Category: Oldtimer Forum

Hello looking for a cheap young or old-timer I stumbled over the above-mentioned Audi series. I know from the Audi 80 B3 that at that time the fully galvanized car series was advertised. Can one conclude from this on a relative rust insensitivity? This series is still cheap to have and next year there are the first vehicles with the possibility of old-timer registration. I would promise myself of the model that it is technically very modern already. and quite simple large-series technology was installed (the often found 1.8l engine with 90 hp was probably built millions of times) I would therefore also promise a quite high useful value of the vehicle. As a second car it should not only be cared for, but also actually used. The Audi 100 looks more like a classic car to me, from this point of view the more attractive vehicle. Has the C3 also been fully galvanized? If so, from when and can one recognize that somehow? In the 100s are often Finding the 5-cylinders. On the one hand, I often read about a legendary durability, while others write about thermal problems. How does that look now? Maybe there are participants here who are well versed in these Audi series. Thank you!

Hi. For my old-timer insurance company, I need a short report for the value & condition determination. This is necessary for the receipt of the vehicle insurance (“kasko”. What did you pay for such a short report? Which provider would you choose? (I can present the three above institutions to Zurich) What value should be reasonably agreed with the insurer? Restitution value, market value or reconstruction value? (Insurance should be given to an exactly thirty-year-old G olf GTI with a value of currently about 6000 €) Greeting from the Saar. Klexi

Hello Forum, Let’s say I would buy a Top Mercedes W123 (200D or 240D) with less than 50000 km and out of retirement property. Such a car is now about 25 years old and I am 29 years old myself. I find exactly this car the hammer and would like to become with such an old – i.e. it would have to join another 30 years – on H-marks of course. And if there is no diesel anymore I continue with PÖL (then I have a farm with a couple of fields). Now the question: K or is that just dreaming and completely unrealistic? But the car would be used in a garage as an everyday car. It would see and feel rain (but not snow and ice) and basically only experience long distances (20000 km per year). Can it be conserved so that you don’t have to fight against the rust all the time and have to do huge welding work at every TÜV? Is it enough to keep up with all the time? it floods with Mike Sanders or has to do everything so that the car can be galvanized. Looking forward to your answers Maybe someone can report about a “project” that has been on the road for a few years (doesn’t necessarily have to be a W123).

Good evening dear car friend! I know that there are some threads on the subject, however, I find that there are for everyone his own interests regarding a car purchase! That’s why I wanted to ask you questions if you could help me? So I’m interested in buying an Alfa Romeo Spider 2000, but I’m only close to the driver’s license and I don’t have a lot of fluid. I already have the following car in my sights:Alfa Now I wanted to ask you the following questions: 1. How can I see the rust? i such a “garage car”? 1.1 How do I feel about the reliability (e.g. engine, gearbox,…) 2. How much would I have to invest to re-pile the body? 3. What kind of taxes and additional costs (e.g. insurance as a beginner,…) would I have to calculate 4. And actually the most important question I can afford to have such an “oldie” for a long time and will I ever get it suitable for driving? I may still have questions to ask later but I would be VERY DANKBAR if YOU M i could help. Greeting Xx_flatbad_xX

Hello people! My dream is an old totally disintegrated Horch 853, convertible, to get somewhere and then build it up with new technology itself. (Old robe new interior) Something like that can be called Hot Rod, or is it more like Custom Cars? Is there for such cars also the possibility of H approval, or other tax / insurance / Tüv discounts, or does that count as a “new” car without any advantage? Dan ke, if you have insights and information! Greeting Daniel

hello, I got a porsche 944, after which I removed the ventilation grills on the c column, sa I at the place wu two sheets together run on the swirl rust. as far as I went I scratched the place clean, and pinned with hammerite rust remover force gel, tomorrow I will wash off the with water and then wanted to paint over with hammerit metal protective paint. helps the ? has someone experiences with hammerit products? basically is the problem zone in the swirl wu man z to part comes with brush, and wu the rust arises. it should also not look nice, but not rust further. there are also places in the swirl where I can only spray and not know whether there is rust or not, what can I do with it? thank you in advance gruss martin

Hello, I wanted to encourage a small exchange of views about the three models mentioned. Since I am currently looking for a mobile kit with fun potential, I have once targeted the three models mentioned. The 928 actually exerts most fascination on me, since childhood days, distinctive form combined with luxury and sportiness, but it seems to me to be also the most expensive in the maintenance. s 840) is for me more the elegant GT, with the typical BMW (large series) charm. For this it offers a little more understatement and should be a little more practical and cheaper in maintenance. The Mercedes more appeals to the cool computer in me, stable demand and value resistance in combination with the comparatively low-maintenance 6-cylinder and the typical Mercedes flair of the early nineties. Which would you prefer? What advantages and disadvantages do the individual models have? delle from your point of view? Greetings Donnerschlag

Is it true that the cars in the 60s and 70s only kept 7-8 years and then were worn out. e.g. rust and that a car with 100Tsd Km was often considered clinically dead? Did there just have a little conversation with a colleague.Since I was born in the early 70s and my first car was from 1978, I miss the historical knowledge (grins).Since I have logically only bootsed over scrapyards in the early 90s. can’t imagine what kind of a tailflos Besagater colleague said that if the cars survived longer it was only thanks to the owners (conservation). The most extreme thing he had was an R4 that was finished after 4 years.

Why do people love old cars more often? Answers like “they were still cars” or “just to repair” or “they looked like something at least” are often heard. But what was it like back then? At that time, newer cars were quieter and so the previous model out and too loud etc. 10 years later, this model was again top. Why? Today’s cars are also boring in my eyes and all the same, except for a few things like the Smart Roadstar. What’s the appeal? Of course… An old Cadillac looks like something. Reigned and with a face in the sheet metal. But that’s probably the way the others of the time thought, at other brands… So what brought you to the vintage car? Would interest me. With me it’s probably the sick man to be able to separate from nothing. But most of the time it’s memories with the vehicle….

Hello, I have someone at hand who has equipped several old cars with different types of diesels, e.g. a W116 with BMW 6-cylinder diesel, etc. We want to install the 300 diesel from the W124 in my top-restored W116! Fit the engine and transmission, join the cardan shafts, etc. is not at all a thing. The question is, is the control of the transmission? The W116 works with compressed air when switching. The W124 maybe about electricals. I need sound information whether this is to be The W126 was produced with this diesel still to the end. Since my brother is a farmer, and I fill there for free, please do not teach about gas or blasphemy I build into the part a diesel, without if and but! Greetings from Hanover or North Frisia Sascha