One For Classic Car Fans.....

[biggs682]

I think it's rather brilliantly camouflaged against the brick footers

Never noticed that

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

It was huge

I always thought that if I was to get a classic car then that is the sort of thing I might go for

basically just different and rather stupid in a wonderful and impractical sort of way

 

[gbb]

I always thought that if I was to get a classic car then that is the sort of thing I might go for

basically just different and rather stupid in a wonderful and impractical sort of way

I like that, pergaps in the same way id have a Simca 1100 rather than a Ford Cosworth of any kind (just an example)

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Never noticed that

See!

 

[Profpointy]

Austin 3 litre i think. Not sure i ever saw one...ever, so presumably quite a rare car in the first place let alone now

Not a big seller and I guess a failure commercially but I remember seeing the occasional one as a kid. I don't think there was anything particularly wrong with it and it was very comfortable and spacious by all accounts. Presumably the contemporary Rovers, Jags and Mercs had more appeal to the provincial bank managers and managing directors of the time

 

[Drago]

I don't think there was anything particularly wrong with it...

Other than being badly underpowered, seriously thirty, ugly, and more cramped inside than the 1800 from which it was derived due to the shell being modified to take a transmission tunnel...

The ride was supposed to be sumptuous and they were comfortable, but beyond that it lacked all the attributes required of an executive level car.

 

[Ian H]

Other than being badly underpowered, seriously thirty, ugly, and more cramped inside than the 1800 from which it was derived due to the shell being modified to take a transmission tunnel...

The ride was supposed to be sumptuous and they were comfortable, but beyond that it lacked all the attributes required of an executive level car.

A thing I remember from when it was launched was criticism of the appalling fuel consumption, something around 12 mpg as I recall.

 

[DRM]

A thing I remember from when it was launched was criticism of the appalling fuel consumption, something around 12 mpg as I recall.

on a par with it's predecessor, the 3 litre Austin Westminster, which according to my dad "Can pass anything except a petrol station"!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Been seeing about teh death of John Stapleton on the telly

which is sad - he seemed to go some good stuff

but my reaction was also "Wow didn;t realise he was that old"

but I have realised that in reality I realised he was older than us

I just didn;t realise how old I am!!!

 

[ActionMan76]

I've heard them wish I'd never sold it thoughts for years .... What you need to remember is that when ya sold it that;s all it was worth, cos ther were millions of them about .... 30 years later, most are junk, but if someone has a minty sparkly one, you can bet its had £10000 or whatever spent on it to keep it like that .... then all you need is to find two people who want to relive their yooof and away you go ...... a mate of mine fell for that, spend a whole heap on a minty Mk I Golf GTI...to relive his memories of when he was 17 ..... problem is he's not 17 any more and modern cars are way better ..... After a month he had to sel it cos it was too hard to live with as a daily driver..... Memories are way cheaper

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I've heard them wish I'd never sold it thoughts for years .... What you need to remember is that when ya sold it that;s all it was worth, cos ther were millions of them about .... 30 years later, most are junk, but if someone has a minty sparkly one, you can bet its had £10000 or whatever spent on it to keep it like that .... then all you need is to find two people who want to relive their yooof and away you go ...... a mate of mine fell for that, spend a whole heap on a minty Mk I Golf GTI...to relive his memories of when he was 17 ..... problem is he's not 17 any more and modern cars are way better ..... After a month he had to sel it cos it was too hard to live with as a daily driver..... Memories are way cheaper

Yup
people forget that rareness leads to value

so anything that you keep in a nice dry place and keep working will eventually become rare

and if it is the sort of car that doesn;t last long - such as anything that can be souped up and is them likely to end up on the wrong side of a hedge
or anything that is notorious for rusting

becomes rare and increases in value if anyone wants one


so a mint condition Lancia Beta is a shoe in if you put it in dry storage 40 years ago

 

[figbat]

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Grand old thing, 1966 I think S Class. Must have been a hell of a lot of car in its day..

Strictly speaking the W111 predates the introduction of the “S-Klasse” nomenclature, which started in 1972.

It was effectively the S Class of its day though, and what a thing!

 

[Profpointy]

A thing I remember from when it was launched was criticism of the appalling fuel consumption, something around 12 mpg as I recall.

A V8 rover (be it a landy P5 or P6) would be similar to be fair

 

[Drago]

My P6 was around 12 or 13 MPG.

 

[Profpointy]

Other than being badly underpowered, seriously thirty, ugly, and more cramped inside than the 1800 from which it was derived due to the shell being modified to take a transmission tunnel...

The ride was supposed to be sumptuous and they were comfortable, but beyond that it lacked all the attributes required of an executive level car.

But was it really underpowered by the standards of the day, and / or for a sedate luxury(ish) carriage?

By way of comparison my Vitesse with about 90hp was considered a quick car back in the day so the 3litre Austin even if it had only a bit more power, albeit quite a good bit heavier, would still have been reasonable and presumably comparable to a Zephyr, Cresta or Humber of the day