who needs new technology?

[aledjones]

has anyone ever tried driving 70's classics, i have and they kick all of this new performance stuff into touch.

dont get me wrong ive driven good stuff like mg maestros, and xr2s, real sporty cars.

but i much prefer capris, cortinas and allegros for handling and speed.

any one agree?

[CraigAlsop]

[aledjones]

they pull the ladies better than these crappy gti stuff too !

>> Edited by aledjones on Friday 14th February 15:11

[beano500]

Before the days of coathooks and cupholders! When you needed a paper map to get from A to B. Before the days of the BMW lanes on the motorways! Before safety scameras and congestion taxes.....

Whoops - showing my age again!!

[Nacnud]

but i much prefer capris, cortinas and allegros for handling and speed.

That conflict's with almost everything my parents told me!

[aledjones]

yeah bliss, my allegro turbo beats most new stuff on the motorway anyway

i think i they should add another lane entitled 70's demons

[simonelite501]

Allegro, Hmmm, Allagro as I remember. The only car I have ever seen with a factory fitted square steering wheel As for 1970's cars in general, I have always been more than happy with mine. The list includes a 1974 MK2 Capri owned from 1982-1984, which gave huge grins as the rear end stepped out, and just looked COOL! A 1974 1275GT Mini Clubman owned for around three weeks in 1983, complete with Mamba alloys, Weber DCOE 40 carb and Janspeed manifolds, unfortunately no roll cage, only the motor and spare wheel survived the crash!!!! A 1969 MK1 Escort estate, my first car, with a HUGE 1300cc mill, sports steering wheel and refractive FORD sticker on the tailgate, thought I was the coolest thing! By far the most impractical 1970's vehicle I ever owned was my 1970 fastback Mustang, 302 mill, bright orange, black vinyl interior, what a blast! The crowning glory had to be my Lotus, a 1979 Elite, check my profile for all the reasons that I should never have bought this car, theres loads! but still it holds the top spot in my opinion. I'm sure that there are plenty of disenters when it comes to 70's vehicles but I'd rather have one of the above than any of the jelly mould new cars around at present.

[ian d]

fully agree about driving a classic. got an old bentley from 1948, cost £10k. it will do 70 mph easily, weighs about 1 3/4 ton on skinny 16" cross plies which makes for interesting driving on twisty roads with 2ft diameter steering wheel. exempt road tax, insurance £100 year unlimited mileage, only problems 17 mpg and f######g expensive to repair if anything goes wrong but hey very stylish. people think it belongs to an old duffer, they get a shock when I jump out mid thirties in scruffy jeans and t shirt!

[ant_f]

Can't comment on Capris or Cortinas 'co I never had one, but my Dad had an Allegro once. Absolutely awful car. The drag coefficient was lower going backwards than forwards !!!!
70's cars that I did have and loved were:
1972 Mini 1275 GT (lotsa fun but rusted away underneath me)
1971 Pontiac Firebird (5.7 litre V8-kept it for 19 yrs)
1976 Renault 30TX (very smooth and comfortable)
1978 Honda Civic (bought for my girlfried - she loved it)
1971 Pontiac Firebird (4 litre straight 6 - bought for body panels)
1971 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am (bought to keep my other one company - 7.4 litres, 400 hp, 7 mpg)
1977 MGB Roadster (bright yellow, but good fun in the sun)
Current cars are 1997 Range Rover, 2003 MINI, and 2002 VFR800 VTEC bike.
Got to love the newer vehicles for reliability, quietness, mpg, comfort, safety and a thousand other things, but every time I see a 70's vehicle like one I owned, it brings back happy memories.
Can't say I'd want the hassle of driving one these days.
Have fun
ANT

[Andy Mac]

Hmmm... Way before my time!! :P

[accident]

take a crysler sunbeam lotus out for a spin.
even standard a quick car by todays dull(hot) hatch figures.
of course it cant generate the corner speeds of a focus rs or a type r civic.
but what a pisser in the wet

[kevo]

I Too have many happy memories of the 70`s vehicles,I owned a Vauxhall FD VX4/90,When i purchased it,It had 60,000 miles on the clock.When i sold it 7 years later it had 197,000 miles on the clock,I fitted a new gearbox & clutch,ONE ball joint and other than tyres vertually bugger all after,I used to change the oil every 6000mls..What a car..I did a nut & bolt rebuild on a LOTUS ELITE,c/w new galv chassis..Those little lotus engines over 2500rpm really flew,also a 3.3 vauxhall cresta ..WOW what a monster...Absolutlly no trouble what so ever....Great cars/fond memories..
BUT lads dont thay look strange when you see the odd one on the road NOW......

[v8 jago]

yes they do look strange when you see them on the road now i know a lad who has a triumph dolomite, a cortina, a mk2 escort, a couple of old astras, old cavelias and a few ive missed he has around 10 cars in diffrent lockups most need restoring and what will they be worth when they are done. ---- all, exactly.

[kevo]

HEY-Up there v8 jago....I know the exact little fellow your refering to....I agree in this case on ALL COUNTS..
Have you got the exhausts ordered for the BEAST Yet....?.

>> Edited by kevo on Saturday 3rd May 20:30

[cortinaman]

has anyone ever tried driving 70's classics, i have and they kick all of this new performance stuff into touch.

dont get me wrong ive driven good stuff like mg maestros, and xr2s, real sporty cars.

but i much prefer capris, cortinas and allegros for handling and speed.

any one agree?

fair play to you! i am currently customising one mk5 cortina,getting another mk5 ready for its mot and hopefully might be getting a mk2 cortina 1600e (if i can talk the wife into letting me part with more ready's and get another car!)a mate of mine is getting very close to buying his first 70's motor(loan pending).....a mk1 escort 1300s with a burton lump!(the git still wont tell me how much its up for though!),when i pointed out thet if you get a car registered before the first quater of 1973 you dont pay for road tax and that classic cars cost less to insure it made his mind up.a few other friends are starting to look at older cars as they find the newer cars are all alike and the roads are becoming more booring now they are full of euroboxes and lax powered abortions.

[v8 jago]

ive not got them ordred yet proberbly next weekend ill have to get them put straight on so i can see how loud it is and then go and get it tested so i can go for a buzz around the roads in it.