Cars you remember from yesteryear

[rossw46]

TonyRPH said:

Alfanatic said:

The 3.0 was 102kW, or 112 in fuel injected form in the runout Sierra XR6i. So that would have been about 140bhp in a Cortina. I don't recall ever seeing a 2.5 version though.

The very early versions were 2.5.

Think of the Cortina used in Life on Mars - a MK III I think??? The curvy one anyway.

In SA, those were mostly 2.5, although the last of them were 3.0.

All I can say is : Een liter brandewyn, twee liter coke, drie liter ford !!!!!!!!!! (I grew up in Stilfontein HTH)

[TonyRPH]

rossw46 said:

All I can say is : Een liter brandewyn, twee liter coke, drie liter ford !!!!!!!!!! (I grew up in Stilfontein HTH)

[rossw46]

TonyRPH said:

rossw46 said:

All I can say is : Een liter brandewyn, twee liter coke, drie liter ford !!!!!!!!!! (I grew up in Stilfontein HTH)

On a serious note, am I right in thinking there was a red and black interceptor model ?

[TonyRPH]

rossw46 said:

On a serious note, am I right in thinking there was a red and black interceptor model ?

At your service

[rossw46]

Extra man points to you Sir for finding one complete with a Freestate numberplate !

[Chipchap]

Some memorable cars that we had whilst in SA. As "Soutpiele" we were not expected to have such things as:--

Dad--Chev Kommando Stasiewa
Dad--Chev 3800LS
Dad--Chev 4100LS
Mum--Mazda B1600 Bakkie

Me--Jag 3.8 S-Type
Me--Ford Anglia with 1340 Willie Meissner engine
Me--Mazda RX-2 Coupe' x 2
Me--Kawasaki Z1000 A2
Me--BMW R100S
Me--Suzuki GS750DN full yoshimura 844cc

Then followed a succession of horrid company cars for me


VW 1600 pickup
Austin Apache' 1275
Mini 1275 GTS
Marina 1300
Marina 2600 Executive
Chev 2500
Mitsubishi Colt Galant 2000


Then some exotica of my own

Lotus Europa S2
Ford Mustang 351 Boss
Ford Fairmont GT
Chev El Camino
another RX2 Capella
Mk1 Golf GTi 1800
VW Microbus with Essex V6 3litre in it


Co Cars again

Ballade 150i auto
Merc E200 auto

and probably loads more that I forget along with countless bikes.


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