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[Ellis]

How many of us have said that over the years?

I like to think that I'm satisfied with what I have, classic and modern and I have promised myself, no, I will not buy another car.

BUT I have always had a hankering for one car and I really don't know what I would do if one of these came my way in the future :

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I have always liked the Cortina 1600E. I tried all ways to persuade my father to buy one in August 1969 when he bought the Wolseley 18/85 Mark 2.
I was offered a really good 1970, 50k mileage one in 1981 but declined because I was just about to buy a property and in 2010 I was offered an early, restorable 1968 Saluki Bronze example. It was with considerable restraint that I said no to the same person who had just sold me my Series One Land Rover 86".
That car found a new home in Dublin and I was glad not to have to look at it whenever I went to assess the work and parts needed on the Series One.

If another came for sale next year I don't know if I could resist the temptation......

Which car, vehicle or motorbike would tempt you?

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Edit. I wouldn't mind a Honda Fireblade either but I know that I'm too old now for one of those.....................
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1964 Jaguar Mark 2 3.4 litre
1962 Land Rover Series 2a 88"
2002 BMW M3 E46 Cabriolet

[D4B]

Wouldn't mind a bike from my teens, such as a
Puch M50 Sport, or a Kawasaki AR80

Happy Days

[Richard H]

I think if a roadworthy Austin A40 Dorset came up for sale tomorrow I'd find it very hard to resist.
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[Ironhead]

had several BSA A10s in my youth.although they were @20 years old by then.i would seriously consider buying another,if one came up at the right price.

[peter scott]

Well I don't think I'd want any of the vehicles that I owned in the past and since this is fanciful I'll add "at the right price" to Ellis' title "I'm not buying another classic, but if *** came up sometime"...

I'd be happy with it any of the conditions shown below.

Peter



....and yes I know that the Blue Train Bentley was a different, less flamboyant car.
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[47Jag]

Peter,

If you go here: http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-video/video-trail-bentley-boys-bentley-blue-train you can go for a 'hurl' in it.

Art

[BigJohn]

Back in the 1980's there was a chap who stayed at the Wilson's Arms Hotel in Threshfield, nr. Grassington, North Yorks. Iirc He had an engineering works somewhere in West Yorks. He drove a Blue Train replica which had a Commer chassis under it, complete with TS3 engine. It looked fantastic and sounded even better!
I wish digital cameras were around then, as my old instamatic was always out of film and I would have got more details from him, but he was leaving as I was pestering him.

[peter scott]

Thanks for that Art. I hadn't seen it before.

A replica with a TS3 under the bonnet sounds like a load of fun John.
I did come across a guy some years ago who was building a replica on a Phantom chassis.

Peter


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[Rick]

At the almost-realistic end of the spectrum, I'd like a late-vintage saloon of some kind, say 12hp or larger. If we're talking big big - lottery-style - numbers, then there are a number of four-wheeled candidates that I'd be looking at...

RJ
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[Ellis]

[BigJohn]

Having given this some thought, unlimited funds? 1953 Hudson Hornet convertible with triple H power in lipstick red with a white roof. Realistic funding? 1965 Vauxhall PB 3.3 Cresta with hydramatic in any standard colour.