Classic Car hire.. straw poll.

"Pete M" wrote

Another one: Volvo P1800. All those 30 to 40 somethings will have grown up watching Roger Moore in the Saint, and good ones are very reasonable to buy. I don't know about maintenance tho'.

That's fighting talk...

"Stuffed" wrote

While we're on the subject of ugly - Karmann Ghia?

Type 3 Razoredge or Type 1?

Reminded me, too.

If you're going to have an E-Type, be nice and fun. Get a damaged 2+2 and make a replica of the car from Harold & Maude. I'd rent that every Whitby weekend - assuming someone didn't beat me to it.

Richard

Always wanted one of those too. They're always definately out of my budget :(

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Jensen Interceptor/FF Audi Quattro TR6 This:

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Fabulous. I concur.

Nice, one for the anoraks, though.

Rag-top V12 is what most punters would want.

Definitely.

Aye. Can't have a classic hire business without one.

Only let it out in the dry, 'cos it'll be pranged in the wet.

Tacky heap of s**te, not anything special, IMHO.

Definitely.

Not convinced.

No. You can buy one for £2k, so why hire?

Turbo R.

It's a given, really. Make it a V8, though.

Aren't they a bit too precious?

Megabusa. YKIMS.

More likely, a 1.3 Kent to avoid repair bills.

None of the above, not even the 308/328 which is one of my all time favourites.

Something big, bad and American with a huge V8.

Nice original Alfa Spider Duetto. For the people on an MG budget that have some sort of taste ;-)

1750 GTV. Not expensive, but a bit of a holy grail.

Someone else said Jenson Interceptor, and I'll go with that.

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It'd go out at least one other time too :)

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That's Louise, is it?

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Pete M" saying something like:

Damn!

Heh, a Windsor Green 390GT Fastback is definately on the list..

That's the other bloke who's involved.. He likes them.

Ho yuss..

Nah, they're not worth it really. I could get a nice MGB for about £6000, an RV8 is more like 12k and not as likely to get the beards.

It's just I know where there's a cheap one :-)

Ah, we've already got two stretch Towncars, a stretch Caddy Fleetwood and a Ford Excursion stretch..

Yup, on the list

I love these, so on the list

Too unreliable.

Probably have to be a Griffith to start with.

On the list

Possible

Very possible

Also very possible

Looking more likely

Ta

In news: snipped-for-privacy@individual.net, Chet decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows

On the "possibles" list..

£6-7k for a nice one I should think

Al, I've told you once.. bugger... it's on the "maybe"

Sounds like an twist on the idea I posted a while ago.

go for it mate.

How about a Classic Gangster S-Type 3.4 or 3.8, similar enough to the old inspector morse MK2, but different enough to be special. Plus they are a little bit cheaper to find too, but a lot rarer, as most ended up donating their IRS to the hot-rodding community.

Banks europa, Southport. Not replica, but rebuilt, modified/modernised and improved, but loyal to the Lotus brand.

how about me :)

Good for a million miles, and maybe a million more.