This weeks Classic Irish bargains that I'm not buying

kyote00

24k :eek:

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/1967-ford-cortina-1-6-deluxe/12636035

26000 Elephants

kyote00 wrote: »

24k :eek:

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/1967-ford-cortina-1-6-deluxe/12636035

It is lush though.

mb1725

kyote00 wrote: »

24k :eek:

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/1967-ford-cortina-1-6-deluxe/12636035

Left hand drive. Nice HDR pics though.

mb1725

Wait a minute, that car is better than new.

http://www.dreamcarsclassic.com/cortina

w124man

Something fishy going on here!!

26000 Elephants

Someone in Poland advertising a unique car to a broader market? Not too unusual.

There are a lot of specialist restorers in that part of the world.

Zoo4m8

Poland needs to liaise with their Cork 'agent'...he's calling it a 1.6 deluxe and they claim it's a 1600 E , where are they going with 'Lotus'?, even though the badge says not :rolleyes:, And it looks rubbish on those (wrong) wheels..

26000 Elephants

Zoo4m8 wrote: »

Poland needs to liaise with their Cork 'agent'...he's calling it a 1.6 deluxe and they claim it's a 1600 E , where are they going with 'Lotus'?, even though the badge says not :rolleyes:, And it looks rubbish on those (wrong) wheels..

Irish ad seems accurate. Didnt read the Polish one.

I suppose of you are in the market to spend 24 grand on a classic ford you would clarify those details.

Zoo4m8

I suspect someone with 24k to spend on a classic Ford wouldn't have stopped by this ad in the first place..:)

11wingnut

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201609642903

hi5

^ Why are 48 watching if its 'buy it now' and 'make offer' never really understood that

26000 Elephants

I always thought this was a handsome car, if somewhat temperamental. Not a fan of beige, but this does look immaculate:

Duke O Smiley

Beige with brown racing stripes

Cool

26000 Elephants

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Beige with brown racing stripes

Cool

And if you dont get enough on the outside, wait till you get inside. :eek:

Still, I definitely would..

Duke O Smiley

Would love to find a genuine Irish one.

There was a brown '85 Maestro on Gumtree a few months back, ZY reg 30k miles 1 owner. Was up for ages but is gone now

millington

hi5 wrote: »

^ Why are 48 watching if its 'buy it now' and 'make offer' never really understood that

So they can find it again easily. I do that too.

unkel

W123 200T auto, 7 seater, NCT till May '17, tax till May '17. 1983. Only 2 owners (in Ireland). Asking €3.5k, but you'd get some money off.



Linky

SmartinMartin

unkel wrote: »

W123 200T auto, 7 seater, NCT till May '17, tax till May '17. 1983. Only 2 owners (in Ireland). Asking €3.5k, but you'd get some money off.



Linky

That one's been for sale for quite a while now, last time I saw it was 4 months ago. Sorely tempted.

26000 Elephants

LIGHTNING wrote: »

^ Loved that era of Mercedes. Would make a great run-around

I think that is the problem, Its 1983, so I bet its been on the tax-dodging-classic-family-car circuit for the last 2 years or so and is now feeling the effects of it. There are a pile of 81-82-83 cars for sale at the moment in a terrible state after 3 years of commuting, when you know they were probably pristine when imported from the UK.

I think its a terrible shame.

Dades

I'm not sure I agree it's a shame to use a classic family car as a family car. Better a car get worn out from use rather than sitting in a barn.

I know a few doing the rounds in my area and it's great to see them on the road. Another friend of mine always wanted an old merc and waited till he had his first kid recently to get one almost identical to that one in the ad.

In fact I brought my three kids to the in-laws this morning in my 924! Another classic family wagon.

Wibbs

+1 and as for pristine from the UK? Maybe, but with their heavy use of salting the roads over the decades unless it was a very well loved classic chances are good the pristine only goes skin deep. I've seen this on another car model forum I frequent, a model that's 15-20 years old and the English cars undersides are too often red raw with rust if they're anything like a daily driver(and many would be detailed within an inch of their lives and look fantastic on the surface).

unkel

26000 Elephants wrote: »

I think that is the problem, Its 1983, so I bet its been on the tax-dodging-classic-family-car circuit for the last 2 years or so and is now feeling the effects of it.

Unless the car was recently imported, that's simply not true. The car has only had 2 owners in Ireland.

I feel the asking price is on the high side, that might be why it hasn't sold yet. Or maybe you're right and the car is not as good as it looks

Seweryn

Who thought at the end of the project like this one that sticking a radio bought in Halfords was a good idea...

DakarVert

Seweryn wrote: »

Who thought at the end of the project like this one that sticking a radio bought in Halfords was a good idea...

That or the knock on weights on the wheels!!
I know it may be original but looks horrible

TigerTim

unkel wrote: »

W123 200T auto, 7 seater, NCT till May '17, tax till May '17. 1983. Only 2 owners (in Ireland). Asking €3.5k, but you'd get some money off.


ver & a bit of a clean wouldn't go astray & some decent pics.
Linky

It always annoys me when the seller doesn't make some bit of an effort to sell the car. Inside looks sh!te with mats all over the place. A hoover & a bit of a clean wouldn't go astray & some decent pics. If you're selling a car, put up a decent ad & try & sell it. I know you can't tell a lot from pics but a clean car with decent pics could get a few extra punters interested.

Rant over


T.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/1985-lj70-toyota-landcruiser/12816545



Love this

SmartinMartin

Fcuk me but that's fantastic.

Sleepy

My uncle has one of those over in Melbourne that's still his daily driver. Over 800,000 kilometres on her!

80sDiesel

Very nice. Just needs the rear plate changed to a red one.

What do folks think of the price?

Duke O Smiley

Old Landcruisers of any description are just notoriously expensive here (think BJ40 etc...) but I can't really comment