Off topic: Dream Garage

[calum62]

Everyone needs a dream:

Here's mine:

TVR Taimar (give me a year or two)
Lotus Europa TC special in Roman purple metall Had a corgi one as a child
Triumph TR6 2.5 PI - very very cool
Triumph 2.5PI MKII - Ice cold understated 70's sports saloon
Jenson Interceptor - Oooooft!

Sadly many must share the same taste as prices of the above all gone interstellar.

[plasticpig72]

I hope that's a FF Jensen Interceptor.
No Lotus Elan Sprint.
I prefer the Triumph TR5
Alan

[Penelope Stopit]

Once upon a time got involved with this, didn't purchase it though

[calum62]

£8000-£10000 price! That must have been 15+ years ago surely

[calum62]

plasticpig72 said:

I hope that's a FF Jensen Interceptor.
No Lotus Elan Sprint.
I prefer the Triumph TR5
Alan

TR5 would do in a pinch
Or a nice Triumph GT6 maybe?

[Doofus]

plasticpig72 said:

I hope that's a FF Jensen Interceptor.

No such thing.

[Penelope Stopit]

calum62 said:

£8000-£10000 price! That must have been 15+ years ago surely

20 Years ago and apparently the battery went flat and there were problems at auction due to this, sold for 5500

Buyer also mentions the advert price was incorrect, found here https://joc.org.uk/joc-forum/?w3=dmlld3RvcGljLnBoc...

[GAjon]

But I get to keep my TVRs also.

[spitfire4v8]

Triumph 2.5 pi estate mk1 - rare as a rare thing
Dolomite Sprint
Talbot Sunbeam Lotus
Twin plenum Rover Vitesse
Ferrari 365GT4 BB - still the prettiest Ferrari ever made imo

[plasticpig72]

Hi Doofus,
I thought the FF was called a Jensen Interceptor FF. Do you mean it's called a Jensen FF.
The car i'm talking about is the four wheel drive Furguson Formula.
Did i get the title wrong. I think it held a few firsts.
Can you please tell me it's correct title/name
I like the Daimler Dart or Daimler 250 also.
Alan

[magpies]

I'd have:
TVR Sagaris soft top for quick open topped touring
Range Rover Overfinch (the big V8 not the bodykitt only modern ones) for the lugging my SCUBA stuff in bad weather and towing the rally car - see below
Escort Mk2 Modern Rally spec with Millington Diamond/6 speed sequential etc.
Jag XF Sportbrake V6 for lugging stuff in good weather
I'll keep my Jag engined TVR S for the camaraderie and run outs

Oh and the financial resources to be able to run all the above.

[Doofus]

plasticpig72 said:

Hi Doofus,
I thought the FF was called a Jensen Interceptor FF. Do you mean it's called a Jensen FF.
The car i'm talking about is the four wheel drive Furguson Formula.
Did i get the title wrong. I think it held a few firsts.
Can you please tell me it's correct title/name
I like the Daimler Dart or Daimler 250 also.
Alan

The Jensen FF wasn't called Interceptor. The Interceptor was RWD.

[calum62]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n46p3JKjwE&t=...

Skip forward to the road test! 7.2 Litres of V8 didnt provide enough power evidently!


Almost forgotten about the Dolomite Sprint. Triumph really did make some cracking cars back in the day.

[calum62]

oh and a Cerbera speed 6 !

[plasticpig72]

Yes, Dolly Sprint very nice and maybe faster than the TR7. Pity that the Valve gear was a bit delicate.
Alan

[Zeb74]

If this is a dream, the garage should be very large
But in it I would try to put a:
- Cerbera AJP8
- Tuscan Speed Six convertible
- At least one classic TVR model from the Grantura to the Taimar
- Maserati Ghibli (the original one)
- Lambo 350GT
- Jensen CV8
- Jag XJ6 Coupe
- Citroen SM
- Fiat 600
- big american woody station wagon from the 70s
- my old MG B GT
- my current Scimitar Se5a
- my current Chimaera 400

[900T-R]

Restomod Chimaera
Restomod SM

Sorted.

[irocfan]

Truth be told I'd be going for a mix of restomod and modern. No more than 10 at the most

[Moto]

OK if we're dreaming then this would sit in my garage.



Moto

[phazed]

GAjon said:

Back in the early seventies I was doing some contract work up the city. One of the guys I got to know had a standard Aston V8. He was a bit of a yuppie and fed up with it and offered to swap it for my nearly new Capri 3000 GXL. I wasn't keen and at the time said I preferred my Capri. How I laugh now!

In the same period prior to the Capri I had a Sunbeam Rapier fastback. My local car dealer had taken in a white Ford Mustang convertible, nothing fancy, probably just a smaller engined car. It was on his front for months and one day when we were chatting he offered to swap it for my Sunbeam Rapier. How I laughed then and said what would I want that for! As a young 20-year-old then I thought the Mustang was a pile of crap. Now of course I would take it as a Sunday cruiser.

Also had a Triumph 2.5 PI in the same period. I really loved that car but the Lucas fuel injection was very temperamental, even though it wasn't old at all! I have since tried to find a good one but the longer I leave it, the more the prices rise.

Now I have recently retired and thought I had a bit of spare cash, all the old cars I hanker for are going through the roof! Never mind ..........