Thanks for taking us with you - really enjoy your videos. I liked the look of that Mk3 Mondeo ST220. Not a bad price I thought. Mk3s are getting rarer now - future classics! Cheers. Vivian
Glad you enjoyed the video! Yes the mondeo was a clean car, only thing that let it down was the engine light that was illuminated but I’m sure it wasn’t anything major! 👌🏻
Well done mate, great video first time I’ve watched you and your walk around the auction is fantastic I like the fact that you show the car and then shall I come for the ocean straight away and not leave you hanging well done. Keep the good work up and good luck 👍🏻
The white 6 series BMW at the beginning was a great car and a good classic now, I tend to call the "younger" cars "pre classic" and am amazed at some of these prices for what were once an every day car and they are selling now for pretty close to their original cost price. Great content once again, very well done.
@@Mk2Mitch Definitely, not seen a Renault 16 for many years and so few left now and I owned two (used) one after the other many decades ago. Subbed to channel. Look forward to more video's!
Not a bad idea, I would’ve bought the camper if I had the room! Fees are 8% and you only pay VAT on the fees, not the hammer price & fees. (I got the calculations wrong in the video)
@@Mk2Mitch With the side doors already on the second (BBC?) van it even had a lot of the work done. Had I been in the market, I think I'd have grabbed both and had a real bargain!
Thank you Mitch for another great video, I guest £2500 for the metro, the prices are about right. I have either owned or worked most of these cars over the years it has brought back some good memories, but not with the Robin Reliant's.
Cool, a little trip back to my youth. Thanks man! I only ever attended British Car Auctions in Paddock Wood, buying cars with MOT for £100 and driving them home!
Fascinating - it's lovely to hear someone of your age be enthusiastic about these motors. I'm 55 - old enough to know that Austin Metros were crocks of s***e when they were brand new...!
I would have bought that white Radio Solent transit van, it looked solid....and I would have also bought the camper transit for 300 quid....then obviously take the camper interior out and refit it into the good condition van and use the rest of the rusty van for any spares......I think that is why they were sat there together...tempting buyers to buy the pair of them and make one good camper out of them.
Great video , nice to see what they go for ,I used to have one of those fiesta vans as a work vehicle when the first came out and it was the same colour great van 👍
Very interesting videos, also great to see what prices they went for. The Honda Civic was quite common on the other side of the North Sea, however... I think most of em went to the scrapyard by 1985. I think it was the first bestseller fot Honda over here.
If you are an Escort more door enthusiast take a look at the Powys road rally 22 on RUclips this in my opinion is how a more door should look and be used.
They got a lot of good stock in every auction ,the Fiesta van must have been my favorite and they never were as common in that stage with the best engine from the whole line up way back in 1989.
Unfortunately prices at most of the classic car auctions tend to be on the high side and then you have to factor in buyers fees plus vat ! Once upon a time, auctions where were you took your chance and hopefully bought a bargain. Those days appear to have gone, you still take a chance but now pay retail prices for the pleasure or the pain !
I got the fees slightly wrong in the video. They are 8% and you only pay VAT on the fees. Not the hammer price & fees. Cavalier will feature in the next auction video 😁
Hey Mitch I just noticed that blue reliant robin with the mk2 fiesta lights ,also had mk4 escort van rear lights and Zolda trim on the seats like xr3i or the Rs turbo lol . One of the worse cars I ever owned was a 2002 Audi avant Quattro ! And there’s just no leg room in them , the transmission tunnel is very bulky and the doors are like a foot thick such a waste of a big car . Had lots of problems definitely vorsprungdurchtechnik 😂
Hi Chris, that’s some interesting information about the reliant robin! I’ve always liked those Audis but never driven one so as you say, they might be good to look at but not practical to drive! 🤣
Out of interest, are you noticing the prices stabilising/dropping at all? Seems the market has been crazy the last few years, and with new cars getting more available again, and the economy tanking I wonder if it's starting to reverse? I'm also looking to buy my first proper classic and I'm kind of hoping things come down.
