One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Bonefish Blues]

The Lotus never had that bulge/scoop on the bonnet or the oilcooler aperture below the radiator.

Nor a ruddy great V8 shoehorned in. The two may be connected

 

[raleighnut]

Nor a ruddy great V8 shoehorned in. The two may be connected

Bloke who lived round the corner from my old flat had one of those, Westfield rather than a Caterham though, I got talking to him and he reckoned he only used 2nd and 5th. Can't see the point myself, OK the Rover/Buick engine is pretty light (for a V8) but if I had one I'd prefer a high rpm Ford/Cosworth 'twin cam' with twin Weber DCOE carbs.

 

[biggs682]

Spotted this tidy 1990 Jaguar XJR on this morning's walk. About the same time as I was working at Turbo technics And we were fitting two small Garrett turbos to these for 300 + bhp .

 

[tyred]

Baby Austins.

This could have been a nice olde-worlde black and white picture if somebody hadn't parked that van in the way.

 

[biggs682]

Arguably the nicest of the Toyota Celica Cabriolets spotted earlier today, it's often sighted but not normally parked in a position I can get a picture off

 

[Ian H]

Arguably the nicest of the Toyota Celica Cabriolets spotted earlier today, it's often sighted but not normally parked in a position I can get a picture off

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Back in the day I decided to get the hatchback version on the grounds that it was kind of a modern version of the MGBGT, small and room for a bike in the back. I went to the local dealer to find they'd replaced that model with the new angular design. I didn't like it much but the guy suggested I take it for the weekend and see how I got on. It seemed to do what was expected and I couldn't be bothered to search for alternatives, so I ended up taking it. I still like the look of the older model.

 

[biggs682]

Back in the day I decided to get the hatchback version on the grounds that it was kind of a modern version of the MGBGT, small and room for a bike in the back. I went to the local dealer to find they'd replaced that model with the new angular design. I didn't like it much but the guy suggested I take it for the weekend and see how I got on. It seemed to do what was expected and I couldn't be bothered to search for alternatives, so I ended up taking it. I still like the look of the older model.

Had a couple myself as company demonstrators mainly 1.8s but did get the occasional 2.0 and even a GT4 which was fun.

 

[Ian H]

A proper FIAT. None of your East European rubbish. Reg indicates it's 39 years old.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Reg looks very happy in his Fiat

 

[Profpointy]

A proper FIAT. None of your East European rubbish. Reg indicates it's 39 years old.
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Can't be many mainstream Italian cars of that era which haven't been swept up off the drive with a broom

 

[Bonefish Blues]

4 decades on, similar colour, same rather utilitarian design language:


View: https://youtu.be/S4a1oqx9PxQ

 

[Gunk]

Just spotted this, a lovely 1978 1300. I had a silver 1979 1500 with the larger bumpers about 40 years ago and my mate had a green 1977 1300.

They were great cars but they rusted away after about 3 years. Mine was less than 4 years old and was knackered.

 

[Ian H]

2CV with the air conditioning activated. Apologies for the glare.

 

[figbat]

I believe these fit the bill here…

 

[figbat]