Cheepest car you have baught

[Pinkbits]

Originally Posted by ThoR_

Free from my Grandpar He wanted to give it to me! : :

Just looking at your avatar.............

[MrFlibbles]

Xb Sedan, copper bronze with air 250 auto, was given it due to rear main leaking excessively, i cleaned the oil off and replaced the oil sender no more oil leaks!! drove it for six month till i blew the trans and sold it for $500!

just one of many cheap cars i have bought and sold!

my 120y was given to me needing a head gasket
my charade swapped the misses lancer for (it was a good deal!)

[ThoR_]

lol i know. I dont mind old Holdens kingwoods and stuff and old commodores anything past VK i dont like. Just a shame they get given a bad name by 30 year old bogans.

He also bought it 3 days after i was born in 87. I grew up in the car. So i liked it. Anyway i think if your still on about Ford vs Holden and so fourth your a bit of a dick.

[vandrsxr6]

Originally Posted by Hardtopxb

Well not the cheapest car I have purchased but definatly the best value. Years ago I was looking for an XR(68) in good nick to do up a bit as a daily driver,saw an ad in the local paper and went out to have a look, an older bloke owned it and it was in good nick just looking at it etc V8,4 speed, old jellybean wheels. He wanted $2500 for it as it had been his sons who died years ago and it had just been sitting in his shed ever since.Ok so I started to have a good look at the old girl,lifted the bonnet looked at the ID plate and its a JG33. I said to the old bloke do you know what this car is?.He says yes it's a Ford Falcon.I tell him its a GT. He says "Look mate I still want $2500 for it take it or leave it..I took it..

Haha, classic. The buy of the century.

[castek]

bought a 1981 VH SLE with a 202 for $300. wasnt running. $80 later and a reco dizzy and she was. gave her a respray in white with blule pearl, re-done the whole front end. ended up spending $2000 on her, and still wasnt rwc or rego'd. our fence fell down so we got some guys in to fix it, they loved the car, and offered $3000. who would say no lol

[normxb]

Cheapest was probably my first car , but I had to work for it . Same as now , farming is a real gamble and dad couldn't afford to pay for extra workers all the time , so when I left school I worked on the farm for a "bit of pocket money" , when we sold out dad bought me an XK Falcon and it cost $500 . I thought I was "just it" because it was white , had a RED "Autoluxe Flash" (I think it was called) down the side , Red roof and 2 GO-FAST stripes between the tail lights .

Being a mostly Ford family , my son 15 y/o is a little embarrassed , he's been working for a mechanic mate of mine since January on Saturday mornings , for a couple of dollars here and there , sweeping up , helping out being a "third hand" Etc. I told him "money isn't everything , you're learning as well".
A couple of weeks ago my mate say's to him " Do you think that car over there will do you ? . He was given a pretty neat manual Camira , with pink slip . He was Over the Moon .

Goes to show , if you're willing to do a little work MOST times it pays off .

[Powdered Toast Man]

Originally Posted by FourBarrel

XR Sedan - slab
XR Wagon - slab
XA Sedan - slab
Holden Gemini - slab

All of which I had to help drink.

Must be common. My mate got his "88 magna for a slab. The only thing wrong with it was the timing chain.

The cheapest car I've bought was my first car, a 302 XA coupe for $1800 sold as traded from a car yard. Although technically I didnt buy it, thats what parents are for. The cheapest car I payed for with my own money was a GXL for $2500. I then sold it 6 months later for $1600. Not my best financial decision.

[ZA-289]

Got 3 honda civics for free. Rally bashed them solid for 3 months during winter, after going thru knee deep creeks and getting them air born, 2 died, I sold one for $500.

The most fun you'll ever have with cars is in cheap ones you dont car care about.

[killerjoolz]

In1982 my B/F(now hubby) bought a 1970 XW Fairmont for $900 in excellent condition...he found a bag of pot,a pipe and bong all hidden in the panels while cleaning it out....lol....still own the Fairmont and now in even better condition then when we bought it.....worth a hell of a lot more then 900 bucks now....we've had big offers but say NO to them all.... with a 351 & toploader...we're not sellin'....lol

[Molloy]

A saab 9000 turbo for $900

[Powdered Toast Man]

Originally Posted by ThoR_

lol i know. I dont mind old Holdens kingwoods and stuff and old commodores anything past VK i dont like. Just a shame they get given a bad name by 30 year old bogans.

He also bought it 3 days after i was born in 87. I grew up in the car. So i liked it. Anyway i think if your still on about Ford vs Holden and so fourth your a bit of a dick.

I dont think thats what he meant. Its more about what you actually said.

[XPfalcon170]

the xp for $100

[mbukukanyau]

Originally Posted by Steffo

1991 Nissan Pintara Executive for $3600.

Ended up selling it a year and a half later for $400.

if its too good to be true, it probably is

[Pinkbits]

Originally Posted by V8GLI

I dont think thats what he meant. Its more about what you actually said.

