One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Ian H]

Couple of classic vans recently

This appealing old Citroen bread van seemed to be a runner albeit could do with a with a coat of paint.

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An old friend, who was not only a cyclist but also a Citroen enthusiast, took his last journey to the crematorium in an H-van hearse.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Truck-rod?

Hell yes!!!



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[biggs682]

Two from this morning's ride

A mark 2 Mr2

Then a Fiat Uno

 

[Gwylan]

I believe it is. Another kit-car with a chequered history. Hillman Imp powered.

Using Hilman Imp and powered in the same sentence requires a negative or perjorative

 

[Gwylan]

Tidy Lexus LS400 which I could quite happily own given the chance, quick tidy on front wing/bumper area slap on a private plate and a perfect executive travel.

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Bit of a marmite one this Nissan Figaro

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Often driven by deluded fat birds

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Two from this morning's ride

A mark 2 Mr2
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Then a Fiat Uno
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There’s a mk2 MR2 near daughter & chaps house, partially covered with a tarpaulin

Plus, a few years ago (date 'stamp' - 2014), I came back one morning, to find this outside the house (MR2 underpinnings?)



We had 4 Unos, ‘back in the day’

1. ‘F’ 3-door petrol
Castle Bolton, or Redmire (North Yorkshire) after a weekend away


2. ‘H’ 3-door petrol (no photo that I can find on hard-drives)

3. 5-door petrol
North Yorkshire


Black Rock Sands
Porthmadoc


4. ‘L’ 3-door diesel
Torside Reservoir, in the 'Woodhead Chain'


5. Followed by a ‘M’ Punto 3-door turbo-diesel
Father-in-laws (but he wasn't at that time.. yet) 'M' Tempra behind, both bought on same day


(last 3 were bought new)

6. Then a hateful Tempra estate, that put us off FIATs for a lot of few years (till into the 2010s)



When these were bought, I wanted a Fabia, to go with my Octavia, but there were better deals at the FIAT dealer
'61' plate

 

[biggs682]

Driven quite a few Mr2's back in the day either company cars or customers cars in for service at the Toyota garages that I worked at , good fun .

One company I worked for gave us diesel Fiat Bravo's as our company cars they were good and survived better than the Golfs that replaced them that's for sure.

 

[Ian H]

Seen today, but no pics: a Morris* Minor pick-up, shiny and tonneaued; and a green TR3 with the hood down.

*Unless of course it was a late model with an Austin badge.

 

[gbb]

Using Hilman Imp and powered in the same sentence requires a negative or perjorative

Iirc they were a very light and tunable engine.
Even back around 1975, I remember going to a Vintage Motorcycle Club meet where they were doing 1/4 mile standing starts. There was among mostly Velocetres, Vincent's, AJS's and the usual, some homebrews which included an Imp engined bike, it literally vroom vroomed,, a very unique sound, fastest bike by a country mile,. It obv beat the vintages but all the oddities as well
I can still smell that meet, oil, fuel, rubber, ...and noise. Brilliant...

 

[gbb]

Using Hilman Imp and powered in the same sentence requires a negative or perjorative

Iirc they were a very light and tunable engine.
Even back around 1975, I remember going to a Vintage Motorcycle Club meet where they were doing 1/4 mile standing starts. There was among mostly Velocetres, Vincent's, AJS's and the usual, some homebrews which included an Imp engined bike, it literally vroom vroomed,, a very unique sound, fastest bike by a country mile,. It obv beat the vintages but all the oddities as well
I can still smell that meet, oil, fuel, rubber, ...and noise. Brilliant...

 

[Drago]

Iirc they were a very light and tunable engine.

Indeed. Developed from a fire pump engine, IIRC. Alloy, quite advanced in sk e ways, very tune able, moderately popular for home brewed 4 cylinder motorbike conversions BITD.

I think the under developed and half baked installation in the rear of the Imp was more the problem than the actual motor itself,

 

[Gwylan]

Indeed. Developed from a fire pump engine, IIRC. Alloy, quite advanced in sk e ways, very tune able, moderately popular for home brewed 4 cylinder motorbike conversions BITD.

I think the under developed and half baked installation in the rear of the Imp was more the problem than the actual motor itself,

I know, I drove an Imp. Not mine.
It could be encouraged to move.
Had to be driven a bit hard though.

What ever happened to the owner? It was a messy end.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Driven quite a few Mr2's back in the day either company cars or customers cars in for service at the Toyota garages that I worked at , good fun .

One company I worked for gave us diesel Fiat Bravo's as our company cars they were good and survived better than the Golfs that replaced them that's for sure.

Many years ago, the Transport Department, at the Hospital I work at had Tempras (or whatever the 5-door hatchback was called) as general runabouts, ie; lab samples/post/medical records/xray packets between sites

 

[raleighnut]

Indeed. Developed from a fire pump engine, IIRC. Alloy, quite advanced in sk e ways, very tune able, moderately popular for home brewed 4 cylinder motorbike conversions BITD.

I think the under developed and half baked installation in the rear of the Imp was more the problem than the actual motor itself,

There were quite a few Imp powered sidecar outfits, mainly Windle frames. Not eligible for 'grand prix' events (500cc limit) but used in 'National' and Clubman events. Largely supplanted in the mid 70's by Yamaha TZ 750 (and 700cc) motors which were lighter and more powerful.
The wheel has gone 'full circle' now though with a lot of 'hot' Imps using 4 cylinder BMW motorbike engines (K1000)

 

[biggs682]

A few classic cars at Earls Barton show this morning not as many as previous years.

Hard to choose just one