Other classics.

[dafpunk]

What other classic cars have you owned/do you own? Got any pic's? Here's a picture of my Porsche 944 S2. I'll post some pic's of other classics that I've owned later...

[dafpunk]

Wow! I've never seen one of those before! Is it an import?

[howard]

I've nothing so fancy, I'm afraid. I love DAF and SAAB cars.

At the moment, I own:

DAF 32 x2
DAF 33 x3
DAF 66 x3
Vauxhall Victor FB x2
Triumph Mayflower
Austin Allegro
Rover P4
Rover P5B
Morris Minor
Triumph Dolomite
SAAB 9000 x2
SAAB 900
Renault Trafic minibus
countless silly old motorbikes and tricycles

Told you I was cutting down!

Space restrictions stop me telling you all that I have owned, and in the interest of taste I won't mention the horrors that can be included on that list!

[spunkymonkey]

Past (though not as classics at the time - just old cars I could pick up cheap):

1961 Mk 1 Mini 850 - cost me 50 quid and got 18 months / about 15k miles out of it before it finally died. Sold the number plate for £250, so that wa good

Triumph 1300FWD as my first ever car - got one for a tenner and one for free and made a good one out of the two. Lasted a couple of years and the most fun I've ever known from a car. When we have Sian's Daf sorted, I'm gonna find me another ;D

BMW 2500 auto (early 70's developed into the 7 series). Absolutely gorgeous to drive, even when a rocker arm broke on the motorway because of a defective cam - kept going at 90 on 5 pots. Got it back on the road by building the cam with weld and re-grinding / polishing by hand. Could never afford to run one now though

Saab 99 auto - nice, a little different, but way too expensive to sort when the box and water pump failed at the same time.

[daf44]

howard.

disappointed to see you haven't got a 44 in that lot ;D ;D

in the past i have owned :-

1965 VW based GP MK2 beach buggy--great fun on or off road.

old style minis. all sizes and models and ages. good fun. very cheap at the time.

1969 Riley Elf. (mini with a boot on it) .

1981 mitsubishi colt 1.4 (4 speed gearbox with high and low ratios). not classic at the time (1992)- like rocking horse poo now. nearly as rare as the DAFs.

Now i own a 1967 MK1 DAF 44.

I will try to find some photos of these and put them up at some point.

I just like playing about with the old cars.

paul44

[dafpunk]

Jun 4, 2008 17:47:35 GMT howard said:

I've nothing so fancy, I'm afraid. I love DAF and SAAB cars.

At the moment, I own:

DAF 32 x2
DAF 33 x3
DAF 66 x3
Vauxhall Victor FB x2
Triumph Mayflower
Austin Allegro
Rover P4
Rover P5B
Morris Minor
Triumph Dolomite
SAAB 9000 x2
SAAB 900
Renault Trafic minibus
countless silly old motorbikes and tricycles

Told you I was cutting down!

Space restrictions stop me telling you all that I have owned, and in the interest of taste I won't mention the horrors that can be included on that list!

Wow! I'm amazed how many cars you have. I wish had had enough room to keep that many, let alone own that many. I haven't even had that many cars in my life.

Here's another classic that I onced owned, a Reliant Scimitar SS1. I loved this car, but had to sell it once my daughter came along.

[dafpunk]

The W78 SJB - 2000 Italjet Dragster D50 (Repaired. Ran. Crashed. Repaired. Ran. Sold - The only vehicle I made a profit on!) sounds great. I have no idea what one looks like, but any vehicle with the name dragster must be cool.

[dafpunk]

It looks rather good for a moped. But I think the name is a little overboard for moped. I was thinking (before seeing the pic) that it was some sort of sports/super bike.

[pyoorkate]

Cars wise, I've had a fair few (but not nearly as many as some)
- Morris 1000 (Had since I was 13, Ruined by Charles Ware, Run (and upgraded to a 1300 ital engine) for 5 years, currently being partially rebuilt by JLH Minors).



