Classic for under £10K

[mickthemaverick]

Possibly warrants a place in Alasdair's car park picture on the favourite colours thread or a place on the Estates thread but this is the chance to acquire the ubiquitous car of the 60's:

BFTW

Details here

[mickthemaverick]

Had this been any colour other than silver or black and rats and drainpipes come to mind, but I just don't want another silver car!!

BFTW

Details here

[CitroJim]

Had this been any colour other than silver or black and rats and drainpipes come to mind, but I just don't want another silver car!!

I have rattle cans

[Gibbo2286]

They overdid the engine upgrade on the moggy, the 948cc was better, the 1098cc tended to have big end trouble.

[mickthemaverick]

Here is an absolute gem, who needs to get to the shops?

BFTW

Details here

[mickthemaverick]

I know which version I prefer:

BFTW

Details for both can be found here

[mickthemaverick]

Anyone for a cheap but very low mileage runabout?

Details here

[CitroJim]

I know which version I prefer:

Me too! The 1953 one

That Raleigh Runabout is nice and it'll make a good price... When I was a teenager we used to get hold of them for pennies or less and then rag them to death before breaking them for parts or just scrapping them. Back in the day they were almost worthless...

I believe, mechanically, they were more or less a copy of the Mobylette...

The Pug 206 is OK as a runabout but is not one of PSA's finest. After the 205, they were a huge disappointment... The 207 was a little better but no 205...

But then, the 205, in all its guises, is the tops and irreplaceable. Only the AX comes anywhere close

[MattBLancs]

My dad had a 206 1.9 DW8 5 door in lowly LX trim.

In turns out there is a minimum amount of power I need of a car, and it's more than that!
(71 bhp, but I've never known an engine so unwilling to rev - in my imagination it was akin to a massive flywheel, in higher gears it picked up speed OK, but lower gears it just felt unwilling to go)

Didn't find the drivers seat particularly comfortable: a bit "flat" much like the engine I suppose!

Vs.

My wife had/has (not sold it yet) a later 206 in posh GTi spec with the 110 bhp 16v DV6 form. That's literally the polar opposite of the DW8! Very, very rev happy, lots of power and such fun to drive. Nice seats, leather wheel

I think the 205's shadow is always difficult to fill, but I also think the posher models do have good qualities.
I fancied trying a cheap 206 GTi in 137 or better yet 180 form but I think I've left it too late and they've all evaporated! The 137 EW10J4 isn't bad in the much heavier 406 Coupe, imagine it's good fun in a 206.

[bobins]

Guided at a very reasonable £1800 - £2500, but what it actually goes for is anyone's guess. It might appeal to one. ......Or maybe two people.
1987 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.8 Cabrio

(commercial ferry ship not included in auction)

https://www.barons-auctions.com/content ... 3&cid=5849

[NewcastleFalcon]

I like the fence shadows on some of Barons photos, you can see them on the Vauxhall but better here on a Reef Blue Jensen

From a previous sale


Neil

[CitroJim]

Guided at a very reasonable £1800 - £2500, but what it actually goes for is anyone's guess. It might appeal to one. ......Or maybe two people.
1987 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.8 Cabrio

That's different! Never even knew they existed...

[CitroJim]

I think the 205's shadow is always difficult to fill, but I also think the posher models do have good qualities.

That's very true Matt. I got my eldest a 1.1 TU-engined 206 as her first car. It was fine for what it was but having owned a few models of 205 over the years and having driven virtually every model in the range, the ordinary 206 just seemed a step backwards and failed to inspire like a base model 1.1 205 does/did. To be fair to Peugeot, the 205 was always going to be a hard act to follow. As was the 405.

Similarly, although I had a 1.1 Saxo for a long time, I will always consider them to be a poor successor to the AX.

I've never experienced the posher 206 models - maybe I should before it's too late and they're all gone. Ditto the higher spec. Saxo...