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On 5/15/2021 at 1:32 PM, John Bloom said:
I dated a girl in high school who had a Stag, her dad was "the" mechanic in town for cool unusual stuff. He is in his late 80's and still playing with early 911's. I think Stag's are super cool in concept. Kind of a alternative to a Mercedes SL of that era, but the drama and decisions behind the engine chosen for it, did it no favors and the reputation for that engine choice is maybe even more damning to the car than the reality of the engine. I have seen some practically given away.....been tempted but never pulled the trigger.
I totally agree with Matt's assessment of the TR6. I've had countless conversations with the British car Savant in my life (He has owned and worked on and frame off restored everything British for 45 years). The TR6 has the ability to really soar at some point. There are signs of it heading north in the last 5-7 years. Not too long ago, nice examples could be bought for 5-7 grand if you showed up with cash to a car someone really needed to sell. Now those cars are in the mid teens. The analogy my buddy and I have used is that TR6's could have a run up like you've seen with the early 911's. 20 years ago, you could buy a 70-73 911 T or E for 10-12 grand.......check those prices now. TR6's are great to drive. They give you a feel totally different than the MGB or Midget or Spitfire. They are skinny and still very small in the cabin area, but they feel bigger and strong if you drive a decent one. I don't see prices going totally like the early 911's simply because they made quite a few TR6's and production numbers won't let them get that expensive, but I won't be surprised if in 2028, a decent running TR6 without rust problems can't be bought for under 25K, Nice ones are 45K, and someone pays 6 figures for a concours one. Go get one while a nice driver can be bought for 12 grand if you search.
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
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6 minutes ago, Matt Harwood said:
The Stag might just have the sweetest engine note of any V8 engine ever made--and I'm including Ferraris.
Not that I have are Ferrari to compare but it does sound good , my wife says she can still hear me when I go to local shop 1/2 miles away
mine has original engine no overheating issues , but have fitted fan and use here in Cyprus when around 40 as a precaution
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On 5/13/2021 at 7:03 PM, joe_padavano said:
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
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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.
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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 😊
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5 hours ago, Paul Dobbin said:
We had 419 classmates in 1963, two Corvettes and both of the still belong ot the now 75 year old boys that owned them then.
One was a used 1958, the other a new 1962. First of the Babyboomers!
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 😁
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On 4/18/2021 at 11:41 PM, zeke01 said:
Oh my stars, what a beautiful Buick!
What Buick didn’t notice one
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On 1/1/2021 at 12:35 AM, Elpad said:
Is this why buick added dagmars few years later as they thought they looked good
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1 hour ago, hook said:
This guy could be a poster child for things not to do. Not only is he under a car held up by a jack that I don't like using to fix a flat with that is also sinking in the ground, He's smoking. All these cars of this vintage had updraft carburetors that leaked. Oh well at least he has someone with him to tell everyone who he was!!
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 .
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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 .
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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.
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On 1/6/2021 at 2:50 PM, Matt Harwood said:
If you can restore a car to that level for $20,000, can I send you all of mine to refinish?
And me 😁
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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! 😊
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11 hours ago, Dave Gelinas (XP-300) said:
Thanks for posting an amazing car , love the steering wheel and dash components
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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.
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10 hours ago, padgett said:
Had both E-types (great for embarrassing Corvettes at autocrosses) and a XK-150s as a yout. Were $1000-$2000 cars back then. Am done with oil pressure palpitations though have two cars with DOHC-6s & oil pressure gauges ( and one SOHC-6) now, just like the sound of a six.
Back then there just wasn't anything American (thou did lust after a Honduras Maroon 62 Corvette 327-FI.
Closest came to regret was selling my FIAT 124 Spyder to buy the V8 Sunbird but while the FIAT was a great driver, it was terrible in an autocross.
Other than that I kinda sorta miss the Crossfire Coupe with 6-speed and AC but it was black.
62 corvette top of my American wish list
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1 hour ago, ejboyd5 said:
Many more regrets about items I've failed to purchase than about things I've sold. Even so, I'd like to have my '63 E-Type back in my garage.
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I know this an American forum , but apologise I’m biased but owning a jag 140 would wipe out all of my regrets 😊
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6 hours ago, alsancle said:
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
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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😊
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2 hours ago, kingrudy said:
Neat looking car, but I'm not sure if it will bring 14K. I do like the green interior though.
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 .
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On 4/29/2021 at 12:39 AM, Peter Gariepy said:
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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
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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
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On 4/28/2021 at 7:20 PM, J. Hawkins said:
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
On 4/30/2021 at 12:05 AM, alsancle said:A knew a kid in HS that has one of these. And no, he didn't drop a 260 or 289 in to it.
Cool car then and now
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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 😊
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Works well too.