One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Bonefish Blues]

Should the question be will it ever be a classic, probably not, more a quirk

It was a transformational design IMHO, paving the way for what has followed.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

It was a transformational design IMHO, paving the way for what has followed.

Maybe it will turn into a future Sierra nobody liked it when it came out, now they can't get enough of them, I disliked them as well.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Rover V8 was a yank V8

RR 6.7 V8 was in house.

Probably by ex Merlin engineers!!

I stand corrected on the RR engine


The Rover engine was a Buick designed 215cubic inch capacity
It became obsolete, as advances in casting/mettalurgy allowed cast iron to be used instead

TVR, JE Engineering, & others took its 3528cc up as far as 5.0 litres

Heck!, l think it was RPi Engineering took it to about 5.4?

 

[Jody]

Heck!, l think it was RPi Engineering took it to about 5.4?

I was in there last week filling up on LPG.

Lots of V8 goodness everywhere you looked.

 

[Ian H]

On Saturday we were passed a couple of times by a Matchless-engined Morgan trike. Polished metal bodywork & being driven considerately. Not sure whether it was post-war or earlier.

 

[dan_bo]

Crikey.
https://t.co/UaEcvQFiKd


Least you wouldn't be paying tax eh

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Crikey.
https://t.co/UaEcvQFiKd


Least you wouldn't be paying tax eh

Doesn't float my boat,

 

[dan_bo]

Doesn't float my boat,

Interior though? Cor. You ok bra?

 

[Jody]

Crikey.
https://t.co/UaEcvQFiKd


Least you wouldn't be paying tax eh

Love that. Looks like the old 2002

Hefty price tag on it though.

 

[dan_bo]

Love that. Looks like the old 2002

Hefty price tag on it though.

Spendy but them seats......

 

[Jody]

Spendy but them seats......

They give off a crazy vibe like a sports armchair. You'd definitely have to grow a moustache to compliment them.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Love that. Looks like the old 2002

Now the old 2002 that's a different kettle, once had one for a few days when I was flipping cars in the late 70's early 80's, wish I'd got a hangar with them all in now, I'd be retiring next week.

 

[tyred]

I see this Daihatsu Fourtrack most days. Not really a classic I suppose but a good dependable workhorse in its day, loved by many farmers around here and now pretty much extinct. Apart from this one, I can't recall when I seen another. This is one of the later ones with coilspring suspension. It would cut down on dental bills compared to the original all leafspring model!

 

[gbb]

Maybe it will turn into a future Sierra nobody liked it when it came out, now they can't get enough of them, I disliked them as well.

One memory...I remember years ago being in a queue of traffic, several lanes. To my side was a (then) newly released Mondeo, beyond it and just in front was a Sierra ...and the bonnet, windscreen lines and angles seemed exactly the same,
One car supercceeding the other and the lines were so similar, yet quite different in look.

 

[Gunk]

I see this Daihatsu Fourtrack most days. Not really a classic I suppose but a good dependable workhorse in its day, loved by many farmers around here and now pretty much extinct. Apart from this one, I can't recall when I seen another. This is one of the later ones with coilspring suspension. It would cut down on dental bills compared to the original all leafspring model!

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My ex wife had one years ago, bloody awful car, cart springs, asthmatic 2.0 petrol engine and unbelievably unreliable. We only kept it a year and swapped it for a Golf GTi