Anyone into classic cars

[Obtrusch]

Just back from an epic journey from Brittany to Northumberland to collect a lovely old Alfa. The seller was shocked when I turned up without a transporter or trailer and said I was driving it 650km home. The car had only covered 60km since the 1970’s

Absolutely no drama. I used A and B roads all the way back to avoid motorways. It took around eight hours, a full tank, four coffees and a terrible roadside Burger. Car was flawless and shrugged it off in fine fashion. The only real issue was a lack of radio.

It’s a 67 Giulia GT1300 Junior with less than 30,000 miles on the clock that spent its life in Paris and then Nice. It was rebuilt over a four year period by an Alfa specialist near Auxerre.

It’s now going to have a few internal modifications to the engine, brakes and suspension to make it a little more lively, but without any visual changes. All the original parts will be stored away

 

[shedobits]

.....and a Cotic too

 

[ferrus]

I’m not much of a car guy and don’t even drive but that Giulia is a dream!

 

[allenh]

Have you encountered M539 and Streten's channel on YT? I have no interest in BMWs, and have very little interest in cars but his attention to detail and the projects he works on is very engaging.

https://www.youtube.com/c/M539Restorations

Yes I have and yes he's superb. I want the Alpina B7 he did but sadly they're so rare here that is very unlikely.

 

[seiben]

Another slightly shonky BMW to throw in the mix - my 2001 E39 M5. Technically my daily, although as I WFH most of the time it only does 4-5,000 miles a year.

176k miles and counting.

 

[Jamesbike]

Another slightly shonky BMW to throw in the mix - my 2001 E39 M5. Technically my daily, although as I WFH most of the time it only does 4-5,000 miles a year.

176k miles and counting.

Last of the classic BMW imho.

Nice car!

 

[Mickeyspinn]

If there's any love for air-cooled vw beetles here I'm having a clear out of bits! Feel free to drop me a message ....mostly 68 on.

 

[Betsy]

If there's any love for air-cooled vw beetles here I'm having a clear out of bits! Feel free to drop me a message ....mostly 68 on.

I've still got one or two photos from 1990s era VW festivals

My last 2 VDubs turned into money pits.. i swore (a lot) never again!

 

[Mickeyspinn]

I've still got one or two photos from 1990s era VW festivals

My last 2 VDubs turned into money pits.. i swore (a lot) never again!

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Money pits! The KLF couldn't hold a candle to me
I used to love the first show of the season trapsing around detling in the mud...the days when a couple of week's wage would buy you an mot'd and solid bay window...

 

[Betsy]

Money pits! The KLF couldn't hold a candle to me
I used to love the first show of the season trapsing around detling in the mud...the days when a couple of week's wage would buy you an mot'd and solid bay window...

I blame that twat Jamie Oliver!

The VW scene was mainly young, skint, working-class dudes struggling to keep their daily drivers on the road.. the bus he bought was on the market for years.. we all used to laugh at the price.. nobody is going to spend £10k on a splitty, surely?

Oliver comes along, buys the most expensive bus in a vain attempt to increase his street cred, inflating the market in the process.. his middle-class admireers followed and all of a sudden the festivals are full of folks eating artisan bread with quinoa and romanesco sprinkled with chia seeds!!

..now you can't buy a bus for less than £40k...Damn you Oliver!!!