One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Cavalol]

Lovely looking car is the SM, just as the CX is. Reckon you'd have to bordering on insane to try and keep one in daily use mind.

 

[MarkF]

I had a colleague that had one, and they went on professional training, as the cars could quite easily kill/injure you, being a rather quick shopping trolly.

He he, I think "Widowmaker" is stretching it a bit! There have been a few (far, far faster) motorcycles known under that monicker, but come on, it's a modern Honda car, you can't fall off it or anything..........

 

[Cavalol]

He he, I think "Widowmaker" is stretching it a bit! There have been a few (far, far faster) motorcycles known under that monicker, but come on, it's a modern Honda car, you can't fall off it or anything..........

Absolutely. I reckon coming a cropper on a Kawasaki H2 is going to end far more badly than ditching a 911.

 

[tyred]

Spotted a few classics about on my recent tour including this slightly tatty Volvo 121 which is in everyday use(I was talking to the owner, he was walking his dog on the beach).

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Spotted a few classics about on my recent tour including this slightly tatty Volvo 121 which is in everyday use(I was talking to the owner, he was walking his dog on the beach).
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Gorgeous!!
I'd love one, but a 2-door
Even more so, the estate

 

[tyred]

I also saw this Renault 1000 van - being used for touring.camping by a Dutch couple. There apparently two of these vans in Ireland (and 22 in Holland - or so he told me).



I know many car enthusiasts hanker after Ferraris, Aston Martins or E-types and other expensive exotica but it is quirky, unusual but practical vehicles like this which interest me.

 

[booze and cake]

From ye olden days, back when Mercedes made nice looking cars.

 

[Profpointy]

Gorgeous!!
I'd love one, but a 2-door
Even more so, the estate

One of my former neighbours had exactly that. It had been the car of his childhood and he'd always wanted one.

 

[Profpointy]

From ye olden days, back when Mercedes made nice looking cars.
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Those old mercs are lovely, whether the sports cars or the old fin tail barges, or the even older 50s saloons from the spy movies

And as you say, the modern ones are mostly hideous

 

[tyred]

I'm just wondering if anyone can identify this. I saw it sitting outside a house recently whilst cycling.

 

[Proto]

From ye olden days, back when Mercedes made nice looking cars.
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Deffo in my top 5 all time fave cars, possibly #1

Citroen DS, Citroen SM, Alfa Giulia 1750 (in race mode), Ferrari Dino might be the others, but it’s a very moveable feast.

PS sold my 2CV when my wife and I decided to go travelling, just nowhere to keep it. Kept my Audi TT QS though, I think it’s a great looking car, goes well too, and it’s now sitting in a container somewhere in Oxfordshire. No idea when I’ll see it again. Might be a year or more.

 

[swee'pea99]

From ye olden days, back when Mercedes made nice looking cars.
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Lovely. My mate had one. Boy was it thirsty. He couldn't really afford to actually go anywhere in it, and TBH I think he was mostly relieved when it got nicked.

 

[Oldfentiger]

I'm just wondering if anyone can identify this. I saw it sitting outside a house recently whilst cycling.
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Armstrong Siddely 18Hp. 1952ish

 

[tyred]

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Armstrong Siddely 18Hp. 1952ish

Thanks for that. I like to know these things. I wonder will it ever make it back on the road.

 

[booze and cake]

I love this curvaceous old Ford Custom Deluxe, even the rear lights are bulbous. Dates from the early 1950's, polishing all that chrome looks quite a task.