I had the pleasure of walking into a breaker's yard when working in the UK in 1984. "I don't suppose you would have an overdrive gearbox for an MGB Mk I ?" I said. "Sure", he replied. "There's two sitting on the floor over there" he said. "Help yourself to one." Things were a little less happy when I drained the oil prior to shipping it home, and a whole lot of metal filings drained out in the oil. But a gearbox and overdrive rebuild prior to fitting it, (and one more since after about another 140,000 miles), and the wrecker's yard gearbox and overdrive is still providing excellent service in my now 250,000 mile MGB.

When I was 18yo (in 2002), the x-type was the very first Jag I drove (it was a 2.5 petrol). I really liked it, it was the very best car I got on at such time... It felt to me like a nice quality thing. Now I have an XKR x150 Convertible and an XJR x356... And I still like the X-types. I wouldn't mind to have one as a daily driver. Sometimes I think to give one to my wife as present, she loves them because she thinks the XKR and the XJR are too big for her.

Absolutely ridiculously over priced

Horrible bike the Mark 3. I would stick to the Mark 1, we never had that type of accidents you mentioned in the days.

MRK 4. Want one! ❤️

Exactly the same here. I could have killed for a mark 1 at 11 years old when they came out but my father didn't buy me one. I think that you should start a club for deprived boomer chopper children. I bought my first Raliegh Chopper, a mark 4 in ultra violet at 64 years old last year. Very sad and the neighbours think it is very strange but who cares what anybody else thinks. They just don't understand. Johhny Seven next maybe, rather more expensive than the £4 19s and 6d they used to be in the early 60's 😢.

X type is a classic car 😊😊👌

That blue S type was a R which is supercharged with all the toy s:)

Should have turned the water off you twat

RALEIGH announcement in 2023..."We’re relaunching one of the most iconic bikes of all time: the Raleigh Chopper. Back in all its original glory, this Limited-Edition 2023" is almost an exact replica of the old-school Chopper MK2 - from the U-shaped handlebars down to the chunky rear wheel". Now they are releasing "Limited Edition edition 2024". Both the same bike.

Thanks for this. Alan’s a big fella and dwarfs it a bit. Now I just have to hope I get lucky and get my Fizzy Lemon.🍋

So how are these to cruise around on for normal daily use? I’m on the list for the 2024 Fizzy Lemon model and I don’t think I’ll be able to resist.

Hi like the x type is it me I didn't see eny xj40

Slk isn’t a classic maby in another 30 yrs yes

You know a classic when you see it. Most of these cars were not classic at all. Neither are they scarce. And that’s why they’re worth less than real classics.

MGF. SLK classics??

That’s music to my ears!! Another batch of Choppers to be released. I missed out last year & I’m gutted! Do you have any intel on when the release date will be?

Was some of the footage reversed? It looked like some of the cars had the steering wheels on the passenger side.

The two X Types early on at Gaydon belong to me (Silver Saloon with reg BT54) And my good friend Michelle (Green Estate with Reg BL54): they were entry-level Jaguars for us both and we both have XKRs -hers is a convertible 420L and mine a coupé 500L (which I got after seeing her XKR in action!).

If you think a 20 year old car is a classic…think again………think money pit!

MGTF’s and SLK’s are used cars, not classics. They are still in the depreciation cycle. A friend of mine had a TR7 new - it was the most dreadful ownership of her life😂

old mercs never hold their value, because everyone wants a new one ....in Australia that slk is worth no more than $5000 au....classic car/ motorcycle prices go through cycles..... it depends on the demographics...cars / bikes from the 50s 60s have topped out... now aussie made Holdens and Fords from the Very late 60s 70s are commanding high prices

We are often partisan!!

So I can get a nice 1965 Ford Mustang soon for cheap?Nice!

X type is a nice car , rust is the issue

Nice ones make good money normally rust is the issue on the SLK

I had an X 2.5 and I had to sell it, the back seat squeaked so loud I couldn't stand it.

13 to 20 years old is just an old car people start to care after there 20+ and what was once street taffic is gone

I ride his bike his name is mad

I work for that first guy

Get a TreVoR much more fun and won't depreciate.

