Old car brochures - Memory lane.

[wildcat45]

I've been clearing out my old childhood room in my mum's attic and have come across my vast collection of car brochures.

Started back in the days of Allegros and SD1's and have to admit I do get the odd one posted now.

I used to spend Saturdays stalking round Jessups Ford Marshalls Austin Rover And Forsyth and Ferrier (Vauxhall) in Stamford - Lincolnshire.

Getting away from memory lane for a second and to the acutal cars.

Some real gems back then but one in particular caught my eye from 1987. A Mazda 323 4x4 Turbo. I obviously overlooked it back in the day - the brochure is pritine. I guess buyers did too as I can't recall having seen one ever.

What a great car it appears on paper though. 150 BHP, AWD, classic Japanese looks.

Dan

[wildcat45]

Razzle was my one-handed reading title of choice back in the day. Sadly they went the journey circa 1992. I resisted the templation to dump them in woodland. Why do people do that?

Reading through some of the brochures however there is some classic stuff. The Mk III Escort "Simple is efficient." Without crawling up into my loft to get them down I recall the Sierra of 1992 was "Man and machine in perfect harmony."

Looking in an old Austin Rover brochure, I can not believe my old man actually considered a Rover 213 Vanden Plas. I badgered him to get another car in my collection - a Ford Orion Ghia Injection. Had to be the Injection model because it had a red insert in the bumpers.

I've got stacks of old Ford special edition leaflets. Who remembers the Granada Chasseur? A brown Ghia with gold wheels and tartan seats.

The Talbot Horizon Special. Basically your bog standard car with some black tape stuck on it.

Lancias Datsuns Pugs Beemers - I have brochures on them all including the beautiful Alfa GTV SE. The brochure comes from the wonderfully named Benstead and Pidcock of Peterbrough.

I'd never sell them but to someone the colection must be worth thousands.

Dan.