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    #51
    Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
    Brown was one of the colours, classic and sports car did a spread on the 400 a few years and took a brown one for the article

    I love that model it's my favourite Ferrari, but not many like it

    it's a proper V12 (SAS will love it), 4 seater grand tourer and still almost affordable

    one that surprises me is the Ferrari Dino, for the last 30 years fanatics laughed at the Dino, and now suddenly in the last couple of years the Dino has become the darling of the classic car world and prices for Dino's are now like quarter of a million upwards !!

    what happened ?

    Milan.
    Everything in the classic world has gone bananas. Classic Cars has a market section and it's somewhat dull as you know the price graph of whatever they look at resembles tulip* mania.

    * Genuine tulips, not tulip.

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      #52
      Originally posted by The_Equalizer View Post
      Everything in the classic world has gone bananas. Classic Cars has a market section and it's somewhat dull as you know the price graph of whatever they look at resembles tulip* mania.

      * Genuine tulips, not tulip.
      yes it all happened during the financial crisis money zoomed from the crashing banks into tangible assets, classics cars really did well

      Milan.

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        #53
        Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
        yes it all happened during the financial crisis money zoomed from the crashing banks into tangible assets, classics cars really did well

        Milan.
        Yet you can buy some delightful motors from the 2000s for buttons. Go figure.

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          #54
          Originally posted by The_Equalizer View Post
          Yet you can buy some delightful motors from the 2000s for buttons. Go figure.

          yes and I would love to build a collection of youngtimers which we can pick up today for buttons and which will fly in a few years time

          do you read the new magazine Modern Classics

          they have some useful information especially analytics how many were made how many are left etc

          I follow Not Quite Classics on Twitter, they're always flagging good offers

          Milan.

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            #55
            Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
            yes and I would love to build a collection of youngtimers which we can pick up today for buttons and which will fly in a few years time

            do you read the new magazine Modern Classics

            they have some useful information especially analytics how many were made how many are left etc

            I follow Not Quite Classics on Twitter, they're always flagging good offers

            Milan.
            I've been trying to track down a copy of Modern Classics which is massive interest to me. In fact just yesterday I asked the missus to swap my subscription of Classic Cars to Modern Classic next time the latter is up for renewal as the former now may as well contain information on buying Lear Jets. I would hazzard a guess Modern Classics say buy low mileage rare motors with good history.

            Brightwells auction house now has a modern classics auction every six months (from memory) which has some really interesting motors for real world money. The last having just been on the 17th August:

            Brightwells Modern Classic auction results - 17th August 2017

            I'll have a look a Not Quite Classics in a minute.

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              #56
              Originally posted by The_Equalizer View Post
              I've been trying to track down a copy of Modern Classics which is massive interest to me. In fact just yesterday I asked the missus to swap my subscription of Classic Cars to Modern Classic next time the latter is up for renewal as the former now may as well contain information on buying Lear Jets. I would hazzard a guess Modern Classics say buy low mileage rare motors with good history.

              Brightwells auction house now has a modern classics auction every six months (from memory) which has some really interesting motors for real world money. The last having just been on the 17th August:

              Brightwells Modern Classic auction results - 17th August 2017

              I'll have a look a Not Quite Classics in a minute.

              for me the perfect Modern Classic is:


              . cheap to buy today

              . very few left

              . easy to maintain

              . price is going to fly


              let me know if you find that one

              Milan.

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                #57
                Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
                for me the perfect Modern Classic is:


                . cheap to buy today

                . very few left

                . easy to maintain

                . price is going to fly


                let me know if you find that one

                Milan.
                As a classic car dealer once said to me:

                "If it were that easy everyone would be at it."

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                  #58
                  The trouble with classic cars is they are shiit, won’t start half the time, need to remaster the art of the choke, adjusting points, oil change every 3000 Miles, notchy gearboxes, no security, ineffective heaters, always a battery drain somewhere and tin worm.

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                    #59
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                    Don't get mad...get even...

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                      #60
                      Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
                      yes and I would love to build a collection of youngtimers which we can pick up today for buttons and which will fly in a few years time

                      do you read the new magazine Modern Classics

                      they have some useful information especially analytics how many were made how many are left etc

                      I follow Not Quite Classics on Twitter, they're always flagging good offers

                      Milan.
                      Saw a Corrado Storm Vr6 yesterday - lovely
                      http://www.cih.org/news-article/disp...housing_market

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