Cars You Never See Anymore

[Dogsauce]

Fabulous colour on that mini. Presumably a respray from the condition but still good. Apple green?

 

[domestos]

Shh. Keep it on the lowdown or the advertisers notice and shoehorn them into an ad for some crap insurance or lifestyle junk and the cars' values rocket.

 

[hash tag]

If you want a classic green mini, just £26,000, don't let me stop you

Here's a great example for you which just showed up on my radar. How much for a 1978 mini, albeit in good condition, a thousand, two thousand, ten thousand? And the rest Hurst Park Automobiles Mini 1275GT

 

[Leafster]

If you want a classic green mini, just £26,000, don't let me stop you

Seeing adverts for classic minis always sets me off looking for one.

I had two (one after the other) at the end of 1970s and the start of the 1980s.

It's a waste of time me looking as I have nowhere to keep one.

But I still look.

 

[hash tag]

Seeing adverts for classic minis always sets me off looking for one.

I had two (one after the other) at the end of 1970s and the start of the 1980s.

It's a waste of time me looking as I have nowhere to keep one.

But I still look.

The only mini I have been in is my daughters BMW

 

[Leafster]

The only mini I have been in is my daughters BMW

I sometimes used to get given a BMW Mini Clubman as a courtesy car when I took my BMW to the dealer for a service. I actually like the current Clubman variant from BMW although it's nothing like an original Mini.

 

[8ball]

When I was a kid my Dad had a really old minivan.
No seat belts, and had to pull a cord to open the door.

It was about 50% fibreglass where bits had rusted away.

(pic for illustrative purposes only)

 

[hash tag]

eee, when I were a bit younger, my pa sometimes had to deliver or pick up stuff for the place he worked at in Croydon often to somehwere near Leicester.
If I were off school, I could go along, in this

 

[Leafster]

I saw a Volvo 244 at lunchtime. Not only was it a saloon but it was also brown.

Didn't get a photo as I was driving but it was just like this.

 

[Dogsauce]

Inauthentic black plate alert!

 

[Leafster]

Today's Supermarket Surprise was this Sunbeam Supreme (aka Sunbeam MkIII or Sunbeam Talbot 90).

 

[Leafster]

I've just found a Youtube video of this actual car when it was offered for sale.

Fun fact I've just learnt - a Sunbeam Mk III won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1955.

 

[hash tag]

She looks well looked after as well.

 

[Leafster]

She looks well looked after as well.

I had furtive nose around it in the car park and it looked spotless.

 

[dessiato]

I'm contemplating buying an old car to keep as a hobby. I thought maybe a Minor or A30/35. Something to just potter with. If I do it'll be next year probably.

 

[hash tag]

There are some lovely mini,s around for sale dessiato Classic Cars Mini 1275 For Sale | Car and Classic

1970 Mini Cooper S in United Kingdom - For Sale | Car & C...

1970 Mini Cooper S in United Kingdom - For Sale | Car & Classic, £125,000 NOW IN STOCK... one of the rarest Mini Coopers in the World! We...

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[dessiato]

There are some lovely mini,s around for sale dessiato Classic Cars Mini 1275 For Sale | Car and Classic

1970 Mini Cooper S in United Kingdom - For Sale | Car & C...

1970 Mini Cooper S in United Kingdom - For Sale | Car & Classic, £125,000 NOW IN STOCK... one of the rarest Mini Coopers in the World! We...

www.carandclassic.com

No. I don't fancy another Mini. I've some in the past, and recently a BMW Cooper S Clubman.

eta I thought I'd read the price right, then I looked again! That's a lot of money!

 

[hash tag]

No. I don't fancy another Mini. I've some in the past, and recently a BMW Cooper S Clubman.

eta I thought I'd read the price right, then I looked again! That's a lot of money!

