vacuum_tubes
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Dogshit orange Marina auto, anyone?
That was my dad's first company car in 1979 and yes it was dogshit orange (manual though) and was replaced by a Maestro in 1983
Dogshit orange Marina auto, anyone?
I don't really see the problem, it's clearly still a Mini, it's just bigger, like everything else. A work colleague had a Vauxhall Corsa courtesy car last week, it's way bigger than the original Astra. I certainly don't think the Pinkfish demographic is the target for Mini anyway.
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If that's the one with the illuminated badge in the radiator grill my dad had one of those also. Was quite luxurious compared to the previous Austin Cambridge. Then I remember a couple of Granada's (one a 3.0L), a bizarre flirtation with a Montego, and finally an XJ6, but cloth seats as the company budget wouldn't stretch to leather!My dad went to a Wolesley 6 landcrab
I had a black Mk3. For 3 weeks, until a drunk truck driver rammed it into our hedge and wrote it off. He ran away and then claimed he had left his lorry at a pub. He lived about 100 yards further down our road, but the police couldn't prove it was him. So with 3rd party insurance I got nothing. Mind you, it did wallow a bit.My friends Dad has a manual Mk3 Cortina 2.0 GT in bronze with a vinyl roof (black I think). That was a lovely car - especially as the owner was a mechanic, owned his own garage and loved the car and kept it absolutely pristine.
My dad went to a Wolesley 6 landcrab from a 16/60 automatic. I loved the 2.2 six cylinder engine, 110bhp seemed such a lot of power at the time, same as an RS2000! But… oil leaking onto the clutch, and again after repair, proved too much.
Yes, and my dad used to ‘acquire’ the illuminated badges from scrapyards during our frequent visits.If that's the one with the illuminated badge in the radiator grill my dad had one of those also. Was quite luxurious compared to the previous Austin Cambridge. Then I remember a couple of Granada's (one a 3.0L), a bizarre flirtation with a Montego, and finally an XJ6, but cloth seats as the company budget wouldn't stretch to leather!
One of those great cars that just looked odd. I had a lift in one once when I was hitching and was astonished at how good it was.Replaced in turn by a Renault 16TS - which Dad, on his 3rd Jag - still thinks his favourite; a clever, comfy practical design, that was just.right - and quick for the time.)
Oh they did. But without witnesses they couldn't prove it. I have no complaints about their actions.Guess the plod didn't find it strange the"thief" drove the truck past the owners house. Perhaps they're not that much worse than decades ago after all!
Oh what joy. External structural wooden framing, in the British climate. What could possibly go wrong?Even the first ones got bigger
To be fair, not that different to how the metal reacted!Oh what joy. External structural wooden framing, in the British climate. What could possibly go wrong?
Oh I don't know. Thousands, er hundreds, er scores of Morgans can't be wrongOh what joy. External structural wooden framing, in the British climate. What could possibly go wrong?
Let's just say that it's a good thing that most of them are now cossetted in garages and are generally used only on sunny days.Oh I don't know. Thousands, er hundreds, er scores of Morgans can't be wrong
Lada actually won a Swedish rally championship, around 1977, I think. Secret: Good driver/codriver and a well run organization behind them. And some luck.Ah, but a Fiat 124 Special T looked exactly like a Lada (same body, Fiat sold the tooling to Lada, IIRC). And from the lights left many a boy racer in a stunned cloud of exhaust smoke. Until it dropped its valves. But only bent them and was fixed for 3/6d.
And a class with nothing else competitive in it?Lada actually won a Swedish rally championship, around 1977, I think. Secret: Good driver/codriver and a well run organization behind them. And some luck.
But they were interesting cars, got to love those quirky rear engine Skoda’s.And a class with nothing else competitive in it?
Skoda won many class championships and RAC rallies with the old rear engined cars back in the 80s, but for many of those wins they had very little competition.
When did you last see one on the road?But they were interesting cars, got to love those quirky rear engine Skoda’s.