Originally Posted by
Vacuman
Shane - you remind me of myself back at the end of the 70's. Always unable to resist a good offer and ending up with too many cars and not enough time. The difference these days is that insurance is far more expensive, breakers yards aren't shambolic bargain bins and parts for pre-90's cars can be very expensive.
I'm guessing you get plenty of help from dad and that's wonderful, passing on his passion and knowledge to you. I owned my Mk1 Escort estate for 16 years, selling it for just £400 in 1996. No rust, Mexico running gear and wings and it's original 1300XL interior. Just wish I had somewhere to store it back then as it would be worth plenty today.
Yeah i defiantly get my habits from him!
Ive been fortunate enough to have him pass his rented garage onto me which he had when he was 17 (and luckily the rent hasn't really changed in the last 10 years so its really reasonable cost wise!) so i have been lucky in many aspects. Many people i know will not knock on these peoples doors and just ask if they would consider selling these cars as things do come up, it does help to turn up in something oldskool and generally well looked after (the mk1 escort was brilliant for this haha!)
This was another car my dad bought off a drive for £50 (was being used as a shed) and let me have as something to much about with
I ended up selling this and it pretty much paid for the harrier, about 7 years down the line my dad swapped it for a mini pickup and we fitted a 1700 crossflow and a few other goodies too it
here is a mk1 cortina 1500 we pulled from a farm years back too, ended up selling this one on as well unfortunately !