- Yugo 54A - (Parked that on it's roof)
- Golf 1500GL with tweaked engine (the previous owner had put together an engine which wasn't a GTI, but was really somewhat more powerful than normal. My garage had a hell of a time getting it to run right, 'cos all the standard timings didn't work, and it needed bits of GTI and bits of 1300 and bits of whatever to run. Lovely car, regret getting rid).
- Vauxhall Viva 1300SL - Ran, broke down, fixed, ran, broke down, fixed, ran, broke down, fixed, sold, broke down.
- DAF 44 - Pulled from a garden, now runs, waiting for a new floor and sills 'n an MOT.

And bikes wise (you may notice a pattern here)
MZ ETZ 125 (G-reg, ran, died, rebuilt, ran, oil pump failed, died, rebuilt, ran beautifully)
MZ ETZ 251 (J-reg: pulled from a garden seized. Unseized with plus-gas, ran for around 12k miles during which it made 3 moderately serious attempts on my life. Scrapped when the frame rusted out).
MZ ETZ 251 (M-reg: In bits, project bike, to be 'awesome pink', just because I thought it'd be a laugh and had the bits...)


and... can y'guess what it is yet?
MZ ETZ 251 (Kanuni) - N reg. My everyday, 45 quid motorbike..


And that's my lot

[spunkymonkey]

Oh, if we're including things like Yugos rather than pure classics....

Escort mk2 - bought for £100 without MOT. Flew through, ran for a year until the prop shaft separated from the diff - that was a loud bang!

Fiat panda (picked up free, welded it up for fun and ended using it for 6 months) Sold at a profit.

Yugo 45. Not a good buy, missed the filler in the inner wings :oops: but still reliable until it was put down pre-MOT

Sierra 1600 that a mate bent, I repaired, he bent again, he gave to me. Got about a years use out of it but wasn't fun enough to put through another MOT.

Cavalier Mk2 1600. Cost £100, sailed through MOT, got painted and got stolen (complete with all my tools in the back). Reported the theft as it was happening but it didn't get found till the next day, burned out in a school field. The police were very helpful - gave me one hour to move it at 6am on a Saturday morning &, when I couldn't, charged me £150 to have it towed to their compound

Cavailier Mk2 1600 - replacement for the above, just used till it fell apart.

Volvo 344 - reliable till I was offered the Montego, gave away to a deserving cause

Rover Montego Countryman 2.0d - my first diesel and I loved it. Surprisingly quick, very comfortable for distance and economical. Used to get an easy 45mpg on a run, even with it loaded to the roofline. Ran happily on home-made biodiesel at about 40p / litre and the odd drum of neat veggy oil from tesco. Loved it to bits, did a major rebuild underneath for its last MOT, then lent it to a friend who knocked the big-ends out towing a caravan up a hill in Cornwall. Would have another one in a shot!

Rover 420D - replacement for the Montego. £300 from auction, got 15000 miles out of it in 7 months and scrapped before MOT because it used to give (thick) white smoke above 3k rpm and would never pass the smoke test. never got to the bottom of the smoke, but think it was air getting in the fuel internally in the pump.


And my favourite - from '93 to about '98. Renault 14 Dexion*. Donated to me by someone going to Australia. Welded it, ran it for a year, welded it, ran it for a year, had a brake test refused on an MOT in case he pulled the back wheels off, welded it, ran it for a year, had the O/S/R suspension break away from the body half way from Plymouth to Penzance, drove it home (torsion bars, so the inner mount held the wheel on), welded it, ran it, fitted a sunroof, cut a hole in the inner wing to remove the rockers for an oil feed problem, painted "She canna take much more Captain" across the boot lid, welded it (just the inner wing this time! Ran it, had a rear shock punch a hole (fatigue, not rust!) in an inner arch, welded it, ran it, couldn't face welding it so gave up and scrapped it. Held a wake for it.