BINGO!

[Ryan]

VL Executive, with Air con and P/S- $400(Crappy condition, but it was awesome having a bushbasher, with air con and P/S lol)

VC Wagon-$400

My first car, TE Cotry-$1000 (Still have it. It's flat black, with black chasers and has XW GTHO Superoo stickers on the quarter panels)

My grandad used to pick up old Dattos, Kingys etc for $50.

Originally Posted by ThoR_

lol i know. I dont mind old Holdens kingwoods and stuff and old commodores anything past VK i dont like. Just a shame they get given a bad name by 30 year old bogans.

He also bought it 3 days after i was born in 87. I grew up in the car. So i liked it. Anyway i think if your still on about Ford vs Holden and so fourth your a bit of a dick.

Do you make an exception for VLs? hehehehehe

Nah just kidding.;)

[AlbertM]

A free 86 Falcon.

[Sladdo]

My boss has bought me a few paddock bashers....

A Datsun 120Y manual (sold to a guy who was putting running gear into a Morris)

Ford EA sedan. Must have had heavy duty suspension cause it was really high. also column auto with vinal seats. (sold to scrap metal)

Holden Camira. I didnt drive it as it was literally a flintstone's mobile - no floor. (sold to scrap metal)

Toyota Celica 1979. Ignition system shorted out one day wen i was driving. (sitting in a shed)

Ford Laser KB. Rolled down a hill in between two houses. (still driving it)

All these were free to me to bash & smash & do what ever.

My boss found an XF ute at the wreckers. He had a look threw it & found a current pink slip in the glove box so he bought it for about $200 & it had 12 months rego!!

[Vdouw]

Parents Wagon... al i had to do was right it off:S

[thefargo]

bought a hk holden for $10 each way on Sherwood Flight at the Globe Derby trots. don't remember how much the winnings were, but the cost to me was the $20 bet

[[Tonko]]

I got a free Sigma, 4 speed.
served extremely well as a paddock basher, i rolled it about 3 times... just bashed out the dints and pushed it back the right way up and off she went...
Only problem was, i snapped the wheel studs on the back driver side, so out came the mig welder and she was back on, haha
Then the diff and gearbox lunched themselves at the same time, so $50 from the wreckers and all was sweet....

[ZA-289]

You welded the wheel on? Thats fantastic!

[Feathers]

My XD Ghia cost $750, we tickled it up a bit and a few months later we saw the guy we bought it off. He offered us $2000 to buy it back.

My XD project was a freebie. Dumped in my Grandmother's apartment block. Couldn't find the owners after they moved, no one claimed it, and it was to be scrapped.

Dad has "bought" a few cars for a case of beer.
Last one being one of the old hatchback style Skylines. It's on it's way to the wreckers this weekend.
He bought his old courier for $400 from the trading post, and a 1960 something Corona for $300.
It got stolen just before we sold it, and the police gave us a funny look when they read that it was only worth $300 on the report. I guess they wondered why we'd bother looking for it. (Was found 2k's from where it was stolen. Taken for a joyride by morons who couldn't drive manual)

[The G6ET Spot]

I bought an EH holden for $100, but that was in 1976.

Paid $1800 for a XW Fairmont with a 302,C4,LSD,immaculate interior,and 10 months rego.

[XR06T]

got a 89 toyota crown for free with 6 months rego, new tyres etc..
did a few burnouts etc, practiced my drifting haha, then cracked the head gasket, blew the p/s pump and ruined the diff.

sold it for 50$ to some toyota wrecker because he thought the 5m was a good motor....
woulda kept it and had a tinker but had no room :(

best fun i had in a car i rekon

[my gt]

1967 xr falcon white with a black vynal roof, top loader gear box, 170 motor, for $250.00

[my gt]

sky blue 1965 xp coupe with a 3 speed straight shifter $550.00

[my gt]

1972 midnight blue buick electra $650.00
tan mazda rx2 coupe $150.00

[blueline]

1982 mazda 626 sedan for $60. was my second car, didnt see the reasoning in using lead petrol when unleaded was cheaper. i learnt my lesson 2 weeks after i registered it i ran into some electrical problems. turns out one of the pistons came out the side of the block and knocked the distributor cap off....

[xertia]

Was given a 78' Mitsubishi Sigma once. It lasted 2 years before the head cracked, then another 3 months with a cracked head before it started spewing coolant out the exhaust one day and I ended up having to drive it into the wreckers on the way to work. ;)

[bathurst77]

Originally Posted by eb91xr6

well a few weeks ago i picked up a comira for $50 with a weeks rego full tank of fule and new tyres just wondering has many other people pick up bargans like that as i found the petrol in the car was worth $50 and i found a $$20 in the boot making the car $30

Great work! With the money you saved you can buy some spelling books.