Cars You Never See Anymore

[mx wcfc]

Saw this today. Debadged. I can’t remember what it is. Anyone?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Saw this today. Debadged. I can’t remember what it is. Anyone?

Looks like a Cortina that's been mucked about with a lot

 

[Griff]

It's a Ford Corsair.

 

[dessiato]

Saw this today. Debadged. I can’t remember what it is. Anyone?View attachment 329088

Ford Corsair

 

[mx wcfc]

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Ford Corsair

Yeah, That's it. realised as soon as I saw Griff 's post. The back does look a lot like a MKII Cortina though Puddy_Tat

 

[hash tag]

This is regularly parked here. Good nick for something out and about

 

[hash tag]

 

[MrCurry]

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Is it electric?

 

[hash tag]

Doubtful

 

[not-bono-ever]

It's a Ford Corsair.

Wonder if it has the V4 in it still ?

 

[spring-peeper]

Every Canada Day, our parade has a collection of old and vintage cars.
I forgot my camera, but did see these two on facebook.







any idea what they are?

 

[blairsh]

Top ones a Plymouth Duster.

 

[High Voltage]

Bottom one looks like a 1970 Dodge Coronet Super Bee

 

[spring-peeper]

Bottom one looks like a 1970 Dodge Coronet Super Bee

ah - that would explain all the stuffed bee toys!!!

 

[Griff]

Off to see something old and Swedish tomorrow morning...

 

[hash tag]

A volvo

 

[Griff]

Yep.

 

[Spymaster]

Ah. Was going to ask you to say hi to Britt Ekland from me.

 

[hash tag]

Yep.

P1800?

 

[Griff]

Unfortunatly they're too expensive these days and I loved my old one to death so to get my old Volvo fix:


A 1969 two door 131 Amazon.

 

[plurker]

to get my old Volvo fix

I was at my father in law's this weekend.

It's very much an 'I'll get round to it one day' project... he's nearly 80, so I suspect I'll have to get round to it myself, one day...

 

[Griff]

So the long old trip to deepest Suffolk yesterday was well worth it.

Picking this up on Saturday after a new boot-lid, front wing and wider dish wheels/tyres are all fitted.

It sounds and drives an absolute dream and soooo much quicker than you'd imagine a 53 year old car should be.

Can't wait. .

 

[pogofish]

An immaculate pus-coloured MK2 Escort on my way home from work yesterday.

 

[hash tag]

At this year's festival of unexceptional cars.....https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/events-articles/10-marvellously-mundane-cars-to-get-you-mildly-excited-about-the-2022-hagerty-festival-of-the-unexceptional/

 

[Elpenor]

Didn’t get close enough to see model but saw a 1977 bronze Austin when out earlier (I memorised number plate as I was almost home and looked it up)

 

[Griff]

So 1977 would have been an Allegro, a Maxi or an 18/22 Series. Can't think of another Austin from that year.

 

[Elpenor]

Cheers, had a Google and think it’s an Allegro

Don’t know what it is with old cars, I’m not a car buff at all, for me they’re purely functional, but I do like seeing the old ones on the road

 

[stdP]

Don’t know what it is with old cars, I’m not a car buff at all, for me they’re purely functional, but I do like seeing the old ones on the road

Ditto for me - I don't even drive. Part of it I think is a nostalgia thing; on visiting my folks a couple of years ago I saw someone driving around the same Ford Orion F-reg I walked past every day for school (I still remember the number plate) and wondering if it was still the same driver, and that's what piqued my interest in this thread in the first place. Part of it's an aesthetic thing, because IMHO even if I don't like the individual designs, there was at least a lot more variation in styling up until the 90s. But mostly I think I like the fact that there's a bunch of people out there who've got a stubborn attachment to an object and even if it's not especially beautiful they still don't treat the cars - especially what were once everyday ones - as disposable assets.

 

[dessiato]

Ditto for me - I don't even drive. Part of it I think is a nostalgia thing; on visiting my folks a couple of years ago I saw someone driving around the same Ford Orion F-reg I walked past every day for school (I still remember the number plate) and wondering if it was still the same driver, and that's what piqued my interest in this thread in the first place. Part of it's an aesthetic thing, because IMHO even if I don't like the individual designs, there was at least a lot more variation in styling up until the 90s. But mostly I think I like the fact that there's a bunch of people out there who've got a stubborn attachment to an object and even if it's not especially beautiful they still don't treat the cars - especially what were once everyday ones - as disposable assets.

I am a petrol head, I've been one for years. I come at this from a different direction, perhaps. But I thoroughly understand your point.

Modern cars don't really grab me the way earlier ones do.

My favourite period is the 70s. In those days I could identify any car, and a lot of them by their engine note.

 

[stdP]

I am a petrol head, I've been one for years. I come at this from a different direction, perhaps. But I thoroughly understand your point.

Modern cars don't really grab me the way earlier ones do.

My favourite period is the 70s. In those days I could identify any car, and a lot of them by their engine note.

I think moving to London put me off cars for good; no-one drives here, there's too much traffic. The thought of learning to drive here filled me with a vague sense of terror that I've never really gotten over.

I did wonder if the whole "old cars prettier than new cars" thing was just an old fogey affectation akin to "kids' music these days is just noise" or if there really is just very little differentiation between most car designs these days. Probably my favourite period was the 50s and 60s - the XK140 I posted a while back is up there as one of my all-time favourites (I regard it as even prettier than the E-Type).