Always managed to get it through MOTs (to the delight of a couple of testers). Over 4 years use (and 80k miles) in a free car that developed sooo much personality you could have put it on Britain's Got Talent. It probably would have won.



*denoted by the little brass "dexion" badge off the shelving I kept to patch it with

[dafdaffer]

I also have had a few cars, some new and some very old, most have gone to the crusher or have been sold on, i have never had a car longer than 3 years,

78 toyota corolla
79 toyota corolla
81 toyota corolla x2
99 toyota corolla
82 toyota starlet
82 toyota tercel x3
83 toyota tercel 4x4
1983 Vauxhall astra estate
1982 bedford chevane
1981 volkswagen polo
1989 volks wagen jetta
1975 volvo 244
1975 volvo 66
1977 volvo 66 x2 although one scrap
1976 volvo 66 estate
1980 volvo 345 (manual)
1982 volvo 343 (auto)
1986 volvo 340 (auto)
1983 ford seirra 1300
1984 ford seirra 1600 ghia
1992 ford seirra 2.0 gt- never ran
1998 ford mondeo ghia 2.0
1978 ford escort mk2 1100
1979 ford escort mk2 1300
1986 ford escort mk3 1300 lazer
1981 ford escort mk3 1600 GL
1995 ford escort mk5 1400 lx
1996 ford escort van 75
1996 ford orion mk3 1400 lx
1985 ford capri 1600 lazer
1982 ford cortina crusader 1600
1983 talbot samber
1984 fiat uno 1.1
1985 fiat uno 1.3 s
1996 fiat bravo 1.4s
1986 suzuki pickup with romahome detachable body (campervan)
1986 bedford rascal bambi
1989 bedford rascal bambi-spares only
1989 bedford rascal van
1990 bedford rascal van
1972 austin 1300 2dr mk3
1986 austin maestro x2
1971 morris 1100
1974 morris 1800
1988 rover 213s
1992 peugeot 405 td estate
1998 peugeot 306 estate
2003 peugeot estate- still got
1986 leyland daf sherpa van
1980 Datsun 120y esatate
1996 hyundai accent - tried to kill me!!
1978 mazda 323
1983 mazda 323
1984 mazda 323
1983 nissan sunny estate1500 gl
1986 nissan sunny estate1500 sgl
1986 nissan sunny coupe 1500 sgl
1982 nissan cherry 1300gl
1980 austin mini 1000 x2
1982 austin mini pickup 1000
1982 austin mini 1000

i have probably forgot some

1973 DAF 33 maroon, sold but i dont know what happened to it.
1973 DAF 33 maroon, sold
1974 DAF 33 maroon, broke up.
1969 DAF 44 Saloon white, sold to club member
1973 DAF 44 saloon green, still got
1973 DAF 44 estate blue, sold broken up
1977 DAF 46 estate blue, broke up
1971 DAF 55 saloon yellow, sold
1973 DAF 66 marathon 1100 red, sold
1973 DAF 66sl 1100 blue, sold
1973 DAF 66 marathon 1100 blue, broke up
1973 DAF 66 sl 1100 yellow, broke up
1975 DAF 66 Marathon 1300 red, broke up
1973 DAF 66 sl coupe gold, sold
1976 DAF 66 marathon coupe 1300. sold

i think thats it......

[stefan]

