Ordinary Cars That Have Disappeared Off The Radar
Discussion
DocJock said:
JagerT said:
How about the Chrysler 180 be lucky to see one of those,7 left and 5 of those on sorn.
You'd have been lucky to seeing of those dogs when they were still on sale!http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1978-CHRYSLER-2-LITRE-AU...
markymarkthree said:
So what is the benefit of dishing out inaccurate and duff info?
I suppose dodgy folk can use this duff info when selling a car and jacking up the price by saying how rare the car is according to that site.
Just noticed an error in my figures, there are actually 28 Cortina's with +10000cc engines.
So 28 Cortina people have a log book with 10000+cc in it.
Random memory came to mind.I suppose dodgy folk can use this duff info when selling a car and jacking up the price by saying how rare the car is according to that site.
Just noticed an error in my figures, there are actually 28 Cortina's with +10000cc engines.
So 28 Cortina people have a log book with 10000+cc in it.
I remember a write up about a Ford Pop' that some one had put a 7 ltr V8 in. (Very popular? back in the custom car days). He did the proper thing and sent the V5 off with the change of details. They sent it back saying he had made a mistake.
ChasW said:
Lowtimer said:
I like Asconas even more than I like Mantas, and I like Mantas a lot.
Weren't they virtually the same underneath? I had a Manta and then a few years later the Cavalier version of the Ascona. My first company car 2 litre rwd. I really liked it.I've an album on my Photobucket dedicated to these:
Must be the last ever.
In the 90s these Ford V4 powered Saabs were regular classics. But today...
Fuego wow.
Mitsi Galant. Who ever wanted one? Hero owner still keeps one as a daily.
These tiny Fiat 600, 850 cars must be all gone and eaten by tin worms.
Citroen Ami anyone? That's me in 1970 BTW.
Marcos were strong 70s and 80s hobby cars. Volvo, plastic... but where are they today?
Dads first car was a Wolseley 16/60 and this one I found back a few years ago. Still in pretty good shape:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=472...
Cheers!
Must be the last ever.
In the 90s these Ford V4 powered Saabs were regular classics. But today...
Fuego wow.
Mitsi Galant. Who ever wanted one? Hero owner still keeps one as a daily.
These tiny Fiat 600, 850 cars must be all gone and eaten by tin worms.
Citroen Ami anyone? That's me in 1970 BTW.
Marcos were strong 70s and 80s hobby cars. Volvo, plastic... but where are they today?
Dads first car was a Wolseley 16/60 and this one I found back a few years ago. Still in pretty good shape:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=472...
Cheers!
dinkel said:
Dads first car was a Wolseley 16/60 and this one I found back a few years ago. Still in pretty good shape:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=472...
Cheers!
I was wondering which of our family's two "why did my parents buy that wierd thing" to add on here. So I'll be greedy and put both on ( or pictures off google of similar vehicles)
Firstly, everyone knows about the Renault 4, but we had to go and get the slightly more obscure ( and larger I think ) 6 - I can see it now. Between Christmas and new year ( my dad was a canny buyer) sat at the back of the local Renault dealer with "PX - £150" in White shoe polish on the screen. A 44000 mile TL, probably 10 years old. It served us well and was pxed 5 years later for a Volvo 343DL
Secondly, my dad - having had a company car - was made redundant/fired - possibly for punching someone ( from the conversation I heard coming from the lounge ) and needed wheels. Our tin shed garage mechanic agreed to rent him a car from three months - selling it him for £800 and agreeing to buy it back for £500 later.
It was a brown Talbot Solara. It was a later one - so no vinyl roof. In fact googling "brown Talbot solara" produces 0 results of cars the right age in Brown, so you can imagine how lovely looking the car was - by the fact nobody has ever thought to upload a picture of it to the internet.
Here's a nice blue/green one with dutch plates for you to look at instead.
Firstly, everyone knows about the Renault 4, but we had to go and get the slightly more obscure ( and larger I think ) 6 - I can see it now. Between Christmas and new year ( my dad was a canny buyer) sat at the back of the local Renault dealer with "PX - £150" in White shoe polish on the screen. A 44000 mile TL, probably 10 years old. It served us well and was pxed 5 years later for a Volvo 343DL
Secondly, my dad - having had a company car - was made redundant/fired - possibly for punching someone ( from the conversation I heard coming from the lounge ) and needed wheels. Our tin shed garage mechanic agreed to rent him a car from three months - selling it him for £800 and agreeing to buy it back for £500 later.
It was a brown Talbot Solara. It was a later one - so no vinyl roof. In fact googling "brown Talbot solara" produces 0 results of cars the right age in Brown, so you can imagine how lovely looking the car was - by the fact nobody has ever thought to upload a picture of it to the internet.
Here's a nice blue/green one with dutch plates for you to look at instead.
Edited by talksthetorque on Sunday 14th February 21:38
Keep it stiff said:
How about the Volvo 343? My mother had one in a rather dull mustard/yellow.I think I'm correct in saying that the 343 was Volvo's first attempt to get into the small car market and was the output from their acquisition of Daf.
I think it was preceded by the Volvo 66 as that was already a Daf production vehicle before the takeover, although I may be wrong on the dates:
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