The Mini van isn't too bad! The roof gutters rot out at the seams & that one has been welded up too quickly, hence the ripples. I had a '57 Mk2 Consul highline (ask your Dad, he probably knows the differences!), that I started building into a gasser... never got it finished as I was 19 & it was a bit far gone! Cheers. Leigh.
If you cut it behind the seats and glassed in a partition, you could convert it into a pickup, and then of course you had a pig-up, I have seen a couple of these.
Another Reliant Robin headlamp fact, the model after this used Corsa B units, I'm full of irrelevant car facts lol. Ps I had one of those Honda Civics, an auto version with 5 doors, same colour, for all it was rotten, it was a cracking little car until the cambelt let go.
In about 1980 I bought a 1963 Austin Healy Sprite in the Chester Motor Auction for £160. ( not the frog eye ). It looked very much like an MG Midget. Made with no exterior door handles, sliding Perspex windows which didn’t lock and a starter knob which you pulled toward you ( like a choke ) It was a fun little car which I kept for a year then sold on for £200 😂
Would of been nice to have looked at the more interesting stuff like the Mercedes CE or the XJ etc would of liked to of seen the Land Rover defender go through the ring
That old Civic was ugly. Where is that Auction. I keep thinking about going to one. I'd have nabbed that Renault 5. My ex had a 1.4 and it was a rocket. She scared the shit outta me. Great video.
If you put Anglia car auctions into the search on here the auction also have a channel and upload themselves too, they do walk rounds etc on the upcoming cars.
@@Mk2Mitch I know, I've been a mechanic for 45 years and own 6 classic cars...but not at the price idiots pay for tin cans today,🤣 I bought my '68 Roadrunner for £1500 in 1984. I still own it today and now its £45K......folk must be nuts paying that for one today....Muppets late to the party LOL
Slight error on my behalf with the final purchase price. You only pay VAT on the fees, not on the hammer price.
Ha! That DOES make a difference!!😄
Thanks Mitch for taking us along to the auctions their are some really nice cars that mondeo st was nice and the escort moredoor
Glad you enjoyed the video! 😎
Thanks for taking us with you - really enjoy your videos. I liked the look of that Mk3 Mondeo ST220. Not a bad price I thought. Mk3s are getting rarer now - future classics! Cheers. Vivian
Glad you enjoyed the video! Yes the mondeo was a clean car, only thing that let it down was the engine light that was illuminated but I’m sure it wasn’t anything major! 👌🏻
Love these videos, Mitch. Fascinating to see the prices these classics go for. Personally, I would have liked Mk2 five door Escort as well.
Well done mate, great video first time I’ve watched you and your walk around the auction is fantastic I like the fact that you show the car and then shall I come for the ocean straight away and not leave you hanging well done. Keep the good work up and good luck 👍🏻
Thank you for the positive comment, I’m glad you enjoyed the video 😎
Fantastic video as always buddy..congrats on the million mile stone.. 8:51
Thank you Dru! Glad you enjoyed this video 😁
I live in Thailand and love watching your vlogs. They remind me of home. Keep up the great work! New sub!!!
Thank you for subscribing! Plenty more auction videos to come 😁
The white 6 series BMW at the beginning was a great car and a good classic now, I tend to call the "younger" cars "pre classic" and am amazed at some of these prices for what were once an every day car and they are selling now for pretty close to their original cost price.
Great content once again, very well done.
I think that’s because the ‘every day cars’ are becoming more rare by the day and getting older too! 👍🏻
@@Mk2Mitch Definitely, not seen a Renault 16 for many years and so few left now and I owned two (used) one after the other many decades ago. Subbed to channel.
Look forward to more video's!
Buy the two sherpas near the end, do a bit of work, and you could have a nice camper for under 3k.
The auction fee was a bit of a shocker at 8 / 15%.
Not a bad idea, I would’ve bought the camper if I had the room! Fees are 8% and you only pay VAT on the fees, not the hammer price & fees. (I got the calculations wrong in the video)
@@Mk2Mitch With the side doors already on the second (BBC?) van it even had a lot of the work done. Had I been in the market, I think I'd have grabbed both and had a real bargain!
