Car ownership: yours / family... now fetching good money
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I like seeing all the old cars that keep popping up on Auction sites or Barn find type pages, & then reminiscing of days gone by.
It’s seems that even the humdrum cars of the past can / try to fetch decent money these days.
We were a Ford family for many years... then Vauxhall’s started to creep in.
Moi: ‘78 Escort MKll (1300L, 2door)... is about the closest that I can get.
Dad: Ford ‘Pop’, ‘59 Consul & ‘63 Cortina Mk1 GT.
( I can just remember the ‘Pop’).
Brothers: Cortinas Mk2 1600E & GT.... Escort ll, 1600 Sport.
A few real oldies popped up recently & Milkyway Sr (94) remarking that he nearly bought one of those.
Always raises a smile & some memories...a mixture of good & bad.
It’s seems that even the humdrum cars of the past can / try to fetch decent money these days.
We were a Ford family for many years... then Vauxhall’s started to creep in.
Moi: ‘78 Escort MKll (1300L, 2door)... is about the closest that I can get.
Dad: Ford ‘Pop’, ‘59 Consul & ‘63 Cortina Mk1 GT.
( I can just remember the ‘Pop’).
Brothers: Cortinas Mk2 1600E & GT.... Escort ll, 1600 Sport.
A few real oldies popped up recently & Milkyway Sr (94) remarking that he nearly bought one of those.
Always raises a smile & some memories...a mixture of good & bad.
Edited by Milkyway on Thursday 26th January 18:31
Retrospectively I was an idiot to sell my first car, a 2 door Mk1 Escort which had a solid shell.
Or the 5 door Range Rover I took in lieu of a £600 payment and ran for a year until the clutch went.
Or the 3 door, black Saab 900 turbo I parked on my in-laws' drive for a year because I ran out of space, and had to sell for £200 because the slave cylinder had failed.
Or th.... No, stop, I can't do this anymore!
Or the 5 door Range Rover I took in lieu of a £600 payment and ran for a year until the clutch went.
Or the 3 door, black Saab 900 turbo I parked on my in-laws' drive for a year because I ran out of space, and had to sell for £200 because the slave cylinder had failed.
Or th.... No, stop, I can't do this anymore!
A virtual barn for us to fill... the key is under the flowerpot.
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Just remembered my ‘82 Triumph Acclaim HLS In Oporto Red ( Metallic plum)
Not many of them about those days... always fancied a Avon Turbo Acclaim.
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Just remembered my ‘82 Triumph Acclaim HLS In Oporto Red ( Metallic plum)
Not many of them about those days... always fancied a Avon Turbo Acclaim.
Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 29th January 13:44
"Taking in lieu of a debt" reminds me of the Hudson Hornet my Dad accepted for a £25 debt. It drank petrol of course but it was one hell of a car back then. Cars I owned? Perhaps an M1 I bought for £25,000, and there are many others, including the E-type I've had forty years and the Lynx 22 years. What would this one be worth now? I paid £16,000 for it new in 1985
I won't think too much about the M6 that followed that one, or the E30 323 and E36 325i either. So many cars and so much money spent!
I won't think too much about the M6 that followed that one, or the E30 323 and E36 325i either. So many cars and so much money spent!
If you want the feel better, glance over Michael Hippersons book "let them stare".
He bought and sold old race cars and exotics in the 60 and 70s to trundle around in.
Id hate to tot up their values today. Cars included GT40, 275GTB, Muira, Daytona, rally cars, detomaso pantera, iso, McLaren's, amongst many many others.
He bought and sold old race cars and exotics in the 60 and 70s to trundle around in.
Id hate to tot up their values today. Cars included GT40, 275GTB, Muira, Daytona, rally cars, detomaso pantera, iso, McLaren's, amongst many many others.
That's a depressing recollection for a Monday morning. I had mostly boring cars when young, but a mini, citroen Dyane, singer gazelle, fiat 127, even the allegro and lada estate would make money now. Then moved on to xr2 followed by a scirroco, and more painfully a selection of series land rovers, and one that really hurts, a very early landrover 90 genuine CSW. Hate to think what they go for now.
My dad, who wasn't into cars, had a Volvo Amazon followed by a 144, then a Saab 96 then a 99, all while I was old enough to drive them - any of those would be lovely in my garage.
My dad, who wasn't into cars, had a Volvo Amazon followed by a 144, then a Saab 96 then a 99, all while I was old enough to drive them - any of those would be lovely in my garage.
My father bought a Riley Gamecock special from David Jones, (later called himself David Bowie) in about 1965.
Apparently it had put him in hospital while trying to start it as the starting handle went through his leg as he had left it in gear.
This was casually mentioned a year or so ago when I was helping him clear some boxes of stuff and picked a starting handle up. It's the only bit he still has left of it. Now in a box of stuff in my garage.
Not sure the current owner is even aware of the history.
Apparently it had put him in hospital while trying to start it as the starting handle went through his leg as he had left it in gear.
