A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)
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Ferodocastrol said:
M3DGE said:
Would be ideal as 4KOFM3DGE said:
469 standard 900S still taxed or SORN; maybe 2500 of all variants. Numbers have stabilised in the past five years, so there is obviously love for them out there.
Out of how many made?. I suspect a large chunk have been scrapped. I do see the odd 900 (mostly the 3 door hatch), not very often mind, but they always tend to be the latter facelift version which I've never thought looked as nice as the earlier version imo because of the more slanted front lights. The 900 Turbo was a very cool looking car imo, and that Turbo kicked some ass, I can still remember my dad's Turbo and that hissing sound it made and that feeling of being pushed back in your seat, like a fighter jet on wheels with its afterburner lol. Why they werent that popular back in the day I don't know as I don't recall seeing that many about.
Woody.GTJ said:
Agree, I don't know why they weren't more popular. Hugely practical, good looking and strong. I bought a very high mileage one a few years ago and its been magnificent.
Because they were very expensive, as they were built on an old style production line, with a lot of manual procedures. IIRC, it took something like 75 hours to build a 900 back then, which was way more than BMW/Merc/Ford/VW etc took to build a car.I think from memory, the 900 Turbo was the most expensive 4 cyl car you could buy in the UK.
Great cars (apart from the awful gearbox) and its still one of the cars I look back on with the most fondness out of the ones I've owned. My parents had two of them as well, plus I had 3 friends that owned them as well at various times.
aeropilot said:
Woody.GTJ said:
Agree, I don't know why they weren't more popular. Hugely practical, good looking and strong. I bought a very high mileage one a few years ago and its been magnificent.
Because they were very expensive, as they were built on an old style production line, with a lot of manual procedures. IIRC, it took something like 75 hours to build a 900 back then, which was way more than BMW/Merc/Ford/VW etc took to build a car.I think from memory, the 900 Turbo was the most expensive 4 cyl car you could buy in the UK.
Great cars (apart from the awful gearbox) and its still one of the cars I look back on with the most fondness out of the ones I've owned. My parents had two of them as well, plus I had 3 friends that owned them as well at various times.
They built the cars like they built the planes with their name. Even though they were different companies, they operated in very similar ways.
aeropilot said:
I think from memory, the 900 Turbo was the most expensive 4 cyl car you could buy in the UK.
Thanks, I didn't know thataeropilot said:
Great cars (apart from the awful gearbox) and its still one of the cars I look back on with the most fondness out of the ones I've owned. My parents had two of them as well, plus I had 3 friends that owned them as well at various times.
I don't mind the gearbox too much although I have a friend who has a short shift fitted on his was. The turning circle is one of the best of any car I've ever had. Once the back seats are folded down the boot is huge. 2 Weeks after buying mine I drove it to LeMans and slept in the back in absolute comfort. Mines done 270k! I know we all like pics here so.......
williamp said:
Iimagine the 4 cylinder only porsche 944 turbo, 968 or lotus esprit would be more expensive, but its a thread creep so sorry
Yes, I should have been more specific, as it was most expensive in the 4dr-4/5 seat segment (and yes I know a lot of Turbo's were 3dr) rather than sports cars as you mention.I think from memory a 900 Turbo T16S was more expensive than a 3dr Sierra Cossie at the time..?
The Merc 190E Cosworth might have been more, but both these were homologation specials.
Dapster said:
Late 80's/early 90's Castle Combe Rally Car day. Can anyone date the pic? Red E34 Beemer would be '88 onwards.
Taken by a Beatles fan from the steps outside Abbey Road studios in the Summer of '67, John, Paul and Ringo emerge from a Mk2 Jag, the Triumph top left - is it a Mk1 2000 or a 1300 / 1500 FWD...? It doesn't look much bigger than the MGA parked next to it...
Edited by P5BNij on Friday 2nd August 12:21
P5BNij said:
Taken by a Beatles fan from the steps outside Abbey Road studios in the Summer of '67, John, Paul and Ringo emerge from a Mk2 Jag, the Triumph top left - is it a Mk1 2000 or a 1300 / 1500 FWD...?
Thin rear pillar makes me think 2000. 
The other white saloon with the vertical tail lights is a Peugeot 404 I think.
Not one but two 250 GTO's at a Ferrari Owners Club track day Donington Park circa mid 80's. I'm sure there was another one there as well , possibly two I'll need to go through my pictures. The one's pictured here were owned by the Harrison brothers of TC Harrison Ford dealers fame hence the matching plates.
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