Bargain find of your life.

[CorNada 2]

What's the best bargain find vehicle you have ever found?

 

Mitch may not reply?

[CorNada 2]

Sorry it's early, can this be moved to the right part of the Forum?

[the-ford-cortina.com 226]

mk3 2 door 2 litre GT

 

It now belongs to another member on here who has spent lots on it but it didnt really need all the work he did .

 

It was found ( unfortunately not by me ) in a garage where it had sat wrapped in blankets for many years - it had an immaculate black cloth tombstone seat interior - the owner of the house had inherited house with car from his uncle , had sold the house and said if the car didnt sell he was going to scrap it. Only bad points were brake pipes were corroded and the engine seized but we fitted a new battery and the radio sprung to life and the lights came on like a scene from " Christine. "

[Shadow 20]

My last car was a Sierra 2.0i ghia. I found it in a garage in Hastings it had sat there untouched for 6yrs. It was a 1owner from new with 14'700 miles on her with full history. It was minty mint. I jump started hep up washed it and drive it home to Kent. I kept it for 3yrs and sold it in March this year. It now lives in Ireland. Best bit was it cost me £100. Yes £100. I did a little under 800 miles in the three years and sold her for £2500. Not to bad.

 

As found

 

When sold

Edited July 26, 2015 by Shadow

[MARK-H 21]

My silver 1.6 GL is probably the luckiest find for me.

 

1 owner since it was one year old sat in a garage from 1995 until I found it in 2007 50k on the clock and other than a bad scuttle and wing top on drivers side thanks to a garage leak it was like brand new. :thumbup:

should have kept it

 

Edited July 26, 2015 by MARK-H

[sebspeed 23]

a 1973ish fiat 124 coupe for 15 pound

[bortaf 96]

Too many to list TBH, i used to have recovery trucks so allways getting cars given to me

 

Mk3 granada 2.0 EFi with 5 spoke alloys for £25 (ebay) 4 miles away

Mk3 2.0 GT free, i had to drive to cardiff to get it so sort of free :lol:

 

Crayford corsair V6 and soft top, free (1/2 a mile away so really was free)

 

 

There was even a free roller :rofl:

 

[Jupiter Red Mark4 1]

Too many to list TBH, i used to have recovery trucks so allways getting cars given to me

 

Mk3 granada 2.0 EFi with 5 spoke alloys for £25 (ebay) 4 miles away

Mk3 2.0 GT free, i had to drive to cardiff to get it so sort of free :lol:

 

Crayford corsair V6 and soft top, free (1/2 a mile away so really was free)

 

 

There was even a free roller :rofl:

 

 

What happened to the Corsair Rob?

[bortaf 96]

What happened to the Corsair Rob?

 

Sold it to a chap in braintree who i believe sold it on to a corsair club member? the engine conversion was a later mod as far as i know crayford did either a sort top OR a V6 not both :unsure:

here's the reg in case it can bre traced ?

[sheffieldcortinacentre 765]

2.0 ghia 4x4 est sierra 1 months tax 7 months mot 5 mile away on ebay £100 about 10 years ago.

battery would go flat overnight seller had taken it to several garages who couldn't find the prob, virtually everything short of lights was disconnected.

jumped it drove it home really nice smooth drive, pulled up turned it off & could here a faint humming????

 

popped bonnet & fan was going on slowest speed even though it was turned off? obviously in a noisy garage environment they couldn't hear it & you couldn't feel it inside.

pulled fuse, next morning fired straight up! used it for 3 years with only minor work for mots.

went allover the country in it.

[mk2 addict 7]

Pre production prototype mk2 lotus? possibly the first one made (can't confirm that but the LCR have said parts on it are earlier than the other survivors)

 

Wasn't so much of a bargain though at £4k including delivery :clown:

[Danish 294]

I won a "Daimler 4.0" (posh version of the Jaguar XJ6) on ebay for less than scrap value after putting in a cheeky low bid - £160 I think it was.

[Beowulf 87]

My 2.0GL only cost me £150 6 years ago. Did need a bit of welding though.

[consul315 180]

Too many to list TBH, i used to have recovery trucks so allways getting cars given to me

 

Mk3 granada 2.0 EFi with 5 spoke alloys for £25 (ebay) 4 miles away

Mk3 2.0 GT free, i had to drive to cardiff to get it so sort of free :lol:

 

Crayford corsair V6 and soft top, free (1/2 a mile away so really was free)

 

 

There was even a free roller :rofl:

 

 

 

:drool: :drool: a Rolls and a Crayford for free :shocking:

 

(one day i´d like to have the front cut off a Silver Shadow, to complete my grille i have at home)

 

what about the nice red 2 dr MK2 Super you had a couple of years ago Rob, was this a bargain as well? :headscratch:

Edited July 27, 2015 by consul315

[bortaf 96]

:drool: :drool: a Rolls and a Crayford for free :shocking:

 

(one day i´d like to have the front cut off a Silver Shadow, to complete my grille i have at home)

 

what about the nice red 2 dr MK2 Super you had a couple of years ago Rob, was this a bargain as well? :headscratch:

 

yes that was a bargin mate £250 i think it was ?