This weeks Classic Irish bargains that I'm not buying

w124man

MrRolex wrote: »

Lovely flared arches on the 500E, nice find for 12K too.

€12,000 for a 500E would be the quickest way to bankruptcy! Nice ones start at £20,000 plus

MrRolex wrote: »

I actually wondered if it was viable to buy a mint 300E and 500 SEL then have the engine fitted?
I saw it done in this W123 with the engine from a 500 SEC; so it can be done.
On balance I think I would prefer the 56 Euro motor tax of the W123, rather than the 1809 Euro of the W124!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MERCEDES-W123-280-CEW-CE-AUTO-SILVER-5-0-V8-engine-running-gear-500-SEC-/182446780400?hash=item2a7aaceff0:g:WYwAAOSw6DtYWDP~

The bulkhead, front floorpan, rear bulkhead, boot floor, rear kick board, rear arches and front wings are all different in the 500E. V8's don't fit into RHD cars without huge modifications. Why bother when you can have a real one for the same money. There's an Carlsson E500 for sale in Ireland at the moment for €18000 ish. Its a Cat C though

Taking a mint 300 (€6500) and fitting a decent V8 and all the modifications necessary in making it go and stop anything near as good as a 500, would cost another €6500 at least so you have €13k spent on a car that you've ripped the crap out of and would be worth about €4000 when you've finished!

pablo128

Can we get back to classic bargains and not 20k Mercs and million pound Porsches?

MrRolex

Lovely car in excellent condition. Colour looks close to Almandine, one of my favourite Mercedes colours.
https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-ce-class-280ce-auto/14673204

Testacalda

Seems to be a few reasonable bargains on DD at the moment.

This rover p6 2200 seems decent value from Mr. Darcy! The kind of classic you could just buy it, drive it and enjoy it... and don't worry about it! Drove a friends one for a weekend a few months ago, they really are nice cars.

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/rover-2200-sc/14364170

A30 too seems reasonable but would need to be seen to get a true sense of it. I might...

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/austin-a30-1956/14659622

And this Renault 5 looks like a future classic gem, no price though.

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/renault-5-campus/14545773

Testacalda

LIGHTNING wrote: »

^ That R5 looks very clean, shame its got no price on it.

Very hard to price it I suppose. It could be the best 1988 R5 in the world and still would only be worth a modest amount. Looks really nice though. I had 2 in the 90s, an '88 and an '89, the windscreen on the 88 one used to leak onto my knees in heavy rain! Crashed it after

gitzy16v

Testacalda wrote: »

And this Renault 5 looks like a future classic gem, no price though.

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/renault-5-campus/14545773

I love it,had 3 of them a few years back,a GT and a rare 1.7
All rotten:D

clement

What a fantastic r5. Cleanest I've seen ever. Nice introduction to classic car ownership for somebody.

gitzy16v

LIGHTNING wrote: »

I wanted a turbo one before I bought the 924 but there was only one in Ireland and the Chav crowd has destroyed so many in the UK so I gave up.

Please dont start me on R5GTT's,I had mine 15 years ago,it was my first car:Dgot insured through the old Hibernian Ignition scheme anything up to 1.4 if you did the course...
Long story short it ended up being 2 cars welded together:eek::eek:

Id have another in a heartbeat,but like you said ruined with Max Power kits most of them.

MrRolex

gitzy16v wrote: »

Please dont start me on R5GTT's,I had mine 15 years ago,it was my first car:Dgot insured through the old Hibernian Ignition scheme anything up to 1.4 if you did the course...
Long story short it ended up being 2 cars welded together:eek::eek:

Id have another in a heartbeat,but like you said ruined with Max Power kits most of them.

Rare unmolested one here for £8K:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RENAULT-5-GT-TURBO-VERY-STRAIGHT-AND-SOLID-EXAMPLE-GETTING-HARDER-TO-FIND-/201745548744?hash=item2ef8f8c5c8:g:GKgAAOSw44BYF04i

Testacalda

My '88 one was a 956 cc TC version. I think the TC was the base model. I did have R5 turbo alloys on it (13 inch) .... like these


http://www.renault5gtturbo.com/pics/karlos1.jpeg

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/renault-5-raider-gt-turbo-/14671421



Ten big ones

gitzy16v

Loving the R5's lads...mine ended up on the front cover of a magazine called Slick back in the day(after I sold it).
I told the lad it was welded,I even showed him where its was red one side and blue the other.
He ended up pumping thousands into it ruining it with bodykits(well it was hardly concours before :pac: )

gitzy16v

Moving on....
Im not sure if this is a bargain or not but its gorgeous...
https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/opel-manta-gte/14666700

RobAMerc

gitzy16v wrote: »

Moving on....
Im not sure if this is a bargain or not but its gorgeous...
https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/opel-manta-gte/14666700

never a fan of the manta - but thats lovely and in some nick. ( hate the plates though)

Wibbs

LIGHTNING wrote: »

I wanted a turbo one before I bought the 924 but there was only one in Ireland and the Chav crowd has destroyed so many in the UK so I gave up.

