COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2
Discussion
it's a ConsulYertis said:
Doesn't it go something like:
Veteran
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Vintage
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Classic
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Retro/Youngtimer
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Getting on a bit – ("Is this a classic yet?")
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Secondhand I (non-franchise forecourt fodder)
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Dealer trade-in
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Current model
Sounds about right. To me a classic is a car the owner is keeping going for the love of the vehicle itself and not for financial reasons, like owning a getting on a bit car, which the owner might get rid of if they could afford something better.Veteran
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Vintage
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Classic
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Retro/Youngtimer
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Getting on a bit – ("Is this a classic yet?")
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Secondhand I (non-franchise forecourt fodder)
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Dealer trade-in
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Current model
For example, the owner of this Holden Special would probably keep it if they won the lottery
austin said:
rene7 said:
Don't forget the hateful - Morris Minors/1000's - My dad had one - 2 years on the run the f
king kingpin broke whilst we were on holidays causing us to shorten the hols - have hated 'em ever since - Truly 'Hateful' machines 
Plenty of others disagree though when you see the numbers if moggy thou's in attendance at Classic car shows
Ha ha, we are obviously at the opposite ends of spectrum, had Renault 4, 2CV and have a Morris Minor currently, (along with other slow cars like Austin 7s which you would also probably despise.)king kingpin broke whilst we were on holidays causing us to shorten the hols - have hated 'em ever since - Truly 'Hateful' machines Plenty of others disagree though when you see the numbers if moggy thou's in attendance at Classic car shows
BTW Morris Minors don't have king pins, they have trunions.
Cliftonite said:
The Bedford HA van is a classic!
HA! - We re-bodied a damaged HA van. The old shell was dumped at the back of the workshop. For a larf, we filled some balloons with oxy & filled the shell with them, a taper of fuel to blow it up. It jumped a couple of feet & ended up round rather than square. Great fun..
Cliftonite said:
austin said:
rene7 said:
Don't forget the hateful - Morris Minors/1000's - My dad had one - 2 years on the run the fking kingpin broke whilst we were on holidays causing us to shorten the hols - have hated 'em ever since - Truly 'Hateful' machines
Plenty of others disagree though when you see the numbers if moggy thou's in attendance at Classic car shows
Ha ha, we are obviously at the opposite ends of spectrum, had Renault 4, 2CV and have a Morris Minor currently, (along with other slow cars like Austin 7s which you would also probably despise.)king kingpin broke whilst we were on holidays causing us to shorten the hols - have hated 'em ever since - Truly 'Hateful' machines Plenty of others disagree though when you see the numbers if moggy thou's in attendance at Classic car shows
BTW Morris Minors don't have king pins, they have trunions.
And it's trunnions - 3 n's not 2.
threespires said:
CR6ZZ said:
Apologies for my lack of talent with a phone camera, but nice to see this out and about in Dunedin, NZ.
Good to see that one.I believe my much loved Europa was turned into a hovercraft - yes, you read that correctly.
Not just me then! threespires said:
That's the one, I believe that is my old Europa. BRE 93J. This photo is all the info I have on it. Can anybody give any more info?
I believe it was made on the short lived UK version of the US TV program Monster Garage, but that's about all I could find.Edit : I guess that's your picture and you already know that, so no new info, sorry.
Edited by RichardM5 on Friday 8th December 14:00
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