Crap, ridiculously expensive "classic" cars

[Hicky]

Nostalgia, it’s like watching a film from your youth….giving it another go and realising it’s less than rubbish.
Some cars I can understand, if you’re mechanically minded and parts are readily available then why not take a step backwards to a car that doesn’t cost the earth and need professor McDealership to repair!🤪

 

[Fastpedaller]

Nostalgia, it’s like watching a film from your youth….giving it another go and realising it’s less than rubbish.
Some cars I can understand, if you’re mechanically minded and parts are readily available then why not take a step backwards to a car that doesn’t cost the earth and need professor McDealership to repair!🤪

Unfortunately, the parts that are available may not be good quality. I run a kit car based on 1976 Escort parts. Many folk have lots of love for the Escorts (hmm that didn't sound right somehow), so parts availability should be good. I don't want 'racing special' parts, and I bought new, standard, track control arms because one on my car had some play in it (the part was at least 12 years old at the time). One of the new ones had more play in less than 2000 miles than the old one that had been removed!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Base model 1.2 Vauxhall Nova’s selling for telephone numbers just because they are old: eludes me……

£ 112 seems reasonable

 

[Hicky]

Unfortunately, the parts that are available may not be good quality. I run a kit car based on 1976 Escort parts. Many folk have lots of love for the Escorts (hmm that didn't sound right somehow), so parts availability should be good. I don't want 'racing special' parts, and I bought new, standard, track control arms because one on my car had some play in it (the part was at least 12 years old at the time). One of the new ones had more play in less than 2000 miles than the old one that had been removed!

None OEM parts usually are made of toffee. Fast forward to cost cutting that seems to be the trend in manufacturing and hey presto I’m not surprised your replacement was sub par.
I bought a side repeater from Taiwan, the quality difference is stark, but 1/4 of the price than manufacturer original.
If it was a car I adored, I might of plumed for original.

 

[Fastpedaller]

None OEM parts usually are made of toffee. Fast forward to cost cutting that seems to be the trend in manufacturing and hey presto I’m not surprised your replacement was sub par.
I bought a side repeater from Taiwan, the quality difference is stark, but 1/4 of the price than manufacturer original.
If it was a car I adored, I might of plumed for original.

If it's still available from the manufacturer!

 

[dan_bo]

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1396929

That's what you're after. In white. RHD obvs.

 

[biggs682]

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1396929

That's what you're after. In white. RHD obvs.

I had one of them and if I remember rightly it was an AE92 model type or otherwise a Corolla GTi .
Wish I still had it along with all the others 🤣

 

[Hicky]

If it's still available from the manufacturer!

Very true!
Often the want to keep a car on the road which you’ve invested love/effort and money will keep you happier if you can get a part to keep your pride going rather than complain it isn’t up to scratch.
The choice is suck it up or search scrappys or the spares repair adds.
My bangernomics doesn’t allow me to run an expensive item whilst wearing rose tinted glasses😝

 

[Fastpedaller]

Very true!
Often the want to keep a car on the road which you’ve invested love/effort and money will keep you happier if you can get a part to keep your pride going rather than complain it isn’t up to scratch.
The choice is suck it up or search scrappys or the spares repair adds.
My bangernomics doesn’t allow me to run an expensive item whilst wearing rose tinted glasses😝

The days of getting parts from scrap yards seems to be over - at least in Norfolk (where I'd expect old cars to be more prevalent).
Our local 'recycler' crushed anything over 5 years old. When ecology suggests re-using, most large companies idea or recycling is to melt it down and make new.

 

[Jody]

It's just a scramble for profit and I fully expect the bubble to burst leaving some well out of pocket.

A vicious circle of scarcity, increasing prices, nostalgia and FOMO.

Don't get me wrong, I think some of the cars are rare and desirable but when you see a bog standard E reg XR2 with high mileage fetching £10,000+ you know there's something a miss.

 

[Hicky]

The days of getting parts from scrap yards seems to be over - at least in Norfolk (where I'd expect old cars to be more prevalent).
Our local 'recycler' crushed anything over 5 years old. When ecology suggests re-using, most large companies idea or recycling is to melt it down and make new.

Sad but true

I've found a good Nissan scrappy for the Ms car but Volvo spares are not keenly priced oddly.
Will the bubble burst, maybe. If someone can get good money for a car then why not....I certainly won't part with it.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

The market has gone mad. I sold my Porsche 964RS back in 2002 for £26,000. They're now nudging £200,000

Bummer!

 

[Fastpedaller]

Sad but true

I've found a good Nissan scrappy for the Ms car but Volvo spares are not keenly priced oddly.
Will the bubble burst, maybe. If someone can get good money for a car then why not....I certainly won't part with it.

You may well be a long way from it, but ........ There is a Volvo 'garage' on the side of the A1 at Wyboston, we've passed it may times in our travels. I've never seen such a huge collection of cars (all Volvos) in a large compound! i don't know if they supply parts 'through the web', but their collection is massive - it's probably famous just because it is so visible from the road.

 

[wafter]

Spotted this one in the wild - Grotty modified Mk5 Escort Gti for the fat end of seven grand:

Just think what else with four wheels you could buy for seven thousand pounds..

 

[Jody]

Bit of an oddball car. It's obviously had some good money thrown at it having been turbo'd but that "rally replica" look killed it and those wheels look rubbish.

Imagine thinking it's truly worth £7k