Classic for under £10K

[CitroJim]

Yes indeed, a Saxo can rot for England (France)! Hence mine is pickled and saturated in the finest underbody wax

[Gibbo2286]

When my brother emigrated to Australia in 1970 he got work at British Leyland out there, mostly working on commercial vehicles but when BL went belly up and the factory closed he bought the last Australian built Mini off the assembly line for his daughter, she used it for a few years then it was tucked away in the parking area under their house.
His grandson resurrected it and restored it from the bottom up.
I'll find the photos if I can and post them here.
Wonder what it's worth now.

Found a photo of the restored car, must have some more of the restore progress but where?..........

[CitroJim]

A green Mini with a white roof is a thing of beauty

[Paul-R]

Nearly as good as the classic red body with a white roof.

[CitroJim]

Nearly as good as the classic red body with a white roof.

Absolutely!

[NewcastleFalcon]

Very nice looks like a Clubman front end.

Shannons,com,au
https://www.shannons.com.au/club/enthus ... clubman-s/



Neil

[mickthemaverick]

I always had a problem with the Clubman. I thought it looked great but was somehow disloyal to the original Mini Cooper S. Honestly can't put my finger on it but it just felt like I had to like it secretly!! Of course after the things BMW have done to the Mini Cooper S then it was a mere raindrop in the ocean. I can't believe I saw a new Mini Cooper S Diesel Estate with twin rear doors the other day. What have they done to my car Ma?

[mickthemaverick]

It fits on this thread:

BFTW

Details here

[CitroJim]

Gosh, an AX GT certainly do fetch strong money, even as a pile of spares!

[mickthemaverick]

An interesting diversion from the usual offerings, I am slightly tempted to go down this route and this being a rarer petrol option is tempting. The problem is the manual gearbox but if I could make it a hand operated clutch it may be viable. I already have a leisure battery which could go in it if anyone else is inrterested?

BFTW

Details here

[NewcastleFalcon]

P4 Day continues, coming up at the WB and Sons Classic Sale Saturday June 3rd 2023

2-tone and a 2.3 Litre Straight 4 Engine in this 1960 Rover 80




Neil

[mickthemaverick]

I would buy this if only it was auto, but it was the first estate/hatchback that I experienced because my neighbour had one and I loved it!!

BFTW

Details here

[CitroJim]

Dad had a couple of those back in the 60s... He didn't keep them long... Complained both had whiny gearboxes and back axles... After the last one he got a Mini...

I like them... Pretty little things that have stood the test of time well...

[NewcastleFalcon]

This suggests to me that the Triumph TR7 was much more likely to be £3,200 than £30,200.
It would have been a definite sale at a £30,200 hammer price but doesn't show it as a winning bid.



Neil

If this new video reports right that yellow TR7 used on "the Detectorists" did indeed sell for over £30,000 , its sale gets a name check in this...This should be well under £10,000 unless TR7 fever has gripped the Classic market.
Really the yellow car was a far worse car than this one. Does featuring in a TV show put £25,000 on a car's value...?
Surely not, but apparently it has on this occasion. PS-edit absolutely no doubt about it. The East Anglian Daily Times confirms that the "Detectorists" yellow TR7, which featured in all 3 series of the programme filmed in and around Framlingham Suffolk, did sell for a hammer price of £30,200 at Mathewsons.
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23489145.fr ... s-30-000/



Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

This is described as

1975 Citroen Ami 8
No Reserve - An interesting and rewarding project

Here are the sales at Auction of the Citroen Ami over the last few years as recorded by Glenmarch, most of them in Europe, but the odd UK auction sale.

https://www.glenmarch.com/cars/results? ... old_cars=1

Manor Park Classics Runcorn 10th June 2023

https://auctions.manorparkclassics.com/ ... 6&pn=1&g=1

...With a little bit of fettling this could be a very interesting project as 1970s French cars are now becoming very sought after and quite rare to find, especially in this condition. Get yourself a little bit of French motoring history and stand out from the crowd with interesting project.

Neil