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Old 18 Feb 2012, 20:11 (Ref:3027714)   #1
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A classic for £2k

(or equivalent) xe.com

I'll start with this:
A-reg Mercedes 500 SEC, a bargain at £1,990.
(I'm not related to the seller!)

Maybe there are other threads to follow?!
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Old 21 Feb 2012, 19:27 (Ref:3029073)   #2
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http://www.classic-auctions.com/Auct...n40-34471.aspx

Another contender for sub £2k and the cheaper end of the market.
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Old 21 Feb 2012, 21:30 (Ref:3029145)   #3
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Another contender for sub £2k and the cheaper end of the market.
I bought one of those for £100 a few years back, took the rear hubs and brakes off and gave the rest to the blokes in work for their scrap bin.
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Old 22 Feb 2012, 06:17 (Ref:3029274)   #4
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I bought one for £123.46 a couple of years ago. Drove to Prague and back in it! I should have started a less that £150 thread.
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Old 16 Apr 2012, 14:58 (Ref:3060283)   #5
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Triumph Spitfires can be had cheaply, and there is a stunning MGBGT on the front cover of Classic, Performance & Retro magazine that was bought for less than £3K (yes I know the thread said £2K...but it was only a little bit over!) Shop around and it's amazing what you can get.
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Old 17 Apr 2012, 08:18 (Ref:3060741)   #6
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You can go down the Mercedes route and may get a good one, but if it goes wrong, it'll really cost!
MGB / Midget / Spitfire are cheap to buy and you can get all the spares you'll need at reasonable prices as well as technical advice. The cars are pretty reliable,too. I've retired 6 months ago and bought an MGB GT for daily transport. Cost £1500 and I'm doing a 'rolling restoration' as well as driving it daily.
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Old 17 Apr 2012, 15:21 (Ref:3060977)   #7
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BMW e21 3 series. I recently bought a mint black 316 for less than £1k.
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Old 19 Apr 2012, 03:41 (Ref:3061821)   #8
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Reading this thread and watching the cheap car challenges on Top Gear depresses me! It is amazing how cheap older European cars are over there.

There's a car yard across the road from my office and they're selling plain, 4 cylinder E36 BMWs for the equiavlent of GBP6000. That's the just an example of the ridiculous prices Australians pay for European cars.
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Old 20 Apr 2012, 05:48 (Ref:3062444)   #9
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What about a brown Rover saloon. Or any Rover saloon?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1971-ROVER...#ht_1063wt_937
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Old 25 Apr 2012, 11:13 (Ref:3065317)   #10
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I've always had a soft spot for these since my mates and I did the "bohemian raphsody" thing in one when we were teenagers:

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Old 25 Apr 2012, 11:17 (Ref:3065318)   #11
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I've always had a soft spot for these
Another of BL's great "if only" cars!

. . . if only BL had had the slightest inkling of the concept of "quality".
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Old 25 Apr 2012, 19:32 (Ref:3065539)   #12
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That would be fun. A proper practical classic.
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Old 27 Apr 2012, 08:03 (Ref:3066037)   #13
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Quite.... I guess soft spot would have to include soft sills, soft floor pans, soft wing panels
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Old 28 Apr 2012, 20:11 (Ref:3066682)   #14
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Might get away with it....
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Old 28 Apr 2012, 21:51 (Ref:3066716)   #15
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Nice.... but I suspect the reserve is over-budget for this thread
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And a couple of nice examples from the garage of Top Gear...

1986 Porsche 944 Auto
1985 Porsche 944
and another 1986 944
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Old 28 Apr 2012, 22:36 (Ref:3066726)   #17
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Or...
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Old 28 Apr 2012, 22:38 (Ref:3066727)   #18
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Old 29 Apr 2012, 13:38 (Ref:3066963)   #19
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And always loved these...
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Old 29 Apr 2012, 19:53 (Ref:3067099)   #20
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Very nice

Probably go for over £2k, probably too much trouble if it doesn't!
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Very nice

Probably go for over £2k, probably too much trouble if it doesn't!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-ALFA-...f#ht_500wt_922
There's a red one of these (same year) in the Peterborough area. Great lookin' little cars.
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