First time in a classic
Discussion
Back in 1976 I passed my driving test and bought a 1967 MkII Cortina 1500. Lagoon blue with 20,000 miles recorded on the clock (so 120K or 220K in reality).
Vinyl seats and rubber mats on the floor BUT a 1600E wooden dash, so I had to buy it!
2 cross-ply tyres and 2 radials so handling was exciting / frightening depending on how close obstacles were! You could almost watch it rust (inner wings had been plated already) and a nice water feature in the nearside rear footwell when it rained (cured by taking out the rubber bung in the floor).
It was a total POS and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy, although now it would probably be thought of as a classic!
But still a piece of cr*p to me!
Vinyl seats and rubber mats on the floor BUT a 1600E wooden dash, so I had to buy it!
2 cross-ply tyres and 2 radials so handling was exciting / frightening depending on how close obstacles were! You could almost watch it rust (inner wings had been plated already) and a nice water feature in the nearside rear footwell when it rained (cured by taking out the rubber bung in the floor).
It was a total POS and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy, although now it would probably be thought of as a classic!
But still a piece of cr*p to me!
Tango13 said:
I had to move a Morris Minor around a car park the other day. it was so old it had traficators and get this...
A knob you had to pull too start the engine! (Stop sniggering at the back!!)
The seat was fixed so at 6'2" I struggled to get in and out of it, the brakes were marginal even moving it about a small car park and the rim of the steering wheel was only just thicker than a paperclip.
It was, in a single word...
ste
Sounds familiar. My first car was a 1957 Morris Minor 1000. I was born in 1974, so it was quite a bit older than I was. I wish I still had it.A knob you had to pull too start the engine! (Stop sniggering at the back!!)
The seat was fixed so at 6'2" I struggled to get in and out of it, the brakes were marginal even moving it about a small car park and the rim of the steering wheel was only just thicker than a paperclip.
It was, in a single word...
ste
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