Cars You Never See Anymore

[Leafster]

Is it an Avenger Tiger? Or something like that, can't remember exactly.

 

[not-bono-ever]

indeed - a tiger

first 100 were yellow with black stripe for engine bulge. rare as fuck yet half the price of a mexico these days

 

[dessiato]

They were rare when they first came out. Not sure how good they were though.

 

[not-bono-ever]

I think they had uprated suspension and a few other tweaks and were slightly faster than the AVO competitors- only made for a couple of years and most were rallied to shit by privateers IIRC, hence their rarity

 

[OzT]

Was there ever a truely sporty Viva? Ignore the SL90s

 

[DownwardDog]

Was there ever a truely sporty Viva? Ignore the SL90s

The Firenza HP was based on the Viva platform.

 

[OzT]

Thanks! Forgot about that one! Small Magnum lol!!

 

[Poi E]

Beautiful car.

 

[dessiato]

Was there ever a truely sporty Viva? Ignore the SL90s

Brabham Viva

 

[dessiato]

Speaking of fast Vauxhalls, I've not seen a 2,3 HS for years. They must have been fun to drive.

 

[not-bono-ever]

The Firenza HP was based on the Viva platform.

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Pretty sure there was a firenza snoot for sale recently in Wooler or somewhere on the border that took my fancy - looked to have been used for extra curricular activities for the farmer. a few bumps but straight and original panelling - was a bargain 1500 quid or so - I do not however have a garage

 

[DownwardDog]

Speaking of fast Vauxhalls, I've not seen a 2,3 HS for years. They must have been fun to drive.

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Nice ones go for 30k+ now. Anything with a 70s/80s rally pedigree is very sought after. I watched a 1.3L Chevette go for 6.5k in a online auction! I presume somebody intends to turn it into a HS/HSR replica.

 

[DownwardDog]

In a similar vein; Manta 400.

 

[dessiato]

Any earlier VXR is rare these days.

 

[ringo]

Saw an Austin Maestro at the weekend, it's still a shocker of a car.

 

[MickiQ]

Saw an Austin Maestro at the weekend, it's still a shocker of a car.

What colour was it? the one I had was brown the colour of shit which was appropriate, got rid of it after it broke down in the middle of Stoke stranding me along with the wife and 2 toddlers.

 

[ringo]

What colour was it? the one I had was brown the colour of shit which was appropriate, got rid of it after it broke down in the middle of Stoke stranding me along with the wife and 2 toddlers.

It was red. The paint had faded badly. My Dad had a metallic green one, it was shite.

 

[MickiQ]

It was red. The paint had faded badly. My Dad had a metallic green one, it was shite.

You'll get no argument from me, The engine had a pre-heater on the inlet manifold, the coolant diverted through it before reaching the rad to warm the incoming air up. The one on mine just snapped off one cold Sunday night leaving us waiting there with in the dark, the cold and the rain with a pair of bored, tired and hungry under-5's waiting for the AA.
it was the last British Leyland I owned and the last car I serviced and maintained myself, after that Mrs MickiQ put her foot down and banned me from buying cars at the auction.

 

[Sea Star]

I went to Folkestone at the weekend. I saw both an Austin Maxi in mint condition and a Vauxhall Cavalier that looked to be in pretty good nick too.

eta - and a I saw a Metro on the A20 which looked to be on its last legs.

Going to Kent is like going back in time!

 

[OzT]

Going to Kent is like going back in time!

Like us going to NZ!!! lol!!

Neighbour down the road still has a Maestro station wagon, plus a spare one in his yard he robs for spares and thinking of doing up at a later date. He actually likes those cars. Chat to him sometimes when he's working on it and great to see such passion for such an unloved model.

 

[ringo]

Neighbour down the road still has a Maestro station wagon, plus a spare one in his yard he robs for spares and thinking of doing up at a later date. He actually likes those cars. Chat to him sometimes when he's working on it and great to see such passion for such an unloved model.

They look like hearses, but not in a potentially cool, gothic way. Like a box of death.

 

[ringo]

Citroën heaven

 

[dessiato]

Citroën heaven

At some time in my life I've been deeply in love with each of those. Citroën used to make such wonderful cars.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Citroën heaven

any idea what that was all in aid of?

also unusual to see DSs in that sort of condition

 

[peterkro]

any idea what that was all in aid of?

also unusual to see DSs in that sort of condition

I walk past them often in Waterloo,don't know how parking is arranged.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I walk past them often in Waterloo,don't know how parking is arranged.

suppose they could all belong to a resident there, but surprised it hasn't caused a parking war with the neighbours. and surprised the owner/s don't get vandalism / attempted thefts with them...

 

[peterkro]

suppose they could all belong to a resident there, but surprised it hasn't caused a parking war with the neighbours. and surprised the owner/s don't get vandalism / attempted thefts with them...

Can you buy more than a couple of residents permits? (it's Lambeth so anything is possible I suppose)

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Can you buy more than a couple of residents permits? (it's Lambeth so anything is possible I suppose)

don't think so. don't know how easy it is to get a neighbour (who doesn't have a car) to get one for you. I think the only place I've lived and had a car (not lambeth) where there was a residents parking scheme you had to show the registration document to stop that happening.

 

[ringo]

They're all owned by one person who lives there apparently, a few mates have said they've been there a while.

 

[DownwardDog]

That SM is fantastic.