One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Richard A Thackeray]

Does that make me sad that I knew what it was before I read your words?

That goes for me too
I also knew the Hindustan Ambassador

 

[figbat]

I also knew the Hindustan Ambassador

Which was, of course, derived from the Morris Oxford.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Which was, of course, derived from the Morris Oxford.

Indeed it was!

 

[raleighnut]

Indeed it was!

Really, I thought it was the Austin Cambridge.

 

[screenman]

I wrote a K70 off once, not my thought but I am sure the car helped me survive.

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

That goes for me too
I also knew the Hindustan Ambassador

Sadder still… I ran an Indian Enfield for about 17 years. It barely required maintenance and always started and ran perfectly, well perfectly for a fifties design with an engine laid out in 1932. Anyway, it outlived the Kawasaki Ninja that replaced it. The Ninja was replaced by a 500 Piaggio that cost more to service once than the Enfield cost over its entire life with me. Thirty some odd bikes later it was possibly the lowest performing thing I ever owned, but was the most reliable and cheapest to run. I sold it on with 76000 on the clock and last I heard it was still going.

I don’t laugh at the Indian stuff. It’s simple, built to last and all of the bugs were worked out long before we were even born.

Just don’t ask more of them than they were designed to give.

 

[srj10]

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

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I like FIAT 126's
I wonder what the towing limit is??, without searching (300kg??)

 

[Jenkins]

Take your pick from around the paddock at Silverstone this afternon.
German

Italian

Or British

 

[Jameshow]

German obviously!!

 

[Ian H]

Take your pick from around the paddock at Silverstone this afternon.
German
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Italian
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Or British
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The little rust marks on the Hornet/Elf decide it for me.

 

[Jenkins]

The little rust marks on the Hornet/Elf decide it for me.

Hornet MkIII badge on the boot. The nearside also had similar rust marks, there was quite a bit of bubbling under the paint (which doesn't show in the pics) and fuel spill stains from the cap, so it appears to be in regular use.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I remember all the kerfuffle in the magazines when TVR built this
This is the only existing original car (7 litre/12 cylinder)
What a beast, it sounds awesome!

In theory, it's faster than the McLaren F1



View: https://youtu.be/psFHnRAcp8E?si=k00W5dHpez97mvBo

 

[Jenkins]

I remember all the kerfuffle in the magazines when TVR built this
This is the only existing original car (7 litre/12 cylinder)
What a beast, it sounds awesome!

In theory, it's faster than the McLaren F1



View: https://youtu.be/psFHnRAcp8E?si=k00W5dHpez97mvBo

Some of us were lucky enough to see & hear the race versions in action, along with other monsters of the time such as the Cor Euser Marcos V8, Lister Storm, Stealth B6, McLaren F1, Chrysler Viper, etc

 

[Grant Fondo]

A Lotus Type 11 from the 50s flew past me on the Wirral no time to snap it, in bare metal and sounded like a Spitfire, but louder. TVR on the same bit of road

Lotus in Nantwich today