Cars You Never See Anymore
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19sixtysix
Life as viewed from a Gay Gorbals Garret
Not at moment though I have a plan. It's mot and tax exempt which allows a bit of freedom to get it to right garages for fixing without involving transport and it to be parked on street when needed. An MoT is always the goal as proof of road worthiness.
Leafster
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I don't remember there being an Imp Estate. Was this a conversion?
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
I half remember there being both an estate and a van.
Leafster
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pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
this tread is resembling my circa 1972 I-Spy book of cars
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Wish I could find out the number of the imp my parents had to check if it’s still around, Dad bought it off someone he worked with in the mid 80s, it was immaculate with only 40 odd thousand on the clock, one lady owner who just drove it a mile or two to work every day and I think kept it in a garage. It got traded in for a sporty fiesta after a couple of years and was then sat on the forecourt of the car dealership for £650 but was already a bit of a classic by then, hope it got taken on by an enthusiast rather than a banger for a boy racer.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Only? It'd be like Trigger's broom at that stage
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Driving up the hill on the M5 from Clevedon we got overtaken by a Robin Reliant. I suspect that humiliation was part of the motivation for my dad to finally trade it in for the Fiesta 1.4 sport.Only? It'd be like Trigger's broom at that stage
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
The Reliant Robin had an Imp engine, didn't it?
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
That's
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
No idea. It probably didn’t have four kids/teenagers in it plus driver which may have been an advantage,
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Don't know where to put this so I will put it here.
I offered help to bump start a car recently to be met with "better not it might be a diesel" wtf says I I bumped a diesel in the past. "no" says them "it can damage the injectors!" ..
I never heard anything about this, is there any truth in it?
I offered help to bump start a car recently to be met with "better not it might be a diesel" wtf says I I bumped a diesel in the past. "no" says them "it can damage the injectors!" ..
I never heard anything about this, is there any truth in it?
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
No.
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
the robin ran on beans
The engine was built by Beans Industies, who then bought Reliant our of bankruptcy in the 90s
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
I can't see how it would damage the injectors but it could easily monster the clutch.
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
Love the hydraulic jacks which make tyre changes ”an exhilarating experience“!
I’d gladly have those fitted to my car as I’ve always found car wheel changes to be a knackering experience.I’m not sure the one with the plastic and aluminium canopy would be much good in a rollover accident though.
not-bono-ever
meh
good quality vauxhall slabs are getting rare- havent seen a viva for a decade. This listing for a viscount is beautiful tho- an actual proper bard find
This pic is great
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This pic is great
mx wcfc
Well-Known Member
I've done that same walk, and taken similar pics. Mainly on my way to the Kings Head before getting the train home. Never seen one as good as that really old Citroen in the first pic though.
Don't remember seeing Morris Minors though. Apparently, there's a specialist "Old Citroen" garage near there. Maybe they are diversifying!
mx wcfc
Well-Known Member
It's a genuine "wtf" moment the first time you wander down there and see them though. Sort of "Oooh that's a nice old Citroen DS, I'll take a pic of that" then "hang on, there's another". "and another".they have been a local feature for some time.
at Citroen DS