Had one myself, but it was about as reliable as a politician. Things forever going wrong. Really shabby build quality in them and they didn't wear the miles well. Still have a shed full of spares for one. IIRC I have all the bodykit, wings, boot lid engine seats and such. If they're hitting the 10k mark might be a nest egg.

gitzy16v wrote: »

Moving on....
Im not sure if this is a bargain or not but its gorgeous...
https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/opel-manta-gte/14666700

That's a beauty! Looks very clean with it.

PaulK_CCI

That GTE looks clean and if it's a genuine GTE price is definitely not too bad. A couple of details make me wonder it is, but I would reckon she's restored at some stage and the detailing hasn't been 100%. Loose the hiddeous wheels :)
That Renault 5 definitely is very clean. Note that no matter how low mileage and how clean it is, it will never be fetching huge sale prices, because ultimately buyers want the top spec and rare models. But it's great to see these cars survive.
Personally I am more biassed towards the 1st series Renault 5 Alpine. My mate owned one back in early eighties and they were great to drive.



Note they were called "Renault 5 Gordini" in the UK because Chrysler owned the right to the name "Alpine" for their Chrysler Alpine (Simca/Chrysler 1307 in the rest of Europe => horrible yoke).

80sDiesel

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/1988-mitsubishi-lancer/14666816

Liking it.

Duke O Smiley

Loving it.

Trying to resist making a call

80sDiesel

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Loving it.

Trying to resist making a call

And me! NCT too! What's not to like. I had to think of reasons not to buy it. Figure it will be gone by the weekend.

Duke O Smiley

Its been for sale through a few sellers for a while now.

80sDiesel

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Its been for sale through a few sellers for a while now.

Never saw it for sale before. Why does it change sellers so much?

unkel

Don't understand that either. Not my cup of tea, but the asking price is already extremely low, the car looks clean, it indeed has a valid NCT and tax, and next year the tax will be classic so only €56

At that price, I would have thought it would be snapped up within a few hours...

pablo128

unkel wrote: »

Don't understand that either. Not my cup of tea, but the asking price is already extremely low, the car looks clean, it indeed has a valid NCT and tax, and next year the tax will be classic so only €56

At that price, I would have thought it would be snapped up within a few hours...

But.... it's a base model of a car that would have been pretty mundane in its day. It's really not that interesting, even if it's a stunning preserved example of that model. They were a good reliable car alright. Someone who's father had one would be a potential nostalgic buyer, but other than that.....

SilverBullet

Hi
Does anyone know this car, seems to be good value, is the 628 the poorer relation of the 635? What are the potential pitfalls for these?

http://m.carzone.ie/used-cars/bmw/6-series/5921061018674019594

Cheers,
Ed

Red Kev

SilverBullet wrote: »

Hi
Does anyone know this car, seems to be good value, is the 628 the poorer relation of the 635? What are the potential pitfalls for these?

http://m.carzone.ie/used-cars/bmw/6-series/5921061018674019594

Cheers,
Ed

IF it's rust free and mechanically sound then it's a bargain. the 628 is a fine bus, most people want the 635 and a a result the 628 prices are a bit lower.

Seller says it's waxoyled and rust free which helps, but bring along somebody who knows that model inside out when you go to look at it. I don't just mean a mechanic, I mean somebody very familiar with the E24.

unkel

pablo128 wrote: »

But.... it's a base model of a car that would have been pretty mundane in its day. It's really not that interesting, even if it's a stunning preserved example of that model. They were a good reliable car alright. Someone who's father had one would be a potential nostalgic buyer, but other than that.....

Of course, but that applies to half the classic cars in this country. Like I said, not my cup of tea

Car is now sold BTW, someone got a bargain!

Dades

SilverBullet wrote: »

Does anyone know this car, seems to be good value, is the 628 the poorer relation of the 635? What are the potential pitfalls for these?

http://m.carzone.ie/used-cars/bmw/6-series/5921061018674019594

Lovely car! Would like to be able to remove the chrome wheel arches though. €8k does seem decent value unless all is not as it seems.

NCT cert with advisories would be worth a look.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-500-sl-v8-convertible-hard-soft-top-/14665900



25 big ones! Love the interior colour

Dades

Looks in great shape. No mention of NCT? For 25 big ones they'd want to be giving you one! Was only thinking the other day I'd love to own one of these again.

Though I couldn't live with that green interior personally.

Red Kev

Dades wrote: »

Looks in great shape. No mention of NCT? For 25 big ones they'd want to be giving you one! Was only thinking the other day I'd love to own one of these again.

Though I couldn't live with that green interior personally.

It ran out in October. Crazy price for not having an NCT.

There's a much better choice in the UK, and for that money I'd be prepared to head there. Here's one with an MOT till June, nicer colour too, interestingly it's an import. Question is from where?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201610088570172?keywords=500%20sl&radius=1500&model=SL%20CLASS&make=MERCEDES-BENZ&postcode=tw74qw&year-from=1980&advertising-location=at_cars&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&sort=year-desc&page=4