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triumph heareld the only car which went side ways [ it had a near 90 degree lock on it ]

Andy the tyre man wrote: wrote:

Followed this yesterday.

Not seen one for ages!!!

I see one of these inverted corrugated prams each morning on the way to work. Complete with anti nuke sticker on the boot.

It's always nice in classic car season to see the older cars: Humber, Hillman, Triumph on the road.

I used to love my mum's deux chevaux. It was just so... French. The raised gearlever, the plastic guard you needed to put over the front grille when it was cold, the fact that if we overtook a lorry on the motorway there was a 50% chance of the roof deciding to blow off.

Wondering now if that planted the seed for top down motoring in my mind

My first car was a 1963 Hillman Imp (Mk1) bought for £130 in 1972. It was green and I've just found one for sale:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=181091542221&clk_rvr_id=457017982743

£2800 and the reserve is not met! Yes, I loved that car but if I was going to spend that sort of money I'd buy Gizmo! (and have change).

Richard

It's now got to the stage where modern toss like the cavalier and the sierra are now rare.

When was the last time you saw a mk1 sierra?

Invalid or non-existent item ID.I can remember rallying against the odd one of these but can't belive the price of this one?

stevecrx wrote: wrote:

It's now got to the stage where modern toss like the cavalier and the sierra are now rare.

When was the last time you saw a mk1 sierra?

This morning, a white XR4i in a petrol station on the way to work. I see it around a fair bit..

Opel Mantra.. Can't remember the last time I saw one of them.
There was a opel monza on a rally we did a few years back, but it died on one of the mountain passes, but they've always been rare.

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Neil.R wrote: wrote:

I can remember rallying against the odd one of these but can't belive the price of this one?

Theres one of these driving round nuneaton regular, looks quite nice to be honest

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Neil.R wrote: wrote:

I can remember rallying against the odd one of these but can't belive the price of this one?

Great link! I've just had a 15 minute nostalgia trip looking at the other '60s & '70s stuff they have for sale. You need to be a banker on a bonus though to afford some of them and are they too precious to use? I did wonder if I would get a discount if I offered to proof read their ads - haven't these guys heard of spell checker?

Richard

Invalid or non-existent item ID.Our first TF was £10K at that time you could get a mint MK1 Escort Mexico or RS2000 for that, thats what I would've got but Barbara always wanted an MG & we're now on our third I always drool over Mexicos & RS2000's at car shows though.

Now if the lottery numbers come up

Pre 2001 Ford Ka's.

Seriously some sort of award for time vs vanishing vs numbers sold!

Regards,
Andy