One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Deleted member 26715]

I'd love to own a Supermirafiori!

Until MOT time, I owned one in the mid to late 80's when it was 10ish years old, got it in exchange for some work I'd done & the guy was skint, it didn't run as there had been an electric fire in the glovebox, or at least a melting of a lot of wires. I spliced all the wires back as they should with new & got it running again, came with 9 months MOT so happily used it, awesome engine, would outrun any Ford or Vauxhall, towed the caravan great, that was until I took it for it's MOT.

He started & less than 5 minutes in he shouted over to me "Are you serious about me testing this?" Why asked I, "Come over here & I'll show you" I went over, he'd got the bonnet up, he had me put my feet either side of the front wheel, then said "Look down there, can you see your feet?" "Yes" was my response, "Well you're not supposed to be able too, that's where the inner wing should be" His exact words could not be typed on a public forum, but I'm sure you get the idea.

Fantastic mechanicals, but naff electrics & very hungry tin worm

 

[raleighnut]

My daughter (18) has been taking pics of these mundane 70's cars like they are the coolest thing she's ever seen!

Aye, Maz's Grand Daughters think my old Thorens Turntable is fantastic.

 

[MarkF]

Coolio.

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[Cavalol]

Yes, to my shame I used to run my L20p on that very stuff. It was about £12 for 20 litres from Costco, so in effect half price fuel.

Likewise, was about the same when I ran the 306 on it. To be honest, it's not massively (in the general scheme of things) more now. My local chippy gets it for me at £15 for 20 litres. The Ford Galaxy doesn't mind it too much, but it needs diesel in the mix too, whereas the 306 would run veg oil only and did exactly that for 3,000 blissful miles.

 

[Profpointy]

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Although they did handle rather like laden super-tankers.

I had a lift in a mate's one and felt ok as a passenger - and I think you can tell a boat like car like a mk3 cortina from something quite tight even as a passenger

 

[biggs682]

Some yank tanks spotted at Sywell airfield this morning

And then this huge estate wagon

 

[Drago]

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I like that. The handbrake has failed and you're desperately trying to stop it rolling off the cliff, but looking so casual while doing so.

 

[biggs682]

Met up with an old mate last Friday pm

He has a nice collection of cars including 1 of these https://www.evo.co.uk/features/15474/25-years-of-the-mercedes-benz-190e-25-16-evolution-ii it's one of 5 in the Uk and meant to be the only 1 in the Uk in regular use .

I didn't take a picture of his but here is one from Google

 

[Profpointy]

Met up with an old mate last Friday pm

He has a nice collection of cars including 1 of these https://www.evo.co.uk/features/15474/25-years-of-the-mercedes-benz-190e-25-16-evolution-ii it's one of 5 in the Uk and meant to be the only 1 in the Uk in regular use .

I didn't take a picture of his but here is one from Google

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I know it takes all sorts, but I can't help thinking that's a respectable taxi that someone has glued a load of fiberglass tat onto - and I know it isn't really
The chromy mercs from 10 (or more) years previously on the other hand are very pretty

 

[booze and cake]

I saw these two in Bristol. I haven't seen one of these for ages. My Dad had an orange one in the 80's that was killed in a knock-for-knock head on collision in a single lane country road with a Volvo 244 estate. Front engine Volvo tank 1, Rear engine VW, 0.

This colour is better than orange and its in great condition, a VW Variant. I've never seen a car with its own sun visor before.

And this is not classic but made me laugh out loud. A Nissan Micra with a Rolls Royce front grill and a Jetsons style bubble in the roof.

 

[Ian H]

...I haven't seen one of these for ages. My Dad had an orange one in the 80's that was killed in a knock-for-knock head on collision in a single lane country road with a Volvo 244 estate. Front engine Volvo tank 1, Rear engine VW, 0.

This colour is better than orange and its in great condition, a VW Variant. I've never seen a car with its own sun visor before.
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I once owned its big brother, an early 2-door 411 in 2-tone blue.
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[Drago]

I remember as a kid one of our neighbours crashed his VW Variant and snuffed it. I vaguely remember he was a butcher.

 

[Salar]

Not sure you could call it a classic, most of them have rusted away now.

Our old 1993 Honda CRX Del Sol 1.6 VTEC. with steel roof which stored in the boot. Long gone now.

Had three Honda VTEC engined cars, the best being my old Prelude 2.2 VTEC. But we loved the open top Del Sol.

 

[tyred]

I saw these two in Bristol. I haven't seen one of these for ages. My Dad had an orange one in the 80's that was killed in a knock-for-knock head on collision in a single lane country road with a Volvo 244 estate. Front engine Volvo tank 1, Rear engine VW, 0.

This colour is better than orange and its in great condition, a VW Variant. I've never seen a car with its own sun visor before.
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I'd like one of those. A Beetle with more practicality added in. What's not to like.

 

[booze and cake]

These used to be everywhere but I don't see many of them anymore. A Rover P6, which Wiki just informed me was the winner of the first ever European Car of the Year in 1964. This is a 1971 version with the manual transmission and the V8 engine.

It's no wonder my perception of growing up in the 70's is drab with an awful colour palette. We were surrounded by colour abominations everywhere, the car and sofa colours from this period clearly still haunt me. Seriously what car manufacturer these days would consider releasing a car in a brown and beige colour scheme? But despite that I like the look of it and think its aged well, and this one is seemingly in great condition.