Cars You Never See Anymore

[Duncan2]

My Fiesta failed its MOT on the emissions test the other day (it was suggested that it might have scraped it had i not been using the less expensive unleaded).It occurred to me that even if I sort out all the minor problems that led me to SORN my classic two litre Rover last Autumn-there's every chance that it too will fail an MOT on emissions

 

[Griff]

Bastards to repair/replace I gather. The wooden bits are made up of 50,000 pieces.

Lol! No.

One of the really great Wheeler Dealers was the Morris Traveller episode showing the restoration. Well worth a watch if you can get it.
Thought it would have been a dull one, but it was brilliant.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

Lol! No.

One of the really great Wheeler Dealers was the Morris Traveller episode showing the restoration. Well worth a watch if you can get it.
Thought it would have been a dull one, but it was brilliant.

Mine had one side with the original ash replaced with mahogany…I’m assuming by the old boy I bought it from..the bracket fungus only grew on the ash side..

 

[Puddy_Tat]

My Fiesta failed its MOT on the emissions test the other day (it was suggested that it might have scraped it had i not been using the less expensive unleaded).It occurred to me that even if I sort out all the minor problems that led me to SORN my classic two litre Rover last Autumn-there's every chance that it too will fail an MOT on emissions

Are the rules the same for cars over X age?

I'm aware of 1920s / 30s cars that are still getting MOT'd (on a voluntary basis - they are old enough to be MOT exempt)

Or is your Rover in the awkward age where it's old but not yet qualifying for the historic status?

May be worth talking to garage and / or owners' club / forum before you throw money at it

 

[Sweet FA]

 

[hash tag]

When I got rid of my Capri it was on its last legs and I was lucky that the garage took it in part exchange.
Lots of great times inside that car. happy days.

 

[Duncan2]

Yeah Capris were ace.Mine was only 1.3 but it pulled like a train on the motorway.

 

[Anju]

Spotted this on my way home.

 

[hash tag]

Yeah Capris were ace.Mine was only 1.3 but it pulled like a train on the motorway.

Not to mention rear drive and gliding around bends yet alone corners

 

[co-op]

Capris were awful. There was fuck all "gliding" on a corner quite a lot of waggling.

 

[dessiato]

A colleague had a 1.3 Capri, he thought it was the dog’s. At the time I had a 2.0 HPE. According to him his Capri was massively faster than my Lancia. Even when he couldn‘t keep up with me at all he wouldn’t accept my car was faster.

 

[hash tag]

It was a great fun car to drive, dare I say, show off in ( well some people did).
The HPE was a very decent car appealing to a different type of driver I expect.

 

[Griff]

Mate a year younger than me at school had a Burton tuned 3.0 Mk 3 Capri in the mid '80s, in fact I'm sure he still has it in pieces in his garage.
Went out for a spin with him one day and it was terrifying.
His commute for a few years was here in East London to Southend each day, well before any meaningful speed restrictions (apart from police cars). Surprised he's still alive!

 

[dessiato]

It was a great fun car to drive, dare I say, show off in ( well some people did).
The HPE was a very decent car appealing to a different type of driver I expect.

I think the HPE was, as you suggest, a completely different car. It was quicker and more stylish, very Italian. Lots of little differences compared to U.K. cars of the day. 5 speed box, split rear seats, discs all round, variable windscreen wiper speeds (that should comeback) even things like a foot rest for the left foot etc.

 

[Dogsauce]

There’s a proper ancient capri that‘s usually parked in the same place that I pass on the Aldi shopping run, I must get a picture soon. Looks nothing like the well known 70s version.

 

[dessiato]

One of these?

 

[hash tag]

A pillarless coupe. That looks particularly attractive in that pic.

 

[mx wcfc]

One of these?

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The consul capri is currently my “when I win the lottery” car.

It looks better in red, but that one is excellent.

 

[dessiato]

The consul capri is currently my “when I win the lottery” car.

It looks better in red, but that one is excellent.

My father wanted one in red, even had it for a weekend, mother wouldn’t let him.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

It looks better in red, but that one is excellent.

 

[mx wcfc]

Oh yes. With a white roof too. And those wheels. Proper car porn. Excuse me for a minute.

 

[Dogsauce]

One of these?

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Yes. Stylish little thing.

Since it’s always in the same place I thought I may as well check google streetview to save stopping to take a picture. Didn’t let me down.


(203 Coronation Rd Bristol if you want to look yourself)

 

[Elpenor]

I saw this beauty in Llangollen right by the bridge

 

[Elpenor]

And saw this camper van which looked interesting too at Valle Crucis Abbey on the way up to the Horseshoe Pass (no one was in it when I took the photo)

 

[Elpenor]

Some sort of Volvo owners club meeting at RAF museum, Cosford

 

[Elpenor]

Another much older one

 

[stdP]

Saw a few peculiars on a walk today and I'd taken my camera out with me for once.

Within a few metres of one another, what looks to be (after some wikipedia trawling at least) a left-hand drive Chevy El Camino pick-up:


Not far behind that was a Citroën DS:


...and later on, last and by all means least what I think is a 90s VW Polo with a somewhat dubious body kit:

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Saw a few peculiars on a walk today and I'd taken my camera out with me for once.

meh at chevy

at DS (although looks a bit tired)

lol at VW

 

[BassJunkie]

I particularity enjoy the unlikely "I cruising" sticker.

 

[existentialist]

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I particularity enjoy the unlikely "I cruising" sticker.

The duct tape is a nice touch.