Cars You Never See Anymore

[mauvais]

Homologation innit - they had to make them in order to be able to enter the proper ones into competition.

 

[Poi E]

Ta

 

[Griff]

How about a nice Renault 4. I never saw the point of them in the first place but I know where this is on sale for a mere 10K

Saw a fair few of these whizzing round the villages near Bergerac back in September.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Are any new cars being made with pop-up headlights?

 

[dessiato]

How about a nice Renault 4. I never saw the point of them in the first place but I know where this is on sale for a mere 10K

Quite common here. And cheap too.

 

[Griff]

Are any new cars being made with pop-up headlights?

Two sprang to mind, the Corvette and MX5, but after doing an image search for 2017 models it appears they've ditched them too.

 

[snadge]

Two sprang to mind, the Corvette and MX5, but after doing an image search for 2017 models it appears they've ditched them too.

Funny you should say that, the bloke that has that SWB Audi for sale also has this.

CHEVROLET CORVETTE C2 STINGRAY CONVERTIBLE 30000 MILEAGE VERY GOOD CONDITION | eBay

Also has a load of other nice cars for sale.

 

[mauvais]

Popups are all long gone because of pedestrian safety regs.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Feet Wankers.

 

[Leo2]

Funny you should say that, the bloke that has that SWB Audi for sale also has this.

CHEVROLET CORVETTE C2 STINGRAY CONVERTIBLE 30000 MILEAGE VERY GOOD CONDITION | eBay

Also has a load of other nice cars for sale.

Cool, but the Americans never did quite get the hang of purity of line - did they. That looks like it has been styled by a slightly dyslexic 11 year old. From the same era -

 

[DownwardDog]

Are any new cars being made with pop-up headlights?

No. Daylight running regulations in some markets killed them. The 2004 Corvette was the last production car to have them.

 

[hash tag]

If it is hiiden lights people are looking for, how about these little babies...

 

[Idris2002]

A vintage Morris Minor has been stolen in Co. Mayo

The Connaught Telegraph - Vintage Morris Minor stolen

OK, I know that's in "small earthquake in Chile, nobody hurt" territory, but I used to walk past the house where that car was parked everyday.

 

[urbanspaceman]

www.howmanyleft.co.uk

tells you… how many are left

For instance, there are fifty on-road examples of my first car - an abject, water soluble money pit, the Wolesley 1300

WOLSELEY 1300 - How Many Left?

 

[Dogsauce]

Saw some weirdass VW thing parked in Camden today, looked a bit like a 2CV but with weird ridged panelling like some kind of jeep/desert car. If my phone battery hadn't been died I've had got a pic.

Edit: a bit of googling indicates it was a VW Trekker (also known as a VW181, originally a jeep for the west German military). Pretty sure it wasn't a soft-top but might be remembering incorrectly.

Further edit: Apparently only 20 still registered in the U.K. (Listed as the 181)

 

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[Griff]

Saw an 1800 Marcos yesterday. The bloke doing my Vixen is restoring one together with an Interceptor and Ginetta G4.

 

[dessiato]

Can't remember the last time I saw a woody.

 

[Idris2002]

Can't remember the last time I had a woody.

FTFY

 

[Baronage-Phase]

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That's a gorgeous car...

 

[dessiato]

That's a gorgeous car...

Sadly they often looked better than they were built. Many were kit cars. Great fun to drive though.

 

[nuffsaid]

Used to like seeing these back in the day - I had a matchbox one, was seriously quick on my Hot Wheels track..

 

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[dessiato]

Used to like seeing these back in the day - I had a matchbox one, was seriously quick on my Hot Wheels track..

I had a Renault engined one. The windscreens always leaked because people pulled on the pillar trying to get out of the thing. Always looked better than it went.

 

[sovereignb]

I'm guessing most people in this thread or forum are 48+?

 

[twentythreedom]

These were pretty cool. Reliant Scimitar GTE. When I was a little kid someone on our road had one exactly like this, I remember being dazzled by its coolness



About the same time my grandfather had one of these (Volvo P1800)



Beautiful cars, never see them on the road nowadays though

 

[twentythreedom]

Reminiscing about cars has reminded me of my primary school friend Evagoras' mum's car - one of these, same colour. I have vague memories of it seeming massive, noisy and exotic to me Vauxhall Ventora

 

[dessiato]

I'm guessing most people in this thread or forum are 48+?

Possibly. But I'm certain that, whatever our age, we are in love with cars. That's all that really matters.

 

[dessiato]

My grandfather had one of these, it was rare even then. We need more woody estates in our lives.

 

[dessiato]

My father had one of these, his was roadworthy and registered HRH 188