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Post by bancroft on Nov 21, 2023 14:32:04 GMT
Intriguing collection from common older cars and some exotics to the classics and almost one-offs like the Gordon Keeble with the turtle badge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZXjUGBVKdw |
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Post by see2 on Nov 21, 2023 16:28:13 GMT
Intriguing collection from common older cars and some exotics to the classics and almost one-offs like the Gordon Keeble with the turtle badge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZXjUGBVKdwInteresting video, I have just viewed part of it, will probably see more later. |
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Post by Montegriffo on Nov 22, 2023 13:16:11 GMT
Enjoyed that.
Some real rarities.
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Post by bancroft on Nov 22, 2023 13:42:19 GMT
I looked at the following private car collection from a chap in Cheshire. Also interesting this chap had more sports and fast cars. He also had one the last of the Bentleys made with the Rolls Royce tech and when he got it, it was too long for his garage. He phoned a 'mate who he knew would have the space, coz he had bought the bat-mobile' JS 'What? the Bat-mobile?  'Yep there were three in the movie and he bought one of them. |
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Post by bancroft on Nov 22, 2023 13:44:24 GMT
If you search on youtube for the Late Break show and private car collections, you will find more.
Often it is interesting as there are stories behind them like the pre-mentioned Bentley, the former owner was an oil Sheikh and he left a music tape behind.
Nothing interesting just Arabic type music.
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Post by bancroft on Nov 22, 2023 15:17:07 GMT
Here's another one not really my style of car yet realise some of these are off the chart type of vehicles you rarely see the inside of. He goes for a drive in his Lamborghini Diablo and even lets the presenter drive it for a spell. He likes the Aston Martin GT8 when he does not have a headache and thinks they will never build a car as loud again. Has a McClaren Senna. He races Motorcycle side cars. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMEbM6QLpck&t=316s |
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Post by johnofgwent on Nov 22, 2023 23:03:29 GMT
I looked at the following private car collection from a chap in Cheshire. Also interesting this chap had more sports and fast cars. He also had one the last of the Bentleys made with the Rolls Royce tech and when he got it, it was too long for his garage. He phoned a 'mate who he knew would have the space, coz he had bought the bat-mobile' JS 'What? the Bat-mobile? 'Yep there were three in the movie and he bought one of them. Oh man. Memories As you probably know Rolls Royce the CAR company split itself off from Rolls Royce the aeroplane company when the former thought the RB211 disaster might sink both. Step forward to the mid 1990s and i get asked to work on the vibration sensor on the eurofighter and the stupid, stupid bastards forgot to lock down the IP rights and then i find Rolls Royce the CAR company has used my software, written to detect vibration in the typhoon main shaft, to detect vibration in the baby bentley crankshaft A short, polite letter to the plant advising them of their failure to request permission to use my software was sent. A fulsome apology came back including an offer of the VIP tour and a meeting with their contract manager to resolve this. Of course i said i’d be delighted. A Bentley Arnage picked me and my mate up from our homes, took us to the railway station where first class tickets on the Pendolino to Crewe, another (Works) Arnage took us to the factory. The VIP tour was fun. And extremely absorbing. The short end to this tale is a most amicable chat and i agreed to licence my work to them for a couple of grand. Yes i could have asked for lots more but i chose not to One of the reasons i took this stance was the VIP tour. At one point we joined a ‘regular’ factory tour and in the visitor centre the chap was talking about the golden age of racing, Brooklands, etc At almost every opportunity this crabby old bloke in his 80’s if he was a day took the piss, denouncing the drivers as drunken womanisers. Then when the chap leading the group talked of the high speed the racing Bentleys achieved and he shouted ‘if course they did their brakes were rubbish’ That did it. The guy running the show stopped and said ‘Sir, iimust ask to to either explain yourself or stop this disruption’ With a wicked grin he stepped forward on his zimmerframe and stood before a hugely blown up grainy photo of a couple of the cars near the pits, some in the pits some driving past… Holding up his arm he pointed at a young man in white overalls standing in the pits. And realisation suddenly dawned …. I know all this … he said … because that man in those overalls … is me It was too. The guy leading the tour was gobsmacked. We applauded. |
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Post by steppenwolf on Nov 23, 2023 8:45:56 GMT
Apart from the DB5 they're not cars that I'd buy. They're quirky rather than top tier classics. Also he didn't seem to have any of the old British classics like MGs, TRs and Healeys. Strange ommission.
