Looking for a Classic luxury car 78/79?

drunkmonkey

Can you recommend a luxury classic car that will ll hit classic status this year or will do in 2009...



Going to get the ball rolling with the Jaguar XJS 1978

and the bmw 635 csi 1976

mike65

Something sporty is it or will a Dictators barge also do?

Mike

Anan1

W116 Mercedes.

Max_Damage

Mercedes 450SEL 6.9

And if you have the money, a Mercedes 600.

maidhc

Maybe not quite "Luxury", but what about a Rover SD1

unkel

W126 started production in '79

drunkmonkey

maidhc wrote: »

Maybe not quite "Luxury", but what about a Rover SD1

Rover SD1 would have been luxury in it's day;) .... friend of mine had one of them years ago, I remember us flying down a road and suddenly the sunroof blew off, jesus was I scared that day......:D

just found this......think i'm in love...

drunkmonkey

mike65 wrote: »

Something sporty is it or will a Dictators barge also do?

Mike

lol, something sporty is fine by me....must be bigger than a hot hatch or family saloon........

spidersonmars

Not sure if you could call them all luxury cars but heres my list from 78. I think 1978 was the first year for most of them.....possibly not the CX!

BMW M1
Audi 100
Porsche 928
Citroen CX
Opel Monza
Reliant Scmitar GTE
Aston Martin V8 Vantage

mike65

Reliant Scmitar GTE
Aston Martin V8 Vantage

Two cars of similair vintage and style yet one costs about 25k for a half-decent example and the other 4k.

Mike.

Dades

What about a Fiat 130 coupé?

Do you have any intention of actually buying a luxury classic? :pac:

spidersonmars

Dades wrote: »

What about a Fiat 130 coupé?

Do you have any intention of actually buying a luxury classic? :pac:

Meeow!
The guy is just asking for examples, lets be friendly! I didn't have a classic for a number of years, but still was interested in getting one. 3 cars down, I have obviously caught the bug. IMO it's better to share our interest in classics rather than to questions someones intensions. If he buys a car or not it is immaterial to the forum.

dr_gonza_attorney

hey guys just wondering
theres a car for sale its 1978 but it hasnt been registered in england till 1981
does this mean the guys at revenue are going to charge me for a 1981 car

alastair

mike65 wrote: »

Two cars of similair vintage and style yet one costs about 25k for a half-decent example and the other 4k.

I'm a big fan of Scimitars, but similar to an Aston Martin Vantage!?

OP - how about a Maserati Quattroporte III?

peasant

Bitter CD from 1978
http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/showDetails.html?id=67632143&__lp=1&scopeId=C&sortOption.sortBy=price.consumerGrossEuro&sortOption.sortOrder=ASCENDING&makeModelVariant1.makeId=1400&makeModelVariant1.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant2.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant3.searchInFreetext=false&vehicleCategory=Car&segment=Car&minFirstRegistrationDate=1975-01-01&maxFirstRegistrationDate=1980-12-31&siteId=GERMANY&negativeFeatures=EXPORT&damageUnrepaired=NO_DAMAGE_UNREPAIRED&customerIdsAsString=&categories=SportsCar&lang=de&pageNumber=1

spidersonmars

Two More this time circa 1979

Lotus Eclat S1 as below and SAAB 900 Turbo.

drunkmonkey

never seen one of those Bitter CD before....looks like ferrari stole the nose of it....

Dades

spidersonmars wrote: »

Meeow!
The guy is just asking for examples, lets be friendly!

Maybe you're right. Apologies, OP.
I now insist you buy an Aston Martin DBS.

PaulK_CCI

dr_gonza_attorney wrote: »

hey guys just wondering
theres a car for sale its 1978 but it hasnt been registered in england till 1981
does this mean the guys at revenue are going to charge me for a 1981 car

Unless you can prove that the car was registered elswhere outside of the UK before the 1st date of registration in the UK, I'm afraid the revenue is going to charge you for an 81 car.

VRO uses Date of 1st Registration and NOT date of manufacture as the benchmark for assessing the VRT. If there are good number of years between Manufacture date and date of 1st registration in UK (or other country), than the VRO will accept Date of Manufacture as a guideline for declaring VRT Exemption, however, in this case, where there is only 2 to 3 years between date of manufacture and date of 1st registration, you will have to come up with better "ammo" to convince the guys and girls in the VRO offices...

Silvera

Personally (being a sensible sort of guy;)) I would go for a 'sensible' (i.e. easy to service, get parts for, etc) luxury car .......

Two that come to mind are ...

Mercedes W123 series, and Opel Monza or Opel Senator (i.e. 4 door saloon version of Monza) ...(i.e. something a bit different) ..saw this mint Monza for sale online in Wales recently.....;) (N.B. I know it's an '81 model, but 78/79 models are identical)...

maidhc

I think a "luxury" car is one with at least 4 doors and probably one not normally driven by the owner:

There can only be one Aston in this category: The Lagonda.

Max_Damage

^ Saw one of them in the flesh at the Terenure show. They look hideous! :eek:

carchaeologist

Didnt one of them break down when it was on its first public disply?Or something like that...

Itsfixed

Rarer than hen's teeth, but how about the first BMW 5 series (codename e12)? A chap I know has just bought a gorgeous red Alpina version.

Almost bought one myself, but couldn't bring myself to part with my 2002 tii.

alpina

Silvera wrote: »

Personally (being a sensible sort of guy;)) I would go for a 'sensible' (i.e. easy to service, get parts for, etc) luxury car .......

Service/parts/reliability/cost/stand out/grin appeal without doubt one has to add the BMW 6 series, have had one since '03, passes NCT's parts no problem as so many aftermarket Co's are doing OEM parts & a plentiful supply of BMW mechanics that have gone solo & in fairness these engines (M30) are basically bulletproof, compared to current models these are without much computer technology so any mechanic worth his salt can look after. There is such a vast wealth of knowledge/information out there on the net you will master any job yourself anyhow. Broke the golden rule & bought mine on a whim without getting looked over & am still smiling.

Happy hunting..

dr_gonza_attorney

PaulK_CCI wrote: »

Unless you can prove that the car was registered elswhere outside of the UK before the 1st date of registration in the UK, I'm afraid the revenue is going to charge you for an 81 car.

VRO uses Date of 1st Registration and NOT date of manufacture as the benchmark for assessing the VRT. If there are good number of years between Manufacture date and date of 1st registration in UK (or other country), than the VRO will accept Date of Manufacture as a guideline for declaring VRT Exemption, however, in this case, where there is only 2 to 3 years between date of manufacture and date of 1st registration, you will have to come up with better "ammo" to convince the guys and girls in the VRO offices...

thanks for the info. he has the original manufacture doc that came with the car it has all the car specs including dates hope that does it
ps sorry for hijacking tread

FarSide

mike65 wrote: »

Two cars of similair vintage and style yet one costs about 25k for a half-decent example and the other 4k.

Mike.

Well, they're both tempermental heaps at times. Anyone who paid 4K for a Scim that wasn't long after a total rebuild was stiffed.

Dave (Scimitar owner)