Great British Cars often forgotten which one would you buy
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Great British Cars often forgotten
Rather than spoiling the thread with comments on which one would you want to own.
We all hear of the big money cars that fetch crazy amounts of money from Jaguars to Astons Ferrari etc that most of us mortals cant afford and if we could would we get out and use the way they should be.
Also the mass produced classics we all know and love from Triumph to MG that are also great cars.
However Classic car ownership certainly to some is not about the money but about owning loving and enjoying something old and driving something different from the modern boxes we have to drive every day.
However this list that I am sure will grow has great rare little cars that where made in small numbers and one of the big differences between these and the usual Classic cars is when you arrive at a car show your often the only example there rather than lining up with half a dozen other examples.
Many of these cars are in comparison to many very affordable and great fun.
I know that's what makes me smile when I go to a show with one of mine.
Just to start the ball rolling here is one example of a car that although I don't own but certainly would love to at some point a really interesting car and a great owners club having met them at various shows and that's the Berkley
Great British Cars often forgotten
Rather than spoiling the thread with comments on which one would you want to own.
We all hear of the big money cars that fetch crazy amounts of money from Jaguars to Astons Ferrari etc that most of us mortals cant afford and if we could would we get out and use the way they should be.
Also the mass produced classics we all know and love from Triumph to MG that are also great cars.
However Classic car ownership certainly to some is not about the money but about owning loving and enjoying something old and driving something different from the modern boxes we have to drive every day.
However this list that I am sure will grow has great rare little cars that where made in small numbers and one of the big differences between these and the usual Classic cars is when you arrive at a car show your often the only example there rather than lining up with half a dozen other examples.
Many of these cars are in comparison to many very affordable and great fun.
I know that's what makes me smile when I go to a show with one of mine.
Just to start the ball rolling here is one example of a car that although I don't own but certainly would love to at some point a really interesting car and a great owners club having met them at various shows and that's the Berkley
Edited by Andrew Gray on Saturday 24th October 18:59
Andrew Gray said:
something old and driving something different from the modern boxes...
A not so secret desire would be to get a GN. Vee Twin engine, chain drive bath-tub on wheels. Have spent a day in one many years ago at the LCES Welsh Trial, and currently have a slightly younger, bigger step-brother in the garage for safe-keeping. However they do have a bit of a following in the chain gang - so it might be Gwynne instead as something different to the rows of A7 chummies. (Guilty!)
[/quoteI like my cars to be a bit different!
At the time I owned this Austin Seven Coupe, it was one of four known survivors (I think two or three more have popped up since):
My Star was one of only three surviving 11.9hp, and the only saloon:
And this Herald Coupe was one of about twenty known survivors at the time, although lots more have come out of the woodwork since then... but it was, and I believe still is, the only surviving Dublin-assembled Herald!
... and then there was the 1923 Seabrook, which is still the only survivor of the make:
Not appropriate for this thread, I am now going through my Italian car phase, with some equally obscure examples!
At the time I owned this Austin Seven Coupe, it was one of four known survivors (I think two or three more have popped up since):
My Star was one of only three surviving 11.9hp, and the only saloon:
And this Herald Coupe was one of about twenty known survivors at the time, although lots more have come out of the woodwork since then... but it was, and I believe still is, the only surviving Dublin-assembled Herald!
... and then there was the 1923 Seabrook, which is still the only survivor of the make:
Not appropriate for this thread, I am now going through my Italian car phase, with some equally obscure examples!
vernonderby said:
I like my cars to be a bit different!
At the time I owned this Austin Seven Coupe, it was one of four known survivors (I think two or three more have popped up since):
My Star was one of only three surviving 11.9hp, and the only saloon:
And this Herald Coupe was one of about twenty known survivors at the time, although lots more have come out of the woodwork since then... but it was, and I believe still is, the only surviving Dublin-assembled Herald!
... and then there was the 1923 Seabrook, which is still the only survivor of the make:
Not appropriate for this thread, I am now going through my Italian car phase, with some equally obscure examples!
Brilliant At the time I owned this Austin Seven Coupe, it was one of four known survivors (I think two or three more have popped up since):
My Star was one of only three surviving 11.9hp, and the only saloon:
And this Herald Coupe was one of about twenty known survivors at the time, although lots more have come out of the woodwork since then... but it was, and I believe still is, the only surviving Dublin-assembled Herald!
... and then there was the 1923 Seabrook, which is still the only survivor of the make:
Not appropriate for this thread, I am now going through my Italian car phase, with some equally obscure examples!
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