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I've been staggered by a couple of recent examples of depreciation I have seen in luxury cars. 1) My E350T. Purchased 9 years old with a full year of rego for $18,000. Sold new for over $130k. That is almost $13k per year of depreciation. 2) My brother is buying an E63 BMW (650i)...

Good photo gallery of the Citroen CX: https://petrolicious.com/articles/this-citroen-was-made-to-crush-continents-with-a-family-onboard The CX didn't do well through the banger phase and few are left. There are a lot of untrue rumours about these cars like how the C-Matic transmission can't...

While not related to Syria's 3500, this one for sale has a great red interior! https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/cygnet/cars-vans-utes/1971-rover-3-5-litre-sedan/1182444079

Was some great buys there. If I had more time, I would have bought a couple of cars and some boxes of parts and out of them built 1-2 really good ones. For example there were freshly painted body shells with no engines or interiors going for $80.

See below for the first part of an excellent article on automotive styling great Paul Bracq. This first part covers his history at Mercedes-Benz and some of his key designs like the W111 coupe cabrio, W108 etc. There is a part 2 on the same website I have not yet read that covers his career...

Interesting article: http://classicsworld.co.uk/news/old-tyres-under-investigation/ My own experience is that old tyres even with full tread go hard and deliver unsafe handling somewhere between 5-10 yrs old.

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Red S1 W126 anyone? https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/north-epping/cars-vans-utes/1985-mercedes-benz-380-sedan/1180419637 $3900 Looks in decent shape for the price. Unusual to see a 380 with plastic hubcaps

500SL 107. In my view the best of the 107 SL's as the 560 looked over done with the various spoilers, 3rd brake light etc. https://www.pickles.com.au/cars/item/-/details/CP-01-82--Mercedes-Benz--SL500--Convertible--4-Seats--2-Doors/3020065667 Car looks ok from the fairly poor quality...

280SE W126 - $509 http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0001-10003045/motor-vehiclesmotor-cycles/1983-mercedes-benz-280se-fwd-automatic-sedan?spr=true 250/8 - $1709 http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0028-3422016/motor-vehiclesmotor-cycles/mercedez-benz-250-automatic-sedan-24-733miles-indicated?spr=true...

there is a grays classic auction taking place featuring a number of benzes including 107, 116, 126. prices still low with 18 hrs to go. Decent 6.9 among them http://www.graysonline.com/promotions/classic-cars?tab=items&view=gallery&page-size=100&sort=most-popular#SearchTabs-Items

In the theme of rough P5 Coupe's coming into the market here is the latest. This one is a better proposition than the last but would still need extensive refurbishment to body and wood, no mention of mechanicals: "1962 Rover P5 3.0L Mark 2 $4,000 4506 Regrettable sale, meant to be a bit of a...

Now contrast this MKIIC similar to the one I sold styria. This guy wants $1,000 and its probably worse than my old one: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Rare-1966-rover-coupe-low-kms-CAN-DELIVER-no-reserve-/253511450570?roken=eLe0Nf

There is a rather nice P5B Coupe on carsales. Makes that blue one that went for about $14,000 at the flynn auction a real rip off compared to this one at $19,990. https://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Rover-35-LT-1969/OAG-AD-15782645

This weeks car is a very clean Petrol blue 450SE, a rather under-rated colour. While the condition of the drivers seat cannot be ascertained due to the sheepskins, the rest of the car is quite nice (not perfect, but nice). I would be happy to have it in my garage (sans wheel arch trims)...

https://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Citroen-DS-23-1973/SSE-AD-5310651/?Cr=1 This is a good honest DS23 for sale. This car is owned by a club member near me and while this car is not perfect, it's a car that can be enjoyed as is, or spend a bit of money to do some cosmetic work...

The auction room is only a few bus stops from my office, so I went down at lunchtime to have a look: http://www.classicjalopy.com/2018/03/2018-shannons-sydney-autumn-classic-preview/

The Saloon looks nice with the two tone paint you added. That Lagonda is an impressive machine. Granted 1450 pounds was a lot of moneyh in 1964, but that car I am sure is worth a lot today. I wonder if any of those three saloons ended up at the flynn auction? There were a few 3 liter...

I certainly can't top the 3am/4am posts! Its funny how even similar cars can have a big impact on this. For example, the W116 looks great in yellow whereas I think the W126 looks rather silly in yellow, like a big banana. I understand why car companies moved to the soft visors, but the...

I found a few more photos of the MKIII