COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)
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Turbobanana said:
DickyC said:
droopsnoot said:
DickyC said:
Turbobanana said:
Which Triumph had a transverse engine, Doofus?
Are badged Hondas counted?/just being a smartarse
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Dapster said:
GTRene said:
Nice pics Rene!Opel made some good looking rally cars! The Ascona and Manta 400, Röhrl, Vatanen, Toivenen, McRea as their star drivers - golden age.
So I hope next year no disruptions with street work, so more cars can have a spot around the shopping streets.
it was like this example, maybe the same. sold at the time not far from it>
https://www.autoblog.nl/nieuws/deze-heerlijke-asco...
Edited by GTRene on Monday 1st July 12:50
DickyC said:
Or now has a different registration number.
Possible but unlikely - I sold it in '98 after 4/5 years and the chap who bought it put it on eBay for restoration in '04 having accidently left the sunroof open during a prolonged spell in hospital which resulted in ruining the beautiful dark green leather (not Mtex) and rotting out the carpet and floorpan. That said the last logbook was issued two years later in '06 so there is an outside chance....I spent a lot of money restoring the bulkhead and inner wings and the previous owner had rebuilt the engine with John Haynes so it was worth it - originally sold by Normand of Park Lane to a lady in Kensington with the first service carried out on the Côte d'Azur....
Here's the photo the previous owner gave me after he initially turned down the offer I made whilst viewing in deepest Surrey - having stared at the picture relentlessly for nearly 2 hours on the journey home to North London I rang him as soon as I got inside the flat (no mobile for me back then) and gave him the asking price. Brilliant tactic.
wjs1968 said:
DickyC said:
Or now has a different registration number.
Possible but unlikely - I sold it in '98 after 4/5 years and the chap who bought it put it on eBay for restoration in '04 having accidently left the sunroof open during a prolonged spell in hospital which resulted in ruining the beautiful dark green leather (not Mtex) and rotting out the carpet and floorpan. That said the last logbook was issued two years later in '06 so there is an outside chance....I spent a lot of money restoring the bulkhead and inner wings and the previous owner had rebuilt the engine with John Haynes so it was worth it - originally sold by Normand of Park Lane to a lady in Kensington with the first service carried out on the Côte d'Azur....
Here's the photo the previous owner gave me after he initially turned down the offer I made whilst viewing in deepest Surrey - having stared at the picture relentlessly for nearly 2 hours on the journey home to North London I rang him as soon as I got inside the flat (no mobile for me back then) and gave him the asking price. Brilliant tactic.
Triumph produced 1300 and 1500 saloons as fwd from around 1965, but reverted to rear drive for later models (Toledo, Dolomite &c) in similar but not identical body shells.
I remember the 1500 fwd mainly for unpredictable torque steer when pressed. My mother had one which she unwisely allowed me to drive.
I remember the 1500 fwd mainly for unpredictable torque steer when pressed. My mother had one which she unwisely allowed me to drive.
Mr Tidy said:
droopsnoot said:
DickyC said:
Turbobanana said:
Which Triumph had a transverse engine, Doofus?
Are badged Hondas counted?Mr Tidy said:
The first Triumph 1300 saloon had FWD so may have had a transverse engine too.
From Wiki:Triumph decided to adopt a different layout to BMC however, placing the engine above the gearbox in a longitudinal configuration (but not sharing the same oil) rather than BMC's transverse engine layout.
Error_404_Username_not_found said:
Triumph produced 1300 and 1500 saloons as fwd from around 1965, but reverted to rear drive for later models (Toledo, Dolomite &c) in similar but not identical body shells.
I remember the 1500 fwd mainly for unpredictable torque steer when pressed. My mother had one which she unwisely allowed me to drive.
I can wholeheartedly agree with this - my mothers was a TC - GRB907NI remember the 1500 fwd mainly for unpredictable torque steer when pressed. My mother had one which she unwisely allowed me to drive.
serie 9 of my day in Nijverdal at a Sunday shopping day combined with their yearly classic cars between them in the shopping district.
a nice Escort Mexico
under, man those cars are big... I overheard a couple talking, the man said, I like that car, then the wife said, you will need a longer garage
a nice Escort Mexico
under, man those cars are big... I overheard a couple talking, the man said, I like that car, then the wife said, you will need a longer garage
serie 10 of my day in Nijverdal at a Sunday shopping day combined with their yearly classic cars between them in the shopping district.
under, a lovely Toyota 2000 GT looked good, I once had a 1600 ST liftback, the 2000 GT was to expensive, but the ST at least is not a sportcar.
under, I keep a sort weak for this type Citroen with extra body parts, never bought one though, but they have something in my mind from long time ago when they were rallying, there were a few of those last Sunday.
under, a lovely Toyota 2000 GT looked good, I once had a 1600 ST liftback, the 2000 GT was to expensive, but the ST at least is not a sportcar.
under, I keep a sort weak for this type Citroen with extra body parts, never bought one though, but they have something in my mind from long time ago when they were rallying, there were a few of those last Sunday.
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