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M2RTY

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24th Mar 07 at 19:27

escort van says to me 1991

Adam-D

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24th Mar 07 at 19:29

quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Thats got to be before 1991 jesus I would say more mid 80's notice that hey actually had Capris and mk3 Escorts parked up everywhere.

was thinking more 81 ish not 91 myself

M2RTY

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24th Mar 07 at 19:32

also the van is E reg - 1988?

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24th Mar 07 at 21:53

where did you find that ollie, PF, as i saw it on there

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24th Mar 07 at 21:54

quote:
Originally posted by Adam-D

quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Thats got to be before 1991 jesus I would say more mid 80's notice that hey actually had Capris and mk3 Escorts parked up everywhere.

was thinking more 81 ish not 91 myself

yes, capri's from 85 and escorts from 84 fad, they were only 6 yerars old at the time

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24th Mar 07 at 22:03

81? 91? Pffff was last week

SVM 286

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24th Mar 07 at 23:24

quote:
Originally posted by Rachel H
Can you imagine how good that was back then, no speed cameras, a police force less focused on catching people driving their cars.

Rose tinted spectacles i'm afraid Ollie.

We all used to get pulled all the time.

Lack of speed humps was nice though.

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24th Mar 07 at 23:27

quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Thats got to be before 1991 jesus I would say more mid 80's notice that hey actually had Capris and mk3 Escorts parked up everywhere.

'90 - '93 were golden years Fad.

Nearly everyone had a MK I or II, and everyone else had a Capri, Cortina, Granada or maybe a Sunbeam or Chevette. A few gays had XR3s but most cars were proper stuff.

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24th Mar 07 at 23:28

what did you have then jim, mk2 escort ?

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24th Mar 07 at 23:30

quote:
Originally posted by Rachel H
Gotta remember in those days buying a car was a lot harder so people had older cars for a lot longer, 0% finance and free insurance was not an option back then

Citroen used to do all sorts of finance deals Ollie, and vw did free insurance on the polo.

You could buy a brand new RS Turbo in '89/'90 for £12,995 including the first years fully comp insurance thrown in. Ford did a deal with an insurance company that left you with maximum NCB after the first year too.

I was gonna buy one, but thought better of it and waited 10 years instead.

[Edited on 24-03-2007 by SVM 286]

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24th Mar 07 at 23:32

quote:
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what did you have then jim, mk2 escort ?

You know it makes sense.

I want it back.

mav

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24th Mar 07 at 23:36

quote:
Originally posted by Adam-D

quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Thats got to be before 1991 jesus I would say more mid 80's notice that hey actually had Capris and mk3 Escorts parked up everywhere.

was thinking more 81 ish not 91 myself

aye me too...with the old Cortinas etc too

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24th Mar 07 at 23:37

One day I will find a minted, garaged from new, one owner RS 2000 in diamond white, or signal yellow, or black, for 2 grand, and I will buy it, bring it home, drop it three inches on 7.5 x 13s, stick a cage, some Stack clocks, and some harnesses in it and pop a YBD on carbs under the bonnet plus a Quaife Rocket box and Quaife LSD in an Atlas axle with some nice brakes, a 5 linked rear end and some rose joints etc etc etc.

And I will be a happy man.

Then I can look for the perfect Cossie.

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24th Mar 07 at 23:49

back when the shell suit was all the rage lol

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25th Mar 07 at 00:06

quote:
Originally posted by SVM 286

quote:
Originally posted by Rachel H
Gotta remember in those days buying a car was a lot harder so people had older cars for a lot longer, 0% finance and free insurance was not an option back then

Citroen used to do all sorts of finance deals Ollie, and vw did free insurance on the polo.

You could buy a brand new RS Turbo in '89/'90 for £12,995 including the first years fully comp insurance thrown in. Ford did a deal with an insurance company that left you with maximum NCB after the first year too.

I was gonna buy one, but thought better of it and waited 10 years instead.

[Edited on 24-03-2007 by SVM 286]

Well I am suprised.

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25th Mar 07 at 00:10

They didn't have much choice at the time.

It was THE most stolen car in the UK.

They had compounds full of them and couldn't sell them discounted, so had to drop the price again and throw in the insurance.

Glad I didn't buy one now.

Rachel H

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25th Mar 07 at 00:15

£13k though, thats a lot of money back then, car prices do seem to have come down a little since then, on average anyway.

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25th Mar 07 at 00:30

That was actually a bit of a bargain at the time. It should have been about 15k, maybe a bit more IIRC Ollie.

Wages were good on the whole.

A 1.9 205 GTi, a CRX 16V or a Rover 216 Vitesse would all have set you back just over 11 and a half grand, and the Cosworth Sapphire was well over 20k. An S Class Merc would have been 60+k so everything was relative realy as now.

What is crazy in my opinion is the prices of some cars from the 60s, 70s and 80s now. They sell for the same, more, or considerably more than they cost new.

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25th Mar 07 at 14:22

XR3i was about £11,500 too btw.

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25th Mar 07 at 16:32

quality vid, my dad took me there when i was about 10 and it looked exactly like that lol.

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