A mystery Estate car

[anonymous-user]

He is a very pleasant bloke, and I admire his enthusiasm for les voitures ordinaires. I met him once at a crap car meet up several years ago.

[Pothole]

OldDuffer said:

Pretty isn't it? At least compared with the usual Japanese monsters of the era, could pass for Italian. A Fiat or similar.

Original designs by Giorgetto Giugiaro...the coupe looks a lot like a Chevy Corvair, I think

[anonymous-user]

Corvair prices, already high, must have rocketed since a Corvair appeared in The Queen's Gambit.

The Luce Coupe is amazing (see below), but super rare and expensive and would probably be hard to maintain because of its cool but crazy rotary tech. Interesting that the configuration of the saloon is basically similar to, say, a Dolomite 1850 (i4 1800, four speed, RWD, indy front, live rear, discs front, drums rear), but the Coupe is FWD with a rotary and (I think) IRS.

https://www.carenthusiast.com/reviews/article/1297...

Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 6th February 13:02

[Pothole]

Breadvan72 said:

Corvair prices, already high, must have rocketed since a Corvair appeared in The Queen's Gambit.

Wasn't it lovely!?

[anonymous-user]

Fabby.

[anonymous-user]

Think I will give the Bradford mystery Mazda a swerve. Price is high even after a bit of a haggle, and tidemark on paint might conceal monsters.

I am intrigued by the type, however. I might look for one on sale in Thailand or Japan.

[AJB88]

I like that one in Bradford like the styling.

[anonymous-user]

I do too. If it was closer I would go and look, but it is an eight hour round trip. Non classic-specialist seller is cagey about info on the car. Wonder if he took it in trade or had a whim at an auction.

[anonymous-user]

A bloke I know from Lancia Beta world kindly went to look at the Mazda 1800 on sale in Bradford, because, as noted above, I didn't fancy an eight hour round trip to check it out. The car appears from the Lancista's report to be in pretty good nick, and the engine starts well and runs smoothly. I was just on the point of making an offer for it (waaaaaay below the now inflated asking price on the seller's website) when the chance to buy a better car came up (another Lancia), so I abandoned the idea of the whacky Mazda. It's strangely intriguing, mega rare, and I hope that someone gives it a good home. You'd probably have to buy parts for it from Australia or Japan. Australian classic Japan fans seem to like these cars.

[anonymous-user]

The brochures were full of ballet dancers.