Classic Cars that you can BUY FOR LESS THAN £5,000 

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SAAB convertible for me. Had a 900 gls 30 years ago. Left the road into ditch thanks to some icy surface, it drove straight out. Built like a tank.

I got a 79 midget no tax no test £90 a year insurance and only cost a couple of grand happy times ( plus it’s a convertible with a hardtop)

10:20 go on! Do the challenge!

In 1993 I paid around 5 grand for a nine y-o Land Rover 127; I still have it.

Anglia car auctions had a 1975 Lomax 3 Wheeler (2cv kit car) it sold for £3456. Thats my Dream Car!

Only watched the first two vehicles - they are modern cars compared to Heralds, Imps, Minis, P4 and P5 Rovers, Midgets, Spitfires, Toledos, Vivas, Chevette and the list goes on for sub £5k classics.

WOW!" Seeing that '86 Vauxhall cavalier brought it back for me! That convertible is a beauty!

I have an XJ ORVIS 2.5 diesel. Love it. Had it over ten years.

I bought my mgzt 2.5 12 years ago for 400 quid ! Still love it

I have a very fine 1987 Volvo 240 estate available for less than £5000. Father in law needs to get rid, just run in at just 102k, very good condition. Probably done 50 miles a year for the last 10 years and otherwise sits in the garage. Always starts first time though. I'm sure an enthusiast would like it. I sadly have too many cars myself.

Great video, guys.. I'd have the Audi, then the Saab..

Yes, I'd enjoy watching you guys driving back from Europe in a classic car. Interesting to see if you'd make it back without breaking down!

Hi Geoff, just watched Freddie Dobbs on RU-vid, 'into Luxembourg'. He's in Belgium and just found a closed Volvo showroom at a petrol station that's full of Volvo's, they look new just covered in dust.

You are mistaken as bout LPG kits. Sequential LPG injection is a, sophisticed, reliable and highly configurable. I agree the old venturi type is pants. But the, Stag kits are brilliant.. I have fitted and run several. You get seamless switch to petrol for out of map regions. Brilliant!!

Great video again Geoff; entertaining and informative. However, DASH SCREENS (the iPad tablet type). We have DAF CF and Mercedes Actros at work. DAF has conventional instrumentation; Merc has the modern iPad-like screens (2 of 'em). I wear prescription lenses to drive (short-sighted with slight astigmatism - nothing unusual). I also have prescription sunglasses with polarizing lenses; if I wear them, which I do for comfort on bright summer days, everything on both Merc screens simply disappears completely. Polarising sunglasses and iPad-like screens are totally incompatible, so I have to drive the DAFs, which causes havoc to the planners who allocate vehicles. Subsequently, I've learnt I can never buy a car with iPad-ish screens (not that I want to, tbh).

No matter fow fast you drive on a Fiat Coupe Turbo, everyone overtakes you during your oil up haha. True story. Drove without stops for 7 hours and same Coupe overtook me 3 times

Audi 80, BMW E46 convertible would be the sensible choices and my personal go to's, DB7 is stunning but a huge financial gamble, love the DS, as it has cool factor. It's amazing what's for sale for under £15000 when you look hard enough. The Peugeot and Opal prototypes were awesome looking and they would sell them by the bucket load of they brought them out. Great video Geoff.

Lovely to see Ian again. He's as knowledgeable as you Geoff. 😂

The Citroen... all day long!! second... the DB!! Cool chat, thanks lads!!

Had a Cav convertible. It was great noce engine too. Wife hated it no PAS. 244 is UTTERLY fantastic WANT IT!!!

In the early 2000's I was thinking of buying a 1966 Mustang convertible, it was metallic green with a red interior and it was mint. it was forsale at a dealership in southend for £14995. I bought my 2002 Ford Ranger XLT instead. I'm a PLONKA!

Buying an older car is great if you have the tools/expertise/time to work on these to keep them going. I have taken the head off a Cortina (in the '80's) so I'm not too averse to getting my hands dirty, but, now I have a BMW 330i, I would not even contemplate any work on this in my garage. I think this is more of a "life stage" thing. Before, I had to work on cars due to the cost. Now I have the money to pay someone to do that - so I do. If you buy a car for 5000 grand and replace it each year for 4 years, you may have well have bought a 20,000 grand car which could last 4 years anyway.

The Citroen DS as the value will keep going up forever , this was a fun vid thanks Goeff . The Audi looks fantastic and such a pretty car

I love me those old Citroen D series.

When you were showing that picture of the electric renault the car on the other side was a Fiat 124 sports coupe and for me that was the best car in the whole show

The Portugal car challenge - you have to do this - it would be a fantastic video!!!

"A sense of occasion", that's one helluva euphemism for "undriveable" If I ever heard one.

