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

[Jameshow]

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

We must have the same grandmother!!

 

[Gillstay]

I still like the look of

Alfasud 2 doors.

Citroen CX

Lancia Montecarlo S2

Maserati Merek.

Mini kit car, the one that was a similar to a Rochdale.

 

[Drago]

Interesting that a lot of folk like the Lancia Monte Carlo, renamed Montecarlo on the later models.

A very pretty thing and while not super quick it was still hairy chested fun. The brakes were dicey- on the series I cars they were well over servo'd and difficult to pilot in the wet without locking them up.

After hearing the complaints Lancia took it out of production for two years while they investigated the problem, only to solve it by removing the servo and leaving the model instead with virtually no brakes, a fix worthy of British Leyland.

 

[Gunk]

Interesting that a lot of folk like the Lancia Monte Carlo, renamed Montecarlo on the later models.

A very pretty thing and while not super quick it was still hairy chested fun. The brakes were dicey- on the series I cars they were well over servo'd and difficult to pilot in the wet without locking them up.

After hearing the complaints Lancia took it out of production for two years while they investigated the problem, only to solve it by removing the servo and leaving the model instead with virtually no brakes, a fix worthy of British Leyland.

Mk 1 Golf GTi also had dodgy brakes, servo was on the left hand side and remotely operated from the RHD pedal box, so you had effectively a torsion bar spring operating the brakes. Consequently there was virtually no pedal feel.

 

[grldtnr]

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

I'm a 60's child, grew up in 70's mindset, so my comment reflects well in this thread, not that I am mysognistic to Women.

 

[dicko]

Two of the best cars we have ever owned.

 

[Dadam]

Two of the best cars we have ever owned.

The best cars you've owned include a Metro!! 😱💩

I passed my test in one. A horrible rattly heap with the worst driving position I had to fold my 6'3" frame into.

 

[figbat]

The best cars you've owned include a Metro!! 😱💩

I passed my test in one. A horrible rattly heap with the worst driving position I had to fold my 6'3" frame into.

My mum had a silver MG Metro when I was an early teenager. I thought it was so cool! I can even remember the reg number: ROC 262Y. I later had a drive of a friend's MG Metro Turbo which was slightly fast but monumentally unreliable.

 

[dicko]

The best cars you've owned include a Metro!! 😱💩

I passed my test in one. A horrible rattly heap with the worst driving position I had to fold my 6'3" frame into.

you may laugh but these cars were affordable cars for the working man and woman. They were very cheap to run and maintain they were reliable and for a young family were ideal.
Oh and they were British made.

 

[figbat]

Oh and they were British made.

...by BL in the 80s. This is not a positive factor.

 

[Dadam]

you may laugh but these cars were affordable cars for the working man and woman. They were very cheap to run and maintain they were reliable and for a young family were ideal.
Oh and they were British made.

Fords and Vauxhalls were also affordable but, in most cases, a bit less shite!

Actively choosing inferior cars (and other products) just because they're British ironically contributed to their downfall by allowing them to get too complacent.

 

[dicko]

My cars from the very first Singer Chamois to our present day Ford Ka

 

[grldtnr]

That's more car than is sensible, except for your current all are 70's / 80/'s cars!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Many years ago I was on a holiday driving around Derbyshire and we got into a traffic jam on a long narrow road
in front of me was an Imp - good nick and looked well looked after
I did notice the suspension looked a bit low and there was something hanging under the rear bumper

after a while we got to a slightly wider bit with lots of visibility of the road ahead
The person in the Imp basically revved it and dropped the clutch and the thing shot off leaving behind a smell of what my Dad told me was Castrol-R

That thing REALLY shifted

I found out much later that there was a well know racing modification to them - looked like this was an example of that!

 

[Jameshow]

My cars from the very first Singer Chamois to our present day Ford Ka

View attachment 758252

I'm sorry.... 🤣

I always think that my parents best car was probably worse than my worst car.

They do however now have a Toyota Alphard which is a comfy mpv, and shares an engine with the lotus evora!🤣