Lovely looking GT! I do really like the original steel wheels on them. A month ago here in OZ I bought an early 67 GT in Sandy Beige (GT only colour) on chrome wires. It has a period Tudor Webasto sunroof, black leather with white piping to interior & new carpets. It has a mild cam in a rebuilt engine and a close ratio gearbox with Overdrive. I OWNED THIS VERY CAR IN THE 1980s. I purchasing it in 1984 and sold it in 1988 - it is now back in my ownership after 36 years. I found it purely by chance on an online car sales site. Initially I thought it looked like my old MG due to the colour, but when I saw the detail photos I realised it was my old GT! What chance in that it has survived in that time, accidents, rust, neglect etc. It is still in excellent condition, testament to is owners post me and retains 90% percent of its original paint when I had it - and it's still rust free which is a blessing here.

Classic cars are cars that you don’t see everyday. 13 year old Mercs you find in every supermarket car parks.

Hi,im planning on ordering one of these this weekend.how is the bike doing now please? Is it a bit of a hard ride?

Well done to you both and everyone else ❤❤xx

If you want to see more iconic brands then why not pop down to the Avro Hertige Museum 18th August whereby the JEC Gt Manchester region will be hosting a show. On permanent display there is the iconic Vulcan bomber. Admission £2 per car museum is additional. I will have my X type on display on the day together with scores of other Jaguar cars both past & present.

A good SLK can be fun but rust, the cost of genuine parts and the potential for that clever roof to go wrong, mean they'll remain cheap.

Rubbish people will pay for the right car

I bought one almost exactly the same just yesterday (06/06/2024) and I've yet to collect it from the (private) seller. Went for a test drive (took me a few minutes to get used to auto's again) and was delighted. It's the 3.0 Sovereign AWD model (2007) and it cost me £1,900. The insurance will be an extra £260 on top of what I was paying for my (manual) 2005 Volvo S80 D5 SE Lux and it would have been considerably more if I wasn't registered as disabled (Blue Badge etc). The Volvo has now done 144,460 miles and the Jag has done only 68,770 miles. The main reason for the change though was the switch from manual to automatic because of my disability. The Jag is smaller of course, but the grab-handle over the drivers door helped me to get in (and out). However, I'm not looking forward to the huge increase in fuel consumption from a 2.4L Turbo diesel (average 44mpg) to a 3.0L V6 (average - no idea). Can't have it all ways though, I guess..!!

TR7 has to be a tin top

Most fast fords do well

The cars you have mentioned were never expensive cars over 20 yrs and Jap cars are doing well

I have had a couple of classics, a 1957 100e Anglia in 1991 and into the club scene and later a 1971 Stag in 2002 again into the club scene. Later in life i got well into the MG Zed scene. Had an MGF, ZR and three ZS 180s, two of which i still own. My 2002 car i have owned from 2006 and was my daily family car. Retired in 2012 and SORN as i couldn't part with it, replaced it with a more modern car. Later recomissioned and put onto the show/ club scene. I would call these and others with the 15 to 25 age group ' enthusiasts cars' as opposed to classics. Moving the free road tax from 25 to 40 years hasn't helped prices. ZS 180 now £415 per year which is a piss take when many only do two or three thousand a year to shows/ Sunday afternoon drives etc. I think there is a Goverment agender to get these 'ungreen' cars to the scrapman.

Beautiful video Russell xx

I bought two TR7s in a deal, a hard top and a soft top. My girlfriend and I decided to drive them from London to my lock up in Brighton. The hard top broke down on the A3 in New Malden, so we got a rope and towed it with the convertible. The convertible broke down on the A24, just past Dorking. So there we were, with two broken down TR7s attached by a bit of rope. I had to get the train to Brighton, get my W123 estate out and tow them down to Brighton one at a time. It was a long night and the last time I will ever buy a TR7.

What didn't show starting the thread? Was there a problem with it?

The UK market will always remain bad, unlike the rest in Europe and USA etc.. leaving the EU was of course also very stupid. The car steering wheel is on the wrong side and the cars are usually in worse condition, due to the weather. In the Netherlands, a classic is very popular. A Mercedes S from the 1990s easily costs 50,000 euros and a C124 is easily between 25 and 40,000 euros. In the next 10 years, it will double. An SLK is just old junk and funny that it is there. That's never going to be worth anything. Everything after 1995 is 👎

Dear Sir, thank you for your video. I am a new subscriber & have always wanted a Rayleigh Chopper. Please could you advise me how I can order this new model? Many thanks

13 years old is a new car not a classic, and maintenance on those cars needs to be kept up

Maybe because the SLK has always been a dull rot prone low quality vehicle from the Absolute worst era of Mercedes Benz Quality, Just because it's old doesn't mean it's good !