TOP 5 PROJECTS YOU SHOULD AVOID AT ALL COSTS! Money Pits for Sale on ebay! Citroen DS, Golf GTi Mk1
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Published 2024-07-18
Featured Cars:
Citroen DS20 1972 Pickup - A barn find, unfinished project requiring extensive work and parts.
Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk1 Karmann - A high-mileage project with known rust and electrical issues.
Matra-Simca Bagheera 1978 Series 2 - Prone to rust and cooling system problems, making restoration difficult.
1966 Triumph Herald 12/50 Convertible - Susceptible to rust and electrical faults, requiring significant restoration.
Jaguar XJR 6 Supercharged - Off the road for a couple of years, needs recommissioning and extensive bodywork.
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From dusty barns to potential money pits, these cars might not be the dream projects you're looking for. This video is your guide to avoiding costly mistakes in classic car ownership and restoration.
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All Comments (8)
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Great video and I agree with 99% of your points and I certainly don't think you're talking absolute rubbish. :) But can I put a couple of points across? First of all whenever you buy a new / secondhand modern car you're in negative equity the second you buy it. It will need parts, servicing, MOT's etc etc and it will depreciate rapidly. Second, if you buy a classic car as an investment you're buying for the wrong reasons. Those with money are buying classics as investments and it's so annoying. Most of us buy them to enjoy them, you'll never make money on a classic car. It will need spare parts, insuring, maybe some bodywork at some point, some people have to pay for storage, yet congratulate themselves on selling it for two grand more than they paid for it. Others put them in a locked garage and hardly touch them until selling time, starting them up now and again to keep the engine free. But these cars then need recommissioning with tyres, brakes, and all the usual stuff a car needs when not used regularly. My classic car is worth around £12k so it's not a big money car, but I use it as much as possible. It's a better car for it as before I bought it, it sat for 8 years and ran rough as a badgers bum. But now it's been serviced and fully recommissioned It's a reliable car capable of daily use if required. What do you think? Oh and BTW, I've subbed. 👍
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Good luck on your new channel, ive subscribed. I let my heart rule my head and never make money. I then get attached to a substandard car, im in negative equity and it makes no sense apart from knowing that the work youve done you can be proud of but some body work issues should be a red flag which ive ignored and now paying the price even though i like driving it.
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The white Simca Matra coupe had been off the road for 36 years. I could just about make out the plate UVX888S. Last taxed until the end of April 1988, and last logbook change was in March 1989, so could still be an undriveable project even back then. That's the only data I can find for it.
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Fair points. But anyone buying an old car to do up, restore expects to spend huge amounts and never get the money back. Unless they are daft.
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That Jag probably is not worth spending that much money on, however a good X300 is a rapid, comfortable cruiser and a nice place to be, I have one. The AJ16 engine [the last Jaguar straight 6] is very reliable and does not suffer from timing chain issues, the V8 does! The engine slightly modified is in the Aston Martin DB7 early models. The advice as ever is to buy the best one you can afford whatever make, then be prepared for some expense. The more expensive it was new the more it will cost....
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22:43 wnen BMW got hold of the jag 300 spelt FORD😂😂😂😂
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Golf gti 1.6 is and always has been the far more desirable model
