Classic for under £10K

[Gibbo2286]

The 3Litre had self levelling suspension as well as the hydrolastic Chris, it worked well but tended to be a bit leaky. had to frequently tighten the covers on the units.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Three Classic Auction houses have their sales this weekend

Morris Leslie......Up in Scotland
Anglia Car Auctions Kings Lynn
Mathewsons North Yorkshire

Details for all three either on their websites or perhaps more conveniently on Glenmarch here

https://www.glenmarch.com/cars/upcoming

Anglia Car Auctions is on Saturday and Sunday and will be broadcast in full on youtube.

One ot the items which has perked my interest


REgards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Well I had my eye on the Anglia Auction and can report that the Austin 3.0l made £2000 provisional, my favoured Jaguar XJ40 made £1800 - I could have afforded that but waited for the Nissan Pao which commanded £4100 - too much for me!! So the MX3 lives on!! Anyone want to buy a bike?

[mickthemaverick]

This may be of interest to CX fans:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CITROEN-CX-T ... SwACBfGqlX

[NewcastleFalcon]

Well I had my eye on the Anglia Auction and can report that the Austin 3.0l made £2000 provisional, my favoured Jaguar XJ40 made £1800 - I could have afforded that but waited for the Nissan Pao which commanded £4100 - too much for me!! So the MX3 lives on!! Anyone want to buy a bike?

I'll be giving the auction a scan if its still on youtube. I liked that Nissan too. There was a white caravelle, "starts and runs but needs some recommisioning". Interested to see what that went for. I am expecting that there are still quite a few buyers out their who are willing to pay too much for such things.

REgards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Anglia Car Auctions are doing a decent job of presenting and auctioning their vehicles. Live streaming on youtube and facebook, videos of the vehicles. I reckon the way they are selling now is far better than your normal crammed auction hall filled with exhaust fumes.

Sounded a bit rough but less than I expected
£3,250 hammer price

REgards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Mathewsons have posted their results for last Saturday's Auction on Glenmarch

So if you are curious about the French contingent, here are the lot numbers

https://www.glenmarch.com/auctions/resu ... limit=9999

The French Contingent
LOt 181 1989 Citroën C15 E Romahome
Lot 187 1989 Peugeot 205 GL
Lot 240 1994 Citroën Xantia
Lot 241 1997 Peugeot 406 Executive
Lot 328 1991 Peugeot 205 GTi

and a couple of Motorhomes mentioned earlier
Lot 16 1984 Mercedes-Benz 207D
Lot 175 1969 Rover P5 B Motor Caravan

Regards Neil

[CitroJim]

The Xantia and 205GTi made strong money!

[NewcastleFalcon]

Now if I had started a thread "Classics under £1000" would you have expected these to appear?

Morris Leslie Auction Results posted at Glenmarch
https://www.glenmarch.com/auctions/resu ... ection=asc

1988 Fiat X1/9 £150
1999 Honda Legend £175
1977 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II £600
1992 Mercedes-Benz 230 E £725
2004 Mercedes-Benz S 350 £850

Regards Neil

[CitroJim]

An X1/9 for beer money It must have been a proper basket-case? They're quite iconic

The others I can understand going for such a low price... About as desirable as toothache except perhaps the Honda...

[myglaren]

Quite like the Mercedes.

[NewcastleFalcon]

About as desirable as toothache........

Well, in an unexpected co-incidence, today a new vehicle has appeared in Northumberland, courtesy of a chap I know who just buys interesting cars, runs them for a short period of time and gets something else. He's bought one from deepest Crewe trading-in the green Rover 95 P4 which he has had for a couple of months.

and his latest purchase? First Registered January 1989, it goes from 0-62 7 seconds, top speed of around 140, and 6750cc V8 turbocharged engine, weighs around 2,230 kg apparently gets 27 m.p.g. on the "open road".

and the interior looks like this

Spoiler: show

Maybe one of the "desirable as toothache" brigade and totally impractical but certainly put a involuntary smile on my face as I was chatting to the new owner this evening. I hope he gets a bit of that "pleasure in motoring" in the time that he has it. Country and coast drives, days out, overnighters and generally enjoying it. Lets face it there is no fun at all in forever tinkering with a car like that, or indeed ordering parts for it. Would be like a financial punch in the stomach every time. In its favour its got an MOT until August 2021 so he starts off with a decent chance to enjoy it.

REgards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Would that be a Turbo R by any chance?

[NewcastleFalcon]

Would that be a Turbo R by any chance?

It is indeed very nice dark blue colour.



REgards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Lovely car to drive on the open road but a bugger around town, merely due to the size and mpg when just used for shopping trips. I did a spell of part time driving wedding cars for a friend of a friend and had the pleasure of taking a few brides to the church in a white Turbo R, I did used to get bored at the petrol pump though!!