- Location
- London
Were few corsairs built or were they rustbuckets? They seemed to disappear very rapidly, haven't seen one for decades. Very distinctive front end and as a kid I was impressed, but must admit I have no idea if they were decent cars.
Which Car Do You Remember with Affection from your Youth?
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310,000 made, 350 still about, I remember some very rusty ones.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I quite liked the Corsair, but my Dad was posh and we had the last of the Zodiacs, the big square rigged ones.
The one you took the spare wheel out of to enable you to sit in and work on the engine. The mk 5 if I remember correctly. I had the straight 6 engine from the earlier one in a boat.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
My Uncle had one, 2.0L V4 engine I seem to recall and as a 6yr old I thought it was great but then he swapped to a Vandem Plas 'Princess' 4 litre R (Rolls Royce engine from an armoured car) now that was nice but horrendous on petrol consumption. Uncle Jack then sold the Princess to my dad and bought a Mercedes with a V12 in it..................................that used even more fuel.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
We had a Zodiac and a Zepher.
I also remember a Mk4 Cortina, red with a white stripe down the side, and a 2.0L Mk5 Ghia in green metallic.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
When the Zodiac went my Dad got a new Lancia Beta 2 litre. Fast, stylish, exotic, but within weeks the obvious happened. Within a year one of the wheels rusted so badly it sheared off...that was bought back by Lancia and the old feller got a new Peugeot 504Ti. That was every bit as robust as the Beta wasn't, but was similarly fast, stylish and unusual.
Levo-Lon
Guru
Levo-Lon
Guru
i loved them, nearly bought a HPE but my friend said he'd beat me to death if i did!!
he was a panel beater
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
A Peugeot 504 diesel estate is on my list of 'I'd like one of these'
That's the 'were day to day'/'rarely seen anymore' cars list (not the exotica/fancy stuff)
In no particular order then;
Peugeot 504 estate (the 'africar', before the term was rally invented) -a Dangel derivative would be nice...................
Skoda Rapid 130 (the coupe)
Ford Cortina mk1 estate
Ford Cortina mk2 1600E
Mercedes W123 series(?) - the models that had the chrome roof-bars, & colour-coded hubcaps
Range Rover - the real one!! (70 -85)
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Ford Capri
Ford Xr3i
Morris Thousand Traveller
VW campervan
VW Beetle
Ford Xr3i
Morris Thousand Traveller
VW campervan
VW Beetle
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
My Dad had a left hooker ,quite scary being sat on the right
My mum's Dyane 6 was LHD. You kind of got used to sitting on the right...
The black vinyl bench seats were a 'mare though. Freeze your arse off in winter and burn your botty in summer.
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
Yes Beta and Gamma were great looking cars and always wanted one. Can't understand why new Lancias look so dull?