The coupe colour sprint blue Broom yellow and Portofino blue 👍🏼

LPG converters freeze up because the fuel is extremely cold. They work by funneling engine coolant through them to keep them warm. So that 110 was probably running low on coolant, making it freeze up despite the hot weather. My LPG-equipped Opel Monza 3.0E has done this to me before when the weathered plastic coolant expansion tank had sprung a leak.

Love a bit of Ian in the vids. My hair seems to have chosen the 'disappear totally' route other than going grey. Anyhoo, we share a love for cavaliers and the ability to change the clutch without touching the gearbox was genius. I miss mine all the time.

Back in the day I used to work on the Audi 90 in a NSU. Audi independent garage. Brilliant cars. Well built and the best quality engineering.

"It's an Aston Martin and I'm really shallow".....Great quote which certainly made me smirk a bit.... As for a Datsun 240z, I remember going to Great Yarmouth from Peterborough as a passenger in one (red)with lots of beach fishing tackle to a sea fishing match back in the mid '80's in December.....I certainly dredged that out of my mind.....all I remember was that the car seemed very low when travelling, the fishing was crap and we followed my mate's 1978 Ford Cortina all the way there.....Blimey, that was random....

I found a 2006 exchange and mart . It’s amazing how cheap cars were , escort cosworths for £15G .

Fiat Coupe (purple) aka Portofino blue . Gorgeous colour

Great stuff please follow up the councils response to the pot hole damage very interesting I am at war with my council love the Aston Martin but far to old now its all about comfort these days

On the Portugal thing, I've long been toying with the idea of taking trains down through France and Italy to Malta, to buy a RHD classic that hasn't rusted, and driving it back... don't think prices are as good in Malta though!

Love this man, he knows Pandas are the best 😎 🥰😘

Very interesting, Geoff 👌

Well Geoffrey, you can't go past a Renault 10 for reliabilty. I bought a new 1968 Tannen Green R10,, it was trouble free for years... 👍 Au

I have a 78 244dl in that colour - bought from a banger racer 4 years ago for £800. Love it but needs some welding in the boot. Had my first proper drive of it the other day (gear-lever bushes were shot) and it’s amazing - felt like it wanted to go on a run somewhere!!

I remember in 2005 I had £15,000 to spend on a dream car and I wanted an Alfa Romeo SZ but ended up buying a Lord Blu Lancia Integrale EVO11 L reg man I miss that especially what it’s worth now !! But I should’ve done the Alfa SZ !!! Wow

You've got me obsessing over a rapide again! You need a viewer warning before episodes like this 😂

Loving the Cavalier convo.....I had a brand new D reg Belmont...awesome car....x

Great video Geoff!!!

Portugal challenge! Yes

Definitely the SAAB. Pity there wasn't an original Puegeot 504 in the list, or a reasonable condition Jag' XJ6

The DS for me

Brilliant video

Changing the clutch without removing the gearbox on a Vauxhall was a fantastic feature.

My God I'd have that blue Audi. I hate modern Audi's but the 70s models yes please😍

That would be an absolute fantastic idea. Especially classic cars 👍.

do like the idea sending two wheels to the council that get them thinking and a surprise. what happen if we all did that they have a lot postage to pay or to scrap them and both going to cost. out these classics im no Audi fan but the 80 i do really like and for £4500 that not bad at all, other seemed to modern to be called a classic in my eyes even tho the old days 25 years was classed as classic

Ford granada 2.8i ghia x .Or Bmw E38 740i ,All day long .Audi A8 4.2 Ronin in green .the Granada will be the dearest to buy but the easiest to fix and keep going and as plush as the 740i .I sold my 1977 toyota celica 2ltr GT . to my friend a few years ago for 5 grand ,He has just sold it for £!7,000 .

Citroën DS any day, but a Xantia was also brilliant. I've had 5

I'd have the Aston M. I always liked them ..

Much as i would like a classic car, at the moment i would be happy to buy a car for under £1000 .. tough times!

Where I used to live, a bloke who drank in the local pub bought a brand new Cavalier Convertible the exact same colour as in the video. He’d leave it parked with the roof down 100 metres up the road from the pub and didn’t even bother locking the doors. Spoiler alert: he also left his two huge Rottweilers in the car. 😄

Had an 83 Audi 80 auto, a 73 100ls & crashed a 100 5E through a fence at age 13...really nice cars to drive. 80 & 5E were banger raced. 100ls some chap from a magazine gave me 400£ for it. If you need help sourcing cars in Portugal let me know. Have a truck (bit broken).

Some great used cars in Hungary-no scrappage scheme there!

