One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Richard A Thackeray]

Super car fest at Sywell aerodrome this weekend so avoid like the plague as loads of people using public roads to show off on.

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Forget the 'supercars', i want the 'series 1' Range-Rover!

 

[tyred]

Seen quite a few classics today.

VW van

Forward control LR

Lexus, but not sure about the wheels.

An Orion! Haven't seen one in years. There is also a BL Mini hiding behind the wall and an early Sierra behind the house.

A Vauxhall PA Creata. First I've ever seen in real life. I've always admired the transatlantic styling and Vauxhall design flair that seems to have got lost enroute to the Mokka! This one is clearly getting some TLC.

 

[tyred]

I also saw a Saab 9000 saloon and a MK3 Cortina but both where in motion and I didn't manage a photo.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Seen quite a few classics today.

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Forward control LR
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A Vauxhall PA Creata. First I've ever seen in real life. I've always admired the transatlantic styling and Vauxhall design flair that seems to have got lost enroute to the Mokka! This one is clearly getting some TLC.

PA Crestas are great
That said, l’d still prefer a mk2 Zodiac/Zephyr
(love the 80s custom mk1 though, when it looked fairly standard apart from a 302ci V8, & nice wheels)


101FC
Good fun to drive, even allowing for that awkwardly placed gear-lever & a diminutive steering wheel (low geared steering helps)
Scary as hell on ‘Bar-Grips’ in the rain/greasy roads!!!

I drove a friends a few times (he was a member of ‘Calder Clarion’)

 

[tyred]

I think its rarity was down to it being so ugly nobody bought it!

I used to think they were ugly too, but the Nissan Puke Juke moved the ugly stakes a lot higher!

 

[AndyRM]

I used to think they were ugly too, but the Nissan Puke Juke moved the ugly stakes a lot higher!

Doesn't beat a Multipla though, which looks like a horizontal cut and shut...

 

[Ian H]

Doesn't beat a Multipla though, which looks like a horizontal cut and shut...

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I like cars that dare to be original. It was a shame that Fiat lost their nerve with the later version.
Talking of oddities I saw a Citroen Mehari pootling through the town the other day.

 

[AndyRM]

I like cars that dare to be original. It was a shame that Fiat lost their nerve with the later version.
Talking of oddities I saw a Citroen Mehari pootling through the town the other day.

I've nothing against originality, but the Multipla is bogging. Although I agree, the later ones just looked like a bigger version of the Panda.

Meharis are very cool.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Brilliant cars, the MK1.

 

[Jameshow]

I used to think they were ugly too, but the Nissan Puke Juke moved the ugly stakes a lot higher!

Sassong Rodius for the win?!!

 

[tyred]

I've spotted this beauty in the queue for the ferry, but taking an elderly Alfa to the sea and onboard a ferry

As Sergeant Wilson would say, "Do you think that's wise, sir?"

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I've spotted this beauty in the queue for the ferry, but taking an elderly Alfa to the sea and onboard a ferry

As Sergeant Wilson would say, "Do you think that's wise, sir?"

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One of my wife’s favourite cars, and mine.

That one has averaged around 100 miles a year since 2007!

 

[Ian H]

Much prettier than later models.

 

[biggs682]

Much prettier than later models.

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I had one of them in blue with a cream band it was FUN to own and drive

 

[tyred]

Today's spots. The Citroen driver has drove in 3000 km from The Netherlands and no problems apart from losing a hubcap.