This weeks Classic Irish bargains that I'm not buying

Duke O Smiley

PsychoPete wrote: »

This seems like a very smart looking little car

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/1971-austin-1300/27286480

Having owned two of these (a 66 Austin 1100 and a 69 Wolseley 1300), I’d honestly rate them as far superior cars to own and drive than an equivalent Mini.

That one looks lovely.

CoBo55

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Having owned two of these (a 66 Austin 1100 and a 69 Wolseley 1300), I’d honestly rate them as far superior cars to own and drive than an equivalent Mini.

That one looks lovely.

Anything would be better than a mini the most overrated car ever, a friend's mother had a purple 1100 her son drove it, we had some fun in it, he drove the absolute stones out of it, it didn't like the wet weather we soon got used to drying off the distributor and leads and away she'd go again:pac::pac:

Andrew33

PsychoPete wrote: »

This seems like a very smart looking little car

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/1971-austin-1300/27286480

Maybe I’m just of an age when I remember them being permanently unreliable, rusted out, broken down just like the Mini they’re based on. Never understood the love of these or the Mini. I appreciate the Mini was revolutionary (just turned Fiat tech rear to front) but BL abused that formula for decades after instead of innovating.

CoBo55

Andrew33 wrote: »

Maybe I’m just of an age when I remember them being permanently unreliable, rusted out, broken down just like the Mini they’re based on. Never understood the love of these or the Mini. I appreciate the Mini was revolutionary (just turned Fiat tech rear to front) but BL abused that formula for decades after instead of innovating.

I think that's the main appeal of this one, it managed to survive despite the BL inherited odds. Your last sentence summed up both the bike and car industry, they just thought it was going to last forever.

drunkmonkey

Had to drive one of them for a couple of years after writing off my mum's passat, was a brown morris not an austin as my granaunt used to own it in the UK my dad brought it over when she couldn't drive any more. It's probably still around somewhere, we done a bit or a restoration job on it maybe 15/16 years ago.

SmartinMartin

From what I remember the 1100 was a reliable little yoke, but the 1300 was an awful engine altogether.

drunkmonkey

It was the 1300 we had, can't recall any engine trouble, the breaks on the other hand, surprised I wasn't killed in it.

CoBo55

SmartinMartin wrote: »

From what I remember the 1100 was a reliable little yoke, but the 1300 was an awful engine altogether.

Same engine effectively. The GT version had twin SU's which seemed to bamboozle a lot of people.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mg-midget/27301683





This looks nice for €2500

con747

Mazda Montrose 1980 €4000 https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mazda-montrose-626-1980/27304561

ohnonotgmail

con747 wrote: »

Mazda Montrose 1980 €4000 https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mazda-montrose-626-1980/27304561

what is it that looks buckled in pic 8?

con747

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

what is it that looks buckled in pic 8?

A storage compartment at the side of the boot by the look of it.

w124man

SmartinMartin wrote: »

From what I remember the 1100 was a reliable little yoke, but the 1300 was an awful engine altogether.

Same engine. A Series. Any unreliability was down to poor manufacture. The amount of engines that came straight off the production line into rectification was crazy!

SmartinMartin

con747 wrote: »

Mazda Montrose 1980 €4000 https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mazda-montrose-626-1980/27304561

I've posted that one in the "today I saw a classic and took a pic" thread. Lives around Phibsboro and it's a daily driver.

Tzardine

Jesus the plate on that Mazda makes my head hurt.

unkel

Tzardine wrote: »

Jesus the plate on that Mazda makes my head hurt.

There was no need to headbutt the car though, was there?

CoBo55

Tzardine wrote: »

Jesus the plate on that Mazda makes my head hurt.

Aren't they shocking.

The car looks to be a mobile fillers ad, she's as rough as a bears arse.

Tzardine

unkel wrote: »

There was no need to headbutt the car though, was there?

Yeah that could explain the dent just above the front plate.

The rear plate looks particularly bad.

Nice, well priced car all the same.

PsychoPete

CoBo55 wrote: »

Aren't they shocking.

The car looks to be a mobile fillers ad, she's as rough as a bears arse.

It looks to be very straight except for the front bumper

CoBo55

PsychoPete wrote: »

It looks to be very straight except for the front bumper

Boot lid is full of filler and none of the pictures show the rear passenger side from the outside, maybe I'm wrong but I'd be viewing very carefully, body parts would be impossible to source.

PsychoPete

CoBo55 wrote: »

Boot lid is full of filler and none of the pictures show the rear passenger side from the outside, maybe I'm wrong but I'd be viewing very carefully, body parts would be impossible to source.

I see reflections in the boot but to me it doesn't look like filler

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/citroen-ax-gti/27307050



AX GTI, cool little car

SCOOP 64

^Cant see it where is it? ::pac:^

Arthur Daley

Light as a feather

elperello

I'm not seeing a rusty car there either but of course as with any 41 year old car you would give it a good going over.

You could change the plate if it was bothering you.

Not holding a torch for old Mazdas myself but if the car is right you'd get over the plate.

Andrew33

Arthur Daley wrote: »

Light as a feather

1.4? Quick little thing but wouldn’t want to crash one.

CoBo55

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/citroen-ax-gti/27307050



AX GTI, cool little car

Somebody didn't pay the panel beater...

KevRossi

Totally overpriced, but historically speaking a very interesting car. 87-C-1 .

This line alone is nonsense and wouldn't give me a lot of confidence in the seller, sound like they are suggesting a ringer.



https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/ford-granada-87-c-1/27309008

Duke O Smiley

Very cool, and definitely worthy of preservation. Your man is deluded if he thinks a base spec 2.0 manual Granada will command €5k in that state, or any state for that matter.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/range-rover/27313321



This looks cheap at €3k. 87 V8 petrol RR