Levo-Lon
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Jensen Interceptor. The name was enough to excite a young man..
They were poor build tho sadly
Which Car Do You Remember with Affection from your Youth?
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Jensen Interceptor. The name was enough to excite a young man..
They were poor build tho sadly
OP
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Cycleops
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- Accra, Ghana
Or more importantly a young woman, or so we thought!
Dave 123
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- Cambridgeshire alps
An off the wall one but does anyone recall the Fiat 127 based Yugo 55?
A college friend back in the late 1990s had one which he modified a lot including fitting a larger fuel injected engine from a Fiat Uno i.e, electric windows, Recaro Seats, central locking, wide alloy rims, disc brakes all round, tinted glass and hand crafted wooden door cappings and all sorts of other things, all done on the cheap with bits from scrap yards using whatever fitted. They weren't a bad little car in fairness, seemingly much more rust-resistant than the Fiat it was based on and he drove it for years without any real problems. It was certainly different and with a bigger engine, very lively.
I was talking about it recently to a guy I know from former Yugoslavia and he said they were a reliable thing in general, the 55 was better than the smaller engined 45 which could blow head gaskets. The older they are the better, the last year or so of production following the collapse of Communism and the company was in the death throws of bankruptcy causing build quality to plummet and a little known fact that the last five hundred to leave the production line had blocks of wood inside the doors holding the windows up as the company which made and supplied the window winders had ceased trading!
A college friend back in the late 1990s had one which he modified a lot including fitting a larger fuel injected engine from a Fiat Uno i.e, electric windows, Recaro Seats, central locking, wide alloy rims, disc brakes all round, tinted glass and hand crafted wooden door cappings and all sorts of other things, all done on the cheap with bits from scrap yards using whatever fitted. They weren't a bad little car in fairness, seemingly much more rust-resistant than the Fiat it was based on and he drove it for years without any real problems. It was certainly different and with a bigger engine, very lively.
I was talking about it recently to a guy I know from former Yugoslavia and he said they were a reliable thing in general, the 55 was better than the smaller engined 45 which could blow head gaskets. The older they are the better, the last year or so of production following the collapse of Communism and the company was in the death throws of bankruptcy causing build quality to plummet and a little known fact that the last five hundred to leave the production line had blocks of wood inside the doors holding the windows up as the company which made and supplied the window winders had ceased trading!
Levo-Lon
Guru
I got my sister a Zastava iirc the name from the auction for about £150 quid then the war started in Yugoslavia..
She run it into the ground..it never broke down bar a flat battery
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
The picture of a Chevette earlier made me shudder with the memory of how carsick I used to get in the back of my dad's. We're talking Exorcist projectile vomiting here.
OP
OP
Cycleops
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- Accra, Ghana
It must have been the car that spawned the phrase "You can't guild a turd"
Levo-Lon
Guru
And the 2stroke Moskavitch
Smokin Joe
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A mate bought one brand new in about '85, £3299 OTR I seem to remember. He still only had a provisional licence so I drove it home for him, to describe it as agricultural would have been insulting to a tractor. Every thing was stiff and heavy yet felt incredibly flimsy. The gear lever moved about a foot and a half between shifts. He had no interest in cars and he kept it for about five years before the tailgate sheared off in his hands one day.
Levo-Lon
Guru
[QUOTE 5110601, member: 45"]I believe that there is now a company that takes them and rebuilds them how they should have been in the first place.[/QUOTE]
There all so dated now but if money was no object i'd probably fill a large garage with exotic bikes and cars..
I had a dream of running a business that bought and sold italian and jap classic bikes.
Cars would be serious money to buy and restore, tho id find that with everything now i spose
There all so dated now but if money was no object i'd probably fill a large garage with exotic bikes and cars..
I had a dream of running a business that bought and sold italian and jap classic bikes.
Cars would be serious money to buy and restore, tho id find that with everything now i spose
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Ooh, agricultural you say? My parents first brand new car
The magnificence that was the FSO Polonez
The magnificence that was the FSO Polonez
