One For Classic Car Fans.....

[DRM]

Proper G-Wagen doing what it does best, on tour East Germany, checking out what the Soviets are up to, not a poncy footballer/drug dealer version

 

[DRM]

Where I used to work, in Leeds (photographic company '86 - 97'), we got a few new 'G plated' Escort Combis(?.... estate car, but blanked off sides & no rear seats)
They were diesels, I collected one of them from the sign-writers, with (from memory) about 20 miles on it
It felt good. but the seats were appalling
To get my position, the lumbar support was going to snap my spine, allowing for the spine gave me shoulder support that made me understand the phrase ' To Bend Over Backwards'
Not long after, I got a lift from a collegue who had a mk3 hatch on bigger wheels/low-profile tyres
My god, it was rough - it made a Series Land Rover on seized leaf-springs look like air-ride!!!

Between them, quite probably the worst seats & the worst ride of any car I've driven/been in................. until I had the grave misfortune to briefly drive a B*W X5 on big wheels



A friend had a mk3 Astra as a 'black & white' taxi
Apparantly, Wakefield Council states (or did) that 'B&Ws' have to be less than 5 years old (??)
Brian sold it, at that age, with over350,000miles showing (on original engine/'box) to a mini-cabber, who put another 100,000 on it!!
Yes, it was the Isuzu 1.7TD

Which photo processors was it, was it the one at Crown Point? can't remember the name now

 

[rockyroller]

learned to drive a stick on a yellow Datsun 240 Z in 1977. it was my social studies teacher's car. it was student car wash day & I jokingly asked if I could take it for a spin, unaware of it's transmission & he tossed me the keys & said sure! a friend jumped in with me & gave me some tips then me & Sherry took it for a drive around town. I kept stalling it at lights & Sherry was laughing uncontrollably. she was unconsolable. she had (has) a great laugh. we eventually made it back alive, but that was fun & terrifying

something like this one

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Which photo processors was it, was it the one at Crown Point? can't remember the name now

Yes

 

[DRM]

Yes

I was at your competitor in Gildersome, our lab manager went down there, was a great bloke, especially when compared with the clown we ended up with

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I was at your competitor in Gildersome, our lab manager went down there, was a great bloke, especially when compared with the clown we ended up with

I was there 86 - March 97

 

[DRM]

I was there 86 - March 97

I was at the other place from 1985 to 1995, so you would have known the manager from ours that went there

 

[Profpointy]

Used to fancy a G-Wagen when they were first launched, but was wary of the steel body as opposed to the Landy's alu one. Hmm.
But never went there anyway - !

Landy bodies may have been aluminium but the steel chassis rusted like buggery

 

[raleighnut]

Landy bodies may have been aluminium but the steel chassis rusted like buggery

yep a bloke I worked with re-chassied his mk2 over about 3 weeks at work, I should explain. It was an injection moulding place and there were 2 of us machine minding and packing whilst Dave was the 'setter' so until something went wrong he was just twiddling his thumbs and the macines were relatively new so rarely needed any attention so with the owners permission he set the new chassis on axle stands up near the engineering section (they made their own tooling) and swapped everything over and made a new wiring loom (not difficult as it was a 2 and a 1/4 Diesel)

 

[MntnMan62]

I have a few classic cars that, if I win the almost $1 billion lottery jackpot tomorrow, I would buy in a heartbeat for my classic car collection. I believe these are among the most beautiful cars ever made.

1967 Ford Mustang Coupe and Convertible

Jaguar E Type, Convertible and Coupe

Triumph TR6

Porsche 356B Roadster

Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupe and Convertible

Shelby Cobra

Aston Martin DB5 Superleggera

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I was at the other place from 1985 to 1995, so you would have known the manager from ours that went there

Probably, trying to think of names
Some I remember with fondness
The 'big boss' & Mike, his technical director

Landy bodies may have been aluminium but the steel chassis rusted like buggery

Then there was the galvanitic corrosion horrors.....

 

[rockyroller]

I have a few classic cars that, if I win the almost $1 billion lottery jackpot tomorrow, I would buy in a heartbeat for my classic car collection. I believe these are among the most beautiful cars ever made.

I would love to mush a cpl of those together for this:

The Thomas Crown Affair is a remake from the original film from 1968. The car is featured in the film is a 1968 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500.

View: https://youtu.be/o98T66d-eGk

 

[MntnMan62]

I would love to mush a cpl of those together for this:

The Thomas Crown Affair is a remake from the original film from 1968. The car is featured in the film is a 1968 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500.

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View: https://youtu.be/o98T66d-eGk

The reason I have an affection for the 1967 version is because my father had one in powder blue. 6 cylinder, 3 speed manual. He ended up selling it for $600 just as I was about to get my learners permit to drive. He then went out and bought a 1979 Mustang. 4 cylinder with A/C, power everything. When you stomped on the gas the car would literally whine and barely moved. I never let him hear the end of that one. And that Shelby is one gorgeous specimen. Add that to my collection as well.

 

[Profpointy]

Probably, trying to think of names
Some I remember with fondness
The 'big boss' & Mike, his technical director


Then there was the galvanitic corrosion horrors.....

ah yes, aluminium bolted to steel, without the slightest thought about corrosion implictions

 

[DRM]

Probably, trying to think of names
Some I remember with fondness
The 'big boss' & Mike, his technical director


Then there was the galvanitic corrosion horrors.....

There was Derek Tranter, good boss, the Mike was I think in tech services at ours, can’t think of his surname now, iirc was from Nottingham area originally