not talking WISHFUL THINKING FANTASY LAND here, so forget the 100K rare Italian Sports job, but more those affordable everyday classics you always want to own, but maybe not yet found the right example or had the time or inclination....together with a quick 'review' of the car/model would be nice, from a personal point of view....

My top 4 most wanted affordable classics at present:

1) FORD CORTINA MK 2 1600 GT: Introduced in 1967, my most wanted classic, which is still just about affordable for a good condition example. Ultra cool, even back in the late 60's.

2) ROVER P4, ideally the 110 range made between 1962 and 1964...lovely car, wonderfully period looking and yet somehow retaining a total elegance blended with coolness......one of the classiest dashboard layouts ever seen as well.

3) HILLMAN HUNTER GT or GLS model, more refined late examples from the mid 70's preferred than the earlier models, much forgotten about family car that had a certain passing design nod in some respects to the Cortina, but a very distinctive car with a great interior, especially the top end models with wood grain dashboard and all the extras. Also liked the Hillman Minx which was a poorer brother of the Hunter, but it lacked any extras.....

4) FORD ZODIAC EXECUTIVE MK 4, huge cavernous car, never sold that well at the time due to its enormous American style bulk, but what a car to try and reverse into a tight space in tesco car park surrounded by mortified women tho think you are about to run over their little Nissan shopper! Oozes 1960's/70's status and charm in the old 'gangster' sense, its bottom of my list as it only does 18 miles a gallon having a v8 engine, and therefore not really an affordable everyday classic, but still cheap to pick up good examples as not very popular choice, even today. Turning circle requires road as wide as a runway though....

There thats mine.....and now lets hear from the rest of you, your top 3 most wanted or preferred affordable or 'everyday' classics.....

THIS..... (http://www.simon-j-robinson.co.uk/images/jaguarmk2.jpg) Jag Mk2

THEN THIS (http://www.vauxhall.tripod.com/Cresta.jpg) Vauxhall Cresta PA

....THEN THIS (http://www.geocities.com/coches_viejos/ford_zodiac.jpg) Ford Zodiac Mk2

..............THEN THIS (http://www.scottsoldautorubber.com.au/P5.jpg) Rover P5 3500

That would have to be:

A MK1 Sierra Cosworth RS500. I Have always wanted one of these. Think I will have to wait a few years yet though.

A Tickford Capri. Think these are a great collectors car. Again always wanted one and it's very rare you see one now.

A Chevvy Belair. What a great car these are. A bit impractical for the streets of sheffield maybe but great anyway.

Finally a Morris 1000 Traveller. Had a go in one of these a few years ago to collect some spares for another car. Great fun and great comedy value.


Up until yesterday the Deloeron DMC would have been on this list. I saw a couple at Hope Show for the first time in the flesh and I'm so disappointed. I always wanted one of these as a kid and now all my dreams have been wasted. They really are not nice!

1 Ford rs200:love:

2 Triumph GT6:love:

3 Sunbeam Alpine:love:

4 Truimph Spitfire:love:

Sorry just realised that the rs200 is most likely fantasy land:(

I am not sure there is a top 4 but I can run off a few names of cars I would like to sample before I die.

Mini, Hillman Imp, Fiat 500, Metro 6R4,

Metro 6R4,

Oh my god i wanna try one of them too:)

Or a peugeot 205 t16 or audi quattro:)

Or a renault 5 gt turbo

Or a fiesta/escort rs turbo:thumbsup:

These were just 4 i could think of from a long list. I have already had 2 of them but would do so again so thought i should include them.

1. Capri mk3 3litre ghia (i loved the way the bonnet rocked as the V6 kicked in!)

2. Alfa Sud Sprint Veloce - top handling, especially after the Capri - this car actually goes around corners! Bodywork a bit dodgy tho.

3. Gordon Keeble - this is possibly worth it for the name alone.

4. Jowett Javelin - this one is really for my dad who had one and tells me about being able to drop the engine and roll the car back to enable you to work on it.

there are lots more i can think of, cars that make you smile when you see them in the car park, or outside your house. I currently have a Seat Marbella Especial as i am in Spain - and i am pleased to see it, not so much for its looks (!) but for its very basic-ness and chucking about in the campo ability

A Ford Capri. I just love that car.
A Triumph Stag.
A Lagonda. ( A dream )
And... I cant think of a fourth but one day I WILL have a Ford Capri, even if I cant drive it!

Good choice Jabberwocky
I nearly had 4 Capri's as top 4 but thought that lacked imagination!
Mk1 1.6
Mk1 3l
Mk3 any Lazer as good everyday car
Mk3 any 2.8 or 3l

plus any customised 70's capri!

rover p6 or a morris traveller

3. Gordon Keeble - this is possibly worth it for the name alone.

4. Jowett Javelin - this one is really for my dad who had one and tells me about being able to drop the engine and roll the car back to enable you to work on it.


what are these?

