'The Cars That Made Britain Great' Series

[Richard A Thackeray]

Is the mk1 capri to late for the cult car ?

Certainly looked better than the mark 2 (could have been the fact it had a boot?, & not those HUGE headlights)

Mindst you, the mark 3, looked the biz, in The Professionals
http://www.mark-1.co.uk/Professionals/profcars.htm
And, as for the later 2.8i (& 280S)

 

[srw]

Caterham have been in business since 1957

They provided ALL the cars used in the Prisoner including the purpose built one ofr the final episode

Yet there are those who would deny that Caterham have a link

And there are probably even more who don't give a flying fig.

As they say - leave it aht, it's not wuuuurf it.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Certainly looked better than the mark 2 (could have been the fact it had a boot?, & not those HUGE headlights)

Mindst you, the mark 3, looked the biz, in The Professionals
http://www.mark-1.co.uk/Professionals/profcars.htm
And, as for the later 2.8i (& 280S)

The 2.8 ...porn...what is it with Ford and young mens sex drive...they always hit the spot lol

even the vans have it !!

 

[MarkF]

There is a Clan Crusader "project" on Ebay, I like them and Iiked the Rochdale too, it has lines that still look good today.

Still, not as good a looker as the Nova.

 

[midlife]

The 2.8 ...porn...what is it with Ford and young mens sex drive...they always hit the spot lol

even the vans have it !!

I had a poster of a Capri on my wall about 1972. I remember it said "the once in a lifetime car". By the time it came to buy a car all I could afford was an F reg mini van

Shaun

 

[ufkacbln]

And there are probably even more who don't give a flying fig.

As they say - leave it aht, it's not wuuuurf it.

Happy with that

Reality is reality, those who wish to deny it have that right, but I am quite happy to leave this a "case proven"

 

[ufkacbln]

I had a poster of a Capri on my wall about 1972. I remember it said "the once in a lifetime car". By the time it came to buy a car all I could afford was an F reg mini van

Shaun

"My wife doesn't understand me....."


Even after pleading that I am still owed a "mid life crisis"..

she refused hie perfectly reanonable request

 

[threebikesmcginty]

When I was a kid a garage near me used to sell these, I thought they were fantastic although I was a bit put off when I read they only did about 10 mpg.

 

[ufkacbln]

I remember a local story as a teenager....

Local eccentric had a Rolls Royce similar to this:

It had been cleaned on a Sunday morning, driven to the Church 3 miles away, driven home and cleaned

When sold after the sad demise of the owner EVERYTHING was original after 50 years and in immaculate condition

 

[ufkacbln]

OT... and don't forget that Peter Ross, the original designer of the Trice learned his trade at Rolls Royce

 

[Cycleops]

Do you ever manage to say "Ah yes, I got that wrong"?

I think @Cunobelin prefers your 'more subtle form of communication'.

 

[Cycleops]

I remember a local story as a teenager....

Local eccentric had a Rolls Royce similar to this:


It had been cleaned on a Sunday morning, driven to the Church 3 miles away, driven home and cleaned

When sold after the sad demise of the owner EVERYTHING was original after 50 years and in immaculate condition

One instance where the motor trader could truly say one owner, only used it for church, hymn book still in glove compartment.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I used to work on Rolls shadow 1's at my body shop..they were shoot..and full of british leyland parts..they had a wonderfull smell though..

 

[biggs682]

What about Marcos or TVR ?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

What about Marcos or TVR ?

I test-drove a few TVRs, when SWMBO had told me she'd looked at a XKR
(having previously driven Chimera, Griffith 500, & Sagaris on a - 40th birthday - trackday)
The Sagaris was a mental-machine

I was sorely, sorely, tempted by a Cerbera (the 4.5litre model), but wife preferred the lines of the XKR
However, to this day, I'd still have a Griff 500
That's got to be the best application of the Rover V8 (yes.... I know it's originally a Buick engine)
Second best was the Land Rover 101FC