Leafster
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You can imagine someone in the marketing department suggesting they should think along the lines of VW Scirocco or Maserati with their Ghibli and Khamsin for the name and then just giving up.
Cars You Never See Anymore
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rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Mistral would have been better. Actually anything would have been better
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
For any young uns on the boards, that’s a Ford Zephyr
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Amazing. The two worst automotive subcultures, stance boi and rat rod, combined in one thoroughly fucking detestable vehicle.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Fuck those tiny wing mirrors eight feet away from the driver.
waxoyl
Well-Known Member
Not a ford fan at all . never seen one before.
The wheels are ok. but the rest of the car
they always seems to have lots of fords of all description.BassJunkie
Clams on the half shell, and roller skates.
Wing mirrors no less! As opposed to modern cars which have door mirrors, writes a pedant.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I always liked those.This Rover P5 Auto appears to be parked here regularly.
Leafster
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The P5B (with the V8) is one of the cars I've often considered getting, if only I had the room and spare cash.
This P5 is a bit shabby but if it's out in all weathers I guess that might explain things.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Ooh, a Princess! Is it any wonder the UK's car manufacturing industry died on its arse.
hash tag
Reaching out
Just discovered this place not far from Derby. Amongst the classics you can drive there are a few Austin's, sadly not a Princess A tour through British motoring history
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
Looks great. Looks like I've driven a few of those, it would be fun to do it again.
mx wcfc
Well-Known Member
I had a Princess, for a couple of months. The 1970s sort.
My uncle had a guest house near Heathrow, where I was working one summer uni holidays. Some American tourists came to stay the night before their flight home. They had flown into Glasgow, bought the Princess for not a lot, then driven around the country visiting places. Not a bad plan and I think they were planning to sell it when they got down to Heathrow. Anyway, they had a prang - nothing serious but the body work was badly fecked, so a quick sale was unlikely - they offered it to my uncle, and he kindly offered to take it to the scrap yard for them.
Result was I had a free car for a couple of months, which was handy, though I distinctly remember regularly incurring the wrath of other drivers for failing to indicate, simply because the right hand indicators didn't work. I gave it up when I went back to uni. I think my uncle hung onto it for a year or so, in case he got around to fixing it up, but I didn't want it.
mx wcfc
Well-Known Member
The drivers door window winder didn't work too well either!
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
This came up on my feed.
I remember the first time I saw one was in France in the 60s. I fell in love with their weird quirkiness.
This was my favourite though. What style for 1964 compared to U.K. cars of the same period.
I‘d be surprised if anyone remembers them even in France.
I remember the first time I saw one was in France in the 60s. I fell in love with their weird quirkiness.
This was my favourite though. What style for 1964 compared to U.K. cars of the same period.
I‘d be surprised if anyone remembers them even in France.
