Cars You Never See Anymore

[isvicthere?]

The car mentioned in this song: "he's got a Ford Cortina/that just won't run without fuel/fill 'er up, Jacko!"

 

[rubbershoes]

The car mentioned in this song: "he's got a Ford Cortina/that just won't run without fuel/fill 'er up, Jacko!"

Was Joe Strummer stating the bleedin' obvious? Or he was predicting the development of electric cars.

We'll never know

 

[mx wcfc]

Having a quick vape outside the cafe/bar and this pulled up. Really tidy example.

 

[Dogsauce]

There was an endless procession of old minis going down the M5 on Friday, coming off at the Cribbs turning north of Bristol. Trailers, roof racks, stuffed with bags, presumably some sort of weekend rally/camping thing going on somewhere. Nice to see so many at once.

I also saw a Morris traveller at the garden centre this afternoon, been a while since I’ve seen one. Bit too tidy for my liking, missing the genuine look of having moss growing on the wooden frames like they would have done back in the day.

 

[hash tag]

I saw an immaculate one of these yesterday, in the most unexpected of places. Not the prettiest. It virtually lives on the street next to a Standard 10 and a modern Jaguar. I hope the are garages over winter. I hung around for the owner to start it and drive of. It puuuuuured.

 

[Proper Tidy]

Having a quick vape outside the cafe/bar and this pulled up. Really tidy example. View attachment 180374

I saw a 3 wheeler Reliant today, in heavy traffic in absolutely pissing rain, massive deep puddles everywhere. Poor fucker.

 

[hash tag]

could have flipped it and used it as a boat.

 

[Griff]

I saw an immaculate one of these yesterday, in the most unexpected of places. Not the prettiest. View attachment 181127 It virtually lives on the street next to a Standard 10 and a modern Jaguar. I hope the are garages over winter. I hung around for the owner to start it and drive of. It puuuuuured.

First went to the factory in 1985 and saw these being made.

One of the things that made me love TVR ever since. Oh, and the noise of course.

 

[hash tag]

Wouldn't be my first choice of TVR. The one I saw looked and sounded the business though.

 

[Griff]

Nah, couldn't really live with looks of a Wedge even though they sound great.

On my third now, a '72 Vixen which was a nightmare, an '89 S2 which was fantastic and finally my Chimaera 500 which is a fucking monster.

 

[hash tag]

Would like a TVR...classic though.

 

[Griff]

The Vixen how I remember it for the majority of time having it.

 

[Griff]

The 'project' I ended up selling after letting some cunt who I trusted restore it. The respray was however excellent and done by somebody else. Shame it never saw the road.

Twenty fucking years owning it.

 

[ringo]

I got overtaken at some speed on the M2 by a lovely red MG MGA today. Pissing with rain with the roof down but the old boy looked pleased as punch

 

[mx wcfc]

Was Joe Strummer stating the bleedin' obvious? Or he was predicting the development of electric cars.

We'll never know

I used to have a MkII Cortina 1600E - the car mentioned in TRB's "Wish I had a Grey Cortina".

There are companies now that will put an electric motor into any old classic.

There is hope for classics. Just as soon as I win the lottery, that's what I'm getting.

 

[A380]

I used to have a MkII Cortina 1600E - the car mentioned in TRB's "Wish I had a Grey Cortina".

There are companies now that will put an electric motor into any old classic.

There is hope for classics. Just as soon as I win the lottery, that's what I'm getting.

I once had the chance to buy a Lotus MkII Cortina Convertible. Brought a flat instead, in 1989! Fuck the Tories.

It was in this colour scheme as well...

 

[weltweit]

I was in Camberley yesterday and they had a classic car show on the main shopping streets, unfortunately I didn't know in advance or I would have had my camera with me, there were some Americans and some nice old British cars, Aston Martins and the like.

Then there was an Austin Princess, in perfect condition, in bright yellow it looked a little out of place among the Pontiacs and Chevys, but I suppose it is a classic

 

[dessiato]

I once had the chance to buy a Lotus MkII Cortina Convertible. Brought a flat instead, in 1989! Fuck the Tories.

It was in this colour scheme as well...
View attachment 181294

The Crayford. I wanted one. Never did get one of course

 

[Griff]

Had a choice of a Mk2 Lotus Cortina and a Peugeot 304 Cabriolet in the mid 80s.

What did I go for?

 

[BristolEcho]

I saw an immaculate one of these yesterday, in the most unexpected of places. Not the prettiest. View attachment 181127 It virtually lives on the street next to a Standard 10 and a modern Jaguar. I hope the are garages over winter. I hung around for the owner to start it and drive of. It puuuuuured.

Lovely. Love the straight edges.

 

[dessiato]

Had a choice of a Mk2 Lotus Cortina and a Peugeot 304 Cabriolet in the mid 80s.

What did I go for?

The Peugeot was a good car in its day.

 

[Griff]

The Peugeot was a good car in its day.

It broke down on the way home.

It's up there with my Rover P5B Coupe for worst car ever owned.

 

[Dieselpunk2000]

 

[Poi E]

Bertone Espero. Such clean lines.

 

[Poi E]

MS 65 Toyota Crown at Bexhill today. Aussie import as had the Australian Motor Industries badge for Aussie assembly. Many moons ago I had a Japanese built Super Saloon with the Toyoglide transmission. Sweet OHC inline 6.

 

[DownwardDog]

View attachment 182079 MS 65 Toyota Crown at Bexhill today. Aussie import as had the Australian Motor Industries badge for Aussie assembly. Many moons ago I had a Japanese built Super Saloon with the Toyoglide transmission. Sweet OHC inline 6.

Sugoi!

It would make a great bosozoku project. Put a note on the windscreen offering to buy it.

 

[Gaia]

Not exactly a classic, but the first car I remember my mother owning was a MkII Hillman Imp (can't recall the colour, red I think…) and then a BRG Talbot Sunbeam ('Susie Sunbeam' she insisted on calling it, because that's her name…). Bizarrely, I can't recall any of my father's early cars. The first car I remember that Grandpa A had was an ancient Morris Oxford Traveller (which my mother learnt to drive in). She and several school-friends then drove to Istanbul in a Beetle (I think) that was practically dead. She's still got the diary she kept. It died when they got to Turkey.

I can't drive.

 

[dessiato]

Not exactly a classic, but the first car I remember my mother owning was a MkII Hillman Imp (can't recall the colour, red I think…) and then a BRG Talbot Sunbeam ('Susie Sunbeam' she insisted on calling it, because that's her name…). Bizarrely, I can't recall any of my father's early cars. The first car I remember that Grandpa A had was an ancient Morris Oxford Traveller (which my mother learnt to drive in). She and several school-friends then drove to Istanbul in a Beetle (I think) that was practically dead. She's still got the diary she kept. It died when they got to Turkey.

I can't drive.

Some real classics in that list, none of which you see now.

 

[dessiato]

This is for sale near me. The advert has it at 1€ but I doubt this is true.

 

[nick]

My mother had a spitfire (so I am told) before I was born. When I was around 10 she had a Sunbeam Rapier. In white - all I remember of it is it had an "overdrive" switch on the steering column which, at my then age, sounded like some sort of nitro / rocket drive button.
Apart from that it was probably a bit shit and its got swapped for brand new S reg Toyota corolla - which never failed and helped to temper my father's deep held anti-japanese racism - born after his stint in Singapore and (then ) burma and Malaya in WW2