Thank you Mitch for another great video, I guest £2500 for the metro, the prices are about right. I have either owned or worked most of these cars over the years it has brought back some good memories, but not with the Robin Reliant's.
Good guess, the metro is now on eBay for £6000 😧 That’s very cool, I would’ve loved to have worked on all of these cars!
Great place to go to, I bought my 79 mk3 capri gl from them back in 2015 👍🏻
Cool, a little trip back to my youth. Thanks man! I only ever attended British Car Auctions in Paddock Wood, buying cars with MOT for £100 and driving them home!
Glad you enjoyed the video, that sounds like the good old days! 😎
Fascinating - it's lovely to hear someone of your age be enthusiastic about these motors. I'm 55 - old enough to know that Austin Metros were crocks of s***e when they were brand new...!
Glad you enjoyed the video! 😎
That st220 was a peach... Lovely!
Was very clean 👌🏻
Those Fiesta Diesel Vans are cool, I hired one of those when they were new for a wedding catering job. It was rapid.
That’s wicked to know! 👌🏻
I would have bought that white Radio Solent transit van, it looked solid....and I would have also bought the camper transit for 300 quid....then obviously take the camper interior out and refit it into the good condition van and use the rest of the rusty van for any spares......I think that is why they were sat there together...tempting buyers to buy the pair of them and make one good camper out of them.
The defender behind you at the end, looks mint.
Great video , nice to see what they go for ,I used to have one of those fiesta vans as a work vehicle when the first came out and it was the same colour great van 👍
Glad you enjoyed the video! That’s very cool, believe it or not the van is on eBay now for £4000 😧
Neat little vid. I was there on the Saturday and walked away with the yellow Midget that’s in the back of the Reliant Rialto shots.
Congratulations on your purchase 😎
Very interesting videos, also great to see what prices they went for. The Honda Civic was quite common on the other side of the North Sea, however... I think most of em went to the scrapyard by 1985. I think it was the first bestseller fot Honda over here.
That’s some very interesting info, thank you for sharing 😎
I'm not sure I've told you before mitch but I'm 54 and yes I remember the old civic ✌️👍
My Pal had one
Your one year ahead of me Ian
That’s wicked, I’ve never seen one before! 👌🏻
If you are an Escort more door enthusiast take a look at the Powys road rally 22 on RUclips this in my opinion is how a more door should look and be used.
Thanks mate another great video.
Glad you enjoyed pal! 👍🏻
Good work Mitch. Any plans to go to Matthersons car auction up in Yorkshire ?
Thank you mate! I emailed them a couple of months ago but they are closed to the public due to popularity 😔
when you showed the white escort there was a frog eye sprite behind i wish you could do one of these. love that car
I will look out for another frog eye sprite at the auctions I attend and record it for you 👍🏻
They got a lot of good stock in every auction ,the Fiesta van must have been my favorite and they never were as common in that stage with the best engine from the whole line up way back in 1989.
Cortinas and Escorts we used to buy them and take them on the Beach then go and scrap them ,Days rallying for 20 quid
If only it was still like that! 🫣
I am a subscribed watcher to ACA. Love it and the people.
Yes they have a brilliant RUclips channel! I used to watch their live stream auctions during lockdown 👍🏻
Great vid again, thanks
Your more than welcome, thank you for watching 👍🏻
Unfortunately prices at most of the classic car auctions tend to be on the high side and then you have to factor in buyers fees plus vat ! Once upon a time, auctions where were you took your chance and hopefully bought a bargain. Those days appear to have gone, you still take a chance but now pay retail prices for the pleasure or the pain !
Mk1 Civic was good to see. It’s the same age as me😂 I use to stockcar one many years ago after I upgraded from junior minis
That’s really cool to know! 😎
Never been to a classic car auction before I must go 👍been to bca and I not allowed to go anymore because I keep buying cars 😀
Fees now in these places are a bit steep
Any idea what the white Cavalier SRi went for ?
Thanks again, enjoyed that.
