Is There A Sudden Fad for Classic Cars Amongst The Membership?

[biggs682]

It's fair to say a lot of us have fond memories of car's we have owned previously or car's our parents had .

My father use to have the old two stroke Saab's whilst other parents had Anglia's , I love my parents

 

[Levo-Lon]

Best not talk about mint motorcycles we sold that should have been put away...by this time next year Rodders..

 

[woodbutcher]

Best not talk about mint motorcycles we sold that should have been put away...by this time next year Rodders..

Too many to count except for the last one and it ain't going anywhere soon

 

[Illaveago]

Just seen this whilst casually surfing: not too sure what to make of it!

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'Tis a 1949 Delahaye 175 S Saoutchik Roadster.

A bit difficult finding a parking space for it !

Lovely colour .

 

[raleighnut]

Looks like a poor man's Roller.

A lot lower, the first time I saw one I thought it was a Cadillac/Oldsmobile, the doors are about 6 feet long.

They also did a Convertible version.

 

[Cavalol]

We probably all look back and cringe at selling stuff that would be worth a fortune today.
The thing is, at the time most of us had to sell one motor to buy the next, so a garage full of KH250s, a GT380 and Lord knows how many others sadly never happened.

 

[Chris S]

I often see a Ford Probe near where my mother lives. I believe that this is based on a Mazda, I used to think they looked really boring back in the 90's, but the blandness/sameness of modern cars makes me think it looks pretty cool now..

One of my former colleagues bought a new Ford Probe. It was back in the garage every few months under warranty. That was 20 years ago, they'd be absolute rubbish by now.

 

[Profpointy]

One of my former colleagues bought a new Ford Probe. It was back in the garage every few months under warranty. That was 20 years ago, they'd be absolute rubbish by now.

Surely after 20 years they'd have managed to fix everything :-)

 

[Chris S]

Looks like a poor man's Roller.

And that's a bad thing?

 

[Chris S]

It always sticks in my mind it had a crazy manual gear lever sticking out of the dashboard, horizontally that was pushed in and out and rotated.

That was because the gearbox was in front of the engine, the connecting rod had to go over it.

 

[Cavalol]

Pretty sure the vile looking Probe is actually a Mazda underneath. Supposedly Ford said it'd take them years to knock a rival to the Calibra up and that was their answer.

Went off Fords for years, driven mostly Vauxhall now for 25-30 years but have got a couple of 1.7 Pumas, they're an absolute riot to drive.

 

[derrick]

I'm really not big on cars at all. However, this does strike me as such an outstanding piece of aesthetic design (particularly given the context of when it was made):

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And just because it seems so 1950's/60's in design and because it strikes me as being so.... so..... British (replete with the smell of Ready Rub tobacco, the feel of velvetine suede, the look of a smoking jacket and half expecting a green baize billiards table in the back) :

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I had a rover for a couple of years and loved it, but got rid of it when petrol went over a £1.00 a gallon.

 

[Levo-Lon]

One of my former colleagues bought a new Ford Probe. It was back in the garage every few months under warranty. That was 20 years ago, they'd be absolute rubbish by now.

Lol they were rubbish then

 

[Smokin Joe]

All cars are history.

Time to move on without them.


Well it is for me.

Nip out and have a look round, they are a long way off being history.

 

[mustang1]

I've always hankered after the earlier model of the CRX vtec (late 80s / early 90s) - I still really like the look of them.

Fiat X1/9 as well, but those will disintegrate if you so much as breathe on them. A Delta Integrale would seriously float my boat, but a decent one is a tad, umm... spendy.

Those first CRXes are (were) like gold dust. My bro had a silver one and later a blue VTEC model. I think 86 and 89 iirc.