OUR PICKS BUDGET: £5000

We’ve all had to do a bit of belt-tightening recently but nevertheless; five grand isn’t a massive amount of money to spend on a classic. Especially as it will buy any of our trio here and serve you with a gluttonous portion of British motoring history spanning three different decades. Moreover, £5000 will give you the choice of buying a convertible, saloon or sporty coupé depending on which takes your fancy. Oh, and thinking ahead to next summer we’ve thrown a classic wildcard campervan into the mix for good measure.

If you’re on a real budget and still tapping your calculator keys doing the sums, ponder for a moment about running costs. Or relative lack of them in this case. Because our selection is blessed by having excellent parts and specialist support, they’ll cost buttons to maintain. The only caveat is that you swot up on what