Five more choices from Trade Me

Cars, girls' names, cocktails and songs.

Is it okay to use a song that has been used in a VW ad? Sip a pink gin with Gabrielle (see below) and enjoy little brother Nick Drake's finest moment.

1935 Austin Seven Special. Not as beautiful as the polished alloy bodied one I featured early on the list but handsome and correct in any case. It comes with a variety of engines including an Imp if you want a bit of added hair ruffling. I still picture myself in something like this on the Port Chalmers road on the way to work. Every day would be a treat. For: Sheer fun. Against: You will have to be handy with a spanner and a grease gun.

1961 Ford Zodiac Convertible Most of these cars have been subject to garish restoration or worse so it is good to see one in sober colours and looking as it should. Two doors and a power hood was as glamourous as it got in Blighty in 1961 and the Zodiac was the top of the Ford range. For: More wieldy than a big American. Against: You may look like a bit of a hoon.

1962 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Okay, its another big, slightly bland American car but it has had one owner for forty years and a certified 29 thousand miles on the clock. The driving experience of a genuine low milage car cannot be recreated in a rebuild so if you value that particular quality, the Oldsmobile will have it. Look at those door shuts. For: The real thing. Against: The less exciting end of Americana. 

1972 Fiat 125 Fiat's perpendicular saloon had the heart of a sports car, as opposed to say the Morris Marina that hid a Minor 1000. Therein lies the key difference between Italy and England during the 1970s. Engine designer Aurelio Lampredi was also responsible for Ferrari's first V12 so the pedigree could not be much better. This is a virtually one owner car that has clearly been looked after and the asking price of 4.5K is on the cheap side in my opinion. For: Practical, quick and entertaining. Against: Don't buy it unless you have a nice dry garage.

1969 Scorpion For those of us who were secretly in love with Gabrielle Drake in the TV series UFO (purple hair, you must remember), this VW-based Scorpion would be just the thing. Now. if I could just find one of those fibreglass pod buildings they had at the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch. For: Wild, baby. Against: Depends how it was put together.