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Classic Car Confidence
Buy your next classic with your eyes open.
The Buyer's Handbook: 85 pages, 24 chapters and 16 printable worksheets to screen, inspect, cost and negotiate any classic or modern classic before you commit.
Printable Workshop Edition (PDF, A4) · £19
Buy the handbook – £19Instant PDF download, delivered by email. Secure checkout through Reseller Supply, our sister company.
Buying from outside the UK? The checkout shows your local price: €22.95 in the EU, US $24.99, C$35.95 or A$36.95, with any local VAT included.
Written for the buyer, not the seller
Over 40 years in the automotive and classic-car trade we have watched excellent cars bought well, average cars bought sensibly, and tempting cars that became expensive mistakes. The difference is rarely luck. It is preparation, patience and knowing which questions need answering before money changes hands. This handbook is that method, written down.
A clear order of work so a viewing is not a leap of faith.
Separate honest restoration from paintwork over problems.
What to check when you cannot spend an hour with the car.
The method: four stages, in the order you actually buy
Screen
Choose the right kind of car for your life and budget, decode online adverts, question the seller before you travel, and learn what condition grades and restoration claims really mean.
Inspect
Paperwork and provenance, bodywork and structure, a corrosion hot-spot checklist, engine and transmission, interior and originality, modern-classic diagnostics, a methodical test drive, and when to pay a professional.
Cost
Find parts, people and support; calculate the true cost of ownership; establish fair value; and cost the faults honestly before you talk numbers.
Decide
Negotiate with evidence; buy at a distance, at auction or from abroad; make the buy, negotiate, inspect-further or walk-away call; and follow three worked case studies.
What is inside
- 85 pages, A4, printable – read on screen or print only what you need.
- 24 chapters following the Screen, Inspect, Cost, Decide method.
- 16 full-size worksheets – Buyer's Brief, Ten-Minute Advert Scorecard, Seller Question Sheet, inspection records, Reality Budget Planner, Fault-to-Cost Register and Final Decision Scorecard.
- One-page Quick-Reference Viewing Sheet to take to the car.
- Corrosion hot-spot checklist and model-specific trouble areas.
- Three worked case studies showing the method on real buying decisions.
- Covers pre-war to modern classics, any seller, any country – with notes for UK buyers.
Independent advice
The handbook was written to help you judge any classic honestly, whether it is offered by a private seller, an auction house, another dealer or Turn Two Classics. We would rather you arrive at a viewing knowing what to look for, and we are happy to be held to the same standard.
Buy the handbook – £19About the author
Classic Car Confidence was written by Mark Springett, founder of Turn Two Classics, after forty years buying, selling and inspecting classics. If you watched the early series of Bangers & Cash, you may have seen him bidding at the Mathewsons auctions in Thornton-le-Dale. The handbook is the method he uses himself, written for buyers who want to walk into a viewing knowing what to look for.
Editions
Printable Workshop Edition (PDF)
The complete handbook with all 16 worksheets at full A4 size, ready to print and take to the car. Delivered by email within minutes of purchase.
£19
Buy the Workshop EditionKindle edition
The same 24 chapters for reading on a Kindle or phone. The worksheets are included as reference pages but are not printable at full size.
£9.99
Coming soon on AmazonPaperback edition
A5 colour paperback, 128 pages, with all 16 worksheets at A5 size for the glovebox. Printed and delivered by Amazon.
£24.99
Paperback coming soon on AmazonQuestions
A download link is emailed to you as soon as payment clears, usually within a few minutes. Check your junk folder if it has not arrived.
Reseller Supply is our sister company and handles our online payments. Your receipt will show that name.
Yes. The method is the same for a pre-war tourer, a 1960s saloon or a 1990s modern classic; the chapters explain what changes from era to era.
No. The inspection method applies anywhere; UK-specific paperwork notes are marked so buyers elsewhere can substitute their own. EU buyers pay €22.95 including VAT, and US, Canadian and Australian prices are shown in local currency at checkout.
Email sales@turntwoclassics.co.uk or call 01788 249 332.
The right car is worth waiting for.
Arrive at your next viewing with a plan, a checklist and a budget that includes the faults.
Buy the handbook – £19The handbook provides general educational guidance for prospective buyers. It is not a substitute for an independent, model-specific pre-purchase inspection, specialist mechanical assessment, legal advice or verification of a vehicle's identity, history and status. Prices shown are illustrative examples only.