One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Richard A Thackeray]

ah yes, aluminium bolted to steel, without the slightest thought

Apart from some drizzly black paint
I saw rust on new 90s & 110's in the local main-dealer showroom

 

[Profpointy]

Apart from some drizzly black paint
I saw rust on new 90s & 110's in the local main-dealer showroom

My mate's nearly new one had rust on it.
That said, I still want one, and my ex-mrs' 110 was great, albeit scruffy

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

My mate's nearly new one had rust on it.
That said, I still want one, and my ex-mrs' 110 was great, albeit scruffy

I'd have another 110CSW, but would want a galvanised chassis & a 300Tdi
(my last 110 was a Td6

I would love to mush a cpl of those together for this:

The Thomas Crown Affair is a remake from the original film from 1968. The car is featured in the film is a 1968 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500.

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Gas Monkey/'Fast n Loud' did a Mustang like that
(aka the Richard Rawlings ego-show)

 

[Ian H]

My mate's nearly new one had rust on it.
That said, I still want one, and my ex-mrs' 110 was great, albeit scruffy

My late father-in-law regarded regular chassis repairs as normal maintenance.

 

[tyred]

When it comes to BL and rust protection, a friend of my Dad's who was a lorry picked up loads occasionally from the plant where the little Leyland FG lorries were built and he said the cabs were sitting around partly assembled and covered in surface rust. They just took them into the paint shop and sprayed over the rust...

 

[Smokin Joe]

When it comes to BL and rust protection, a friend of my Dad's who was a lorry picked up loads occasionally from the plant where the little Leyland FG lorries were built and he said the cabs were sitting around partly assembled and covered in surface rust. They just took them into the paint shop and sprayed over the rust...

I had a Marina that appeared to have been made from compressed rust

 

[johnnyb47]

Ahh Marina,s were an interesting car to own. I had an old ex post office van, that could you hear fizzing away like an Alka-Seltzer tablet in the rain as it turned to rust.
And those lovely trunnion pins that would snap sending the front wheel straight up into the wing.

 

[DRM]

Ahh Marina,s were an interesting car to own. I had an old ex post office van, that could you hear fizzing away like an Alka-Seltzer tablet in the rain as it turned to rust.
And those lovely trunnion pins that would snap sending the front wheel straight up into the wing.

And the front chassis leg that rotted through giving the same effect

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Earlier this morning

Rhodes Street Garage
Lumley Street
Castleford


Apparantly, they've both been there for a couple of months
I've just never noticed them before (maybe the flatbed has been parked in front of them?)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Earlier this morning

Castleford Road
Normanton

 

[Deleted member 26715]

G399HAV FORD ESCORT
Colour Red
Fuel type Petrol
Date registered 1 August 1989
MOT expired on 29 March 2008

Status, Rotten to the Core

 

[gbb]

Ahh Marina,s were an interesting car to own. I had an old ex post office van, that could you hear fizzing away like an Alka-Seltzer tablet in the rain as it turned to rust.
And those lovely trunnion pins that would snap sending the front wheel straight up into the wing.

I had a Marina 1500 (maybe1800 i cant remember ) coupe, bodily reasonably solid but the trunions were prone to siezing up leaving you needing muscles like Geoff Capes to steer the thing. Ironically, all they needed was a grease gun and a shot of grease once in a while. Classic case of poor maintenance if you did get problems.
Japanese cars didnt neccessarily fare much better re rust. I went to look at a Datsun 120Y in the late 1970s. The wings were literally like lace, you could see through them. I walked...

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Japanese cars didnt neccessarily fare much better re rust. I went to look at a Datsun 120Y in the late 1970s. The wings were literally like lace, you could see through them. I walked...

But the morale of the story is that the Japanese learnt by their mistakes, (they don't have a rust issue in Japan due to the climate) British Leyland management couldn't give a flying coitus interruptus

 

[figbat]

A colleague of mine previously worked for Rover and claims that Honda was the best thing that happened to BL/Rover. Not only did they bring some decent engines and a couple of useful platforms but also insisted on significantly improved corrosion resistance and quality control.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

But the morale of the story is that the Japanese learnt by their mistakes, (they don't have a rust issue in Japan due to the climate) British Leyland management couldn't give a flying coitus interruptus

They don't have a rust issue because they don't salt their roads, that's the key difference, not climate aiui, so used to make their cars out of cheesy-steel