This was casually mentioned a year or so ago when I was helping him clear some boxes of stuff and picked a starting handle up. It's the only bit he still has left of it. Now in a box of stuff in my garage.
Not sure the current owner is even aware of the history.
AS I always sold a car to pay for another back in the day, still do to a degree, I’ll try not to reminisce too sadly, instead think how lucky I was and what good taste I had/have 
In order or purchase up to the early 90’s as far as I can remember and year I owned; they were:
Mk 1 Escort 1300 sport, 1977
Mk 1 Escort RS2000 1978
Mk 2 RS2000 X pack [initially Dad’s car] 1979
Mk 1 RS1600 1980
Triumph TR8 Rally car 1981
Series 1 Lotus Sunbeam 1980/81
Series 2 Lotus sunbeam 1982
Capri 2.8i injection 1983
Mk 2 Rally car [ DKP191T] 1983
Renault 5 Turbo 2 1984
Sierra 4 x 4 2.8 turbo 1985/6
Sierra sapphire Cosworth 1988/9
G3 Rally car 1990/1
Escort Cosworth 1992
Apart from the Rally cars, they were all daily drivers. Taking out DKP as if I still had that in the spec i bought it in I suspect that would be worth 250k maybe?
Toting up that lot is rather depressing, BUT the memories are priceless
In order or purchase up to the early 90’s as far as I can remember and year I owned; they were:
Mk 1 Escort 1300 sport, 1977
Mk 1 Escort RS2000 1978
Mk 2 RS2000 X pack [initially Dad’s car] 1979
Mk 1 RS1600 1980
Triumph TR8 Rally car 1981
Series 1 Lotus Sunbeam 1980/81
Series 2 Lotus sunbeam 1982
Capri 2.8i injection 1983
Mk 2 Rally car [ DKP191T] 1983
Renault 5 Turbo 2 1984
Sierra 4 x 4 2.8 turbo 1985/6
Sierra sapphire Cosworth 1988/9
G3 Rally car 1990/1
Escort Cosworth 1992
Apart from the Rally cars, they were all daily drivers. Taking out DKP as if I still had that in the spec i bought it in I suspect that would be worth 250k maybe?
Toting up that lot is rather depressing, BUT the memories are priceless
£6k for a 944 turbo in 2004...
£16k for an Aston DBS V8 (with no rust and fresh engine rebuild) in 2008
Winner has to be Anthony bamford though.
As a Bond fan, and with some spare cash from the JCB business he wrote to united artists asking about buying their Bond DB5. They settled on a price, the equivilent of a new mini.
Then BOTH DB5 arrived. So he pays half of a Mini each, for the most famous car in the world. But this isnt the end of the story.
He didnt need both of them so he swapped one..
...for a 250GTO which he still owns
£16k for an Aston DBS V8 (with no rust and fresh engine rebuild) in 2008
Winner has to be Anthony bamford though.
As a Bond fan, and with some spare cash from the JCB business he wrote to united artists asking about buying their Bond DB5. They settled on a price, the equivilent of a new mini.
Then BOTH DB5 arrived. So he pays half of a Mini each, for the most famous car in the world. But this isnt the end of the story.
He didnt need both of them so he swapped one..
...for a 250GTO which he still owns
Dad - 3 x Mk1 Escorts, 3 x Mk2, mostly 2 door, but 1100 or 1300.
Me 2 x Mk 1 Escorts, 2 door, 1300, Sunbeam Ti.
Nothing that would be mega money though.
I once met a guy who I guess by now would be 100 if he's still alive, who with 3 mates bought a Bugatti. I guess this was 40s? 50s? They paid something like £20 for it, £5 each, but couldn't afford to run it so after a while sold or scrapped it!
Me 2 x Mk 1 Escorts, 2 door, 1300, Sunbeam Ti.
Nothing that would be mega money though.
I once met a guy who I guess by now would be 100 if he's still alive, who with 3 mates bought a Bugatti. I guess this was 40s? 50s? They paid something like £20 for it, £5 each, but couldn't afford to run it so after a while sold or scrapped it!
Saw a mint Cav SRI go for over £10k just this week.
I used to by junkers in the 90s. Would never pay more than £30, most have one or two weeks MOT, and probably would not pass either. I was spoilt for choice when the scrap value dropped and you have to pay the scrappy to take them away!
I used to by junkers in the 90s. Would never pay more than £30, most have one or two weeks MOT, and probably would not pass either. I was spoilt for choice when the scrap value dropped and you have to pay the scrappy to take them away!
bongtom said:
Saw a mint Cav SRI go for over £10k just this week.
I used to by junkers in the 90s. Would never pay more than £30, most have one or two weeks MOT, and probably would not pass either. I was spoilt for choice when the scrap value dropped and you have to pay the scrappy to take them away!
And they cost about £6,500 back in 1982 from memory!I used to by junkers in the 90s. Would never pay more than £30, most have one or two weeks MOT, and probably would not pass either. I was spoilt for choice when the scrap value dropped and you have to pay the scrappy to take them away!
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