cars I have owned in order

1966 triumph Herald 1200 soft top
1970 Triumph Herald 1360 soft top
1976 Austin Alegro
1978 Vauxhall Magnum 2300 estate
1965 Jaguar s type
1981 Jaguar xj6
1968 Vauxhall Viva Brabham
1967 Vauxhall Viva
1983 Opal Manta
1976 Vauxhall Magnum 2300 saloon
1974 Vauxhall Firenza Droop snoot
1975 Morris Marina
1974 Vauxhall Firenza
1976 Vauxhall Chevette
1972 Vauxhall Viva
1976 Vauxhall Viva
1981 Fiesta 950
1974 Austin 1300
1985 MG Maestro
1994 Vauxhall Astra ex police car
1982 Vauxhall Chevette gl Auto
2000 Citroen Saxo vtr
1998 Ford Mondeo
1963 Hilman Minx
1977 Triumph Dolomite
2003 Ford Focus
2004 VW Golf
1975 Truimph Dolomite
1999 Ford Focus
1976 Vauxhall Victor vx4/90
1975 Triumph Spitfire (Race car)
2003 VW Passat
1996 Saab 900
1999 Saab 99
1993 Vauxhall frontera
1966 s2 Landrover 88
1970 NSU RO80
1972 MGBGT
1932 Ford Model B Hot Rod 7.2 V8
1994 Ford Granarda Cosworth
1976 Fiat Spider
1967 Daimler 420
1981 Alfa Romeo Guilietta
1971 Triumph Herald 1360 soft top
1976 MGBGT
2004 Ford Ranger Thunder
1997 Landrover Discovery
1988 Nissan Patrol
1993 Nissan Patrol still got
2004 Ford Transit still got
1971 Daf 55 still got

Partners Cars

1989 Ford Fiesta
1998 Ford Ka
2002 MG ZR
2005 Suzuki Vitara
1998 Skoda Octavia
2001 Rover 45 (just been smashed up by a muppet in a punto)

May have missed some but not bad for 13 years of driving

[dillyman]

I like your style Howard. I wonder what part of the world you dwell in as my own interests seem to coincide with yours - but not on such a grand scale! Presently I Have Daf 44 estate, Saab 9000 CDE, Saab 900 classic conv. and Rover P4 80. Also sundry motorbikes/mopeds of varying antiquity. I lurk in Wirral - are you at all close? Is the Mayflower in good shape, I've always fancied one.

Marcus H.

[howard]

Hi Marcus!

Thanks for your message!

Indeed you are correct - it's funny how some people veer towards the same sort of cars! Sadly, I am down here in Bristol although if all goes well over the next year or so I might be far away in the French countryside (where I will be able to have my own dutch barn without any rent to pay!).

The Mayflower is not in bad shape at all - needs minor cosmetic welding but it starts, runs and drives fine. It's a lovely little car and I'm very pleased to own it! I only wish I had more time to devote to them all but one day it will happen!

Take care!


Howard

[scooters]

last 10 years I have owned the following (not all Classics I may add!)

1968 Mini (sold)
1973 Mini (scrapped)
1996 Citroen BX Tdi estate (sold)
1982 Panther Kallista 3lt (still owned but needs recommissioned)
1974 Mini (lent to a "friend" who subsequently sold it )
1988 Mk2 VW Golf Gti (wonderful car) sold
1996 BMW 523i Saloon (wonderful car terrible mechanics - alloy engine cooks)
1999 Ford Mondeo Estate Ghia x v6 - sold

Since September 2007 I have owned the following:
1982 Volvo 240 Glt Saloon (manual) sold
1986 Volvo 240 Glt Saloon (auto) sold
1997 Volvo 940 Sport Estate (main family car - wonderful machine)
1973 Daf 44 (Mona - swapped but have just re purchased)
1974 Austin Maxi (sold to banger racer (trust me it wasn't worth saving))
1978 Reliant Scimitat GTE SE6a
1988 Citroen CX25 Gti Auto

I have a bid on a Daf 33 so could end up with too many cars (again!)

[scooters]

Well - latest fleet news is thus:

The Simimtar has gone to Fuzz Townshend and Sam Glover from Practical Classics
The CX Gti has gone to Torsten (lovely car!)

This left me a bit light especially over the winter especially as my wife has nicked my Volvo Estate. I'm driving around in a company Vectra Tdi just now (you traitor I hear you hiss! how dare you drive a modern car!) but the tax man cometh and I will have to shelve it for 6 months unless I want to get hit on a large IR35 tax bill (ulp- I'd probably be able to buy 2 new vectras (or whatever they call them these days) with the money I'd have to give Pa Broon).

