My FSO Polonez is going in for MOT tomorrow

[SambaS]

Just thought i'd share that with you

[MJK 24]

There can't be more than 20 left?

I drove one about 12 years ago, maybe more. Obviously it wasn't a Mercedes but it was better than a Lada Riva!

Good luck for the test!

[NightRunner]

Need this?

[VX Foxy]

Did you really pay £500 for it?!

I remember a mates dad had one, started rusting through after about 2 yrs old!

[Codswallop]

A local taxi driver had one years ago. The only memorable thing about it was the weird gearlever position.



Good luck with the MOT

[SambaS]

Had a Riva at 17, gud car that, except it regularly broke down. Never got to the bottom of it and it went to the scrappy. I want another. Yes i paid 500 for the FSO, and more to bring it home dare I ask about the Vaseline?

[VX Foxy]

SambaS said:

Yes i paid 500 for the FSO, and more to bring it home

Why? Genuine question

[SambaS]

I like quirky cars I guess is the answer, esp. the Polonez and it was too rare an oppertunity to miss. I was planning on catching a flight to Poland and importing my own. The £500 London one made things much more straightforward

[VX Foxy]

But there are lots of cheap quirky cars which are nowhere near as crap! So why the FSO? Purely down to rarity?

[SambaS]

No i just wanted a Polonez. In school when me mates were raving on about E30 BMs and Chavalier SRIs i was like: FSO lol. So i have one now. Also a Talbot Samba Convertible, an 82 XR3 and a Monza GSE. My next want is a Sierra Cosworth

[SambaS]

[davepoth]

What's it got under the bonnet? IIRC late ones had a 1.4 Rover K Series in RWD, I always wondered what one with a 1.8 Turbo with the boost wound up would be like.

[Drive Blind]

Codswallop said:

The only memorable thing about it was the weird gearlever position.

Those FSO people were 20 years ahead of the EP3 type R!

[morgrp]

I still want one of these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-C3v7IE5gg&fea...
For the noise if nothing else

There is something to be said about under dog cars and their appeal - I also want an allegro

[vanman1936]

God I had one of those back in 1999 - MOT cost 2x Car Price to get it through.

Good luck .

[SambaS]

davepoth said:

What's it got under the bonnet? IIRC late ones had a 1.4 Rover K Series in RWD, I always wondered what one with a 1.8 Turbo with the boost wound up would be like.

Its an '84 - has FSO stamped on the block, so FSOs take on an old Fiat design. Plenty of K series ones in Poland. FSO themselves did a 2.0 Turbo version for motorsport. There is a Lancia Stratos mid engined one on youtube wa wa wee waa!

[VX Foxy]

SambaS said:

No i just wanted a Polonez. In school when me mates were raving on about E30 BMs and Chavalier SRIs i was like: FSO lol. So i have one now. Also a Talbot Samba Convertible, an 82 XR3 and a Monza GSE. My next want is a Sierra Cosworth

I 'get' the others...but not the FSO! Each to their own! Good luck tomorrow

[morgrp]

SambaS said:

Its an '84 - has FSO stamped on the block, so FSOs take on an old Fiat design. Plenty of K series ones in Poland. FSO themselves did a 2.0 Turbo version for motorsport. There is a Lancia Stratos mid engined one on youtube wa wa wee waa!

Lancia delta/fiat coupe 2.0 16v twink turbo is a direct swap if I recall correctly

[morgrp]

SambaS said:

Its an '84 - has FSO stamped on the block, so FSOs take on an old Fiat design. Plenty of K series ones in Poland. FSO themselves did a 2.0 Turbo version for motorsport. There is a Lancia Stratos mid engined one on youtube wa wa wee waa!

Lancia delta/fiat coupe 2.0 16v twink turbo is a direct swap if I recall correctly

[SambaS]

morgrp said:

I still want one of these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-C3v7IE5gg&fea...
For the noise if nothing else

There is something to be said about under dog cars and their appeal - I also want an allegro

was a Wartburg on ebay recently. Infact, i think the guy I got my FSO was selling one. 2 in 2 years. Gosh. Rare kit