£20k budget, Year of your birth car, what would you buy?

[safrane]

Fiat Dino... no idea of current values though.

 

[rockits]

It's up for 22ish, so only just over budget!

Wow....bargain. I thought they were much more than that these days.

 

[Wanderer]

!961 Cadillac..

 

[LDM 3200]

Could possibly just manage a TR6 (at 20k), which would be my choice at '68 or even '70 although I have always fancied a Magenta one and they were not available until '72!

 

[Hawk13]

Could possibly just manage a TR6 (at 20k), which would be my choice at '68 or even '70 although I have always fancied a Magenta one and they were not available until '72!

£20k is a decent budget for a very good, useable TR6. The ones advertised at silly money just aren't selling.

I am an active member of the TR Register and regularly see great cars at that price-point.

(I also wanted a magenta car but ended up buying a red one)

 

[conaero]

I'd stick with the car I already have, 1971 Opel GT (mines a 69 admittedly)

 

[LDM 3200]

£20k is a decent budget for a very good, useable TR6. The ones advertised at silly money just aren't selling.

I am an active member of the TR Register and regularly see great cars at that price-point.

(I also wanted a magenta car but ended up buying a red one)

To be fair I think the TR6 looks good in almost any colour I have seen them - cant be true of many cars! If I could justify another car (i cant at the moment) the TR6 would be close to the top of the list!

 

[doodlebug]

I'd go for a 250F, but it's a bit over budget. Failing that, an original FIAT 500.

 

[safrane]

Nissan Z?

 

[rockits]

What was the old Honda.....S800?

 

[midlifecrisis]

Being of J/K registered myself, there's a plethora of MGs which would be apt as they're my initials too.
But the I'd saw this

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201907089861160

And I'd have £15k to put it right.

Or

Have this as well

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201907109913370

Or forget the Land Rover and have a Roller

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201905208141116

Spoilt for choice, and if I haggle well, all three

 

[philw696]

Great thread.
As a child of 62 it would be a Lancia, Alfa or Jaguar.
If I had loads of money an Iso Rivolta as my father was tied up with them in 64 presenting them at the Earls Court Motor Show.

 

[Zep]

Most of the cars on sale from my year of birth are hateful **** boxes. So I would go for a Alfa Giulia Super. Which ironically is also the sort of car I was driven home from the hospital in. Not quite the right year but it’ll do!

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[2b1ask1]

Ok so my annus natalis 1964 is awash with nothing!!!! the ageing design of the MkII Jag, the TR4, MkI Cortina but too early for the Lotus beast... Help me out here, Merc W111 (yawns), too early for an Interceptor or S Type, Sumbeam Apline has not yet tied up with Tiger so a damp lettuce! In fact no British sports car I can find goes over 1800cc! American well again too rare a beast to find a 64 1/2 Mustang so really the only choice would be a T-Bird then this Italian pops up in budget https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1131673
So I guess I'm staying Italian then...

 

[hashluck]

1964 same as me and I already blagged myself a Mark 2 Jaguar which was made the same month I was born

 

[Andyk]

1965......Would save my money and not a classics fan one bit.....If I had to a Lotus Elan maybe....Or were they later...

 

[Lozzer]

1964 same as me and I already blagged myself a Mark 2 Jaguar which was made the same month I was born

I'm a bit younger than that, a MK2 Jag would be lovely, but me being a 70s child this is how I remember them


Shamelessly stolen off FB!

 

[Zep]

I'm a bit younger than that, a MK2 Jag would be lovely, but me being a 70s child this is how I remember them
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Shamelessly stolen off FB!

Scrubbers!

 

[JonW]

I’m 1971, so here’s some more options for me... the GT6 was registered 5 days before I was borrn

 

[rockits]

Ok so my annus natalis 1964 is awash with nothing!!!! the ageing design of the MkII Jag, the TR4, MkI Cortina but too early for the Lotus beast... Help me out here, Merc W111 (yawns), too early for an Interceptor or S Type, Sumbeam Apline has not yet tied up with Tiger so a damp lettuce! In fact no British sports car I can find goes over 1800cc! American well again too rare a beast to find a 64 1/2 Mustang so really the only choice would be a T-Bird then this Italian pops up in budget https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1131673
So I guess I'm staying Italian then...

Nice....in black that would look like something out of the original Italian Job. Does it come with a body in the boot?