Is There A Sudden Fad for Classic Cars Amongst The Membership?

[Cavalol]

Had a couple of Capris over the years (Mk2 1.3 with a 1600 X-flow, Mk2 1.6 OHC and a dog rough Mk3 3.0S) but they're well out of range price wise these days. My ultimate would be a Daytona yellow Mk1, ideally a 3.0. Also had a two door, pre-airflow 'Consul' Cortina Mk1 that was really tidy, but had that pretty rubbish 1200 3 bearing crank engine.
If money was no object though, you could keep your E-Types and Ferraris etc, I'd just take a Lotus Carlton and probably put a bed next to it so I could ake up in the middle of the night and drool over it.

 

[biggs682]

I like classic cars as do others on cc
What the classic's of the future will be who knows

 

[Fab Foodie]

I like classic cars as do others on cc
What the classic's of the future will be who knows

Dacia Duster....

 

[biggs682]

Dacia Duster....

Who knows it might well be

 

[Fab Foodie]

Who knows it might well be

Hope so @Hill Wimp just bought one!

 

[Smokin Joe]

Had a couple of Capris over the years (Mk2 1.3 with a 1600 X-flow, Mk2 1.6 OHC and a dog rough Mk3 3.0S) but they're well out of range price wise these days. My ultimate would be a Daytona yellow Mk1, ideally a 3.0. Also had a two door, pre-airflow 'Consul' Cortina Mk1 that was really tidy, but had that pretty rubbish 1200 3 bearing crank engine.
If money was no object though, you could keep your E-Types and Ferraris etc, I'd just take a Lotus Carlton and probably put a bed next to it so I could ake up in the middle of the night and drool over it.

I had two, a Mk1 Facelift (Great) and a Mk3 (Dog).

 

[biggs682]

Hope so @Hill Wimp just bought one!

There are a few out there , which will lessen the chance of them being rare

 

[screenman]

Ford Focus is now officially a classic. Cheap future classic, 323f.

 

[Dayvo]

What the classic's of the future will be who knows

Ah, you must mean something like this:

The Fiat Multipla.

 

[biggs682]

Ah, you must mean something like this:

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The Fiat Multipla.

We may laugh but yes they might well be

 

[Dayvo]

Back to real classics.

Always had a sneaking attraction for this:

Hitched around France in 1980 and got a lift in one. They're huge inside (or maybe I was just smaller then).

 

[Biff600]

Had a dig about and found a couple of pictures of my old Westfield SEIW. What a mental beast that was, 2 litre Cosworth twin cam, Weber 45's. Louder than God and could spin the wheels in 5th !!

 

[slowmotion]

I don't have a great interest in cars but I wouldn't say no to late forties or early Fifties

Chevy pickup.

 

[Reynard]

Hmmm... Volvos...

An 850 T5 wouldn't go amiss...

A racing mate used to have one (estate) and it went like doodoo off a shovel.

 

[DRM]

Yes, they used to call them Del Sol, some didn't have the VTEC engine though. My prelude was an import.

About fifteen years ago we needed a big load carrier , so we went for something different.

A 1980 Volvo 245, similar to the one below. It had belonged to a classic car enthusiast and had also been used as a show piece in a garage, it was huge.

One night we got slightly boxed in at a hotel car park. I knew the hotel owner who was an HGV driver so I got him to reverse it out.

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We needed an estate when junior DRM was born, so we bought one of those Volvo estates, it was quite a Q car as it was the 260 GLE, 2.9 litre fuel injection V6 rather then the 4 cylinder 2.1, there was many an XR3 driver who couldn’t understand why they couldn’t catch a Volvo, indeed I recall being held up heading out of Pateley Bridge by a 2 litre Mondeo, and we had the caravan on the back of it!