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DuvB wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:08 pm An Izetta bubble car

Worth good money now.

PutneyO wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:20 pm A Messerschmitt

Rare car now that is worth a lot of money !
Always liked the look but at the time was too young to drive one, cars like the Austin Mini helped kill off the bubble cars.
One going here for £35,117 !
https://www.classic-trader.com/uk/cars/ ... chmitt-fmr

Mine was a Burgundy Nissan Cherry with a cream interior and cream roof not sure what year it was but it cost £1000

Sid Bishop wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:16 pm

DuvB wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:08 pm An Izetta bubble car

Worth good money now.

300 cc? I had one, had to sell it for 100 quid to pay my mortgage in 1982 sadly.

Coming to the conclusion that the average age of this forum must be 65.

Oiram wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:13 pm

Sid Bishop wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:16 pm

DuvB wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:08 pm An Izetta bubble car

Worth good money now.

300 cc? I had one, had to sell it for 100 quid to pay my mortgage in 1982 sadly.

Quite unbelievable, these little Isetta bubble cars going for as much as £21,995 on this internet Isetta sale site !
Like so many of the old 1950s British motor bikes I used to buy for £5 to £10 at the motor cycle club that I used to go to in the sixties when I was young, some now being sold for many thousands of pounds !
https://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/bmw/isetta

No. 1 daughter just got her first fully electric car.

1979 Vauxhall Chevette. Just like someone said with their HA Viva, I was forever resetting the points on this.

Orient Punxx wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:19 pm Coming to the conclusion that the average age of this forum must be 65.

Well I'm 64 and my mate 66 so your theory correct.statistics don't lie

Oiram wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:13 pm

Sid Bishop wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:16 pm

DuvB wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:08 pm An Izetta bubble car

Worth good money now.

300 cc? I had one, had to sell it for 100 quid to pay my mortgage in 1982 sadly.

Loin Cloth Lenny sells car to pay mortgage 1982

Coincedence ?

Never had one, can't drive.

Also can’t drive. Can I ask your reason? Its rare to see someone else of my age (ish) who has opted out of that

took a couple of tests in the 80's and almost crashed the car twice decided driving wasn't for me.

Neither did my missus until we had our daughter in a few years ago.

Lived in London all our lives so we never really needed to until then.

CEB wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:15 am Also can’t drive. Can I ask your reason? Its rare to see someone else of my age (ish) who has opted out of that

Had maybe 10 or 12 lessons when I was 17 and just didn't really get on with it, partly me, partly my instructor I think (he was a bit weird and kept regaling me with some Bravo Two Zero sh*t about what special forces got up to in the Falklands).

From that point on, just never really needed to. Uni + post-Uni life in Hull, easy bus ride to wherever I needed to go or otherwise walkable. Just didn't need to drive. Always suspected I'd perhaps missed the boat but had other priorities to spend time/limited money on. Since moving to London, more or less the same - good public transport + cost/time of learning means it's just not happened. I'd like to be *able* to drive, mainly to take some pressure off Mrs PJ when we hire a car for holiday or whatever but can't see when I'd have time to learn, at least for a few years.

1000 cc Morris Minor circa 1968 . I'm in my 70's and it was ten years old when l bought it. Never broke down at all. All cars of that era had terrible rust problems.

Jaguar XJ6 2.8

Ralphs Coate wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:34 pm What was your first car?
Mine was a 1964 HA Vauxhall Viva.

So was mine, more Isopon than car.

Morris Minor for me too.

Mk1 Ford Consul Cortina c/w short gear lever adaption - I think it was a 1964 model

Joe315 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:06 am

Oiram wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:13 pm

Sid Bishop wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:16 pm

Worth good money now.

300 cc? I had one, had to sell it for 100 quid to pay my mortgage in 1982 sadly.

Loin Cloth Lenny sells car to pay mortgage 1982

Think loin cloth is getting spooked.

Joe315 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 3:41 pm

Joe315 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:06 am

Oiram wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:13 pm

300 cc? I had one, had to sell it for 100 quid to pay my mortgage in 1982 sadly.

Loin Cloth Lenny sells car to pay mortgage 1982

Think loin cloth is getting spooked.

Why?

2 differen aliases both selling cars for mortgages, 1 is loin cloth the other oiram. here & house prices. RTW already called out the duality

1970 Ford Cortina 1600E - Had it nicked after three days.

Ford Anglia 105E with a 1600 X-Flow lump, twin Weber's, went like stink (for the day).