Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[baconsdozen]

Rather than 'Because I like it' has anyone an odd reason for their choice of car make or model?.
I bought a ex london taxi because it was handy to carry about two oversized dogs but my rover p5b was bought thirty five years after I was taken to hospital in one (actually a P5 version) after a major car accident.
Being sped along in comfort and almost total silence left a lasting impression on me even though I was pretty badly injured at the time. during the journey the elderly driver carried on chatting to his passenger about green fly on the roses as we overtook cars at what seemed like crazy speeds,a surreal experience. I promised myself I would one day have one of these cars and all those years later I did.
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Thirty years selling imperial hand tools for old machinery(Now happily retired).

[Vintage Crank]

27 years ago I bought a maroon Volvo 245 estate just like the one driven by Ian McShane, the rogue antique dealer in Lovejoy, in part because I was quite into odd antiques at the time myself. Although the £90 purchase price was a big motivator too!
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Dave (Professional Procrastinator)

1927 Morris Oxford Saloon 14/28
1949 Ferguson TED20 tractor and other 1950s
1958 Series 2 Land Rover 88" and various 2a's
1969 Jaguar 420G

[ukdave2002]

I bought the Bedford CA, because I used to run an old one as a teenager back in the 80's.....I suppose I'm hankering back to my youth!

Dave

[47Jag]

I bought my '47 Jaguar because my first car was a '48 Jaguar. Again, hankering after my youth.

Art

[Fluffle-Valve]

I bought my Series III Land Rover to carry Stationary Engines to and from Steam Rallies. Never did give it a thought that I could enter the Landy for show as well. I don't bother with the Stationary engines now, as they are getting too heavy at my age to move around. I just show the Landy and Caravan now.
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Series 3 1972 LWB Truck Cab Pick Up. My daily drive.

[roverdriver]

My normal limited funds and my interest in old cars seemed to run nicely together. I could buy a 30 year old car for very little and enjoy it, before selling it on and reinvesting in another similar aged one.

For a time in the 1960's I lived in New Zealand. Then a reasonable running Model A Ford could be bought for as little as £20 or a good one for about £50. My interest in the Model T changed to a dedication to the Model A.

In 1972 my wife and I returned to Australia, bringing with us our 1928 A that we had restored together. We drove that car for over 200,000 miles including some fairly long trips of 5,000 plus miles each. By 1990 the car needed re-restoring so as we were changing our location and life style we sold it.

I had withdrawal symptoms for about ten years, then we discovered that the Rover marque was not among the most popular historic vehicles in Oz, and therefore able to be purchased at a reasonable figure. Having known something about Rover quality from my very young days, it became inevitable that we started to acquire Rovers. Or current fleet consists of a 1950 75, 1959 90, 1982 SD1, with a 1951 75 under refurbishment. The Rovers have proven themselves to be suitable conveyances for Aussie conditions, and we have, over the last 16 years travelled widely within the country in them.
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Dane- roverdriver but not a Viking.

[baconsdozen]

Interesting that people buy older cars to recapture their youth.
Do to their efforts their cars probably age better than the owners. As time passes it gets harder and slower to weld holes and replace parts on my cars,I can help negate the effects of time on their bodies but I'm not sure if by doing so I hasten or postpone its effects on mine!.
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Thirty years selling imperial hand tools for old machinery(Now happily retired).

[Riley Blue]

The only reason I bought a One-Point-Five was because my previous Riley, a '54 RME, wouldn't fit in the garage where I now live.
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David

1963 Riley 1.5
1965 Riley 1.5