I've seen a Cooper for sale in last day or two for just £55,000

 

[stdP]

A couple of BMWs for today. The first was pretty much the Rolls Royce of the local boy racers back in the day - I saw many a lass "picked up" from secondary school/sixth form by a legendary prick in one of these back in the day who'd evidently outgrown his fibreglass-clad Corsa even if he hadn't outgrown schoolgirls. Much like his car, I've no idea if the "M" badge on the back of this is entirely legitimate since it also reads as a 318i whereas I think a legit one would only read M3.


Somewhat less triggering of unhappy childhood memories was this rather spiffy looking number of what I think is a BMW 2002 Cabriolet. I was only able to get the one shot of it sadly.


Edit: post above reminded me, I got a truly awful shot of what I think may have been one of the last "classic" MkVII Mini's, a ~2000 X-reg. This was taken from the end of a long driveway at about two in the morning lit only by a distant street lamp, hence the image quality is terrible:

 

[Dogsauce]

Apple green again. A winning colour, especially with that much chrome.

 

[DownwardDog]

A couple of BMWs for today. The first was pretty much the Rolls Royce of the local boy racers back in the day - I saw many a lass "picked up" from secondary school/sixth form by a legendary prick in one of these back in the day who'd evidently outgrown his fibreglass-clad Corsa even if he hadn't outgrown schoolgirls. Much like his car, I've no idea if the "M" badge on the back of this is entirely legitimate since it also reads as a 318i whereas I think a legit one would only read M3.
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That's an E30 and dates from the gilded age before BMW would put an 'M' on anything. The only E30 M car was the M3 which was a 2 door wide body and was fabulous.

 

[marty21]

When I was a kid my Dad had a really old minivan.
No seat belts, and had to pull a cord to open the door.

It was about 50% fibreglass where bits had rusted away.

(pic for illustrative purposes only)

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We had one of those when I was a kid , in red, Mum and Dad in the front, 4 kids rolling around in the back

 

[Leafster]

I saw a Corniche convertible in the supermarket carpark yesterday (I didn't take photo). What surprised me more than anything was how easily it fitted into the parking space. I've always thought of them as barges but compared to modern SUVs they don't seem that big at all.

 

[Leafster]

A couple of BMWs for today. The first was pretty much the Rolls Royce of the local boy racers back in the day - I saw many a lass "picked up" from secondary school/sixth form by a legendary prick in one of these back in the day who'd evidently outgrown his fibreglass-clad Corsa even if he hadn't outgrown schoolgirls. Much like his car, I've no idea if the "M" badge on the back of this is entirely legitimate since it also reads as a 318i whereas I think a legit one would only read M3.
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Somewhat less triggering of unhappy childhood memories was this rather spiffy looking number of what I think is a BMW 2002 Cabriolet. I was only able to get the one shot of it sadly.
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Edit: post above reminded me, I got a truly awful shot of what I think may have been one of the last "classic" MkVII Mini's, a ~2000 X-reg. This was taken from the end of a long driveway at about two in the morning lit only by a distant street lamp, hence the image quality is terrible:
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I had an BMW '02 Touring 2000 so I have soft spot for any of the models in the range. I prefer the look of the earlier full convertible to the 'targa-top' but I don't think they ever fitted the 2ltr engine to it.

 

[Dogsauce]

Nice elderly micra in Aldi a few days ago, 30 odd years old by my reckoning, with a local reg plate. Nice vintage ‘Vehicle Watch’ sticker on the windscreen too. Non-hipster owners, slightly scruffy looking older couple, which kind of makes it cooler.

 

[Elpenor]

That parking though!

 

[DownwardDog]

I saw a Corniche convertible in the supermarket carpark yesterday (I didn't take photo). What surprised me more than anything was how easily it fitted into the parking space. I've always thought of them as barges but compared to modern SUVs they don't seem that big at all.

Love that. Absolute nightmare of an ownership proposition though.

 

[Elpenor]

Spotted in Cilgerran near Cardigan

A rather old rover. Possessions in the back suggested it’s still used

 

[High Voltage]

From on my walking route

 

[hash tag]

Spotted in Cilgerran near Cardigan

A rather old rover. Possessions in the back suggested it’s still used
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It certainly looks like it has been used if not cared for very well.