Retro 80's Cars

[rb5230]

Riknos said:

For me, these come to mind:

CRX:



GTO:



And of course, the drifters favourite - the AE86:




.. oh, and let's not forget the PH favourite:

How is a 1996 mx5 a retro 80`s car? Same goes for the GTO. I suppose half of your examples are correct.

[rb5230]

HD Adam said:

I have this little retro 80 Coupe as a daily runabout.

Vorsprung Durch Shed

1980`s?

[Baz Tench]

rb5230 said:

HD Adam said:

I have this little retro 80 Coupe as a daily runabout.

Vorsprung Durch Shed

1980`s?

Launched in '88, and the MX5 quoted above was launched in '89 and was a little tongue in cheek I feel...

[stuckmojo]

131 Volumetrico Abarth. As a child, I used to drool over it.

or

Giulietta Turbodelta. Oh, sideways.

And finally,

A112 Abarth. only 70hp, but it weighed just 690kg.

[Baz Tench]

stuckmojo said:

131 Volumetrico Abarth. As a child, I used to drool over it.

I always knew that as the 131 Super Mirafiori. I used to love them too. My mates dad had one on a 'W' plate in '81 as a company car. I used to love the sound of the twin cam as he pulled away up the close.

[stuckmojo]

Baz Tench said:

I always knew that as the 131 Super Mirafiori. I used to love them too. My mates dad had one on a 'W' plate in '81 as a company car. I used to love the sound of the twin cam as he pulled away up the close.

The supermirafiori was the one below this.

Volumetrico means "supercharged".

[Baz Tench]

stuckmojo said:

The supermirafiori was the one below this.

Volumetrico means "supercharged".

Oh right! It just looks identical in my minds eye. You learn something new every day! I never knew they did a supercharged version.

[AndrewW-G]

Jasey@ said:

Comedy Steering, Comedy Brake (dangerous), Comedy suspension & Renowned French build quality

Yet able to get two large adults and a 4 oven Aga from Cornwall to Liverpool in comfort whilst not dipping below three figures for almost all of the way

[NiceCupOfTea]

AndrewW-G said:

Jasey@ said:

Comedy Steering, Comedy Brake (dangerous), Comedy suspension & Renowned French build quality

Yet able to get two large adults and a 4 oven Aga from Cornwall to Liverpool in comfort whilst not dipping below three figures for almost all of the way

Lovely things.

[mk1salami]

rb5230 said:

How is a 1996 mx5 a retro 80`s car?

That shape MX5 was launched in the 80's.

[CatfishCKY]

Si_steve said:

My contribution to the thread.

Nissan Micra super turbo.

Another vote here for an ST - If they werent so hard to look after, hard to find, and expensive to buy, I'd have one in a second!

[rb5230]

mk1salami said:

rb5230 said:

How is a 1996 mx5 a retro 80`s car?

That shape MX5 was launched in the 80's.

But the example posted is a 1996. Only 15 years old.

[rb5230]

Baz Tench said:

Launched in '88, and the MX5 quoted above was launched in '89 and was a little tongue in cheek I feel...

Was the coupe really launched in `88? or just the Audi 80? I have not looked but just know i have seen them on a 1993 plate.

I stand corrected on that one if it was really about pre 1990. It looks too rounded for a typical 80s design.

[Baz Tench]

rb5230 said:

Was the coupe really launched in `88? or just the Audi 80? I have not looked but just know i have seen them on a 1993 plate.

I stand corrected on that one if it was really about pre 1990. It looks too rounded for a typical 80s design.

After a quick bit of research (PH classifieds ), they were definitely about in '89 on F plates. I'm sure I've seen a few on 'E' plates though, could be wrong.

[Steamer]

Baz Tench said:

I'm sure I've seen a few on 'E' plates

I'm sure it was covered in the dinosaur thread too.

[anonymous-user]

This was my bosses company car (not this exact one) when I started my first job after Poly, got to borrow it a lot, especially over weekends. Felt like a mini-Ferrari rocket ship and got plenty of attention at the time...



Would love one as good as the one in the picture...

[NLB]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Lovely things.

Agreed. My first CX was a 2400 estate - a '79, I think. It could carry several huge slabs of grown oak crooks (for making new ribs for my boat...), or a very slightly disassembled Moto Guzzi 1000SP, or... you get the picture.

Then I had one of these:




A 1989 Cx 25 Gti Turbo 2. Definitely a lovely thing - not really obscure, but rare now, and a lot more obscure than a lot of the stuff mentioned on here. All good fun though...

[anonymous-user]

One of these was my first present to me when I got my first job after Poly (bizarrely, working for Nissan UK)- not this actual car, mine was silver. Loved that car to bits. Was followed by an AE86....

[dudleybloke]

lancia y10.

only saw a few back in the day and there cant be many left now.

[Morningside]

NiceCupOfTea said:

AndrewW-G said:

Jasey@ said:

Comedy Steering, Comedy Brake (dangerous), Comedy suspension & Renowned French build quality

Yet able to get two large adults and a 4 oven Aga from Cornwall to Liverpool in comfort whilst not dipping below three figures for almost all of the way

Lovely things.

I had a GSA and I am convinced that the brakes were actually an on/off valve.

I was told that the engine was two 2CV engines bolted together. That I doubt, BUT I knew you could start it using a starting handle!

Quick look at Wikipedia and I see they done a wankel version. Now that must be very rare.

Edited by Morningside on Wednesday 6th April 19:08