One For Classic Car Fans.....

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A Commer Imp Van sat in Donington Park's car park this afternoon.
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Vroom vroom, the most distinct engine sound.
I once went to a Vintage Motorcycle Club meet in circa 1976 and among everything doing a standing start 1/4 mile was an Imp engined drag bike, intake and exhaust pipes all over the place, the sound was exactly the same....but much louder.
Dad had the Imp and a Husky version ? (as photo but with rear seats and windows ?).

 

[raleighnut]

Vroom vroom, the most distinct engine sound.
I once went to a Vintage Motorcycle Club meet in circa 1976 and among everything doing a standing start 1/4 mile was an Imp engined drag bike, intake and exhaust pipes all over the place, the sound was exactly the same....but much louder.
Dad had the Imp and a Husky version ? (as photo but with rear seats and windows ?).

There's a good few Imp engined sidecars around


View: https://youtu.be/iJtBXOtvsB4

 

[raleighnut]

Vroom vroom, the most distinct engine sound.
I once went to a Vintage Motorcycle Club meet in circa 1976 and among everything doing a standing start 1/4 mile was an Imp engined drag bike, intake and exhaust pipes all over the place, the sound was exactly the same....but much louder.
Dad had the Imp and a Husky version ? (as photo but with rear seats and windows ?).

There's a good few Imp engined sidecars around


View: https://youtu.be/iJtBXOtvsB4

 

[Ian H]

A Vauxhall Thingy. Not sure it's a classic, but its owner obviously cares for it.

 

[raleighnut]

A Vauxhall Thingy. Not sure it's a classic, but its owner obviously cares for it. View attachment 549671

Looks a bit Firenza ish might have the 2.3 motor in it

 

[Drago]

Its either a Firenza or an HC coupe. It has bits from both models. Ive a soft spot for the old Poxhauls.

 

[DRM]

I remember seeing one pull up outside the Dock gates in Dublin, the driver got out, went into the docks, not long after an artic driver decided to pull in through the out gate, the trailer of the truck went right over the boot of this Vauxhall, stopped and backed up, then went in through the correct gate, turns out the car belonged to the fella who had turned up to show us where we were working, it was funny following this thing as it limped and wobbled it’s way through Dublin

 

[figbat]

Captured on tonight’s school run

 

[raleighnut]

Captured on tonight’s school run
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Gawd that's ugly.

 

[DRM]

Captured on tonight’s school run
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From the days before they got the terrible reputation when the stupid drivers could only be issued with a firms Cortina to tailgate in

 

[Gunk]

Captured on tonight’s school run
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Very nice, not sure about the E30 15” wheels, I’d prefer it on its original steel rims.

 

[BrumJim]

Gawd that's ugly.

In an outburst of false nostalgia, I like it. OK, when I was young it was a boring 3-box design and I hadn't got a clue why the car was so revered. It spawned a succession of almost identical 3-box 3 series cars with no concessions of stylistic innovation, resulting in an extremely conservative fan club. When Chris Bangle tried to shake the enthusiasts out of their aesthetic slumber he was hounded out of the job and ended up with the world loosing one of the finest car designers in history as he concentrated on other projects.

So I really haven't got a clue as to why it appeals so much to me now.

 

[Gunk]

I’ve always had a soft spot for them. BMW were Uber cool back them.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Owned a 2002 for a few days in the late 70's seem to remember quite a bit of rust which was normal back then

 

[Profpointy]

Gawd that's ugly.

I think it's quite nice. Vastly nicer than the modern ones unarguably.

The 2002 posted above is the pretty one. One of my lecturers had one back in the day I recall. She always wore a tweed twinset and seemed a "country" type, but the sporty little Beemer was a different image entirely. Funny what you remember from nearly 40 years back