Practically Classics Forum

wouldnt a deep service involve some kind of chanting, meditation or the sacrifice of a goat
meanwhile some big citroens
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/665703652.htm?ca=18_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/730863195.htm?ca=18_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/742816523.htm?ca=18_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/754545146.htm?ca=18_s

rich. wrote:wouldnt a deep service involve some kind of chanting, meditation or the sacrifce of a goat
meanwhile some big citroens
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/665703652.htm?ca=18_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/730863195.htm?ca=18_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/742816523.htm?ca=18_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/754545146.htm?ca=18_s

And here's me thinking it was just knuckle skin and ceramonial wallet burning!

Biggest ever bargain used to be the X300 series Jags. Even now there are cheap ones out there simply because not everyone wants a car that likes a drink, though by all accounts they're none too shabby for their size and weight and besides, with unleaded petrol at under £1 a litre for the first time in ages, running bigger cars suddenly becomes justifiable again.

A quick flick through last week's Auto Trader shows just the one X300 shape thing, a Polynesian Turquoise one with 171,000 miles, full history from the only previous owner and decsribed as needing only a couple of tyres at some point, these having been an advisory when the dealer put it up for test - which it passed. It certainly looks good but then they usually do in ink so it would want to be checked thoroughly.
Asking price is low, even for one of these, at a very reasonable £799. What could possibly go wrong?

(That one is in Fife, on the coast by Pittenweem, which is just by the "elbow" of the kingdom as seen on a map, it looks like an arm and hand with a finger pointing to sea). Probably not from a no salt area at that far south, but I don't recall ever having seen a rotten one of these, grab them while they're this cheap.

Forgotten that these were ever produced (and I worked for Fiat dealer in the early 80's) Within budget its even got the steering wheel on the right side for touring Europe (well left side if you understand where I am coming from )

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C538195

I too would have recommended a triumph 2000 or 2500. These were more economic than the rover P6 (in my experience on a long trip 4 up many years ago) or more practical but also more recent would be a Saab 900/93, especially a convertible. I have done 2 European trips with my 93 and would recommend it. Not a huge boot in the soft top but roof off in the sun is a very pleasant experience.

Grumpy Northener wrote:Forgotten that these were ever produced (and I worked for Fiat dealer in the early 80's) Within budget its even got the steering wheel on the right side for touring Europe (well left side if you understand where I am coming from )

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C538195

I've never actually seen one of them before!

Will get ou and about soon, when this snow clears off!! One of the downsides of living sort of off the beaten track!

Anyone owned a Volvo 480? What are they like?

austin 1100?
have you worked out your route yet?

How about a Peugeot 205 convertible? The boot is a fair size, it has 4 seats, an excellent heater, simple to fix, 40+mpg, comfortable seats, good handling and did I mention the roof goes down.

I use my 1.4 205 Convertible every day and it's great, in the two years I've owned it it's done 8,000 miles and has proven to be very reliable. I'm actually considering using it for our 5000 mile road trip through South Eastern Europe this summer. My top tip would be to check the condition of the fuel and brake lines as they were steel originally and rust quite badly, mine have been changed for copper pipes. Oh and the roof will most probably leek somewhere in heavy rain.

Talbot Rancho fun, French, gallic charm, bags of room, what's not to like. And the Simca 1100 it's based on shares all the parts and spares, making it cheap to maintain.

GHT wrote:

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Talbot Rancho fun, French, gallic charm, bags of room, what's not to like. And the Simca 1100 it's based on shares all the parts and spares, making it cheap to maintain.

ive not seen one outside of the classic car shows! would get plenty of wine in that!