What classic vehicles have you seen?

Here's the place to chat about all things classic. Also includes a feedback forum where you can communicate directly with the editorial team - don't hold back, they'd love to know what they're doing right (or wrong of course!)
Message
Author
User avatar
JPB
Posts: 10319
Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2011 3:24 pm

Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?

#1851 Post by JPB »

:shock: Wow! prosthetic limbs have come a long way since the '60s.. :thumbs:

Oh, and the plate on the side of the footwell seems to be a commission plate that tells us everything except for the maker's identity, the folder is private so we'll need Savannah Witch to inform us. :cry:
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true.. :oops:
GHT
Posts: 1523
Joined: Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:09 pm

Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?

#1852 Post by GHT »

If the publication: MG Enthusiast, is to be believed, I should be so excited at seeing this classic that I might even get my John Thomas out! (It's heresy to even think differently,) for goodness sake it's a 2004 car. My wife drives around in her 1996 Mk4 Golf without so much as a thought that it could be defined as classic. The only classic in her mind is the classic tight wad that she's married to. Dare you speak out that, although this might be a future classic, as yet it's got some waiting to do?
Image
rich.
Posts: 6893
Joined: Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:18 pm

Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?

#1853 Post by rich. »

i quite like those :oops:
User avatar
JPB
Posts: 10319
Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2011 3:24 pm

Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?

#1854 Post by JPB »

Me too, especially the original ones with Hydrasag suspension and - ideally - with that most excellent CVT option. :drool:
Only a Talbot Tagora excites me more than an F.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true.. :oops:
GHT
Posts: 1523
Joined: Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:09 pm

Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?

#1855 Post by GHT »

JPB wrote:Only a Talbot Tagora excites me more than an F.
Have you had an aesthetic appreciation bypass? The Tagora? Seriously? Back in 1983, our neighbour, who happened to be the sales manager of a nearby Peugeot dealership, offered me a brand new Tagora for half the retail price. Production of the model had ceased and Peugeot were offloading almost everything that they had bought with Simca/Talbot connections. I didn't buy the Tagora simply because it epitomised the eurobox of a car. Bland, boring and banal. But I did buy her a Talbot, which she ran for 4 years before being offered silly money for the car. I replaced it with a VW Scala. Here's a similar Talbot to hers, different colour though, her's was silver.
rancho.jpg
rancho.jpg (13.72 KiB) Viewed 2155 times
suffolkpete
Posts: 1141
Joined: Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:54 am

Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?

#1856 Post by suffolkpete »

Mmmm Rancho, the crossover that was years ahead of its time.
1974 Rover 2200 SC
1982 Matra Murena 1.6
rich.
Posts: 6893
Joined: Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:18 pm

Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?

#1857 Post by rich. »

mmmmm rancho crossdresser :drool:
GHT
Posts: 1523
Joined: Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:09 pm

Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?

#1858 Post by GHT »

rich. wrote:mmmmm rancho crossdresser :drool:
I don't know about crossdressing, but I do get cross when I can't find the other sock. His 'N' Hers Rancho for the crossdresser of today.
stretch rancho.jpg
stretch rancho.jpg (8.83 KiB) Viewed 2145 times
User avatar
gazza82
Posts: 444
Joined: Tue Nov 17, 2015 7:38 pm
Location: Buckinghamshire
Contact:

Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?

#1859 Post by gazza82 »

Saw a really tidy MG Magnette close up today .. two tone green. Has a modded MGB engine and Ford S9 gearbox .. wasn't running but off to rolling road soon for tuning, then I hope to have a ride!

Apparently came with receipts for £8K from previous owners spend on bodywork, etc ..
"If you're driving on the edge ... you're leaving too much room!"

Retirement Project: '59 Austin A35 2-door with 1330cc Midget engine and many upgrades
Said goodbye: got '98 Alfa Romeo 156 2.0 TSpark to 210K miles before tin worm struck
GHT
Posts: 1523
Joined: Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:09 pm

Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?

#1860 Post by GHT »

Was the Magnette some thing like this?
magnette.jpg
magnette.jpg (21.54 KiB) Viewed 2132 times
It's hard to believe that this model superseded the MG YB. They are light years apart.
mgyb.png
mgyb.png (50.35 KiB) Viewed 2132 times
Post Reply