All hail to the man with a spanner named spike.
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:01 pm
Forget your Ferraris,Mustangs,Bugattis even your Rolls Royce's I have owned some
of the rarest cars in the world and I have never spent more than £300 on any of
em.Unless you count a Renault 18 I bought as a Taxi back in 1983 but that was work
for two people at least..My day driver and myself.
I was looking out of the bedroom window this morning and parked across from my
house was an insignificant looking little Citroen AX "Hmm not seen one of those in a
while" I thought so just now I checked it on one of my favorite Web
sites.....https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/......So-Citroen AX Debut----Result 27 in the
UK. Now this is tyeing in with some previous searches I have done with some realy
quite astounding results...Vauxhall Viceroy[Given to me for 4 bottles of red wine-result
ONE!!!--77/78 Mazda 323-[£120 from scrap yard]----ZERO !!!!!!!
How many Metros do you think are still buzzing around?,Let me tell you according to
https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/----Metro City[A very common model] 1995
150,000--2017 97!!!!.....
Now before any body and there will be plenty saying but these where all crap cars
anyway and would you realy want to own one?.Think of this ..
My Grand children have it explained to them that if they see an older man with a beard
and usualy a hat driving along in a beat up Japanese car from the
80s/70s.,Bluebird,120Y,Toyota Corolla 2 that sort of thing yes I owned all of those at
one time...Look closely[But not to closely] and you will see that he is smileing inwardly
as he knows that if the worst should happen and he has to abandon his trusty steed
he will still be quids in if he calls the scrap man...Not as much as a few years back
when I got £200 for my old Cavalier but a good price still....... Cavalier how
many?....My Diesel---- 9???!!!!
At the moment I own an older Golf MK4 thats ready for the scrap yard but something
tells me to mothball it in bits in the loft and bring it out in 10 years time as on Saturday I
stopped at a dealers not far from me who had 2 old Mk3s in..One in a bright green
was £3500 !!!! and another parked out of the way at the back of the yard in yellow at
would you believe £5000....When I pointed out the price was a bit steep the dealer
said they where classics now..Who knew????
So lets here about your very rare cars that nobody wanted......
Oh and Spike was a long 1/2 x 9/16 Elora that kept every car of mine going for 30
years till my main tool box got nicked and since then my spanners have gone
unnamed..
of the rarest cars in the world and I have never spent more than £300 on any of
em.Unless you count a Renault 18 I bought as a Taxi back in 1983 but that was work
for two people at least..My day driver and myself.
I was looking out of the bedroom window this morning and parked across from my
house was an insignificant looking little Citroen AX "Hmm not seen one of those in a
while" I thought so just now I checked it on one of my favorite Web
sites.....https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/......So-Citroen AX Debut----Result 27 in the
UK. Now this is tyeing in with some previous searches I have done with some realy
quite astounding results...Vauxhall Viceroy[Given to me for 4 bottles of red wine-result
ONE!!!--77/78 Mazda 323-[£120 from scrap yard]----ZERO !!!!!!!
How many Metros do you think are still buzzing around?,Let me tell you according to
https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/----Metro City[A very common model] 1995
150,000--2017 97!!!!.....
Now before any body and there will be plenty saying but these where all crap cars
anyway and would you realy want to own one?.Think of this ..
My Grand children have it explained to them that if they see an older man with a beard
and usualy a hat driving along in a beat up Japanese car from the
80s/70s.,Bluebird,120Y,Toyota Corolla 2 that sort of thing yes I owned all of those at
one time...Look closely[But not to closely] and you will see that he is smileing inwardly
as he knows that if the worst should happen and he has to abandon his trusty steed
he will still be quids in if he calls the scrap man...Not as much as a few years back
when I got £200 for my old Cavalier but a good price still....... Cavalier how
many?....My Diesel---- 9???!!!!
At the moment I own an older Golf MK4 thats ready for the scrap yard but something
tells me to mothball it in bits in the loft and bring it out in 10 years time as on Saturday I
stopped at a dealers not far from me who had 2 old Mk3s in..One in a bright green
was £3500 !!!! and another parked out of the way at the back of the yard in yellow at
would you believe £5000....When I pointed out the price was a bit steep the dealer
said they where classics now..Who knew????
So lets here about your very rare cars that nobody wanted......
Oh and Spike was a long 1/2 x 9/16 Elora that kept every car of mine going for 30
years till my main tool box got nicked and since then my spanners have gone
unnamed..
