Got any strange yearnings for bizarre cars?

Got any strange yearnings for bizarre cars?

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Jules Sunley

3,933 posts

92 months

Thursday 22nd April 2021
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Always wanted one of these for some strange reason


eldar

21,614 posts

195 months

Thursday 22nd April 2021
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The poor mans Range Rover. Inspired design, flawed implementation.

One of the few vehicles of the time which doesn't look dated.

trails

3,623 posts

148 months

Thursday 22nd April 2021
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Original Fiat Multipla...no idea why.

LimaDelta

6,507 posts

217 months

Thursday 22nd April 2021
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Whitean3 said:
A lottery win would include a Citroen Mehari (the original, not the new electric one) in the fleet
A fan of the late Sir Alan Clark?

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 22nd April 2021
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Jules Sunley said:
Always wanted one of these for some strange reason

I do like these

shirt

22,508 posts

200 months

Thursday 22nd April 2021
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bristolracer said:
shirt said:
blueg33 said:
My yearning is for a Citroen SM
i fancy buying one with a dodgy engine and hydraulics, a proper mechanical nightmare. i'd rip the lot out in favour of a tesla conversion and air ride. there's a good candidate on US ebay for $15k, i am tempted.
I could be cruel and say 'that's the way they left the factory when new '
Good choice for a conversion, electric propulsion would suit its nature
yes i think so too, very gattaca-esque

generationx said:
Seriously: Do it. I think we all want to see this!
i'm seriously thinking about it. i was presented with an opportunity to build an EV ac cobra replica for a customer so started looking into the process for registration etc. turns out that new builds can't be made road legal here [uae] but anything over 30yrs old is pretty straight forward. said customer has gone away to think about what muscle car he wants to build but i think something more elegant is needed.

blueg33 said:
I’d keep the hydraulic suspension. They are ultra cool when parked. USA cars don’t have the glass covered headlights
i hear you, but i think air would be easier to achieve as a standalone system, should be easy to program the controls to get the parked stance correct.

the US headlights are rather rubbish i agree. the car on ebay is also red, which doesn't suit it at all. i've been watching a lot of kindig customs recently so favouring a custom look externally but the triple faired in lights and number plate are so iconic that it would irk me if they weren't included.

also seems there's a scrappier car for $8k now listed as well. hmmm.

Ash_

5,929 posts

189 months

Thursday 22nd April 2021
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Used to see loads of these when I was in Florid, I'd absolutely love on, they're just bonkers!


Deranged Rover

3,316 posts

73 months

Thursday 22nd April 2021
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generationx said:
Seriously: Do it. I think we all want to see this!
Speak for yourself - I think it would be sacrilege!

James_N

2,921 posts

233 months

Thursday 22nd April 2021
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I've wanted a 2CV for years now. Unfortunately, even ropey ones are out of budget!

Jules Sunley

3,933 posts

92 months

Thursday 22nd April 2021
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eldar said:
The poor mans Range Rover. Inspired design, flawed implementation.

One of the few vehicles of the time which doesn't look dated.
Agreed and funny you should say that, I owned a Range Rover and it did its best to try and make me a poor man smile

E63eeeeee...

3,777 posts

48 months

Thursday 22nd April 2021
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Alfahorn said:
Isuzu D-max.

I have absolutely no need or use for one but I want one. Rugged near bomb proof pick-up truck! biggrin
I have the same problem from time to time - not necessarily the Isuzu but an intermittent desire for a pickup that I have no need for whatever.

blueg33

35,574 posts

223 months

Thursday 22nd April 2021
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James_N said:
I've wanted a 2CV for years now. Unfortunately, even ropey ones are out of budget!
Be relieved - they are horrid

Dads Taxi

58 posts

94 months

Thursday 22nd April 2021
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One of these, with its modified helicopter engine.


Just need that lottery win.

Dads Taxi

58 posts

94 months

Thursday 22nd April 2021
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blueg33 said:
Ari said:
Talbot Tagora





My best mates dad had one when I was about 11 - it was st despite being the very top end trim level.
Fast for its time, though. 0-60 in less than 8 seconds (how things have changed).

Pit Pony

8,265 posts

120 months

Friday 23rd April 2021
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CaptainSlow said:
Pit Pony said:
CaptainSlow said:
Pit Pony said:
My wife is about to come into an inheritance. Technically it's OUR money after 31 years of marriage, ....
Technically it isn't. Not until the funds are integrated into the shared asset pool.
What does that mean ?

She wants to not pay off any of the mortgage on our second home, but instead invest it in overpriced kitchens and holidays and enjoying ourselves, and helping the kids out with house deposits and the like.

And she thinks my shed is due a replacement, which is probably true, but her influence in my car buying has a usually resulted in a compromise that I regretted. The omega was bought on a whim, and she hated it with a vengeance for the first few months, but has admitted a grundging respect for it 4 years later. It was the first car I've owned in 10 years that I've enjoyed driving.
It means if she were to bank the funds into a bank account in her name they are not initially classified as a matrimonial asset. Once spent as you described they are.
I will tell her that. And then I can see if she really wants to spend another 32 years married to me.


nomis36

429 posts

163 months

Friday 23rd April 2021
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Jules Sunley said:
Always wanted one of these for some strange reason

I remember when I was about 7 one of the mums at the boarding school I was at had one of these. I loved cars even at that tender young age and thought it was the coolest car in the car park. I still remember the first time I saw it. However, I can’t remember the last time I saw one......maybe that one back in the 70’s!

blueg33

35,574 posts

223 months

Friday 23rd April 2021
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nomis36 said:
Jules Sunley said:
Always wanted one of these for some strange reason

I remember when I was about 7 one of the mums at the boarding school I was at had one of these. I loved cars even at that tender young age and thought it was the coolest car in the car park. I still remember the first time I saw it. However, I can’t remember the last time I saw one......maybe that one back in the 70’s!
I saw a crashed one in France. It had gone under an artic, roof removed down to bonnet level. No signs of a roll over structure, just grp

Desiderata

2,327 posts

53 months

Friday 23rd April 2021
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blueg33 said:
nomis36 said:
Jules Sunley said:
Always wanted one of these for some strange reason

I remember when I was about 7 one of the mums at the boarding school I was at had one of these. I loved cars even at that tender young age and thought it was the coolest car in the car park. I still remember the first time I saw it. However, I can’t remember the last time I saw one......maybe that one back in the 70’s!
I saw a crashed one in France. It had gone under an artic, roof removed down to bonnet level. No signs of a roll over structure, just grp
I remember the first time I saw one in 1977. The owner was showing it off at a canoeing event I was at. He drove it across a field down to the river's edge and promptly got it stuck, absolutely no off-road capability at all. It had to be pulled out by tractor in the end.

Alfahorn

7,758 posts

207 months

Friday 23rd April 2021
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E63eeeeee... said:
Alfahorn said:
Isuzu D-max.

I have absolutely no need or use for one but I want one. Rugged near bomb proof pick-up truck! biggrin
I have the same problem from time to time - not necessarily the Isuzu but an intermittent desire for a pickup that I have no need for whatever.
Where I live there is a little independent Isuzu dealer which is old school family run and they've sold Isuzu for years. The farmers love them and you see just as many D-max's as you do Defenders in rural South Leicestershire.

bristolracer

5,527 posts

148 months

Friday 23rd April 2021
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Same here in North Devon
Isuzu's are the farmers vehicle of choice