Classic cars

[daveduke67]

If I could afford it and had the spare time, I'd get a stag or tr6. No road tax and £150/year fully comp insurance.

The splitty is £135 p.a - fully comp with £100 excess, agreed value of £15k.

My mate has just insured his '68 Beetle , fully comp, him and his g/f for £37.

Am seriously considering getting rid of the Range Rover and getting a ratty Beetle as my daily. Something like this...

G/f has a BMW if we go anywhere posh (or anywhere with her as she hates the ratty ones) Tax is £220 and insurance £600+ - I only do about 3k a year so it really isnt worth it. Over a thousand miles of that will be in just two trips so it'd still be cheaper hiring an estate for the long family trips.<br /><br />-- Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:20 pm --<br /><br />

Just ordered another £40 worth of stuff for the VW splitty this morning - pair each of windscreen rubbers and engine hatch hinge gaskets.Basically two rubber bands with a groove in each side and two rubber rectangles with a lip. Must be well over £300 this year on rubber seals alone.

I just hope that if anything happens to me , the g/f doesn't sell the bus based on what I've told her I've spent rather than what I actually have :-D

I've got a 64 Notch.

MMMMMMMMM.

Oh yeah - add a notch/square to the rat Beetle.

Have been looking at the type 3 & 4 forums for something but they're all way too much for a third vehicle just for me to bugger about in from time to time.

I take it that isn't your daily :-D

 

[honkytonkman187]

my "weekend toy" isn't quite a classic yet ('95plate E36 BMW /Alpina B3) but it's getting there.






I'd love to have an old Jag (not the inspector Morse type) to tinker with in the garage, but I'm a mechanically retarded, and would do more harm than good.

 

[al67]

Not my daily, but gets used in a rotational system, don't ask!!

That Bug is 'The woman' a friend of mine Andy Ham built a few years back. Full show car under the skin. He built the engine in my Notch a few weeks back.

 

[daveduke67]

my "weekend toy" isn't quite a classic yet ('95plate E36 BMW /Alpina B3) but it's getting there.



I'd love to have an old Jag (not the inspector Morse type) to tinker with in the shed, but I'm a mechanically retarded, and would do more harm than good.

But Ed China makes it look so easy!

Then you remember you haven't got
1) a hyrdaulic lift
2) ten grands worth of tools and
3) probably most importantly, a fucking clue what you're doing!

Welcome to the club :-)

 

[honkytonkman187]

But Ed China makes it look so easy!

Then you remember you haven't got
1) a hyrdaulic lift
2) ten grands worth of tools and
3) probably most importantly, a fucking clue what you're doing!

Welcome to the club :-)

yes he does. But I double-check, and then triple-check that I've done it right, even just topping up with a bit of oil !
Ed seemingly works for free, too - cos they never factor his work in at the final reckoning !
I need a mate like Ed

 

[daveduke67]

But Ed China makes it look so easy!

Then you remember you haven't got
1) a hyrdaulic lift
2) ten grands worth of tools and
3) probably most importantly, a fucking clue what you're doing!

Welcome to the club :-)

yes he does. But I double-check, and then triple-check that I've done it right, even just topping up with a bit of oil !
Ed seemingly works for free, too - cos they never factor his work in at the final reckoning !
I need a mate like Ed

He spent a week preparing a Bentley for a respray recently - so thats 40 hours at least, plus the time rebuilding, plus the time on the other bits - say another 20 hours?
Sixty odd hours at £40 = £2,500 - and that's a conservative estimate,

They 'made' about £1,400 on the deal. Funny they never mention the cost of advertising the car, the new number plates that often appear, transport costs running around the country looking at cars and picking up parts, cost of all the stuff Ed uses - polishing discs, fluids, pastes etc, that guy that keeps popping up giving Ed a hand.

Good job they get a few quid for doing the show or they'd be broke.

I must say if Mike pretended to do one of his kicks when he feels an offer is to low, I'd be tempted to whack him on the shins with a wheel brace later apologising saying I thought he was going to actually kick me.

 

[stony]

Can we keep on topic please and if you don't like the thread then don't click on it, simple really.

 

[al67]

Can we keep on topic please and if you don't like the thread then don't click on it, simple really.

Cheers stony.

 

[daveduke67]

Not my daily, but gets used in a rotational system, don't ask!!

That Bug is 'The woman' a friend of mine Andy Ham built a few years back. Full show car under the skin. He built the engine in my Notch a few weeks back.

Dont believe this - this magazine from May 2006 has just popped up on eBay when I did my daily VW Splitscreen parts search!!

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ULTRA-VW-MAGAZINE-5-06-Rat-look-Beetle-Split-screen-Ambulance-Kyote-Buggy-/150861457434?pt=UK_Magazines&hash=item23200b281a" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ULTRA-VW-MAGA ... 23200b281a</a>

 

[Anglesey-Blue]

Not exactly my first choice, but it was given to me by my aunt & uncle.
They built it back in the 90's on an old Spitfire. When I got it, it was red and in need of some serious TLC.
It's tax free and costs about £80 a year to insure.
Great fun on Anglesey roads... On the rare occasion the sun shines.
It's called a JC Midge.