This weeks Classic Irish bargains that I'm not buying

ba_barabus

kaizersoze wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/renault-19-rsi/27734547
Gorgeous!

This @ba_barabus?

Yep that's mine, labour of love.

CoBo55

ba_barabus wrote: »

Yep that's mine, labour of love.

It's beautiful, decent bobs too, as Derek says on bangers & cash, find another one.

supersaint3

It is ab fab... but you have to find another person who'll love it as much... Its niche...!

ba_barabus

supersaint3 wrote: »

It is ab fab... but you have to find another person who'll love it as much... Its niche...!

Absolutely niche. I've 2 cars for sale and if one sells the other can stay. It surprises me how much attention it gets. Lots of lads tell me it was their first car and how much they loved it. I'm still fiddling with it too. Not happy with the rear pads on the brakes after taking it out of winter storage so ordering new ones Tuesday.

CoBo55

ba_barabus wrote: »

Absolutely niche. I've 2 cars for sale and if one sells the other can stay. It surprises me how much attention it gets. Lots of lads tell me it was their first car and how much they loved it. I'm still fiddling with it too. Not happy with the rear pads on the brakes after taking it out of winter storage so ordering new ones Tuesday.

Are parts hard to get?

ba_barabus

CoBo55 wrote: »

Are parts hard to get?

Nope not at all, Renault have a habit of using parts on multiple models for multiple generations. The R19 is a Clio underneath, which morphed into a Clio 2 and a Megane which morphed into a Twingo and Duster/Sandero!

Parts numbers often cross reference with Nissan too.

The only parts which is made of unobtainium is the rubber window surrounds for the doors which has a habit of bubbling.

RobAMerc

given the amount of work that seems to have been done to this, I think this could be a bit of a bargain. Depends on current actual state and quality of work of course, but there has been time and $$ spent

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/jaguar-xj6-series-2/27942339

kaizersoze

supersaint3 wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/ford-cortina/28012315

What

Has to be worth that for a few parts alone ?!

Must be getting a lot of interest. Asking gone from €400 to €1000


https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/ford-cortina/28012315

ccmp

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/27391809
Been for sale a while now. Think it might have been posted here before. For that money I’d expect a fresh nct.

oceanman

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/nissan-300zx/28015508
how nice is this?

KevRossi

oceanman wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/nissan-300zx/28015508
how nice is this?

I was just about to post that. It's cheap, but it's the non-turbo Auto with cloth seats so could be a Jap import. A fair few cheap mods on it too, so I'd be worried about it having been abused in the past.

No NCT for over a year. It's worth a couple of grand more with an NCT, so could be due something big. Worth a call or a look I suppose if you're in the market for something like it.

Top Dog

kaizersoze wrote: »

Must be getting a lot of interest. Asking gone from €400 to €1000


https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/ford-cortina/28012315

€4000 - description says they originally left out a zero

BrianD3

ba_barabus wrote: »

Nope not at all, Renault have a habit of using parts on multiple models for multiple generations. The R19 is a Clio underneath, which morphed into a Clio 2 and a Megane which morphed into a Twingo and Duster/Sandero!

Yeah, lots of sharing of mechanical parts and even the platforms are often evolutions. I think the Mk1 Clio is based on the Super 5 which is based on the 9/11.

The Megane Mk1 is also very obviously based on the 19.

I'm not sure if the 19 is based on an older model, it looks like it may be an evolution of the 9 - the way the front inner wings flare out behind the headlights looks like the car may have evolved from a narrower model like the 9/11

I think the Clio II was an all new platform but still shared lots of mechanical parts with other models.

ba_barabus

BrianD3 wrote: »

Yeah, lots of sharing of mechanical parts and even the platforms are often evolutions. I think the Mk1 Clio is based on the Super 5 which is based on the 9/11.

The Megane Mk1 is also very obviously based on the 19.

I'm not sure if the 19 is based on an older model, it looks like it may be an evolution of the 9 - the way the front inner wings flare out behind the headlights looks like the car may have evolved from a narrower model like the 9/11

I think the Clio II was an all new platform but still shared lots of mechanical parts with other models.

Thats pretty much it. The 19 is essentially a Clio underneath but bigger. Or if I'm being more correct, the Clio is a 19 underneath as it came out after. Renault mechanical snd service parts are always an easy find.

Arthur Daley

Always thought Megane 1 even just looked like a facelift of the 19. Interesting that all that can be traced back to the 9. Eurpoean COTY 1982 but not so you'd notice.

oceanman

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/triumph-herald/28021265
one for the summer....if we get one

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/toyota-crown/28018922









Not much of a looker, but this is incredibly cool IMO.

Odyssey 2005

They're not seats, they're armchairs

BrianD3

Arthur Daley wrote: »

Always thought Megane 1 even just looked like a facelift of the 19. Interesting that all that can be traced back to the 9. Eurpoean COTY 1982 but not so you'd notice.

Yes, the Megane Mk1 is basically a rounder, safer, roomier 19 with better interior plastics, the cars are very similar to drive and have a similar "stance" on the road. Not a facelift but easy to see why someone might think that. The 19 is much more closely related to the Megane than the 9 is to the 19 IMO.

slipperyox

Not to mention I don't think you have any comeback from damage in transit

CoBo55

LIGHTNING wrote: »

I've been eyeing up some odd looking jap barges over the last month or so. Shipping prices have gone through the roof lately though

It's a lovely barge.

elperello

A matching pair .

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/2-punto-sport/28011100

A first for me anyway and possibly future classics.

Duke O Smiley

A bargain for those IMO

CoBo55

elperello wrote: »

A matching pair .

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/2-punto-sport/28011100

A first for me anyway and possibly future classics.

First car I ever drove with a 6 speed box, if you've somewhere to put them they're a bargain they can only increase in value from now on.

kadman

The 02 Punto with 11000 km, has had a hard short life at 11k.

The drivers seat is well shagged for such low mileage.What else is.
Methinks there may be something afoot;)

RobAMerc

elperello wrote: »

A matching pair .

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/2-punto-sport/28011100

A first for me anyway and possibly future classics.

surefire future classics and cracking little cars. I think this colour is also the best colour to have ( even if I dont like it myself ! )

sharpish

kadman wrote: »

The 02 Punto with 11000 km, has had a hard short life at 11k.

The drivers seat is well shagged for such low mileage.What else is.
Methinks there may be something afoot;)

Surely not! A punto of all things never heard of that before

kadman

I sold a seicento a few years ago that we purchased from the first owner
with 14km.

It was 120k when we sold it, and it had a better looking interior and nct than those old puntos:)

Duke O Smiley

Now you’ll pay €2000 for a good Cinquecento or Seicento Sporting though

A grand for both of those Puntos is a bargain. So the seat looks a little stressed, the bolsters on those sears are huge in the first place so it’s not uncommon for them to wear there.

I used to buy Puntos and Seicentos galore about 6 or 7 years ago for half nothing, and many of those were Sportings. No hope of them ever stopping that low again

con747

1986 Renault 9 €3300 and a Renault 16 no price https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/renault/28052859
1990 Toyota Carina €5250 https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/toyota-carina-nct-3-22/28024077
1983 Ford Fiesta Mk1 €3750 https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/1983-ford-fiesta-mk1/28019991?campaign=3