What Collectable Car do You Most Wish You Had Bought When They Were Cheap?

Nekarsulm

Should have bought a couple of VW Golf mk1 and mk2's, should have bought a couple of Mk2 Jetta's, should have bought a couple of Peugeot 205's when they were priced in the 100's. Should have bought that 1800 Manta................

Capri

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Should have bought a couple of VW Golf mk1 and mk2's, should have bought a couple of Mk2 Jetta's, should have bought a couple of Peugeot 205's when they were priced in the 100's. Should have bought that 1800 Manta................

And then we'd all be tryin to shift them in a clearance auction like Castledermot when the sun becomes more important than oily hands :cool:

Nekarsulm

Capri wrote: »

And then we'd all be tryin to shift them in a clearance auction like Castledermot when the sun becomes more important than oily hands :cool:

Well shift one of each and mess around with the others........:D

kev1.3s

Bought my series 1 landrover for €600, sold it 4 years later after I had trashed it on the beach and disassembled it to fix the rot in the bulkhead that never got done for €700, instantly regretted it and they have been keeping proportionally out of my reach ever since.

Capri

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Well shift one of each and mess around with the others........:D

When 'THE TIME' comes ( 75% loss of interest in fixing cars / pension fund sinking /..... ) then it's an 'All must go' job :rolleyes:

hi5

Capri wrote: »

Wonder what stuff that's cheap now will appreciate in a couple of years (sound of mad rush to snap up *&%*&'s off DD :p )

Coupes, Convertibles, anything sporty or a bit different.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/00-ford-puma/7226797


http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/cheap-nctd-convertible-only-750/6080539


http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/1999-opel-tigra-very-low-milage/7245817

Esel

1968 (or ' 69?) M-B 600 in 1978 for £800.

Joe 90

w124man wrote: »

Back in the pre Thatcher days I scrapped two E Types cuz they were rotten .... :eek:

And I can remember a GT40 advertised at £3,500 about that time. No engine mind you but even then it looked a bargain.

Alfasudcrazy

Alfasudcrazy wrote: »

My regrets are not getting a Mk II RS2000 - was waiting for the 30 years etc and they gradually got dearer.

Also regret not picking up a nice Mk II Granada 2.8i Ghia (pre face lift) - they are not that expensive still but good ones are very rare.

Well I have finally ticked the Granada box.

This is a car I was looking for for years - although I would have preferred to have managed to get a later Mk II series 1 2.8i ghia injected version. As always my plan will be to get it back to original and hopefully as close as I can get it to showroom condition.

I once worked in a garage and the boss always drove a white Granada 2.8 ghia and it still to me ranks as one of the most imposing cars on the road.

Its another long awaited box ticked. I am sure it will be a challenge but should bring lots of satisfaction too. I might even get it back to work as a wedding car which it was before.

Some pics






Got a new front grille for it - that gaudy non original series 2 grille will have to go. Gopefully I will be able to transfer the Ford oval onto the new grille.

jimgoose

Alfasudcrazy wrote: »

Well I have finally ticked the Granada box.
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Fantastic. Well-bought, that man. :cool::cool::cool:

Capri

Alfasudcrazy wrote: »

Well I have finally ticked the Granada box.

This is a car I was looking for for years - although I would have preferred to have managed to get a later Mk II series 1 2.8i ghia injected version. As always my plan will be to get it back to original and hopefully as close as I can get it to showroom condition.

I once worked in a garage and the boss always drove a white Granada 2.8 ghia and it still to me ranks as one of the most imposing cars on the road.

Its another long awaited box ticked. I am sure it will be a challenge but should bring lots of satisfaction too. I might even get it back to work as a wedding car which it was before.

Some pics






Got a new front grille for it - that gaudy non original series 2 grille will have to go. Gopefully I will be able to transfer the Ford oval onto the new grille.

Red/Claret upholstery nice, now IF you could transfer the chrome off the facelift grill to the original :cool: Had a Chausseur estate but g/box gave up, plenty of 2.0's tho, but a 2.8i GhiaX would have been the dog's b...... :rolleyes:

Odyssey 2005

I had a beautiful 2.8. 380 szo
one of the nicest cars I ever had.:)

also bought a consul Capri for 6 quid with a few other lads.
The fella we bought it off nearly died when we put a battery into it and threw a drop of petrol into the carb,and it started!!
took the wheels off it and inflated the tyres and drove it away.
The good aul days....

The Red Ace

I have had a few nice motors down the years which were all moved on including a two door mk1 escort, a 1300E two door, a 1600E cortina all or any one I would still love to have but I did put one away while still healthy a 205GTI

JabbaTheHut

colm_mcm wrote: »

Saab 900 Turbo. The one that got away

toastedpickles wrote: »

You can drive mine when i have it sorted

I know a guy that has one he bought and drove from new sitting in his yard. About 250k on it now iirc. He brought it to a couple of "restoration" guys, a couple of years ago but it came back in a sad state. I worked on it in the early 90's, and know the car. A genuine Irish car. I've asked him if he'd sell it, (not to me), but I get the feeling he would not. He'd prefer to have it done properly, but is now really reluctant to give it to anyone he doesn't trust. As a result, she sits there, under a cover.

In keeping with this thread, I wish I kept some of my Kadett D's. Simple like all cars were then. But I did, along with my friends, kill a MK2 Cortina in a demolition derby, when it was 25 years old. Managed to also kill a '79 Mazda 323, couple of MK3 Cortinas, a couple of great Fiat 131's, and Ascona B, A couple of K30's, a big 60's Triumph of some sort, and 2 Mk2 Escorts in the mountains when we didn't know better. Also killed my uncles MK1 2 door Escort around the fields while racing/wrecking a Peugeot 404. I know there's more, but I can't remember.

Bless me Father, for I have sinned.

In my defence, this was in the late 80's/early 90's when these cars were worth sweet Fanny Adam. Apart from the MK2 Cortina.