Practically Classics Forum

You cheeky Francophile. Seen today in Christchurch, Dorset, or if you are of a certain age, Hampshire.

The gauge of metal was extremely thick, made me wonder if it was once a bullet proof, mob car. But being RHD I doubt it.

Lovely! And why not a bulletproof RHD model? Canadians of the period were no less allergic to gunshot wounds than their LHD cousins across the Border.

Canadians drove on the left? Actually they did. I looked up LHD & RHD and was amazed at how many countries once drove on the left.
You certainly get a few unexpected classics in the car park at our local Morrisons.

Being married to a Canadian I can confirm that they drive on the right over there - said wifey has resided in the UK for the last 25 years but I think she sometimes gets confused has to which country she is physically driving in at the time - which explains exactly why ALL 4 of the alloy wheels on her car are badly kerbed!

Couple of recent spots - not cars though This in Upton on Severn - obviously likes his old stuff - Diamond T, Crane mounted TK Bedford, AEC chassis Coles crane + other various bits of recovery bodies / kit - also runs a coffee pot Scammell and a Bedford TM then a couple of days ago these stationary engines in the compound of now shutdown village garage

Grumpy Northener wrote:Being married to a Canadian I can confirm that they drive on the right over there - said wifey has resided in the UK for the last 25 years but I think she sometimes gets confused has to which country she is physically driving in at the time - which explains exactly why ALL 4 of the alloy wheels on her car are badly kerbed!

They do now but, like Sweden, used to drive on the left hence the McLaughlin-Buick and other Canadian cars of the olden days being RHD.

A few of interest at a local show yesterday;

Am I seeing that blue Cinquecento Giardiniera correctly? I'm thinking that it's a RHD one, if so then that's surely the rarest and most desirable thing at the place! What a lovely wee thing.

JPB wrote: Am I seeing that blue Cinquecento Giardiniera correctly? I'm thinking that it's a RHD one, if so then that's surely the rarest and most desirable thing at the place! What a lovely wee thing.

If that translates to Fiat 500 station wagon then yes!

I thought it must be a one off but they had a brochure and everything!

Excellent, I'm excited now! My 4000 miles from new 1972 saloon is down as a Cinquecento on its registration document.
I'm told that cars which currently carry a 500 badge are a bit bigger than the real thing, can't say I've noticed as I don't fit in the new ones but can manage to sit in mine with the roof closed, so the original is therefore bigger on the inside..