2011 Toyota Urban Cruiser, 4000 sold, 2000 on the road, my future classic

Okay, the Aston and the classic Citroen DS are tempting too. Back in the late ‘80s I did some work for a family who have a choir that sings in well known chapel, and toured all over the world. My job involved selling the advertising space in the official catalogue. I told them I could get Riva and Ferrari, but was told they were “not appropriate…” So I pitched Gordon Salmon, the biggest Aston Martin dealership, and Coy’s of Kensington. Gordon was a great guy, he invited me to an exclusive closed event at Silverstone. Coy’s invited me to their sale marquee at a stately home, and there was a 3.5 blower Bentley in running original condition - with a guide price of £75,000. I think it went for 85. I sat in it. You’re four feet off the ground on a hard leather pad, and your legs are sticking straight out in front. There are no photos of course. A Gierves Superfine blazer with gold buttons, Gant Oxfords and a shirt from Jermyn St. plus a Financial Times organiser and the right introduction, were the entry tickets to so much fun back then.

Road trip a classic do it 😊

It’s crazy how your insurance works. Here in Australia all cars have third party insurance in the registration. If you wreck your car though you’re stuffed. I insure my 1965 Valiant AP6 for just $200 a month which covers me for $40,000. My car is on classic plates so that helps but being in a big country I drive it whenever I like. If you have an accident and the log book hasn’t been filled out you are not insured.

1. That Saab 900 🥰 2. The Volvo 244 3. Audi 90

Alpina BMW. Yes please.

Try BMW Z4 coupe,classic silhouette similar to the 240z.I never stop looking at mine

oh the cav convertible, i had a white one for a couple of years back in the start of the century - loved it, very rare - ugly but alluring in its own way, great convertible though as it was huge inside and the boot was massive, shit door seals, shit roof operation too but a great car for travelling to and from raves with my mrs and mates, memories 🙂

Pretty much all of them

I want that Mustang!!!!!

The Cherokee is a gorgeous car. I'd love to have one but ULEZ would kill me and then so would the fuel cost lol

PS: Nearly bought a convertible Mustang back in 1983. I'm glad I saw the pool of oil on the floor before I handed over the cash. But at £2750 maybe I should have taken a punt.

I would recommend a Fiat 750 Sport. It drove like a Miget with the engine loving to be wound out

That ‘92 SAAB 900 Cabriolet all day long, and as I call Kiera Knightley, twice on Sunday. If I already hadn’t got a low mileage ‘99 SAAB 93 Cabriolet (that cost me less than £1,000), I would probably grab it. Peace 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I bought a 1994 s124 E Class 3 litre diesel estate automatic in 2005 for £5,000

Geoff!!!! There's a challenge! Find a car on mainland Europe and get a flight out there buy it and drive it back. First one back takes both cars!

Anything with no switches for indicators, wipers and lights should get negative NCAP stars.

My wife likes her SLK's which have been quite cheap. You can get them at a very reasonable price for a V6 mk2 but the tax hurts.

Saab for me to and do the challenge!!

The Audi is local to me. Rare car now.

The 911 😋 or the DS 🤤 for me 😊👍

That BMW looks like Jeremy Clarkson 😮

How did you get Mrs. Geoff to sit in that bag behind you and stay so still the whole time?

Did have some crazy crashes but spent too long going round the magic roundabout to be honest lol lal💜🙏💜🧙‍♀️

The challenge will be excellent if part of it is selling it and competing who can get the biggest percentage back when you come home.

As you're all over the place Merc V6 E convertible 2010 - £7.5k in Autotrader

I did have to dump xr3i one night because I couldn't take any more points on my licence but bit later lost it and did have to go back to Exeter for driving whilst disqualified no one got hurt except me lol lal💜🙏💜🧙

The audi was incredible I think

I had a SR I thought it was the nuts

What's the fascination with soft tops? You can only drive them for three months of the year (or two in 2024) and you'd be worried sick any time you parked it up away from home.

Did you know there was a Islamist woman who had snuck into the back seat while you were chatting classic cars😄.

My daily is, or was a Focus mk1 1.9TDCi Ghia. Which now seems to have a blown engine. It’s on 120,000 miles. I paid £700 and loved the car. It was fast and I could achieve 50mpg. The tax was £18 per month. I was looking to replace it with the same type of car. But do you think I can find one! So I’ve decided to go for one of the best looking cars on the road, a 2007 Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon. Which I am hoping to purchase for £1500. I know of the issues with the subframe, and I can’t get underneath it to inspect the subframe. But, it is such a beautiful car, that I am willing to take the chance with it.

Those prototype EVs. The body design team forgot about how they were going to power the vehicle.

If your after a car under 5k lada 2104, riva , niva and samara are options

Old cars rule ! Just think what you can pick up for £10k and then spend £5k making mint again

Go to Portugal!!

That fiat coupe had a tow rope in the back. 112994 miles is alot!

My 1986 Jaguar XJSC v12 cost half that.....and yes, it runs😂

Well done for not getting too political

It's a good job that I'm broke and have no space. Because otherwise I would now be the proud owner of an Audi 80, Saab 900 Convertible, Vauxhall Cavalier Convertible, and Citroen DS.