Advice on buying an AM V8 Vantage
Discussion
A friend of mine is looking to buy a AM V8 circa 1980s (probably Vantage spec). He has the funds, but isn't very knowledgable on cars and so has asked me to advise as I'm been a petrol head all my life and this is probably the car I most lust after. Alas my typical budget has one less digit in than his price range so I'm a little out of my depth!
Any advice, particularly around the follow would be much appreciated:
- bugdet is flexible say 50-100k
- whilst he accepts that its not an investment, he doesn't want to see his asset depreciate like a new car!
- what sort of budget should he put aside to keep it in tip top condition. It'll do a small mileage and be very much a high days and holidays car, so I'm guessing one trip to a specialist per year will be a few £k?
- he will be buying from a specialist dealer, so I'm guessing that me proding the sills with a screwdriver and looking for white-foam in the oil filer, isn't really the order of the day, but are there things I should be looking for?
- I suspect any of the models will be more car than he can appreciate, but a late vantage X pack looks the pick of the crop, any thoughts which model are the easiest to live with and the best bet to hold/gain value.
Cheers - I need to do a good job for his, because not only is he a top bloke, but my finders fee is to insure me as named driver
Any advice, particularly around the follow would be much appreciated:
- bugdet is flexible say 50-100k
- whilst he accepts that its not an investment, he doesn't want to see his asset depreciate like a new car!
- what sort of budget should he put aside to keep it in tip top condition. It'll do a small mileage and be very much a high days and holidays car, so I'm guessing one trip to a specialist per year will be a few £k?
- he will be buying from a specialist dealer, so I'm guessing that me proding the sills with a screwdriver and looking for white-foam in the oil filer, isn't really the order of the day, but are there things I should be looking for?
- I suspect any of the models will be more car than he can appreciate, but a late vantage X pack looks the pick of the crop, any thoughts which model are the easiest to live with and the best bet to hold/gain value.
Cheers - I need to do a good job for his, because not only is he a top bloke, but my finders fee is to insure me as named driver
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