Paul Cowland has a huge car collection but I saw a youtube of his cars and they're very disappointing too.
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Post by bancroft on Nov 23, 2023 9:45:07 GMT
Apart from the DB5 they're not cars that I'd buy. They're quirky rather than top tier classics. Also he didn't seem to have any of the old British classics like MGs, TRs and Healeys. Strange ommission. Paul Cowland has a huge car collection but I saw a youtube of his cars and they're very disappointing too. I have looked at 4 or 5. Most have a mini in their collection and often a Jeep or Landrover. Some like early British cars like Jags, re childhood. A certain type are just speed freaks though may have an early bike or car yet tend to want the super fast cars. |
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Post by bancroft on Nov 23, 2023 10:31:17 GMT
I guess a decent question is if you had a spare couple of million to spend what would you buy in terms of classic cars?
for me a
DB5
SD1 v6 or v8 Rover
BSA bike
Possibly a De Lorean
Range Rover circa 1980s.
I guess the above is about 200k
Although the garage to house them may cost more!
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Post by steppenwolf on Nov 23, 2023 10:55:26 GMT
You'll be lucky. A decent DB5 will cost you £500k. You might be able to get a decent DB6 for £200k. I prefer the DB5 but the DB6 is OK too.
I think, like you say, many people go for cars that they would have liked to buy, but couldn't afford, when they were young. I've got a '67 TR4A which is immaculate and unrestored - time warp. So I'd go for a small collection of top notch cars:
- Healey 3000 MkIII
- 1966/67 MGBGT
- Lotus Esprit S3 Turbo
- E type convertible V12
All in top condition should be about £200k (just). Actually prices of even good classics have been going down lately so it might be a good time to buy.
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Post by bancroft on Nov 23, 2023 13:33:26 GMT
You'll be lucky. A decent DB5 will cost you £500k. You might be able to get a decent DB6 for £200k. I prefer the DB5 but the DB6 is OK too. I think, like you say, many people go for cars that they would have liked to buy, but couldn't afford, when they were young. I've got a '67 TR4A which is immaculate and unrestored - time warp. So I'd go for a small collection of top notch cars: - Healey 3000 MkIII - 1966/67 MGBGT - Lotus Esprit S3 Turbo - E type convertible V12 All in top condition should be about £200k (just). Actually prices of even good classics have been going down lately so it might be a good time to buy. Did not realise how much the DB5 was now, thought they were £50k must have misheard yet add a nought and then some depending on the model. When I was listening to some people's collection talk-through a couple of times you realised they had collected something they had not intended. One had a 2CV because he did not want to see it being scrapped not because he wanted it. Another had two mustangs, he had agreed to buy one and then later found a better model though would not go back on the first deal and so bought both. |
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Post by Montegriffo on Nov 23, 2023 13:37:16 GMT
 Bentley blower and a nice Karman Ghia as my daily run around.  |
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Post by steppenwolf on Nov 24, 2023 7:23:21 GMT
When you're buying 50 year old cars it's often difficult to find what you want at the right price so you often end up buying something else. The danger is always that you buy a car that looks "presentable" thinking that it'll only be a bit of work to bring it up to concours, then you find years later that you've spent a fortune and replaced or reconditioned everything - and it would have been cheaper to spend a bit more and get one already restored. Of course the holy grail is that rare unrestored and original car that's immaculate (or with a bit of acceptable patina) but they're even harder to find.
My first car was a '65 Mini Cooper S. I'd like another but good ones start at £50k now!
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