Cars You Never See Anymore

[Saul Goodman]

944

914

 

[waxoyl]

914 correct ,old age porsche 2.0

 

[waxoyl]

Early scirocco, what engine?

 

[dessiato]

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I love the 914. I always wanted one.

 

[waxoyl]

I love the 914. I always wanted one.

Me too love um.

 

[dessiato]

Me too love um.

Especially the 914/6

 

[existentialist]

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Using a rear sidelight set for the front was...innovative

 

[hash tag]

From Brooklands today. I've seen a painters before, but didn't even know this saloon ever existed

 

[dessiato]

Mk3 124 coupe in the background. They were good, not as pretty as the Mk2 though. Bet there’s very few of either left.

 

[Saul Goodman]

View attachment 292133Early scirocco, what engine?

1300cc Polo G40 turbo?

 

[waxoyl]

Am waiting for the person who built it to reply to me. was told it had around 450 bhp. so possibly a G40 turbo

 

[Saul Goodman]

Am waiting for the person who built it to reply to me. was told it had around 450 bhp. so possibly a G40 turbo

I'd say 200ish would be more likely.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Just saw this in town. Shame about the colour match on the door but red is a nightmare to match under sodium lamps. It was really clean otherwise.

 

[waxoyl]

Local car show last month. Won a few first prizes over the years. MK1 ABF on bike carbs
The price of a good tin top these days is madness.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Local car show last month. Won a few first prizes over the years. MK1 ABF on bike carbs

I have a soft spot for Golfs. They were my first FWD car, and they were pretty amazing.
My 16v MK1 wasn't quite as tidy under the bonnet, but I think it was the first 16v MK1 in the UK

 

[waxoyl]

1300cc Polo G40 turbo?

Mk3 golf 1.4 bottom end, early solid lifer polo head, polo g40 supercharger and inlet and a Renault 5 carb.
proper Frankenstein shouldn't really work !

 

[hash tag]

Saw one of thses on Sunday. I know it ws a car show, but it was driven there and home again

 

[Carvaged]

Saw one of these parked in someone's driveway on the weekend. Panned at the time as a rusting pile of Leyland shit but the hydragas suspension was fab:

 

[dessiato]

That suspension was great, until it leaked. Then it was a pain in the arse.

 

[BassJunkie]

The coolest car I've seen in a while. A Nissan Datsun Sunny.

 

[Dogsauce]

I love how it’s proper shabby. Ten points.

 

[hash tag]

The coolest car I've seen in a while. A Nissan Datsun Sunny.


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Shortly after moving to our current place, we were offered a half share in one just so Mrs tag could have a car she could use occasionally. The offer was declined.

 

[19sixtysix]

I never thought I'd hear datsun cherry and cool in same sentence.

 

[Dogsauce]

I never thought I'd hear datsun cherry and cool in same sentence.

It’s great because it’s not cool. There’s thousands of well polished ‘cool’ old golfs, MGs, Beatles etc knocking around to the point of being boring, but something like this in an unloved state is a true survivor.

It’s up there with the particularly unkempt moss-covered Morris Ital I was behind in the queue for the toll booths on the Severn Crossing a few years back, it looked like the owner had been keeping sheep in it.

 

[Elpenor]

When I dealt with abandoned cars at the council Datsun Cherry seemed to be the most common type that was abandoned.

 

[19sixtysix]

It’s great because it’s not cool. There’s thousands of well polished ‘cool’ old golfs, MGs, Beatles etc knocking around to the point of being boring, but something like this in an unloved state is a true survivor.

It’s up there with the particularly unkempt moss-covered Morris Ital I was behind in the queue for the toll booths on the Severn Crossing a few years back, it looked like the owner had been keeping sheep in it.

I own an Austin Maxi

 

[Saul Goodman]

I own an Austin Maxi

((((((((19sixtysix))))))))

 

[dessiato]

I own an Austin Maxi

Pics please.

 

[hash tag]

I own an Austin Maxi

Is it still on the road?

 

[Saul Goodman]

Is it still on the road?

Most of them are, although a few did make it home.