Post a picture of your classic car;

buttsoirl

Cheers all.. Sometimes I do have to sneak Out an peek at it cause I can't believe it's really in the garage... Been waiting such a long time..... But every Xmas come at once :-)

Tiger72

buttsoirl wrote: »

After 10 years of wanting.. drooling.. .searching.. hoping.. waiting... dreaming.... and many other words..

I finally bought one... and she is perfect!! 1967 Ford mustang fastback..

california car.. not a patch of rust, engine rebuilt before export.. 55k miles.. few small cosmetic items to attend to... but she is sweet
as a nut..

Nice car - no VRT or duty to pay ? Where did you come across it ?

macplaxton

buttsoirl wrote: »

california car...

Once upon a time. UK reg number since Aug 2010.

200 bucks VRT is your answer Tiger72.

Tiger72

macplaxton wrote: »

Once upon a time. UK reg number since Aug 2010.

200 bucks VRT is your answer Tiger72.

Nice one .... you see i have a '93 Delta Integrale on English plates that would cost about 7000 bucks to VRT .... hence im never going to pay it -> it can stay in the shed ...

Capri

Tiger72 wrote: »

Nice one .... you see i have a '93 Delta Integrale on English plates that would cost about 7000 bucks to VRT .... hence im never going to pay it -> it can stay in the shed ...

Like a lot of others in this country ;)


Revenue shooting themselves in ther foot as usual - put a fair tax on things and people will pay but overtax things and people will just tell Revenue to shove it :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Seweryn

Tiger72 wrote: »

Nice one .... you see i have a '93 Delta Integrale on English plates that would cost about 7000 bucks to VRT .... hence im never going to pay it -> it can stay in the shed ...

All great, but how you can drive it? Not sure if it is legal to drive it on UK number plates.

buttsoirl

Checked with my insurance company at the time, no issue about the plates... And I also have a uk license. ... Best 50 quid I ever spent :-)
Already got pulled by customs... Not a word said...except.. "mind if I take a picture of your car... I love mustangs"
Haha I did laugh..

buttsoirl

she is fairly clean on the inside for a 46 odd year old car.... paint work has 1 or two blisters and cracks in places.. but its not a car bought for profit or
sale.. so I will get to them at some stage
the electrics do the occasional odd thing, but I love doing the wee jobs.






the lad I bought it from in the UK did this video up for me to give me a look before I went over to buy it which shows a little around the car, and the V8 rumbling... what a wonderful sound

Kenny Logins

Want.

Standard Toaster

Now that's some machine buttsoirl, lovely sound.
How are you fixed for tax and insurance? Any issues?

You need to get an 8-track into that mother!

buttsoirl

well tax if I ever get around to paying it, it's 48 quid I believe.. and I am insured with carol nash.. 200 euro fully comp annually.
its my first classic car.. so was delighted with that price..

ha ha.. yeah an old 8 track with Hendrix playing is the order of the day... :D

it was a company called "The kent car collection" that brought this car in from California.. 900 (pounds) shipping to UK
They have a lot of really nice cars....
I think the original spec GTA fastback and the 68 convertible in this list are lovely..

http://www.kentcarcollection.com/search.php?c=8&s=12&search_country=&search_state=&MinPrice=&MaxPrice=&search_city=&search_Year=&address=

and for anybody who loves restoration..A DeLorean!!! for 9,500 GBP
http://www.kentcarcollection.com/info.php?id=1078

Kenny Logins

Smithzer

Hummmmmm

I was thinking I seen that before

http://www.beverlyhillscarclub.com/1981-dmc-delorean--c-1539.htm

buttsoirl

now that is a healthy markup.... I bet he doesn't shop in lidl

Smithzer

buttsoirl wrote: »

now that is a healthy markup.... I bet he doesn't shop in lidl

Done Dealin on an global scale

kev1.3s

One thing that always bugged me about DeLorean's was the speedo, I remember when I was a chap me and my friends used to argue about how fast each others Father's cars were purely by what was indicated on the speedo.
I have a 1.3 from 1970 with 120 mph in the speedo ffs surely DeLorean could manage a little more than 85.

macplaxton

buttsoirl wrote: »

well tax if I ever get around to paying it, it's 48 quid I believe

Motor tax was €48 a couple of years ago. Had two increases since, to €52 (Jan 2012) and now €56 (Jan 2013).

buttsoirl

why oh why am I not surprised they put the tax up.... cheers for the update ..

Dades

Enjoy, buttsoirl. Sounds amazing.
My next car choice is going to be based on, amongst other things, having a great score.

Capri

kev1.3s wrote: »

One thing that always bugged me about DeLorean's was the speedo, I remember when I was a chap me and my friends used to argue about how fast each others Father's cars were purely by what was indicated on the speedo.
I have a 1.3 from 1970 with 120 mph in the speedo ffs surely DeLorean could manage a little more than 85.

That 85mph was a Federal law designed to stop people speeding - 'if the speedo only shows 85max then nobody will bother trying to 'max it out' ' :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Dades

It was set up like that to stop you getting up to 88mph and travelling in time!

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kev1.3s

Capri wrote: »

That 85mph was a Federal law designed to stop people speeding - 'if the speedo only shows 85max then nobody will bother trying to 'max it out' ' :rolleyes::rolleyes:

You'll always try to max it out

Capri

kev1.3s wrote: »

You'll always try to max it out

But IF the speedo won't show above 85mph then how'd you know how quick you were going

quattro777

I should have this home in a few weeks

Kenny Logins

Nice.

manta mad

tasty :cool:

Silvera

Very nice Audi (80?)
Dont recall ever seeing a hatchback version in Ireland in the 80's?

Best of luck with it....looks very well maintained.

quattro777

Silvera wrote: »

Very nice Audi (80?)
Dont recall ever seeing a hatchback version in Ireland in the 80's?

Best of luck with it....looks very well maintained.

It's a 1979 Audi 100 Avant CD 5E. 1 owner and only 20,000 miles, thought to be the only surviving one in the UK or Ireland.

Capri

quattro777 wrote: »

It's a 1979 Audi 100 Avant CD 5E. 1 owner and only 20,000 miles, thought to be the only surviving one in the UK or Ireland.

Shape similar to Renault 20/25 , but GERMAN engineering ! :)

Always liked the 100CD /200Turbo :cool:

ronaneire

quattro777 wrote: »

I should have this home in a few weeks

CLASSic car. It was way ahead of it's time back in 79.