Advice needed on Cheap classic to run and insure.

[wculbert]

Hi,
I am a student and have a Peugeot 205 XLD as a every day car but it has just failed the MOT and the insurance is £700 a year TPFF, which is mad.

I would like another Classic car as I currently have a Rochdale GT and I like the idea of not having to pay road tax.

What I really want is a classic car with some street cred that is pre 1973 so tax free, cheap to run and insure.

I have a Austin 7 which is only £80 a year to insure Fully comp, unlimited miles, though the owners club, but a Austin 7 is not very practical for everyday driving and it is off the road aswell at present.

I am 20 so my age can be a bit of a pain when it comes to insurance.

Thanks William

[Tyre Smoke]

Ford!

Cortina, Escort, Anglia, Consul, Capri, Etc,Etc....


Triumph, Dolly, Spitfire(okay maybe not), Herald, Vitesse.

Vauxhall, Viva, Magnum, Firenza, VX4/90, Cresta, Victor, Etc,Etc

[ARH]

Morris minor, mini.

A rochdale gt, nice and a bit rare.

[minimax]

Mini!


just what you need by the sound of it

[wculbert]

Hi,
Wouldn't mind but the insurance is still quite expensive unless the owners club does a special deal. Thanks William

[ARH]

I actually managed to insure a mini 850 with engine mods for the same price as my austin seven. But your age may be against you. Many of the clubs have special deals.

[docevi1]

try the kit-car market.

What about a Nova (70's Beetle based jobie with weird roof) or something like my Marlin (you can get hard-tops for them). Kit Cars are much cheaper to insure than classics either way as you know

[v8thunder]

I'd definately suggest kit cars. I know Firebond do policies for people aged 17 and over.

Go for something with a 'boring' engine - you can always upgrade it later and it'll have the flavour of something much rarer and more exotic.

Plus, they're cheaper to insure than mainstream cars largely because no-one's heard of their 'real' names and those names aren't on anyone's theft list.

Look into Mini-based cars (Midas, GTM etc), VW Beetle-based (Nova, Avante, Porsche replicas) and those based on small Fiats (MCA, Onyx Firefly, Vario etc).

Try Kit Car magazine, Which Kit magazine, www.findit.co.uk's cars/kit cars section, and try entering 'kit car' and 'replica' into the search boxes in www.ebaymotors.co.uk Cars and Classic Cars sections.

[wculbert]

Hi,
Thanks, but I have to say that the Rochdale must much harder and more expensive to get an insurance quote for than a MGB or Spitfire or the like, so I would have to disagree that kit cars are cheaper to insure than classics if you are under 21 as so few companies will cover you for kit cars. Thanks William

[wculbert]

Hi,
Thanks, but I have to say that the Rochdale must much harder and more expensive to get an insurance quote for than a MGB or Spitfire or the like, so I would have to disagree that kit cars are cheaper to insure than classics if you are under 21 as so few companies will cover you for kit cars. Thanks William

[v8thunder]

That's because the Rochdale is in 'rare classic' territory, rather than 'cheap banger in a fibreglass body' territory. Shop around! The market's massive!

[minimax]

wculbert said:

Hi, Wouldn't mind but the insurance is still quite expensive unless the owners club does a special deal. Thanks William

my mini was £285 fully comprehensive with 90bhp at the flywheel, rollcage, 7X13 supalites and racing seats & harnesses...not exactly a standard motor, and I was 19 I would get some quotes

[The Wiz]

Midget / Sprite / Spitfire

[cortinaman]

series 1 cortina mk2 1600e - around a 67-68,they are tax free,cheap to insure and look the dogs danglies.

[Davel]

Beetle

[RickApple]

minimax, who insured your mini? thanks!

[minimax]

RickApple said:

minimax, who insured your mini? thanks!

Liverpool Victoria, just rung Graham Sykes insurance though as it's renewal time and he's just given me a quote which kicked LV's arse