not-bono-ever
meh
this is on ebay ATM. I dont think it is much use as a road car as kits been fucked about with but i always liked the 70s vauxhall styling, esp the drop snoots. Kinda forgotten becuase of the ford fetish of late
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not-bono-ever
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I think it’s the 2.4 5 speed getrag dog leg model. That’s a delightful beast to have in the garage
not-bono-ever
meh
The garage in my mind
DownwardDog
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Ruined by the eBay bonnet pins.
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I don't get the love of ANYTHING with a 2.3 slant engine! I made the mistake of owning a few in my youth, and they were dog shit! Yeah they had a lot of torque but they were dog shit! The worst car purchase I ever made was an Esprit turbo, with an aluminium version of the slant. I used to ubuse my cars, and that one was no different. It lasted a full week before the engine shat itself. Even if it had lasted longer, they constantly pissed oil from the rocker cover gaskets. The engines were dog shit in iron, but much worse in aluminium. They twisted like overcooked spaghetti... Baggashite!
ice-is-forming
Up all night man, I'm a fucking beast ..
Ah, facebook memories...
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They were brilliant cars. Quick, agile and comfortable. A friend's father had two. I loved them even though I never got to do more than be a passenger in them.Got my car MOT'd today with an Alfa mechanic and saw one of these beauties in his garage. Recently bought for £81kView attachment 245153
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DownwardDog
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I didn't know where else to post about "halo" cars, a term I have just learnt. What were they thinking? A look at the 10 worst ‘halo’ cars
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There is some right dross in there but also some that are unfairly maligned. The Volvo 262C is a magnificent device as long as it has the euro headlights. The XJ220 served the purpose of a halo car very well and boosted the Jaguar brand at a time when it badly needed it. The Cadillac Alante has aged very well I think and the Northstar V8 ones are quite desirable.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Despite the fact that only 250 were ever made there are always plenty for sale. They were the same price as an F50 when they were new and are now worth approximately 10% of an F50...
Possibly built at the Ford Doncaster Plant. It closed in 1963 due to the government’s slow response to Ford demanding the construction of the M18 to connect the plant to the ports of Hull and Immingham and the M1.
Production was moved and increased at Halewood and Dagenham.
Originally Briggs Motor Bodies, Ford bought Briggs out.
A Donny rather than a Dagenham dustbin.
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Thanks, interesting history - my sister now thinks Dad had his Ford Popular well before 1959, when (we’re told) the photo was taken, but the car in the foreground looks even older. I think in 1960 he had a Standard Vanguard estate, with side-hinged rear doors, I was four then and it’s the first car I remember.
High Voltage
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I like most of those thbI didn't know where else to post about "halo" cars, a term I have just learnt. What were they thinking? A look at the 10 worst ‘halo’ cars
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But I have an "eclectic" taste in cars
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Donkey's years ago my parents had an Ensign Standard, reg. YOU 659. A huge solid whale of a car, built about 1957. The name was quickly dropped
because of the image that "Standard" conveyed. I think over the years I have seen just 2 at shows.
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Standard bought Triumph and became Standard-Triumph before becoming just Triumph later. They continued in India for a long time after the name disappeared in the UK. I think, but might be wrong, the last car built by Standard in India was a version of the SD1.
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20Bees
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Thanks for the link - certainly the photo is sometime in the 1950s as my sister, born in 1946, remembers the bungalow at the end of the road being built, we do think it’s earlier than 1959. We’ll keep digging!
Dad’s Standard was like this one
Standard in effect retired their own marque in favour of Triumph, arguably because the Vanguard and most other Standards of the late 40s and early 50s were so bad that the brand was tarnished beyond redemption!
They meant 'standard' in the sense of flags, hence model names like Ensign and Pennant. The problem was that the cars didn't merit the grandiose names!
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There's two or three around where I live. For such a rare car it's odd to see so many.