Mona (the Daf44) is still off the road waiting on new front brake cylinders from Danny and maybe a spot of welding (cosmetic)

To cap it all work has said that they need me in St Albans 2 days a week, Manchester, 2 days a week and Edinburgh on Fridays so I won't be flying anymore and will have to do a serious mileage - with the loss of the Vectra this left me with a problem - how do I do the miles and take advantage of the 48p per mile mileage I get.

I have worked out I will be doing 15,000 miles between now and March - I need a relialble motorised sofa ideally with a diesel engine but also I need to indulge my compulsive heap buying syndrome.....an afternoon trawling the carandclassic website was an epithany! A call was made, a quick trip to Bucks and £850 later I'm driving around in a 1990 Jaguar XJ6 4.0.....you crazy fool I hear you shout! aha! but this one has a 150lt LPG tank in the boot and as my local gas seller charges 45p a lt then comfortable, cost effective winter motoring is on the cards! I'm getting about 23mpg on LPG just now which is a lot better than I get from my souped up Volvo and I hate to say it but it is a very nice drive, you "proceed" in a car like that you don't "go" and you have to be very rich indeed if you want to drive over 65mph as the MPG's drop as quickly as the pound sterling! Oh the expense! I hear you cry - well yes - the bits are expensive IF you buy new ones but you see there are hundreds of early 90's XJ6/XJ40's on the market at the moment you can pick up a doner car for £100 - so you just pinch the bits - yes there are one or two jobs that require a specialist but it's the bits that hit you not really the labour. I've worked out that with fuel costs and a big service I will still be £2k up after the project finishes in April AND I get to drive around in a car which is about as comfortable as a car gets....the seats are ALMOST as comfortable as my 44!

Anyway, the wife is making grumblings and I will have to buy her a new Golf early next year - I'm happy to do this as she will turn a blind eye to my car capers if I do - however, as I don't have 13k in my bank account it will be on finance and buying cars on tick goes against my very being!

So next year the plan is
wife has the Golf
I base the Jag at my place in St Albans
I base the Vovo in Edinburgh
I base the Daf 44 in Edinburgh and use her primarily as a runabout and my weekend toy!

sorted (well until the next bout of heap buying syndrome strikes!)

[Onne]

The cars I've owned over the years:
1973 Simca 1301 Automatic DeLuxe
1955 Morris Minor Series II (still got)
1981 Toyota Celica Coupe ST (sold)
1950 Morris Minor Series MM (still got)
1954 Morris Minor Series II (sold)
1959 Morris Minor 1000 (series III) (sold)
1969 Morris Minor 1000 (series V) (still got)
1964 Union Sport-O-Matic moped (still got that, but not for long)

And hopefully, some time soon:
1970 DAF 33

I'v been driving for 6 years now

[spunkymonkey]

For my sins, I seem to have a bid on one of them there Triumph 1300s I like so much. Not winning it at the moment, but also not prepared to get into a bidding war over this. Hoping to get it for aroud £400, including MOT till mid May. I'd already offered that before he ebayed it, but he decided to risk their fees against getting a little more for it:




He does have the springs to correct the stupidly low ride height - he thought it looked cool like this - and may even fit them before I collect if I'm the winner.

So, Betty may have a stablemate from the pen of the same designer sometime soon :-)

[spunkymonkey]

Got it for £350!! And can get the springs to put its ride height back as it should be for £50, so that's the car and the springs for my original offer price

Will be a couple of weeks till I can collect - d**n it's going to drag

[pauldaf44]

Nothing fancy and I really mean that. The only car that might fit the bill was my first

F780 ATG Fiat Uno 45 in blue 1989 I haven't seen another in 2 years

and as a family we owned;
JRC 429V Land Rover Series 3 straight six
Merc 508D
Morris Minor
Range Rover LSE
Land Rover series 2
Triumph Spitfire
Triumph TR2
DAF 44 in cream
DAF 44 in Green