Pilgrim65

Works well too.

Your right about price bought mine for 5k four years ago , now comparable ones 12/17 k , garages asking 25k for good ones , so anyone liking them should like Matt said of TR6 bag one , try Uk as still plenty of bargain examples of both around

Looks great beach, unusual for me as see very few cars ever actually parked on beach in Uk , Sandy ones usually packed with people both on beach and in water. Why so few folks in the water here can’t be colder than Uk

TR6 , popular when I was a young family man , but just two seats , no good , always felt it was the little sister to the stag , bit biased as I have one 😊 couple no relationship just borrowed for their wedding photo shoot.

Very attractive car , but unusually more expensive in US than Uk , recently seen same car here , also excellent example LHD in pale blue , but asking less 24 k pounds 30 k dollars and slightly less pristine for 18k. be interesting to know final price achieved, may be good idea to follow matts advice , and buy a good one over here and ship to states 😊

You had some lucky mates , love both the 58 and 62 corvettes , the 62 must have been quite expensive then being only a year old , he obviously had parents with a few bucks . My friends and I were 16 in 63 , no one had cars , not allowed to drive until 18 then in Uk , still pedal power , but I had a cyclemaster ( bicycle with 50cc engine in back wheel ) which I did my paper round on , I think I probably should have had a licence but no one ever stopped me , I acquired it through a swop of a valve radio. Had pictures of corvettes then would have loved to have had one even 2 years later when 18 , didn’t pass driving test till 20 , no urgency as had scooter by then , but could never have afforded a 62 corvette, 50 years nothings changed still can’t as good ones fetch 80/100k , perhaps I’ll sell my house 😁

What Buick didn’t notice one

Is this why buick added dagmars few years later as they thought they looked good

Remember my dad doing the same and myself leaning under car to talk to him . He was also a smoker and should have known better as was a REME 8th army mechanic during WW11, suppose the chances of being killed at al Alamein retrieving damaged tanks was much more than smoking near petrol . I remember he told me American Sherman tanks were best , mind you they used to retrieve German tanks too fix and rebadge them .

Quite a few old comedians utilised a pre war rear end whine in their stage act 😁 apologies to auto buffs ,soon as I saw thread title couldn’t resist it .

Hi I had a 53 Buick special and as I kept it abroad in Cyprus it would have to stand for many weeks to get it going I used take off air filter and spray couple squirts of easystart into carb , worked a treat few hours driving and she always started never let me down , great car loved her.

And me 😁

Looked at the eBay link photos , serious full expensive restoration needed and as it looks like cord prices have fallen recently, seen some ads for 60 /70k , bid at 5200 reserve not met , which I reckon is probably minimum 20k the car is not going to sell unless a rich collector who can dismiss restoration costs or devoted cord amateur restorer wants a labour of love . Watch with interest as I love cords , restored ones! 😊

Looking good work impressive . Also made some progress towards joint Mga project , dashboard and instruments installed , but original interior light missing looked on major suppliers nearly 80 bucks found good new replica on eBay 25 bucks result . also bought a good front grill at beulieu auto fair two years ago but it had no false nose or badge , bought a complete but tatty grill on eBay for 40 bucks , nose and badge perfect , about 100 bucks new so well pleased fitting bits on next week . Might sound a cheapskate not buying new ,but anyone doing restoration knows costs usually surpass finished value so need to save when possible.

62 corvette top of my American wish list

I know this an American forum , but apologise I’m biased but owning a jag 140 would wipe out all of my regrets 😊

Would that be Southampton UK or Southampton US , interested as Southampton Uk my home and thought may be the docks as home of the big liners , and the lady may boarding for translantic voyage to US

This is difficult question to answer honestly as when you sell something you generally have a reason for doing same , raise cash or no space or upgrade etc However for me there is always sadness, because any car I have bought I bought because I loved it and to see it go for whatever the reason is double sided coin , glad , but sad . just going back twenty years I regret jag Xjs v12 bmw m3 cobra 427 replica v8 , but sweet Mga buick special convertible especially. cest la vie😊

I like car too , and thought price ok with a bit of negotiation, but now wonder if I’m losing touch with current values as this is the second car on this thread that the price has been mentioned as high although again I thought reasonable , what’s the general opinion 12 k or 10k ? Must be good value at either .

Was the pinto anything to do with the Uk ford Capri mk2 , bodywise look similar. Interested as I had a 1973 3.0 s in apple green with deck chair stripped seats , great striking looking fast car , loved it

Pretty sad reading really , proves the trend high cost of labour , parts and scarcity of same making restoration only a viable proposition to few cars . I know there are those who may disagree , but those are the declining number of people who are capable with the skills and dedication to carry out the main restoration work themselves. There are such members on this forum and I envy and applaud them . i hope the poster will enlighten us with details of his collection and hope he has at least a few gems that attract good prices that at least may compensate for some of the money and interest he has devoted to his hobby

Unusual car ,never seen one before , looks 30s and I think it’s great , can’t make out the script on bonnet , what is it ? Thanks Cool car then and now

I had two rover P6 s in the seventies , a dark brown 2000 tc and later bright red 3.5 v8, nice fast luxurious cars, but not sports cars though . as thread diverted to old attractive stars , Sophie Loren was my dads favourite, I’m more Bridget Bardot 😊