One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Badger_Boom]

Monday 22nd

A 2-door!!
There can’t be that many around, in comparison to the 4-door saloon?


‘Stanley Ferry Marina’
(where the Aire & Calder Navigation Canal crosses the River Calder)
Stanley
Wakefield

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https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/823405

I'm not sure about rarity. Production figures are sketchy but Morris/BMC seem to have built approximately twice as many two door as four door saloons, and a lot fewer Travellers.

 

[tyred]

Spotted an MGB yesterday.

 

[mistyoptic]

Seen today at Wharf Station, Tywyn

 

[Jenkins]

Today's random find - a Renault Clio V6 on the way to Needham Market

 

[Profpointy]

Today's random find - a Renault Clio V6 on the way to Needham Market
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I take it it's the rear engine rallyish one

 

[Jenkins]

I take it it's the rear engine rallyish one

Yep - 3 Litre mid mounted V6 engine with rear wheel drive.

 

[Profpointy]

Yep - 3 Litre mid mounted V6 engine with rear wheel drive.

I remember the Renault 5 equivalent and indeed the metro 6r4 but not realised there was a Cleo too

 

[Drago]

I remember the Renault 5 equivalent and indeed the metro 6r4 but not realised there was a Cleo too

Aye. The numbers were impressive for the time in a Top Trumps kind of way, but in reality they were less than a second quicker than a 182 which had a boot and rear seats, and which cost half as much.

The first version had very suspect handling and was considered a bit of a widowmaker. It was hastily revised, the handling tamed and it was a better car, but still slower than a lot of less expensive tin.

Rarity and rose tinted specs makes people pay strong money for them today. Never really did it for me.

 

[biggs682]

Today's random find - a Renault Clio V6 on the way to Needham Market
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There's one of them in a house garage just down the road, it sounds good

 

[biggs682]

I take it it's the rear engine rallyish one

The earlier version was more successful and loud

https://www.renault.co.uk/renault-sport-news/john-price.html

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

I remember the Renault 5 equivalent and indeed the metro 6r4 but not realised there was a Cleo too

My mate had the lesser Renault 5 Gordini Turbo way back in the late 80's. I had a brand new Nova SR at the time and the 5 was faster, but not by a huge margin. One thing I always remember about the Gordini is that I felt like I was in a sardine tin and always felt really unsafe. Getting back into the Nova, to me at the time felt like getting into a Volvo in comparison to a 5. It was a long time ago and could imagine a Nova would feel really unsafe and flimsy these days. The Nova was a lot better built car than a Renault 5, to me anyway.

 

[Drago]

 

[Drago]

 

[biggs682]

Where was that @Drago ?

The 1600e looks lovely

 

[Drago]

Hardingstone fete. There was a bigger car show kver the road at Wootton, but being a Hardingstone Parish Councillor id have been beaten up if I'd wandered across.

The 1600E was indeed lovely. The Ro80 was all original paint.