One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Smokin Joe]

My list would be full of cars I shouldn't have touched with a bargepole.

 

[Ian H]

Elderly left-hand drive Ford in the High Street. [edit: I didn't notice a blue badge on the dash]

 

[Ian H]

And a pair this morning. Dunno what make, but they both had the authentic gangster rumble noise.

 

[Ian H]

And a pair this morning. Dunno what make, but they both had the authentic gangster rumble noise.

I discovered that they are Pontiacs from the 60s.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I discovered that they are Pontiacs from the 60s.

The red one is a GTO (maybe better known in this country, in a customised form as the 'Monkee-Mobile')
Catalina Station Wagon; h-u-g-e inside!!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

The list of cars I should not have sold:

1971 Rover P6 V8.

I'd still like a P5B Coupe

Or a 2-door Range Rover (early production, with the vinyl seats)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Funnily enough, given my (prophetic) words above, this was out on the road-side, as I went to work at dinner-time
Normally it's on the driveway (with a VW 'bay window' camper)

 

[tyred]

The campsite I stayed at last night had some sort of Citreon club meet thing going on. I believe that there were over 30 2CV/Dyane/Visa/AX etc there earlier in the day but not all were staying over and some had booked into hotels/B&Bs so were elsewhere. I must admit a love of cheap and cheerful French cars and the owners were very friendly and also very interested in my 205.



Also note the 508 beside my 205 to represent younger Gallic automobiles. Could have done with a Renault or Simca to complete the set

The rough looking 2CV beside the C15 campervan with boot box thingy is the owener's only car since 1985.

 

[Reynard]

Ooooooh, my mum had a Dyane 6 when I was growing up.

You could hear it coming from a mile away!

 

[tyred]

Also randomly came across some classics at a garage on my ride earlier today, mostly Fords.

Fords 60s thru to the the 90s. Granadas have actually become a really rare car.

Escort MKIII

MKII Cortina

Granadas


'80s Datsun Patrol

BMW E21 - don't know enough about BMs to know if this a genuine Alpina or not but I suspect it probably is. Valuable piece of kit if it is. Note Cosworth in behind it.


MKIII Golf GTI and BMW 316.


I assume the MKII Golf is awaiting restoration. Looks complete and basically sound but would love to know what happened the front wing. An early Golf MKII with later bumpers.

 

[Drago]

My Mum's fellers daily winter drive is a Granada. His summer drive is a Renault 25 V6 Turbo.

The E21 looks like a real Alpina, albeit the wheels are wrong.

 

[tyred]

My Mum's fellers daily winter drive is a Granada. His summer drive is a Renault 25 V6 Turbo.

MKI, II or III?

My late uncle had a long love affair with Granadas and I remember him with a MKII 2.8 Ghia and then several hatchback MKIII Ghias and finally the saloon 2.9 Scorpio which he kept for far longer than usual as Ford had ceased production and he refused to even consider the front wheel Mondeo. He did eventually replace it with one of the bug-eyed E class Mercs which he said was an inferior car in nearly every respect in terms of comfort and refinement and it was also during Merc's rusty phase and needed the wings replaced and a respray under warranty!

Renault 25s are thin on the ground too. I'd prefer a Pug 505 though if I was after big French metal.

 

[Salar]

Another Granada Scorpio V6 driver here. Was a company car in white, drivers used to slow down when seeing it, thinking I was plod .

 

[screenman]

The list of cars I should not have sold:

1971 Rover P6 V8.

I would not know where to start on that one, the 1978 308gts with 28,000 miles on that went for £25.000 only 12 years ago is now making £100,000.

 

[Jenkins]

Heading down into Stradishall this afternoon and this caught my eye. I do like a big Citroen estate.