Your ideal classic collection ?

Silvera

Ok, this is the scenario .........

You have just won a lot of money and have decided to spend €100,000 on a collection of classic cars - what would you buy ???

(P.S.- You can spend all the money on one car - or a collection of cars)

alastair

Volvo 1800ES
Volvo 1800S
Volvo Amazon GT
Aston Martin DB5
Triumph Herald convertible in powder blue
Bullit-style Mustang fastback ('67/'68?)
Heinkel/Messerschmitt bubble car
Original Fiat Multipla
MG Magnette
Datsun 240Z
A '40s/'50s Scammell tractor unit to intimidate Hummer owners. There's macho, and then there's MACHO


Have I used up my budget yet? The juice for the Scammell would eat into the fund pretty quickly.

ds20prefecture

alastair wrote:

Heinkel/Messerschmitt bubble car
Original Fiat Multipla

I agree with these - but it would have to be the Irish built Heinkel. Did you know that for about 5 years, Heinkel was owned by the Irish government and about 6000 were made in Dundalk? This makes them our largest indigenous Irish car manufacturer (in the republic anyway)

Fiat 500 Giardiniera
pre '61 Citroën DS, preferably with the grilles in the front wings
Late Citroën Dyane or very early 2CV
Citroën GS Birotor or Ami super (both rotary, both hydraulically sprung)
Jaguar Mk II 3.8
Porsche 912
Alfa Spider (boat-tailed)
Lancia Fulvia HF
'73 Mercury Grand Marquis Wagon - preferably in Pea green with a lot of wood. Nothing does kitsch better than a woody.
Early Chevrolet Corvair

If I had a (much) bigger budget:
'58 Chapron Citroën DS Décapotable
'68 Lamborghini Miura S
Tatra T77/77a/87
'53 Bentley Continental Type R

Kersh

A testarossa 84-91, and a sierra cosworth 3 dr, pref rs500 though.

ds20prefecture

Kersh wrote:

A testarossa 84-91, and a sierra cosworth 3 dr, pref rs500 though.

Hmm - I'd prefer classics myself. Don't get me wrong, the Sierra will be a classic for sure some day but it's a little bit Chessex at the moment.

The Testarossa? Hardly the prettiest/fastest/nimblest/rarest Ferrari. And unfortunate "80s futures trader" image. How about a 288 GTO for the ultimate 80s Ferrari? Mind you you'd need a lot more than 100k for one of them.

Dades

€100,000?

I think I'd put a downpayment on a Ferrari Daytona Spider and start busking for the rest...

Headleylamarr

Early '70's 911 Targa
Lotus Esprit S1 / S2
Lotus Elise 111S
Morgan Aero 8

Those alone would bust €100,000 but you'd get em for £100,000 and probably have change for a nice 2 door Range Rover and maybe a Norton or BMW R65 or something

Kersh

DS20,
An f40 would have been top, but the only one I would get with 100,000 is the tr, i picked the sierra cos it was made in 83/84, and as such I reckon it is a classic, sure an 84 911 carrera is a classic. Tbh I couldnt think of a decent car to fill the 20,000 that would be left. I have a 911, so no point picking that, maybe a delorean....or a bmw 635csi sharknose.

MercMad

This fictitious 100k .........would that be a small or large percentage of my winnings ? Ya see I could tend to get flamboyant and start justifying all kinds of things to myself. Although I reckon if I won a couple of million I'd still only spend up to 10 percent of it on cars.......anyway here's my little list.

1969 Mercedes 280SE 3.5 Coupe W111
1959 Cadillac Coupe De Ville
1993 Lancia Integrale Evo
1968 Mercedes 280SL Pagoda
1963 Cadillac Convertible (Which I'd buy off eBay with whatever was left ! )

BrianD3

1968 or 69 Dodge Charger 440 (a hemi would probably put me over budget)
early DeTomaso Pantera
Renault 5 Turbo 2
Renault GTA turbo or A610
Renault 16
Jaguar XJR or XJ12
Jaguar 420G
Mercedes 450 SEL 6.9 or 300 SEL 6.3
Citroen CX GTi turbo
Rover SD1 Vitesse
Rover P5B or P6 3500
Peugeot 205 GTi
Toyota Corolla KE30

ds20prefecture

BrianD3 wrote:

Renault GTA turbo or A610

Good call. This is a fabulous car.

BrianD3

Good call. This is a fabulous car.

Yep And it has its very own thread on boards.ie
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=203399

BrianD3

Squirrel

BMW 6 series
De Lorean DMC12(with plutonium reactors, that might put me a bit over budget).

Maserati Ghibli in Navy.

Although I would love a Cisitalia 202.

green-blood

oooh I like this

Alfa Romeo Guilia GTA
Mk1 Mini Copper S
SAAB 900 T16S Convertable
Jensen Interceptor FF
Pre 1973 SWB 911

mike65

Ooooooooooh! So many choices.

Rover Sd1 V8
Aston Martin DBS
Citroen CX GTI Turbo 2
Dodge Charger (only to be driven in a straight line down a runway)
Ford GT40 (resotation project condition).

Mike.

green-blood

a real GT40 even a resto would cost ya that 100K

hawkmoon269

Limited to a budget of €100,000?

- Ferrari Mondial convertible

- Ferrari Dino

- Lancia Delta Integrale

Whatever is left I'd need for insurance, running costs, etc

528i

Citroén DS and spend the rest on Semtex, how many lb's would that get me, anyone know? I've got some savings I can dip into aswell..

peasant

1) Saab 900 Aero 16V turbo, restored, revisioned to better than new condition

2) Opel GT A/L also with some money spent on it to make "as new"

3) Early VW split windscreen Westfalia Camper, fully restored

5) whatever is left of the money I'd spend on a Unimog, have some fun truck-trialing

Gatster

1. Renault 5 Turbo 2
2. Fiat 131 Abarth
3. Austin Healy 3000 mkII/mkIII
4. BMW 3.0 cs
5. 1985 Jaguar 5.3 V12 Soveriegn (to do the shopping in, you understand)

Probably busts €100000, not quite sure?

Blitzkrieger

Mustang, Countach and as if I hadn't blown my budget already, a GT40. There's plenty of other lovlies out there but those three are my obsessions