14.4k if memory serves
@@ThePorkypete51 Thanks man ✌
I got the fees slightly wrong in the video. They are 8% and you only pay VAT on the fees. Not the hammer price & fees. Cavalier will feature in the next auction video 😁
Hey Mitch I just noticed that blue reliant robin with the mk2 fiesta lights ,also had mk4 escort van rear lights and Zolda trim on the seats like xr3i or the Rs turbo lol . One of the worse cars I ever owned was a 2002 Audi avant Quattro ! And there’s just no leg room in them , the transmission tunnel is very bulky and the doors are like a foot thick such a waste of a big car . Had lots of problems definitely vorsprungdurchtechnik 😂
Hi Chris, that’s some interesting information about the reliant robin! I’ve always liked those Audis but never driven one so as you say, they might be good to look at but not practical to drive! 🤣
Out of interest, are you noticing the prices stabilising/dropping at all?
Seems the market has been crazy the last few years, and with new cars getting more available again, and the economy tanking I wonder if it's starting to reverse?
I'm also looking to buy my first proper classic and I'm kind of hoping things come down.
Great video, I would have brought the green Ford Maverick that was lurking in the background.
I did see that going through the auction! Unfortunately I just didn’t have enough time to record it 🤦🏻♂️
My dad had a red hillman imp back in the day he loved that car
That’s cool 😎
Would be great to see some of the bikes too.😀
Watched this live,thought it was you in the blue NF👍.That Metro VDP was bought by a trader,now on eBay.
Yea that was me! I used to watch the live streams in lockdown 👌🏻 Yes I saw that £6000! 🫣 Also the mk4 van is on there for £4000 😯
@@Mk2Mitch oh yes,missed the mk4 van👍
The mini van and the escort 1600 looked like good buys
They were 👌🏻
How much did that white BMW 635 CSi go for?
The Mini van isn't too bad! The roof gutters rot out at the seams & that one has been welded up too quickly, hence the ripples. I had a '57 Mk2 Consul highline (ask your Dad, he probably knows the differences!), that I started building into a gasser... never got it finished as I was 19 & it was a bit far gone! Cheers. Leigh.
I agree wasn’t too bad just needed the ripples sorting! That’s cool 😎
My friend had one of those Honda Civics back in the day.
That’s cool! 👌🏻
Had an orange Honda civic with the Honda matic 2 speed
Don't come knocking when Transit is rocking. I think Lauren knows that.😁
🤣🤣🤦🏻♂️
Give penrith motor auctions a visit m8.
Honda civics alot where sent to a Australia and New Zealand.
IIRC the reason the reliant was the same cc as the mini is they had the same a series engine, I think, I may be wrong though
That’s interesting if true! 👍🏻
only seen one of those civic's in police academy 1
I’ve heard a few people mention that now! 👌🏻
Think i sold my 1.6 four door white one for about 350 back in the day, Doh! Nippy little thing.
Crazy isn’t it! Everyone sold them for pennies and now people will pay thousands for them 😎
Great video Mitch 👍 was some better cars for sale this time was going to pop up there for a look
Thank you mate, yes a huge selection & this was just the Saturday! 😎
My nan drove the Honda Civic on auto box rare as rocking horse now
That’s wicked, yes not many left! 👍🏻
Hi mitch we used to call the robin reliant a plastic pig lol,keep up the good auction entries show case
Thank you mate, plenty more of these videos to come! Haha I think I’ve heard that before 🐷
Reliant Robin
If you cut it behind the seats and glassed in a partition, you could convert it into a pickup, and then of course you had a pig-up, I have seen a couple of these.
Brown metro went for pennys. You missed a trick there mitch ✌️
I would’ve if I had the room Ian! 👍🏻
Another Reliant Robin headlamp fact, the model after this used Corsa B units, I'm full of irrelevant car facts lol.
Ps I had one of those Honda Civics, an auto version with 5 doors, same colour, for all it was rotten, it was a cracking little car until the cambelt let go.
