Cars You Never See Anymore
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pseudonarcissus
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The best think is opening the bonnet with the little winged A
mx wcfc
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That is gorgeous.
Stick an electric engine in it, modernise it (air con/electric windows, decent wipers etc) and I'd buy it.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I don't think I ever saw one that didn't come in a colour best described as "grimy". In my day, those things were driven by people so old they hadn't had to take a driving test, and it showed.
stdP
One Swiss dinosaur in Polly Gosling's anorak hood
It's rare enough to see this sort of thing sitting still but I was lucky enough to be overtaking this Bentley as a passenger somewhere between London and Brum a few weeks back - a running Bentley 4.5L with a supercharger, aka the "Blower Bentley".
You can't see in this shot, but it's registration GP 1630 as detailed here.
You can't see in this shot, but it's registration GP 1630 as detailed here.
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Brilliantly engineered, goes well around corners and £30+ grand 
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The original front-wheel-drive hot hatch is homing in on 50 years-old - time to get reacquainted
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Saul Goodman
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I wish I'd kept mine. I fitted a 16v engine from a Mk2, then sold it for about £2.5k.Brilliantly engineered, goes well around corners and £30+ grand
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The original front-wheel-drive hot hatch is homing in on 50 years-old - time to get reacquainted
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I bought a cabby Mk1 for my wife, but she didn’t get to drive it much. I loved it. We wish we’d kept it.Brilliantly engineered, goes well around corners and £30+ grand
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The original front-wheel-drive hot hatch is homing in on 50 years-old - time to get reacquainted
Leafster
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On my way back from the pub last Friday a spotted a very tired NSU Ro80 in someone's front garden.
It wasn't the sort of house it would be easy to take a photo without including their front room so I thought better of it. If I'm walking past again and it's in a better position I might try again.
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It wasn't the sort of house it would be easy to take a photo without including their front room so I thought better of it. If I'm walking past again and it's in a better position I might try again.
For reference:
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On my way back from the pub last Friday a spotted a very tired NSU Ro80 in someone's front garden.
It wasn't the sort of house it would be easy to take a photo without including their front room so I thought better of it. If I'm walking past again and it's in a better position I might try again.
For reference:
Didn’t they often have their engine replaced with a V4 Ford?
Leafster
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I think you might be right.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I don't know what it qualifies as, but you can drive one on a motorbike licence.
Leafster
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I know it's probably turning into Horseshoe Lane but the way the photo's cropped and the car concerned I can't help but think it's Horseshit Lane.
Storm Fox
Trying the find the next noun to verb
I thought you could only drive it on a motorcycle license if it didn't have a reverse gear. I believe at least with other cars you could disable the reverse gear.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I believe they came with the reverse gear optionally blanked off...
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
Wankel !
Leafster
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That looks to be in amazing condition.
A friend at Uni had one. She called hers Bertie Anglebox.
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My grandfather bought one new. He used it to go from Grimsby to the Isle of Skye once a year for a holiday. He put seat covers on to protect the seats, and covers on to protect the seat covers. It was perfect. He sold it after about ten years with less than 20k on it
What were those weird looking Indian made electric cars? About a decade ago I'd see quite a few out and about and often in wealthy areas of London. I guess electric car technology has moved on a lot because I can't remember the last time I saw one.
MrCurry
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This 2.0 1991 Celica is for sale for under £2k not far from me. Not exactly a car you never see any more, but getting rarer. The bodywork is shot but it looks fairly clean inside. I’m tempted as surely a bodywork specialist could clean it up for under a grand, then if well presented it might fetch more than you’d spent on it if sold on. Or sit on it and let it appreciate in value as they become more and more scarce?
At the other end of the scale there’s a tidy looking 1990 Celica 4WD turbo Carlos Sainz edition locally for around £20k.
What will happen to the value of all these classic cars after electric have fully taken over and petrol filling stations become a rarity?
At the other end of the scale there’s a tidy looking 1990 Celica 4WD turbo Carlos Sainz edition locally for around £20k.
What will happen to the value of all these classic cars after electric have fully taken over and petrol filling stations become a rarity?
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mx wcfc
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There's quite an industry building up converting old classics to electric. They may have life left, though maybe not for your fundamentalist petrolheads.
MrCurry
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In that case, I guess buying a classic with impeccable bodywork which is discounted because of engine trouble makes sense. The limited edition Carlos Sainz Celica might not be worth much if you ditch the tuned turbo engine and electrify it.
