The epitome of 80's

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Censorious

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What car strikes a chord in your heart as epitomising the 80's

Here are 2 of mine:-




ajcj

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Porsche 928 in JRG with pinstripe velour seats.

BadRotorFinger

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Baryonyx

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Censorious

Original Poster:

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ajcj said:
Porsche 928 in JRG with pinstripe velour seats.
That would have been a 1970's car wink

But yes, you saw plenty of 928's in the 80's too and that one also sprang to mind for me.


Censorious

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Sierra Sapphire, wasn't that more of a 90's car?

Dave Hedgehog

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Baryonyx said:
indeed but it has to be white


RobM77

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These two. The Ferrari in red and the Lambo in white smile

300bhp/ton

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Censorious said:
What car strikes a chord in your heart as epitomising the 80's



ajcj said:
Porsche 928 in JRG with pinstripe velour seats.
Reckon we are going to get a lot of 70's cars listed here, or older wink

Axionknight

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The Ferrari F40 gets my vote. cloud9

Engineerino

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In this colour, braces and phil Collins optionally extras

nagsheadwarrior

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Any Duchalet Mercedes


Dave Hedgehog

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BadRotorFinger said:
70s car mate smile

Baryonyx

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Censorious said:
Sierra Sapphire, wasn't that more of a 90's car?
No, it arrived in 1988 though it continued being very popular well through the 90's as well.

JuniorD

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RobM77

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Dave Hedgehog said:
BadRotorFinger said:
70s car mate smile
It was made all the way through the 80s though. It gets my vote. Pointless fact: the band "Five Star" had one each biggrinbiggrin

juice

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300bhp/ton

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new_bloke

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RobM77 said:
Dave Hedgehog said:
BadRotorFinger said:
70s car mate smile
It was made all the way through the 80s though. It gets my vote. Pointless fact: the band "Five Star" had one each biggrinbiggrin
But none of them had driving licences at the time, if memory serves?

roverspeed

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