COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)
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Cliftonite said:
They may now be legal, but post 1973 registrations on silver/white-and-black plates look so wrong!
I agree, even though the date of 1973 was the point where new cars were legally required to use the new-style reflective plates, people had been fitting them for several years prior to that, to make their cars look more modern. My Dad's 1300 is a 1970-J, and that had reflective plates from the start. 
No pictures unfortunately, as I was driving, but last week on the A74(M) travelling up to Glasgow, all withing the space of a mile saw a Red Ferrari Daytona, a custom VW Beetle in metallic green paint, and then a Ford Capri Laser(on the back of a transporter..)
Also saw a very nice 2 door Cortina, which I assume must be quite rare. (An import?) He was being tailgated mercilessly by a w
ker in an artic...
Also saw a very nice 2 door Cortina, which I assume must be quite rare. (An import?) He was being tailgated mercilessly by a w
ker in an artic...
I had the Vauxhall version, the Cavalier Coupe in metallic green - nearly forty years ago...
It had the almost identical performance to the MGB GT that replaced it. It had a strange tendency for the rear end to lift under acceleration and it was hopeless in slippery conditions. If it had been a triumph, it would have been a triumph of style over function. A good looking car but not really a triumph.
It had the almost identical performance to the MGB GT that replaced it. It had a strange tendency for the rear end to lift under acceleration and it was hopeless in slippery conditions. If it had been a triumph, it would have been a triumph of style over function. A good looking car but not really a triumph.
DickyC said:
I had the Vauxhall version, the Cavalier Coupe in metallic green - nearly forty years ago...
It had the almost identical performance to the MGB GT that replaced it. It had a strange tendency for the rear end to lift under acceleration and it was hopeless in slippery conditions. If it had been a triumph, it would have been a triumph of style over function. A good looking car but not really a triumph.
I borrowed one from work overnight once, and spent the evening having great fun charging round the lanes and kicking the back end out around corners. So much fun, in fact, that it ran out of petrol half way back to work the next day, and I got a bIt had the almost identical performance to the MGB GT that replaced it. It had a strange tendency for the rear end to lift under acceleration and it was hopeless in slippery conditions. If it had been a triumph, it would have been a triumph of style over function. A good looking car but not really a triumph.
king for turning up two hours late, having had to walk miles for more fuel.DickyC said:
I had the Vauxhall version, the Cavalier Coupe in metallic green - nearly forty years ago...
It had the almost identical performance to the MGB GT that replaced it. It had a strange tendency for the rear end to lift under acceleration and it was hopeless in slippery conditions. If it had been a triumph, it would have been a triumph of style over function. A good looking car but not really a triumph.
My dad had a new one in 1976 - white with a red velour interior - YWL 1R. It looked the bIt had the almost identical performance to the MGB GT that replaced it. It had a strange tendency for the rear end to lift under acceleration and it was hopeless in slippery conditions. If it had been a triumph, it would have been a triumph of style over function. A good looking car but not really a triumph.
ks in our street, where everyone had something BL ... (or so it seemed).I was intrigued by the fact the side windows had no frame and disappeared into the door and left ... nothing ... I think he paid about £3200 for it roughly.
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