Cars You Never See Anymore
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Starry Wisdom
not-bono-ever
meh
Not seen on British streets since 1919
ETA- Pics of Tanks on Clydeside just waiting for the masses to kick off
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DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
I had one and ruined it by putting a 525e engine in it and making it a track day car that I crashed at Spa. What I should have done was a 100 point restoration and then put it in the shed for 10 years.
coley
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Keeryist, hydroelastic suspension, thons a 'blast from the past' 1100s, Minis etc, when yer teeth started rattling, pop along to the local garage and for 2/6p you could manually replenish your suspensionA bit more about land crabs...
"The Austin 1800's nickname came about as a result of a casual comment by an Australian journalist, who when taking rally pictures from a helicopter through a telephoto lens remarked that the cars looked like "Land Crabs" as they cornered sideways. They were first called Post Office Land Crabs due to their red and white livery. On paper the 1800 falls into what Abingdon called the "Barge" category they were heavy – 1150kg kerb weight without the rally equipment and big both inside and out! But their saving grace was the much maligned Hydrolastic suspension combined with the strongest bodyshells ever made by Longbridge gave this middle management tourer a unique ability to travel quickly over rough rally roads."
Landcrab Rally History
coley
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One of my favourite cars, if I had seen this at the time, I might have seriously considered chasing it up.
Had mine for 4 years, never a spot of bother, except for the dreaded 'hydroelastics'
coley
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Wtf are they?
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
coley
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To my undying shame, the joke name around here was 'Hillman limp" Christ, we were a callous bunch.I honestly and truthfully promise that at no time ever since the late 70s or so, did schoolkids (like us wronguns at that time) ever refer to those as 'spazz chariots' ever again ....
But in retrospect, though casually callous, more genuinely caring than today's generation. Sorry, off topic.
Now, the Austin Westminster ( or was it the Cambridge) my first car, Huge bliddy thing, dove grey, full leather interior with walnut trim, could seat three in the front(??)
Lovely car, bought 2d hand but in lovely condition for £72 in 71.
Worst car? Ford Zepyr, thon orrrible thing with the swept back rear window!
Though in close second was an original pre 89 skoda
Most other cars on here are standard, fairly reliable, models compared to the utter( but interesting) Shyte that was the late 60s early 70s.
coley
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Buggerinhell, they look more 'modern' than our 'ferrets'
coley
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Not sure, but I think that's me on the left
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Should have a Lexus badge on them.Buggerinhell, they look more 'modern' than our 'ferrets'
Idris2002
Christmas Eve, you know?
"The acid kicked in somewhere outside of Zagreb"
dessiato
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I'd forgotten about them. They were such a good car, they seem not to have achieved desirability/collectibility the way they ought.
eta This one looks like a bargain for a bit of fun in the summer
Toyota MR2 1.8 VVT-i Roadster 2dr
not-bono-ever
meh
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Ax^
Silly Rabbit
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
The 124 Spyder fills that niche for Fiat now and nobody buys those! Also, it would almost certainly have to be a turbo which is more difficult (expensive) to package in a mid-engined platform. Which is also the reason why Toyota won't do another MR2.
dessiato
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A friend of mine had one. He said it handled better than his Porsche. The interior build quality was appalling, the seats started coming apart after 10k miles. The dealer refused to acknowledge their responsibility, but Fiat took full responsibility and replaced the seats free.