Here you go:

Gordon Keeble (http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/classic-car-images/classics_intro2.jpg)

Jowett Javelin (http://www.ncvc.org.uk/images/vehicles/LIN1.JPG)

Here you go:

Gordon Keeble (http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/classic-car-images/classics_intro2.jpg)

Jowett Javelin (http://www.ncvc.org.uk/images/vehicles/LIN1.JPG)

Cheers saxon i really like the gordon keeble:thumbsup:

is that you in the jowett javelin

mk1 vw golf
ford capri
sierra cossie
lancia delta

just off top of me head

I've always had a yen for a really good Lancia Delta HF1 (I used to work at a Lancia dealers and got to see lots of really good ones), and I developed a love for my old SAAB 9000 (only 16 years old and bought because she wash cheap- but she was glorious), but other than that my dreams are mostly for bikes and trikes.

My mother, on the other hand, has always had a dream to own a Jensen Interceptor (http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-1970-1979/1974-Jensen-Interceptor-Mk-III-Saloon-maroon-fa-lr.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.seriouswheels.com/1970-1979/1974-Jensen-Interceptor-Mk-III-Saloon-Maroon-FA.htm&h=785&w=1200&sz=390&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=QhCVS8o_-13lOM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djensen%2Binterceptor%26svnum%3D10%26h l%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG)- shame she's never got to own one (though she did get to go truck racing recently, which was another one of her dreams!).

Cheers saxon i really like the gordon keeble:thumbsup:

is that you in the jowett javelin

Nah, not me. I Googled it. Wouldn't mind owning it for a weekend though.:thumbsup:

Hmm... top 4? I think I only have 4 overall.

If I was rich enough to have a double garage and own a 3rd car as a little used classic:
Nissan 240z
Nissan Skyline R32 GTR (soon to be classic)

If I got 9 points tomorrow and was forced to sell current ride, but wanted to stay into cars (much more likely)
Triumph Spitfire - would need to hire garage
MG bgt

Every one should have a 3rd car, and a 4th and a 5th

If you actually want to have a go at driving some of the cars listed - go to the Marques page of the Classic Car Hire World website classiccarhireworld.com/contentok.php?id=762 and you will see most Makes and Models listed. Click on the ones that take your fancy and you will be provided with a selection of cars for hire, both around the country and the rest of the world.

mk1 cortina, would have to have a 2.0l duratec though.

lotus sunbeam

V8 capri

lancia delta integrale

lancia delta
Not nearly as fun or remarkable as people believe, and the fables about 'possessed electrics' are all true :D
Assuming you mean a regular model and not the Integrale (I've had both, a 1500LX and an Integrale Mk1) ;)

1. A Trabant, lovely smokey 2 stroke.
2. A Reliant Regal, the old one with the sidevalve engine.
3. A Wartburg, always did like a challenge.
4. Any of the old 2 stroke 'bubble cars', bump start em backwards and you had 4 reverse gears. Now that WAS fun.:hihi:

Blower Bentley, in racing green obviously

1. mk2 escort rs2000
2.mk 1 golf gti
3.jag mk 2 in red
4. mg metro turbo

If we're keeping it real

1. TVR 450 SEAC. - I've got the baby 350 at the moment; and I'm getting bored with it.

2. Land Rover 110, V8 of course.

3. Bentley Turbo R LWB - Used to love driving these when I worked for RR. Could buy a good one now for £10K

4. TVR Cerbera 4.5 - Next year maybe.


If we're going WAY OTT ten

1. TVR Speed12 - the closest thing to the batmobile you'll find

2. Metro 6R4 - Did a couple of passenger laps in a twin supercharged one around Silverstone many years ago. Fab.

3. Bowler Wildcat. Paris - Dakar anyone?

4. Dino 246GT. The prettiest car ever.

4. Dino 246GT. The prettiest car ever.

Totally with you on that!

My 4

1, RS200E, was passenger in one once and my heart has needed one since.

2, 55-57 Chev BelAir, Candy apple red

3, Porsche 911 Carrera RS 1973ish, 2.7 with Ducktail

4, Fiat Dino Cabriolet, engine from the Ferrari, but 4 seats

Agree with that 911 rs in viper green what a car!. I owned a 911 sc many years ago.

Have owned an hillman imp for many years and still brings a big grin to my face.

ferrari 246 dino one of the best looking cars, sadly never owned one.

Ford gt40 1960s

Citroen DS - this one's gorgeous but a bit out of my price bracket http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.autofiends.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/citroen1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.autofiends.com/2009/02/world-record-citroen-ds23/&h=384&w=540&sz=71&tbnid=MirfpU-I67RIsM:&tbnh=94&tbnw=132&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dclassic%2Bcitroen&usg=__gaBZifB5EENpItUQP3UQ4_CBEbk=&ei=dhUwStamDZi6jAelr5mPCw&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=3&ct=image

Austin A35

Hillman Imp - had about five of these go through my household - ex husband obsessed by them!

