Classic Cars

[Bainzy]

Anyone else here got one? Or had one with any stories to tell? My current ride is a 1978 Spitfire:



...incidentally its actually my first car!    :)

[shobet]

It's in nice nick. Shouldn't it be more rust coloured? ;)

[Bainzy]

It used to be! Its had loads of metal replaced - one sill, boot floor, door posts, battery box etc. The previous owner took a rustbucket of a car and restored it basically. Although its waxoyl'd I don't take it out in the rain if I can help it, hopefully with a bit of care I can fend off rust.

[Twinfan]

My first car was an MG BGT  :D

Got bored of the slow speed though, and sold it to buy a 205 GTi  :lol:

[shobet]

it's a Triumph it was made of rust! ;) Give me a TR-4A any day.

[Bainzy]

MGBGT and TR4, nice cars. I drove a TR6 last week, the first time I'd driven a TR.

Bloody. Heck. The thing was like shite off a shovel, only 160bhp but it felt like a lot more. I actually felt quite scared driving it, and I'm a big tough guy whos scared of nuffin', lol. Perhaps that was also in part because it was worth 3x what my Spitfire is though!

[Jonny]

I would absolutely love a Datsun 120Y ..

[38thBeatle]

I remember the Spitfires well.Triumphs were not known for their reliability though and there was the corrosion issues but they looked good. Yours looks cool.

[shobet]

I would absolutely love a Datsun 120Y ..

Arghhhhh! You'll be posting Austin Allegros with the square steering wheels next!

I need to stare at one of these now to make up for that shock!

[ToneMonkey]

Until a few years ago, I had one of these (in Brooklands Green):

http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/default.aspx?carID=9361&i=4#menu

It's a 1964 Austin Healey Sprite.  It was looovely, but had to go.

Now I've got one of these sitting about which I really do need to sell (I still maintain it's the best car I've ever owned which is why I've still got it, much to the wifes disgust)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_3_Series_(E30)

For some reason the link isn't working propperly so you'll have to close the brackets at the end of the address.

It's exactly like the one in the picture.  If you promise to treat it nice, I might let you have it cheep  :lol:

[shobet]

Didn't the sprite and the older MG share a lot of parts?

[Jonny]

Don't diss my one and only 120Y :P

Arghhhhh! You'll be posting Austin Allegros with the square steering wheels next!

Weren't those the ones which were better aerodynamically, going backwards?

[ToneMonkey]

Didn't the sprite and the older MG share a lot of parts?

Yeah, they're essentially the same car as an MG Midget with a different grill and a bit of extra trim on the sprite.  They were built on production lines right next to each other.

Good cars, even if you're over six foot like I am, yo just have to make sure the window winder is in the right position to stop your knee banging on it.  Also has a A series engine (same as a mini) so it is fairly tunable.

[Will]

Not really interested in cars if they aren't 4x4's. Does an old Hilux count as a classic yet?

[ToneMonkey]

Yup