That’s a very interesting fact! 😎
The ST220 Mondeo was a bargain
Fantastic video Mitch, buuuuuut what about the motorcycles just for me, pretty please 😊
There’s a tiny bit on motorcycles in the Sunday video! Will be up this Thursday 9th 😎
@@Mk2Mitch sweeeeeeeeet
I payed more for my mk2 more door about 4 years ago and it's a massive nail 😪😪
Gutting, always the way! 🤦🏻♂️
@@Mk2Mitch I can't wait to get round to restoring her though going to build an rs2000 rep 😎
Get that defender bought
The red fiesta van looked like a good deal
It wasn’t bad at all! Now on eBay for £4000 😯
Those Hondas were a big hit here in NZ ..much better than Minis
That’s interesting to know, do you see many about? 👀
I learned to drive in one of those Honda Civics
That’s cool! Not many left now 😬
In about 1980 I bought a 1963 Austin Healy Sprite in the Chester Motor Auction for £160. ( not the frog eye ). It looked very much like an MG Midget.
Made with no exterior door handles, sliding Perspex windows which didn’t lock and a starter knob which you pulled toward you ( like a choke )
It was a fun little car which I kept for a year then sold on for £200 😂
That sounds like a very quirky car, at least you enjoyed it and made a little bit of money! 😁
Its a Vanden Plah, I know its confusing when spelt Plas. Just thought I help ya out if you come across another.
Thank you for the help! 👍🏻
Would of been nice to have looked at the more interesting stuff like the Mercedes CE or the XJ etc would of liked to of seen the Land Rover defender go through the ring
There’s still another video to come from the Sunday of the auction! I try and record different cars but I would be there all day recording all 200! 😎
Wouldn't mind a metro
👍😎
Thank you for watching! 😎
Would be good to see some Mercs
I try and mix things up, I’ll try record a few mercs at the next one!
Audi, 420,000 engine.....numbers are hard, eh?
Small mistake on my part, we aren’t all perfect and that clearly slipped through the net when I edited this video 🤣
Rialto is pronounced “Ree-alto”.
Thank you! I’m terrible at pronunciations 🤣
Metro between 3000/4000
Great guess 👍🏻
That old Civic was ugly. Where is that Auction. I keep thinking about going to one. I'd have nabbed that Renault 5. My ex had a 1.4 and it was a rocket. She scared the shit outta me. Great video.
King's Lynn, Norfolk
If you put Anglia car auctions into the search on here the auction also have a channel and upload themselves too, they do walk rounds etc on the upcoming cars.
I did mention it at the start of the video, anglia car auctions in Kings Lynn, Norfolk 😎
Vanden Plas is pronounced “Van-den-plar”
Thank you, very helpful 😎
Essex boy has got a girlfriend called Lauren ! Ain't that a suprize !!!
I mean I’m not from Essex and why’s Lauren a surprise? 😅
Twin coil Rs was in a sorry state.....
Its pronounced vanden pla, a silent S
No,it’s not
No s on Vanden Plas
@@jamie7056 have you owned one.
Mitch is pronouncing it correctly,it is not Vanden Plah but Vanden Plass.
@@jamie7056 you clearly haven’t owned one , good bye.
They call old cars classics when they want to charge a butt load.
Do they?
What a rip off car auctions are
Slightly high prices, good if your selling!
The metro was a terrible car.
Oh was it?
@@Mk2Mitch My Dad bought one new and straight away there were problems with the roof leaking. They had a bad reputation at the time.
Certainly are great prices, those minis fetch over $18k in Australia, and forget it if it’s a Cooper etc. stupid prices for cars here.
Its funny seeing goons paying thousands for junk we use to throw away after 12months....which was £100 back then, ...Metro....🤣
Times have changed mate! Cars that were your everyday motors are now rare classics 😎
@@Mk2Mitch I know, I've been a mechanic for 45 years and own 6 classic cars...but not at the price idiots pay for tin cans today,🤣 I bought my '68 Roadrunner for £1500 in 1984. I still own it today and now its £45K......folk must be nuts paying that for one today....Muppets late to the party LOL
"Free" fousand.... really ?
Not sure what your issue is pal?