1954 Zephyr

[ozboz]

I rember these , this one is for sale in NZ ,£22, 000
what a Beaut !!

 

[screenman]

I was a car dealer around your area in the seventies and eighties, is does not do my head and good to dwell on the cars I should have kept rather than sold.

The 308 GT4 that I sold for £6500 in about 1979 hurts.

 

[ozboz]

I was a car dealer around your area in the seventies and eighties, is does not do my head and good to dwell on the cars I should have kept rather than sold.

That would have been a Classic in the 70's never mind now !!
I once let a 1943 Willys Jeep slip through my fingers about 1978 £750 asking price , I bought a Datsun Sunny van instead ,

 

[screenman]

That would have been a Classic in the 70's never mind now !!
I once let a 1943 Willys Jeep slip through my fingers about 1978 £750 asking price , I bought a Datsun Sunny van instead ,

Ouch! I paid £800 for an E type and only £1900 for a 1956 RR from a chap in Richmond. I could go on as I bought and sold over 500 a year from 1978 until 1988

 

[PeteXXX]

In about 1976 ish, I had one of each of these, plus a 195? Somerset

1952 A40 Devon, Reg No. GAP 39

1954 Devon Commercial, Reg No. SKL 992 (column change with Cambridge mechanics)

I soooo wish I'd not given in to the marital pressures of 'We need a new car'

 

[ozboz]

I met a bloke in Australia , he had a 70's E type , full body sort of one , he kept it under wraps , said it was part of his retirement fund , not daft !!
My dad owned two Somersets , sort of nice in a way , the last one I went to the scrap yard with him to dispose of it , £7.50 they give him !!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Acht, hindsight is a wonderful thing.

 

[steve50]

I rember these , this one is for sale in NZ ,£22, 000
what a Beaut !!
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lovely old classic car, i love the classics, they have a style and presence that a great many modern cars just cannot achieve

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

lovely old classic car, i love the classics, they have a style and presence that a great many modern cars just cannot achieve

I bet people said that about the aforementioned cars when they were new too


Why do people never learn?

 

[tyred]

If I keep my 205 long enough it might actually appreciate

 

[midlife]

My dad had a Velox when I was a kid

Way too much chrome to polish lol

Shaun

 

[Dec66]

My dad had two Zephyr 4's, and a Zephyr 6 (the Mk. 3 version in each case). Also among the many vehicules he owned were a Triumph GT6 Mk. 2, a Ford Cortina 1600E, a Vincent Black Shadow and, perhaps best of all, a bronze Jaguar Mk. 2 3.4.

He owned some cack as well, like a Hillman Avenger, a Daihatsu van and a Morris Marina coupe (the latter bought with the intention of being my first car, but sold on before I ever got behind the wheel).

The other night I rode down to the local Wickes looking for some suitable bolts to put in my cleats (fool's errand, but I digress) when an old boy came up to me to ask me for bike recommendations as he was thinking about starting riding, about five miles a day initially. He had a spotless red TR6 150Pi which he'd owned for 24 years and which he'd treated to a full body-off restoration (and sorted all the original fuel injection niggles which originally plagued the car). I spent ages talking to him, he had photos of the restoration in the (immaculately veneered) glovebox.

He may be selling it soon. Sadly we need an extension doing.

 

[simon.r]

I was a car dealer around your area in the seventies and eighties, is does not do my head and good to dwell on the cars I should have kept rather than sold.

The 308 GT4 that I sold for £6500 in about 1979 hurts.

My Dad was in the trade (mechanic / teacher) from the 40's to the '90's and still has tears in his eyes when he recalls the Rolls Royce he was offered and turned down in 1954 for 2 pounds, 3 shillings and tuppence happ'eny

 

[ayceejay]

My brother had a heap in the garage that turned out to be a lotus engined escort rally car or summat that is worth I dunno how many thousands but I like that Vauxhall and the Wendy in the back seat

 

[simon.r]

Dad had something very similar to this back in the day:

https://goo.gl/images/AaP8Xy