Cars You Never See Anymore

[Griff]

Drove one of the very few PV544s in the country back in the '90s before getting my 1800S. Quite a fun old thing.

 

[weltweit]

There was a time I'm when carmakers used to push their designs a little bit further forward then I certainly and I think a few others were quite ready for.

Ford for example with the Sierra and their American style Grenada and then there Mondeo I think went a little bit too far. That said a few years after the launch I have got completely used to them.

 

[hash tag]

There was a time I'm when carmakers used to push their designs a little bit further forward then I certainly and I think a few others were quite ready for.

Ford for example with the Sierra and their American style Grenada and then there Mondeo I think went a little bit too far. That said a few years after the launch I have got completely used to them.

That used to be the case with many cars. Stand out cars would include the zodiac copying the big Americans of the day, the Daimler dart, going back further, the Austin Atlantic or more modern the Triumph Ital. Today's cars are as boring as hell by comparison.

 

[Griff]

Reckon I could name most cars of the '60s/'70s just from their profile, these days I wouldn't have a clue or couldn't give a toss.

 

[dessiato]

Reckon I could name most cars of the '60s/'70s just from their profile, these days I wouldn't have a clue or couldn't give a toss.

Same here. Cars have become so lacklustre.

 

[SysOut]

Reckon I could name most cars of the '60s/'70s just from their profile, these days I wouldn't have a clue or couldn't give a toss.

They're just too generic. Some look as if they're just been re-badged. Which is about all I do nowadays when walking along: try and recognise badges. Useful since quite a few vehicules don't even show the name of the maker.

 

[hash tag]

Reckon I could name most cars of the '60s/'70s just from their profile, these days I wouldn't have a clue or couldn't give a toss.

Your starter for 10. I saw this very motor yesterday (no cheating )

 

[Griff]

Innocenti bodied Triumph?

Bit of a difficult one to start with.

 

[Leafster]

I'm going to guess at an MG with a body by Vignale.

I'm probably way off!

 

[dessiato]

I don’t know! It’s nagging at me because I recognise, it but can’t think what it is!

 

[Griff]

Looks like me and Leafster almost got it.

Triumph Italia by Vignale.

 

[SysOut]

A Sunbeam Alpine?

 

[hash tag]

Looks like me and Leafster almost got it.

Triumph Italia by Vignale.

Spot on It was at the Brits at Beaulieu yesterday Triumph Italia - Wikipedia
A poor show really. There were very few Fords, TVR's, just 2 Astons, 2 Jensens, I don't remember a single Vauxhall even.
I have seen many better turnouts at Brooklands.

 

[SysOut]

A Sunbeam Alpine?

hash tag , I don't go to meets, so my guess was from decades old memory. Couldn't remember the radiator though.... :sad

 

[Sweet FA]

1991 Saab 900 and a '92 Skoda, both in good (and original?) nick.



1995 Winnebago Rialto* (converted 1999) and a 1989 VW T3 Holdsworth Villa 3 Hightop ('fitted initially with either 60 or 78 bhp water cooled petrol engines or 50 bhp diesel or 70 bhp turbo diesel water cooled engines' )



*bloke had it up for sale for 10k last month...

 

[hash tag]

Re: the Saab; a neighbour has a cherished black one, kept undercover and funnily enough I saw a red one only yesterday

 

[dessiato]

I wish I'd kept my yellow 900 convertible. Best car I've ever owned, and a fantastic colour.

 

[Sweet FA]

Deceptively roomy those Skodas; could get up to 6 metalheads in one bitd.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Reliant Scimitar. Which I only know because the owner has left a handy information sheet in the front windscreen for the benefit of interested passers by.

Fewer than 600 of this version were ever built.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

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Reliant Scimitar. Which I only know because the owner has left a handy information sheet in the front windscreen for the benefit of interested passers by.

Fewer than 600 of this version were ever built.

My dad had one...the colour scheme was "champagne and tobacco" ...that is to say beige with a brown stripe down the side...there was a hole in the bonnet for a hood ornament..great cars though

 

[hash tag]

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Reliant Scimitar. Which I only know because the owner has left a handy information sheet in the front windscreen for the benefit of interested passers by.

Fewer than 600 of this version were ever built.

Yet again, I saw one earlier today while out on a call. Its red, belongs to a mate and has a slow puncture on front nearside tyre
It's one of 8 cars he owns (or owned). He has spoken of flogging them all to buy an Aston DBS

 

[High Voltage]

Reckon I could name most cars of the '60s/'70s just from their profile, these days I wouldn't have a clue or couldn't give a toss.

I could barely name the manufacturer now, let alone the car's actual model

 

[hash tag]

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Reliant Scimitar. Which I only know because the owner has left a handy information sheet in the front windscreen for the benefit of interested passers by.

Fewer than 600 of this version were ever built.

courtesy of street view

 

[SpookyFrank]

Looking

courtesy of street view

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A bit short on wing mirrors though

 

[Sweet FA]

Now going to spam all the vehicle threads...

 

[Sweet FA]

 

[Sweet FA]

 

[hash tag]

Love the Pontiac's, of course.

 

[SysOut]

Like the Cortina. Used to watch Jim Clark at Brands Hatch in his Lotus Cortina and its famous front-wheel hop

 

[Sweet FA]

Dunno what was in the Volvo but sounded V8.

Also love the baby seat in the back