One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Kevberlin]

Did anyone else see the ‘Wheeler Dealers’ episode a few nights ago, with the Cortina P100?

Laying aside any personal view on Mike Brewer, this is where he got it from
What a collection!

!http://www.carcavescotland.co.uk/

Unusually for me I missed that WD episode.
A couple of years back that very dealer had a lovely Honda 250RS that I missed out on by a couple of hours.
Nice looking collection. 👍👍👍

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Unusually for me I missed that WD episode.
A couple of years back that very dealer had a lovely Honda 250RS that I missed out on by a couple of hours.
Nice looking collection. 👍👍👍

XR8s!!
I’ve seen one ‘self-build’, in a Cosworth style
It looked just like standard Cosworth, barring ‘302’ decals at the bottom of the doors

 

[Kevberlin]

XR8 is a new one on me.
I like the VW Fastback……..my dad had one…….quirky, nippy and quite roomy

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

XR8 is a new one on me.
I like the VW Fastback……..my dad had one…….quirky, nippy and quite roomy

Official builds out there, I seem to recall them featuring in 'Car' (or maybe 'Autocar', 'Motor'?) of the time, & them being impressed by them
I guess it was before we got the Cosworth-Sierra??? (& as a 4-door, more practical, if not as 'sporty')
Although, the thought of a 'wagon' XR8 is quite intriguing!!!

As mentioned above, this is the 'self-build'

 

[Kevberlin]

My best pal bought a Sierra Cosworth in or around 1991. It was a beast of a car.
His £1100 car insurance bill wasn’t so attractive, but he didn’t care. In contrast I was driving a 1300 beetle at the time.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I'm sure I saw this, on a driveway yesterday morning, if not it was another estate, in approximately the same colour

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/one-for-classic-car-fans.208154/page-108#post-6609241

 

[Kevberlin]

Lovely. In 1978, on finishing my education, I picked up a Singer Vogue saloon version of the Hunter. Lovely wood dashboard and trimmings, with 1725cc engine. My dad was a car lover and had a Hunter too.
I saw similar this summer at a car show on the Welsh borders. Just 38k on the clock, and, if I recall, one previous owner

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Did anyone else see the ‘Wheeler Dealers’ episode a few nights ago, with the Cortina P100?

Laying aside any personal view on Mike Brewer, this is where he got it from
What a collection!

!http://www.carcavescotland.co.uk/

Ooh!!, in their 'Sold' listings, they had a Volvo B122
http://www.carcavescotland.co.uk/classic-cars-stock/volvo-122s-ruddspeed

I like the VW Fastback……..my dad had one…….quirky, nippy and quite roomy

I like this Varient. in the 'Sold' listings
http://www.carcavescotland.co.uk/classic-cars-stock/vw-variant-411-le

 

[Kevberlin]

That 411 is the dogs nadgers.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

 

[Ian H]

Ooh!!, in their 'Sold' listings, they had a Volvo B122
http://www.carcavescotland.co.uk/classic-cars-stock/volvo-122s-ruddspeed

I like this Varient. in the 'Sold' listings
http://www.carcavescotland.co.uk/classic-cars-stock/vw-variant-411-le

I owned the couple version many years ago. It was fast, comfortable and quiet as I recall. It had a petrol-fuelled auxiliary heater. The reason so few of these still exist is that the heater pipes ran through the sills - the insulation around the pipes got soaked with water and the inevitable happened.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

19 year old owns a car, 10 years older than his grandmother
His sentiment about using them, rather than seeing them immobile in a museum has its own merits

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgpjpr35nko

 

[Kevberlin]

19 year old owns a car, 10 years older than his grandmother
His sentiment about using them, rather than seeing them immobile in a museum has its own merits

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgpjpr35nko

Very quirky, but I’d have advised him to by-pass years 1939-1945.

 

[Jameshow]

Very quirky, but I’d have advised him to by-pass years 1939-1945.

Right at home at haworths 40's weekend! Loads of them!
Makes them happy!!;

 

[Profpointy]

Very quirky, but I’d have advised him to by-pass years 1939-1945.

A Bren carrier or Scammell artillery tractor would be pretty cool