Classic car hire

pledgeX

I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on hiring a classic car on the cheap for a wedding?

Requirements:
- In West Sussex (Chichester)
- Only need it for a few hours on a Saturday afternoon
- Mileage will literally only be a few miles (house, ceremony and reception venue are all within a couple of miles of each other)
- We're not massive car nuts - just don't want something modern and boring

So far, the only place we've seen within our budget (<£250 ideally) is http://www.vanillaclassics.com/.

The trouble we seem to have is that they're either very old/rare and therefore very expensive, or the rental period is much longer than we need so costs a lot of money.

We don't know anyone with such a car so that's a no go. I've heard of people finding any old random guy with a classic car and giving them a few quid for their time (this also solves having to find a driver) but I've got a couple of problems with this; 1) Not sure how you'd find some willing to do this, and most importantly 2) It's quite an important day, so don't want 'Barry' to phone up on the day to say he's busy/the car's broken. At least if you go with a company they will hopefully be a little professional and maybe have an alternative.

Thanks for any help.

Dark_Star

How about these people?

http://www.sussexbridalcars.co.uk/vehicles.html

I can't remember exactly who we used but the old cream rolls royce looks similar

Wedding insurance should cover broken down cars etc

Or these. http://www.beaufordclassic.co.uk/

They say they cover east/west sussex from £250...

pledgeX

Dark_Star wrote: »

How about these people?

http://www.sussexbridalcars.co.uk/vehicles.html

I can't remember exactly who we used but the old cream rolls royce looks similar

Wedding insurance should cover broken down cars etc

Or these. http://www.beaufordclassic.co.uk/

They say they cover east/west sussex from £250...

Just emailed the folk on the first link as there's no prices on the website. The second one is a little too pricey (for the nice car anyway!).

Thanks for the suggestions