One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Drago]

Rover V8 135ish on the earliest P6s up to 190ish on the SD1 Vitesse. The likes of TVR and Marcos got a lot more out of them but there often wasn't much left of the original motor by the time they'd finished.

My P6 was adept and turning petrol into quite a nice noise, but with not a huge amount in the way of thrust as a by product. Still, when you think a 1.2 family car with 50BHP was typical in the 60s then 135 must have felt like Thor himself throwing a tantrum.

 

[gbb]

Harry’s XJC has just sold for £157,500 at the NEC Classic Car Show
It’s a manual too!


View: https://youtu.be/P_GNk0Yn6lg?si=_gQ9NNk4k4iM5jm3

https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/1978-jaguar-xjc-rec16093-2-nec-1125?pn=1&el=34632&pp=100
https://jec.org.uk/2025/harrys-garages-star-car-to-be-sold-at-auction/

Going backlog around 1980, wwe had a nearby neighbour who had...I'm sure I'm remembering it right, a Jaguar that he converted to look like the XJC. The entire roof at that time was rubbed down, showed signs of filler and was waiting for paint. With hindsight, it may have been an XJC that was having superficial work done on the roof,.I perhaps had.never seen an XJC at that time so maybe jumped to the wrong conclusion

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Citroen H - V8, anyone?


View: https://youtu.be/FdFG47GF6gg?si=R9nUFHjLyF-VsKpR

 

[biggs682]

To be fair I've never driven a V6 ford, whether Essex or Cologne flavours but I'd guess a large(ish) capacity old fashioned engine would have more low down torque than a revy small turbo

Had a few over the years a 3 litre Essex in a TVR was fantastic, then a 2.8 and a 2.9 in Sierra 4x4's which went ok all things considered.

Driven a couple of turbo technics breathed on 2.8 and 2.9's with 250+hp the 2.8's were a single T3 turbo which needed a bit of spinning up but the 2.9's were twin t25's so a bit smaller and they spun up a little quicker.

The best being the minker which we all had drives in for one reason or another https://www.fordpower.org.uk/nik/mink.html

 

[Drago]

I've been in a TT Sierra V6 in the late 80's. Now you know why my Y fronts are so badly stained. Only 300 odd brake, which is puny these days, but in car with panels wrought from bacofoil and weighing 1.2 tonnes it was rather nippy.

 

[Profpointy]

Couple in London a week or so back. The cute little Fiat was the (for the time) hooligan Abarth version

And just a bit further along this America monstrosity.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

And just a bit further along this America monstrosity.

Was it, by any chance, driven by a short, chubby guy with a moustache and a snub-nosed .38?

 

[tyred]

Spotted this 190E yesterday. Not sure about it's "makeover," but clearly a well-cared and loved car.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Was it, by any chance, driven by a short, chubby guy with a moustache and a snub-nosed .38?

Or a pimp, giving information, to 2 Detectives in a red (with a white 'hockey stick' stripe) Ford Torino

 

[Drago]

Was it, by any chance, driven by a short, chubby guy with a moustache and a snub-nosed .38?

@Accy cyclist falls foul of the law.


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KlapulaDcyY&pp=ygUVTWFnbnVtIGZvcmNlIHNqb290aW5n

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Or a pimp, giving information, to 2 Detectives in a red (with a white 'hockey stick' stripe) Ford Torino

Nah, it was definitely Frank Cannon (William Conrad) of the LAPD…

 

[Bonefish Blues]

@Accy cyclist falls foul of the law.


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KlapulaDcyY&pp=ygUVTWFnbnVtIGZvcmNlIHNqb290aW5n

Blimey, the Leeds and Liverpool's a lot wider than I expected.

 

[Drago]

You'll note how Accy went to great effort to flash his new driving gloves at the camera as he was shot.

 

[Gunk]

Nice early split screen Morris Minor spotted in Witney today

 

[Profpointy]

Nah, it was definitely Frank Cannon (William Conrad) of the LAPD…


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Wasn't he a private detective like Rockford
or Marlow?