What car from your youth would you buy now?

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Niiiiiiccceeeee. I can't put into words how this car looks to me. I was reading through the whole thread seeing what cars people would buy and I was saying yes yes yes especially that white Sierra cossie that liverpoolphil posted but this, now this...... wow perfect in my eyes. Love one of these and an empty wet roundabout.
 
Ads749r said:
Niiiiiiccceeeee. I can't put into words how this car looks to me. I was reading through the whole thread seeing what cars people would buy and I was saying yes yes yes especially that white Sierra cossie that liverpoolphil posted but this, now this...... wow perfect in my eyes. Love one of these and an empty wet roundabout.
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i had one in yellow, then i got an RS2000 flat fronted in black,i also had a mk1 lotus cortina in mint condition (i was 18),i swapped it for an MGB GT V8,i still weep when i see the prices.
 
Loved my Cortina MkIV but I didn't really appreciate it until years after

Had my fair share of Opel's too and lusted after one of these

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If it's cars that we actually owned, it's 2 for me :

Red Astra SRi, was an "E" Reg, 1.8 or 1.9, cracking car.

First car was an Astra something or other, sunroof was awesome. I'd have it back for the plate, "GAF 10W" then I'd find Mr Gerald Andrew Finch on the Isle of Wight and flog him the plate :D

Also had a Fiat X19, wouldn't have that back if it was free.
 
any mk 1 escort was a joy on a wet roundabout , so easy to hold the back end out all the way round , made you feel like you was a great driver , i had a tweaked 1300E ,my mates had capris and it was like they was on castors rather than wheels . those were the days :):)
 
My first was a Simca Rallye 1 - with Recaro front seats. It shifted a bit but only just hung together. Until another car shifted into the side of it while I was driving up the Stewarton Rd from Thornliebank. Write off. Next was a (T-Reg) Mk 2 Escort Ghia 1600. Cracker. Wouldn't mind that back actually.
 
drdel said:
Offered a Jaguar XK150 for £150 !!! -twas 1968.

Bought a 1972 Ferrari Dino for £2,500 in '74 and sold it in '75 for £4,500 and thought I cleaned up - worth stupid money today (circa £250K+).

Don't make me remember the others and cry in my beer
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Dread to think how much the XK150 would be worth now. The roadster was the best looking Jag ever made. Only ever seen one in a museum.
 
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Lancia Delta Integrale, or for simplicity a Ford Escort Mexico, not quite from my youth But an AC (Shelby) Cobra 427.

The 7 litre Cobra is a handful and not easily tamed, but if I had one and wrote it off, it would be spectacular and my entrance through the gates of hell, backwards at 100mph in a ball of flame would sure to impress Beelzebub him self.
 
Khamelion said:
Lancia Delta Integrale, or for simplicity a Ford Escort Mexico, not quite from my youth But an AC (Shelby) Cobra 427.

The 7 litre Cobra is a handful and not easily tamed, but if I had one and wrote it off, it would be spectacular and my entrance through the gates of hell, backwards at 100mph in a ball of flame would sure to impress Beelzebub him self.
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Isn't that last sentence Copyright Jeremy Clarkson?
 
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