cab?

Required: Brave pills
Nickname: "cheap porsche"
Worst case scenario: Financial Fetal position

[Rich n Em]

Alnassma said:

Ropey 944 S2 cab?

Required: Brave pills
Nickname: "cheap porsche"
Worst case scenario: Financial Fetal position

A very PH suggestion, I like it... Tricky, in budget, but a great choice!