Cars of the seventies and eighties that you still like the look of

[Jameshow]

The definately dont suit Jags.

Square ones!👍

 

[Gunk]

The original 244/245 had round lights recessed in square bezels.

and square lights for the 260/265

 

[grldtnr]

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Tiff Nidell had one of those, he said he trailed his track day racer to the tracks with it, be something simple and light a Midget or some such, but hevis a racing driver.

 

[BrumJim]

BMW M1 and Aston Martin Lagonda are at the top of my list.
Triumph Stag and Triumph 2000 Mk2.
Porsche 928
Alfa Romeo Spider
More conventionally:
Ford Cortina Mk3

 

[grldtnr]

I liked the William Lyons big Jags , had a lovely ring to from the starter motor , plush leather acres of room ,and the burr wood dash! Luvverly.
Also I liked the Austin 1100/ 1300 , with that hydragas suspension, I'd have one now if I had somewhere to park it.

 

[Jody]

.....Aston Martin Lagonda are at the top of my list.

I know someone down your way who has a Lagonda sat gathering dust in a workshop.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I had a W-reg 2 litre job, but a less startling colour. I think it was called "Tara green" (metallic), and looked a bit like, although my wheels were better and the bodywork had no dents.

Very comfortable - would be great on today's ###tty pot-holed roads. It gave sterling service one cold winter in Yorkshire, when I had to venture out up Wharfedale in deep snow to give someone a tow!

Alas, it drank more oil than the Bertolli family.

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I was actually being a bit sarcastic. I thought the Princess was a horrible looking car, and babyshit yellow sand glow a horrible colour.

It did have some advanced tech for its time. It had fuel consumption display and an automated voice (called Margaret by my dad, for obvious reasons) who said things like "handbrake on" and other fancy features that were very futuristic for the late 70s.

As a teenaged new driver I found it a bit of a lump. It had no power steering and the curve of the bonnet meant forward visibility was a bit restricted.

 

[lazybloke]

I was actually being a bit sarcastic. I thought the Princess was a horrible looking car, and babyshit yellow sand glow a horrible colour.

No s##t!

It did have some advanced tech for its time. It had fuel consumption display and an automated voice (called Margaret by my dad, for obvious reasons) who said things like "handbrake on" and other fancy features that were very futuristic for the late 70s.

Ooh, mine didn't do that (thankfully). I can't think of many worse things than a talking handbrake; i don't even like (or want) electric/electronic handbrakes.

As a teenaged new driver I found it a bit of a lump. It had no power steering

My other princess did have power steering, which seemed advanced for a 70s registration. Possibly it was needed because of the weight of the straight six engine. And yes, it was in the same poonami colour as in your pic.

and the curve of the bonnet meant forward visibility was a bit restricted.

Oh yes, I liked the shape (to look at), but had forgotten it was difficult to park or turn in tight places; although i was a very inexperienced driver at the time; visibility might not be seem so bad now.

 

[gbb]

Mk1 Cavalier. One of the nicest cars I owned and I think they would still look cool today.

I had the Opel Ascona 2.0 SR, effectively the same car. One I look back on with pleasure

 

[gbb]

Gotta be my dad's car. I give you the Austin Princess in classic Sand Glow.
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Looked even more stylish when the brown vynyl stuff at the back started cracking and peeling off.

Dad brought one s/h in the late 70s perhaps. It broke down on the way back...it wasn't serious (can't remember what) and after that, he liked it.

 

[Sixmile]

It was maybe around 1990 after his Morris Marina was rusted beyond its useable life that my dad bought a red 1982 Vauxhall Chevette. Boys we hated that thing - you could get a glimpse of the road if you lifted the rear mats. My friends parents had Volvos and BMWs, we had a rusty Vauxhall which when my dad was driving us to school, we asked to be left around the corner so no one would see us get out of it. A few years later, when the red Chevette couldn't go on any longer me and brother were delighted that we'd get a 'new' car as previously dad had promised us that he'd never get another Chevette. Cue our absolute dread and disillusionment when awakening the next morning to then see a blue 1984 Chevette in our back yard. Funnily enough, I know of a Chevette sitting around 10 miles from me and now have a soft spot for them. Now that I've 2 kids of my own, I can appreciate the dread that came over them when I arrived home in a now 20 year old Jimny last year - thankfully though, they've come to love it

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Range Rover (I'd stilll like an early 2-door)
Land Rover 101FC (okay!, not a car!)
Triumph Dolomite Sprint (in Mimosa Yellow)
FIAT 131 Miafiore Sport (in orange!)
Peugeot 504 estate (diesel)
Ford RS1800
Citroen 2CV (love it with a little diesel engine!)
LADA 1600 ES
LADA 1500 estate
Ford Capri 280
Ford RS2000 'X-Pack'
Vauxhall 2300HS
Opel Ascona (2-door saloon)
Rover SD1 Vitesse (or V8S, in green with gold wheels)
SAAB 99 Turbo
Ford Granda 'Chasseur'

 

[lazybloke]

my dad bought a red 1982 Vauxhall Chevette.

An ex had one of them. One night she was going to drive us to a costume party.

She arrived looking the perfect zombie; torn clothes and amazing make-up; pale face, rivulets of blood.

Nope, she'd actually just turned her car over, just down the road. She'd been left hanging from her seatbelt; released it and fell on her head; crawled out through a smashed window, and run the wrong way up the road before finding her way to Chez Lazy.

By the time she'd conveyed all of this, we were both in shock!

TLDR; don't lose the back-end of a Chevette unless you want to park upside down in a field

 

[grldtnr]

Women drivers.....

 

[lazybloke]

Women drivers.....

Ah, not just cars from the 1970s, attitudes too...