Cars You Never See Anymore

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Don‘t know what this one was, rotting next to someone’s house up in the mountains. Anyone ID it? Some impressive corrosion. Every house in this small town seemed to have a dead car in the garden, mostly Mk1 golfs.

It's a Peugeot 504. They weren't very exciting but were incredibly comfortable.

 

[Dogsauce]

Today when out and about I have spotted a red Ford Taurus (basically a Mk4 Cortina), a tidy white Dois Cavalos (to use the local name), yet another Datsun pickup (there’s also a Bedford one parked out the front of here). Also this nice old Peugeot:



(particularly like the old school door handles)

 

[Saul Goodman]

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Don‘t know what this one was, rotting next to someone’s house up in the mountains. Anyone ID it? Some impressive corrosion. Every house in this small town seemed to have a dead car in the garden, mostly Mk1 golfs.

Peugeot 504, I think.

Oops, should have refreshed the page.

 

[passenger]

I thought this deserved a 2 minute video I had one as a company car for 2 years,1.8 HLX

 

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Today when out and about I have spotted a red Ford Taurus (basically a Mk4 Cortina), a tidy white Dois Cavalos (to use the local name), yet another Datsun pickup (there’s also a Bedford one parked out the front of here). Also this nice old Peugeot:

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(particularly like the old school door handles)

That is beautiful. A classic big Pug.

 

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I love those big old Peugeots. A 505 GTi has its place in my fantasy garage...

 

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I love those big old Peugeots. A 505 GTi has its place in my fantasy garage...

I loved these too

405 Mi16 4x4



BX GTi 4x4

I always wanted one, but never even got to drive either

 

[Roadkill]

Another French car that has its place in my fantasy garage, but which was never common in the UK and I've not seen for years, the Peugeot 504 coupé:

 

[T & P]

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Don‘t know what this one was, rotting next to someone’s house up in the mountains. Anyone ID it? Some impressive corrosion. Every house in this small town seemed to have a dead car in the garden, mostly Mk1 golfs.

Renault 12?

 

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Renault 12?

Peugeot 504, posts #1081 and #1083

 

[Dogsauce]

Funnily enough there was another massive pug parked out the other side of the flat last night, only a saloon version in white, looked a bit pimped (big speakers in the back shelf). I’d have taken a photo but I was on babysitting duty so could only have got a plan view from the balcony.

Anyway, here’s today’s treat from a ride in the hills:



Solid gold.

 

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Funnily enough there was another massive pug parked out the other side of the flat last night, only a saloon version in white, looked a bit pimped (big speakers in the back shelf). I’d have taken a photo but I was on babysitting duty so could only have got a plan view from the balcony.

Anyway, here’s today’s treat from a ride in the hills:

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Solid gold.

oohh how much ?

 

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History Thurleigh (pronounced "thur-lye") was built for RAF Bomber Command in 1940 by W & C French Ltd. 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Thurleigh on farmland between the farms of Buryfields, Bletsoe Park, Manor, and Whitwickgreen. It was eventually modified to Air Ministry Class A...

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best get me exploring gear dug out

DownwardDog - can i borrow your old ID to get in ?

 

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I was just looking at one of these. I can't remember the last time I saw one.



I remember being invited to try one years ago. I think being a member of Porsche Club GB they thought I could afford one.

 

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I was just looking at one of these. I can't remember the last time I saw one.

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I remember being invited to try one years ago. I think being a member of Porsche Club GB they thought I could afford one.

Old Quattroporte?

 

[blairsh]

...shit wheels

 

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Oh they were built that way. English engineering at its finest.

I changed a couple of clutches in these. I even had my specialist sawn down broom handle as an alignment tool.

 

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Old Quattroporte?

4.2 V8

...shit wheels

They remind me of old Vauxhall wheels.

 

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4.2 V8


They remind me of old Vauxhall wheels.

I really like them tbf (the car, not the wheels)

 

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I really like them tbf (the car, not the wheels)

Me too. But a cousin's husband had one which was loads of trouble, nothing serious, just frustrating. Having said that it would sit for months, be used for a few weeks then left again. No car like that.

 

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actually,not buying the montreal for 10K in '98 was possibly the shoddiest car decision of my life- and I am usually good with this stuff

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4000 made and 13 MPG - THIRTEEN

 

[Roadkill]

One of these went by when I was walking back from work the other day:

A tidy example, too, which given how badly they were screwed together must be pretty rare these days. Meanwhile, someone up the street from me has acquired a rather battered mid-90s Toyota Celica:

 

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One of these went by when I was walking back from work the other day:

A tidy example, too, which given how badly they were screwed together must be pretty rare these days. Meanwhile, someone up the street from me has acquired a rather battered mid-90s Toyota Celica:

A cousin bought one of those Celicas brand new, on a P plate. It's a classic one owner, very low mileage. His wife hates driving it. Because he always worked from home it was only ever really used for going to visit his parents. Even now it has only about 30 or 40 thousand on it, full service history.

 

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A cousin bought one of those Celicas brand new, on a P plate. It's a classic one owner, very low mileage. His wife hates driving it. Because he always worked from home it was only ever really used for going to visit his parents. Even now it has only about 30 or 40 thousand on it, full service history.

That'd be worth hanging on to. The GT4 version is already sought after, and the classic car people will doubtless start sniffing around the lesser models at some point, if they haven't already.

 

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That'd be worth hanging on to. The GT4 version is already sought after, and the classic car people will doubtless start sniffing around the lesser models at some point, if they haven't already.

I posted earlier about a friend who bought an MR2 mk2 new, still has it, full history, very low mileage. She takes it out only at weekends in the summer. And even then not every weekend. It must be very desirable now.

 

[existentialist]

I've run two Celicas into the ground - a Gen 6 and a Gen 7. Absolutely brilliant cars. I'm only driving a Hyundai while I wait for 2nd hand prices on the GT86 (Celica's successor) to get within my price range...

 

[pogofish]

I’m pretty certain there was a Wartburg importer for the U.K., yes.

I remember seeing ads for them new/straight from the factory until at least the 1990s and they also had a regular listing in What Car/Autocar’s monthly listing of manufacturers with U.K. dealerships until at least around the same period.

 

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I’m pretty certain there was a Wartburg importer for the U.K., yes.

I remember seeing ads for them new/straight from the factory until at least the 1990s and they also had a regular listing in What Car/Autocar’s monthly listing of manufacturers with U.K. dealerships until at least around the same period.

I vaguely remember there being one on Railway Street in Grimsby. The same dealer also sold Toyota and Skoda. My father bought a couple of cars from there.

 

[Roadkill]

I vaguely remember there being one on Railway Street in Grimsby. The same dealer also sold Toyota and Skoda. My father bought a couple of cars from there.

And would have been able to get bits for it here:

Long gone now, sadly. It was right next to the dock into which Ladas were imported into Britain, and was the centre of the business in sending them back the other way, as Top Gear found out sometime in the mid-90s:



None of the cars in that picture is exactly a common sight any more. I've not seen a Lada in ages, or a Montego for that matter. As for that big boxy thing in the middle with its bonnet partly up ... what is it?

 

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I worked with a lad in the 80s who had the 4x4 Lada Niva. He loved it, as Quentin says in the above video, they were a doddle to repair and keep going.

What a looker!