Cars You Never See Anymore
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Saul Goodman
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A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Is that what was a MK4 Cortina in the UK or is it bigger?
A Mk4 was on my list of cars I wanted and might actually own as a teenager. Never had one though - my first car wast the Mk3.
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dessiato
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I think it was, although the Mk5 looked almost the same as the Mk4 so I’m not sure.
Saul Goodman
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It's a MK5. The front indicators wrapped around the side of the wings on the MK5. They didn't on the MK4.
Sunbeam Tiger:
Saul Goodman
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Mk1 Grandad... They were gorgeous in their time. But those wheels do it no justice.
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^what is that?
Saul Goodman
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I'm trying but struggling to work out the thought process behind that.Spotted on my lunchtime wander today...
'I have a small fortune to throw at buying/restoring a car. What should I throw it at? I know... an Austin Maxi!'
Leafster
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It's an Austin Maxi 1750 HL
Leafster
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Some people like the more run-of-the-mill cars, I think.I'm trying but struggling to work out the thought process behind that.
'I have a small fortune to throw at buying/restoring a car. What should I throw it at? I know... an Austin Maxi!'
They bring back memories of me learning to drive in my Dad's Maxi. I wouldn't want to own one though!
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pseudonarcissus
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dessiato
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And didn't mind the rust, or the laughable performance.
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
But they had hydroelastic suspension!
Saul Goodman
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Which had a tendency to collapse if you so much as looked at it wrong.
Leafster
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My Dad's Maxi (which I learnt in) had John Sprinzel mods. Good for nearly 120mph*!
* The next owner got caught doing 118mph in it
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pseudonarcissus
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All this negativity...Britain is just starting out as an major power, free of the shackles of Europe. Shortly the Johnson regime will collapse and RLB will appoint Corbyn an minister for industry, to lead the glorious reanimation of British Leyland. The last thing we need is people like you putting the country down!
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existentialist
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Maybe it triggers the recollection of fond memories of childhood, sat safely behind the armco while dad dealt with a steaming radiator? shrugI'm trying but struggling to work out the thought process behind that.
'I have a small fortune to throw at buying/restoring a car. What should I throw it at? I know... an Austin Maxi!'
A bit like madeleines, and a la recherche du temps perdu...
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
"hydrospastic" was what we all knew it as back then. Not any more, obvs.
Saul Goodman
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Trunnion is a word I don't think I'll ever miss from my vocabulary.
steveo87
22/11/2022 - got a maths joke.
And thus, dogging was born.
not-bono-ever
meh
the 2L was a decent tank in a stright line
the land crab came with a 3L 6
the land crab came with a 3L 6
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
we had the shrunken version when I was a kid
the most memorable feature was a speedo like a thermometer
....and the eight track, I guess
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Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Have we had the Austin All Aggro?
1970 Porsche 914
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
They had a minor problem with the carburettor mounts. They were made of rubber and over time started to crack. They would eventually spray petrol onto the hot exhaust manifold.
