Well bugger that! Was thinking £1500 get me a good one.No way.Alternatives?

Jeez,only wanted a bit of cheap old school fun

 

Last time I looked (which was only last week ) they're at around £6k. I've always fancied one but it'll never happen.

 

Yep any hot hatch from the 80's seem to have gone through the roof price wise. Would love a S1 escort turbo.

 

80's/90's hot hatches have rocketed up. I sold my Corrado VR6 Storm around 18 months ago, a good honest example had only 95k FSH 2 Owners. Sold it at £2600 and looks like I will have to pay double that now to get one as good !Therefore looking at golf VR6 as an alternative as they dont seem to have shot up in price as much as the Corrados.

 

If only I had kept my XR3i
My Xr2
My Renault 5 Turbo.
My Cossie
Ah well , its a bit late now.
Don't think my Focus or Berlingo will have the same appeal in 20 years.....

Oh , nearly forgot the 1600 Sport Escort mk2 would be worth about £15k as well if I had kept it..
Shiser.....

 

I reckon there are thousands of us in the same boat..! Hindsights a wonderful thing.
I have however just bougth a 91 Renault 5 GT Turbo fresh in from Japan Too clean and too expensive for me to be a keeper tho

 

I kept mine 89 mk2 16v - going on 12yrs now ive had it

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...pskwj0jy6q.jpg

 

1990 1.9gti I've had it about 7 years and love it but it's been off the road a couple of years due to having to use a"family car " I've just lost my garage so I'm currently looking at alternative storage or I might have to wave goodbye to it this year. Lots of people have advised me that whatever I pay in storage I will get back eventually though.
Hoping to get some time to do a few little bits to tidy it up this year, but I've said that for the past 2 years.

 

This one sold for £60k! https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/...cort-rs-turbo-

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/c...rd-prices.html

 

Go on get some pics up....!!

 

Getting picked up from the docks last week.

http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/...psgnyjoxvg.jpg

http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/...psnn90kecv.jpg

 

Nice....
Bringing back some memories.

Do you import and sell then, if so how do you locate something like this?

 

Now that looks bloody nice.

Was it expensive?

 

A very nice R5 GTT has come up for sale this evening near me, price is £6.5k....I'd love another having owned a black Phase 2 way back in '94!

 

Clio Williams has just shot up too :/

Everyone loves retro rides at the moment. Opportunists rubbing their hands.

 

Hi mate,
just been getting a few jdm cars this last year or so. I've noticed prices in Japan shooting up aswell now plus the fact that value of the pound has dropped also.

This R5 owes me more than my old V5 Type-R I bought 12 months ago...! Not seen one go through before but as it was a Grade 4 with low miles (76KM's / 46k Miles) I had to have it. Like most of us on this thread I think we all owned / grew up with these car so bought it. A sort of heart over head purchase but hey ho... its all good fun

There is a large supply of american / european cars that go through regularly as well as the usual scoobes / evo / skyline etc..

 

35 years old some of them.Love all makes.No prejudice.Just cannot believe the prices.

Might have to see if there are any AX GT's around!

 

Ah AX GT.. .. A mate of mine used to have a Charade GTti which I remeber as a right pocket rocket! No to mention Fiat Uno Turbo ie - Not seen them for decades

 

Charade gtti were class, even the previous box shape charade turbo was a hoot to drive

 

Ooooh Charade gtti, my Dads mate had one when i was younger, he loved it under 1000cc, 3 cylinder, twin cam, 12v, turbo. Looked into getting one when i was abit older, very rare now. Only one can find.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-Daiha...MAAOSwPYZU6wbu

 

There's one on you tube with 180 bhp

 

My old metro gti felt quick back then so did my 80bhp nova sr.

 

As did my old MG Metro which was my very first car, the thing with most 80's hot hatches now however, is that most modern non performance hatchbacks would be way quicker.

I also owned an 1984 MK.1 XR3i, now that thing did feel fast, but in reality wasn't.

http://www.autosnout.com/Car-Perform...?EditionID=874

I would still love to own a decent 80's RS Cosworth though.