Fiat 500 - original - owned two in my dim and distant past

I have allways wanted a blue ac cobra with a cream interior

DB5.
1934 Morris Oxford saloon.
Simca Aronde convertible.

is that you in the jowett javelin

Nah, not me. I Googled it. Wouldn't mind owning it for a weekend though.:thumbsup:

There'll be a Jowett Jupiter at the Whirlow Hall Farm Fayre & Classic show (Sept 20th)

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My mother, on the other hand, has always had a dream to own a Jensen Interceptor (http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-1970-1979/1974-Jensen-Interceptor-Mk-III-Saloon-maroon-fa-lr.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.seriouswheels.com/1970-1979/1974-Jensen-Interceptor-Mk-III-Saloon-Maroon-FA.htm&h=785&w=1200&sz=390&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=QhCVS8o_-13lOM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djensen%2Binterceptor%26svnum%3D10%26h l%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG)- shame she's never got to own one (though she did get to go truck racing recently, which was another one of her dreams!).

I have been lucky enough to have a ride in a mk3 interceptor, what a car! 7.2 V8! it was really quite rapid

Why not treat yourself and your mother to a day's hire of a Jensen Interceptor. Great Escape Cars in Redditch Worcestershire have three to choose from see http://www.classiccarhireworld.com/contentok.php?id=2122

AC Cobra
Jag E-type
DeTomaso Pantera
Volga V12 (not strictly classic, but only a few will ever know ;) )
Someone gimme, i will gently rock each one to sleep every night i prommise!

Rover P6 - got one of those and have had one for most of my driving life - can't seem to give it up.

Triumph Speed Twin - had one, sad it went, want it back.

Rover P5B - What I have with a bit more luxury, but less performance. Would love one :cool:

Vauxhall VX4/90 - coke bottle style - superb looks, would be nice with a V8 :hihi::hihi:

I know I live in cloud cuckoo land but if money was no object and I could find them fully restored. These are the only ones I would have in my garage.

MGB GT V8 University Special - Eats clutches but i could just sit in it I suppose.

Ford Cortina 3.0 ltr Savage (Uren Conversion) - Once drove one, awsome. Took it into a ford dealer for my boss. The guy in the service dept. said what car is is, I told him, he said Ford dont make a 3.0 Ltr cortina, I lifted the bonnet. He stood back in amazement.

Hillman Hunter GLS - Would have to be in Black. The car was fitted with a Holbay tuned 1725cc engine with twin Webber DCOE 40's carburettors - drool

3.1 Ltr Bullitt Capri. Banana yellow of course or maybe a Commanche, nuff said.

1. A Trabant, lovely smokey 2 stroke.
2. A Reliant Regal, the old one with the sidevalve engine.
3. A Wartburg, always did like a challenge.
4. Any of the old 2 stroke 'bubble cars', bump start em backwards and you had 4 reverse gears. Now that WAS fun.:hihi:

Like the way you think. Remember the Bond? where you lifted the bonnet and put you foot inside to kick start the engine. :hihi::loopy:

1. Citroën CX 25 GTi Turbo (Mk1) Had one for a year (wayyy back when), it ate petrol faster than I could fill it with, but OMG... 240 km/h on rails, ate Beemers for breakfast and Porsches for afters: a pullman carriage with a big rocket up its @rse :D Want one back. Badly. Unfortunately, the most collectible of CXs, so the most expensive :(
2. BMW M3 (E30, Mk1)
3. Camaro ('69, not convert)
4. (tie) Lotus Esprit or Venturi 260

corvette stingray
Ford V8 Hot Rod
trans am firebird


lots of muscle ,mmmmmm

Sports cars:

Triumph TR6
Austin Healey 'Frogeye'
MGA
Jaguar XK150

Family cars:

Ford Zodiac Mk1
Austin A60 Cambridge
Morris MO 6/80
Hillman Minx IIIa

Commercials:

Morris J van
Ford E83W
Bedford CA
Ford Transit Mk1

Fiat 128 CL Estate

Not a classic... but my first car.

It rusted... a lot
:(

E type Jaguar
Mk11 Jaguar
Ford Granada mk1

my first car was a mk11 cortina 1600E

4. Mk1 Golf GTi
3. Tickford Turbo Capri
2. Audi Quattro
1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale

BMW E30 M3
Audi Quattro
Escort Mexico Mk1
Mini 1275 GT

my first car was a mk11 cortina 1600E

lovely car indeed.....:)

mk 1 escort rs1800

ford gt40

''Bullet'' fastback mustang

mk 2 cortina 2 door gt jeff uren 3.0l savage

Now there is a classic selection for you

ooooh, nearly forgot,

capri rs3100


cushty

Lotus Mk1 Cortina
Rover P5
Rover P6
Austin Cambridge A60 Farina (1st we ever had as a family when I was about 15)

My list:
1. DeLorean DMC-12
2. Ford Capri Mk3
3. VW Scirocco
4. Ford Escort XR3i Cabriolet

And for some idiotic reason I still think owning a 70s Austin Princess would be cool.