Lets see a picture of your classic(s)
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Who cares whether person A thinks the AX is a classic or not?
axgizmo obviously thinks that it is (although he was polite enough to pose the question) and that should be good enough.
The classic car movement needs continual new blood and therefore has to keep re-calibrating its definition of classic. The Germans understand this fully with their 'youngtimers' as opposed to 'oldtimers' that we would have traditionally referred to as classics.
axgizmo, stick around, it's good to have you on here sharing your interest in cars.
axgizmo obviously thinks that it is (although he was polite enough to pose the question) and that should be good enough.
The classic car movement needs continual new blood and therefore has to keep re-calibrating its definition of classic. The Germans understand this fully with their 'youngtimers' as opposed to 'oldtimers' that we would have traditionally referred to as classics.
axgizmo, stick around, it's good to have you on here sharing your interest in cars.
I think it is a classic car. It is certainly old enough and though I'm more of a big car man, the AX GTI was a notable car in its day, so it qualifies for me on that count too. But its no big deal to me really.
I'm relaxed about the definition of 'Classic'. Trying to make it exclusive seems self defeating and liable to render the whole thing moribund. Back in the 1980s, plenty of 'Seventies cars were already being courted as classics. Now it seems, many don't want the definition to move on from 1980. It's not a conscious decision, just that taste is preserved in aspic. My own car (Jaguar XJ40) was introduced over 30 years ago and as a late one mine is 25 years old itself. Yet incredibly though it may seem to the average bloke, many Classic car people see it as a modern car. Jaguar's model of equivalent age to the XJ40 at it introduction was the MKVIII - new for 1956. To assert that as a modern car and not yet a classic back in 1986 would have been met with some disbelief!
I'm relaxed about the definition of 'Classic'. Trying to make it exclusive seems self defeating and liable to render the whole thing moribund. Back in the 1980s, plenty of 'Seventies cars were already being courted as classics. Now it seems, many don't want the definition to move on from 1980. It's not a conscious decision, just that taste is preserved in aspic. My own car (Jaguar XJ40) was introduced over 30 years ago and as a late one mine is 25 years old itself. Yet incredibly though it may seem to the average bloke, many Classic car people see it as a modern car. Jaguar's model of equivalent age to the XJ40 at it introduction was the MKVIII - new for 1956. To assert that as a modern car and not yet a classic back in 1986 would have been met with some disbelief!
AMG Merc said:
dbdb said:
Back in the 1980s, plenty of 'Seventies cars were already being courted as classics.
Really? Willing to be educated but not sure about that. What do you base this on?Another had a Rover P6 which was hilarious, we eventually cut the roof off it with his dads angle grinder....it never felt the same, somewhat wobbly
phazed 11.83 said:
Gunk said:
Sorry but that's not a classic it's just an old vanilla flavoured hatchback, why is everything over 20 years now a classic car, it's all gone bananas.
I agree and I'm quite a francophile! Edited as I'm a bit of a nob and quoted the wrong quote!
Edited by phazed 11.83 on Friday 11th August 19:14
Sterillium said:
AMG Merc said:
In Smellorama please? 
Ha! It really REALLY does have the smell of wood, leather, oil and oldness... takes me right back to being zoomed about in a Mini Estate (with wooden exterior trim!!!) 40 years ago.Sterillium said:
Only managed to snap a few pics from its snug little garage... so apologies for the odd angles.
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/AHGQjDrT.jpg[/img]</a> <a href="https://thumbsnap.com/Rgb2hodD" Target="_blank" rel="nofollow">[img]https://thumbsnap.com/sc/Rgb2hodD.jpg)
I think the platinum colour really suits. Do you know the exact colour? Just looking at that interior shot, what's happening though with that Mountney steering wheel?
Has someone removed the thumb spats - or worse has someone modded it with a wood rim?
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=old+mountney+whe...
edit to add pics of Mountneys
Edited by dandarez on Saturday 12th August 21:20
AMG Merc said:
dbdb said:
Back in the 1980s, plenty of 'Seventies cars were already being courted as classics.
Really? Willing to be educated but not sure about that. What do you base this on?Here are a few:
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2mgAAOSw7FRWZatu/s-l...
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ZbYAAOSwHnFV0jiY/s-l...
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/PjEAAOSwX61ZFzhv/s-l...
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/178AAOSwiONYOwmV/s-l...
Edited to add: Picture sizes are ridiculous, so I'll change them to links so as not to clog thee thread. It's a bit off-topic to carry them all.
Edited by dbdb on Sunday 13th August 00:58
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