Cars you used to love when you were a kid, but not so much nowadays.
When I was a kid there was an old Porshe 916 in the garage where my parents used to park their car (a Fiat?).
The car had been abandoned by the owner (he went to Africa as far as I remember), but I just loved it.
http://srv2.betterparts.org/images/porsche-916-08.jpg
Now that I see it I just don't find the same appeal.
The same happens with Porshe 924, the car I promised myself in my pre-teen years that I would buy if couldn't get a Lotus 7.
http://www.porscheforsale.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/89/files/classipress/609.jpg
and the Mercedes SL500, the car I promised myself in my teen years I would by when I got a drivers license if I couldn't get a Lotus 7.
http://photos.ecarlist.com/52/V8/V8/Ns/BH/8f/V4/cS/LN/4m/9Q_640.jpg
Both cars seem very dated to me nowadays, but the Lotus 7 I still find it a classic beauty.
Not that it matters since I don't have the money for the car or even a drivers license :D.
Just find it funny how your taste changes over the years.
What cars did you guys really love and wanted to buy when you were kids?
The car had been abandoned by the owner (he went to Africa as far as I remember), but I just loved it.
http://srv2.betterparts.org/images/porsche-916-08.jpg
Now that I see it I just don't find the same appeal.
The same happens with Porshe 924, the car I promised myself in my pre-teen years that I would buy if couldn't get a Lotus 7.
http://www.porscheforsale.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/89/files/classipress/609.jpg
and the Mercedes SL500, the car I promised myself in my teen years I would by when I got a drivers license if I couldn't get a Lotus 7.
http://photos.ecarlist.com/52/V8/V8/Ns/BH/8f/V4/cS/LN/4m/9Q_640.jpg
Both cars seem very dated to me nowadays, but the Lotus 7 I still find it a classic beauty.
Not that it matters since I don't have the money for the car or even a drivers license :D.
Just find it funny how your taste changes over the years.
What cars did you guys really love and wanted to buy when you were kids?
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I just watched Peggy Sue Got Married (curiosity of the time/body-swap genre by Francis Ford Coppola with Nic Cage and Jim Carrey) and there's a great bit where 'Daddy' comes home to tell the family they have a shiny brand new car - a Ford 'C*** on the Front' Edsel.
I don't think there's anything bad about a Testarossa. I had more modest ambitions, a TR7, which I look at now and -though not dreadful - they're awfully small and terrible to maintain. I did - and still do - love the Lancia Stratos. Though like the TR7, I could do without the running costs.
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That was a playground classic! every Kid in my school had a matchbox version of it!
I saw one in Camden a couple of months back. They still look awesome, in my opinion.
Griffith - still one of the best looking British sports cars in my opinion, and has held it's looks perfectly
350i - and the other wedge shaped ones.... saw one in Guildford only yesterday, and my god it looked cack! I remember thinking how cool I thought they were in the 90s!
Also...
Lotus Carlton - really wanted one of those as a new driver, and whilst I suspect it would be a hoot to drive it looks ... errr ... a bit crap now
Clio V6 - hasn't really aged that well either
Something that's reliable and cheap to run and insure has always been more my sort of thing. When people ask me what my dream car would be, my answer is "One that would teleport me instantly to my destination."
That's not to say that recreational driving can't be fun, and I enjoy the odd track day now and then, but it's easier to rent something for the day rather than have to live with it for the rest of the time.
http://www.checkoutthiscar.com/2012/11/1973-siva-s160-spyder.html
Pre-dates even the prototype DeLorean DMC-12 by three years, and only 12 were produced.
I'd still have one, but I've always liked the classic Brisith sports car. Long nose. Fast back. Straight six. Rear Drive. Italian styling. But I wasn't allowed to buy this:
So I ended up with this:
Which is surprisingly practical.
the AMG place is also on finchley high road.. and an old boss I had years ago, his mate used to have a barabus (modded merc) which was nice, although you don't see many.
I liked the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterham_7 maybe due to the prisoner, but it's something I feel you couldn't drive every day. I think that aged well.
I liked older cars I owned though, due to newer ones making the impossible to fix by far cheaper garages , that need specific diagnostic machines.
Is there no love for the Pink Panther car ? Possibly the most outrageous thing on four wheels:
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C'mon. Classic '70s wedge. Gull wing doors. Pop-up headlights (ok, they look better when they're down).
With you on that one. It's awesome.
I rather liked the '60s Batmobile too and was lucky enough to sit in the hero car about a decade ago when it was up in Whitehaven.
I love the look, but just imagine trying to reverse park the thing!
I'd be more concerned that the cockpit is ahead of the front wheels. You really wouldn't want to be in any kind of head-on collision in it.
They just don't do customs like they used to.
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The classic Morgan...this pic isn't the model I used to like, but it's as close as I can find online.
Looks quite retro-nice, but let's face it, it's a death trap, you crash one of these it'll fold like laundry, and if you drop a cigarette the balsawood frame will burst into flames.
Feast thine eyes and imagine constant breakdowns, in the rain, in January!!
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Ah, the Vauxhall Viva with its old-style horizontal speedometer.
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It as if someone saw a picture of a classic Cadillac, all fins and showy, but couldn't quite get their head around the scale of it. Instead they designed this peculiar little thing with a very British sensibility applied to its size, practicality and styling.
I love how they look, but I imagine it would be useless to drive in Aberdeen, especially in winter.
http://www.motorstown.com/images/triumph-herald-1360-02.jpg
Seems to be a thing with french design though, as pretty much any french car design seems to age badly compared to most other stuff.
I've been to a few vintage car shows with my son and I'm always drawn to the 70s and 80s (lovingly restored) bangers - Vauxhall Vivas and Chevettes and the like. We didn't have a car until I was 13 (apart from about 3 or 4 months when I was 9) so any car journey at all was exciting for me, even if it was in a brown Austin Allegro :)
Our family had the most basic Chevette. Awful thing. Blue vinyl seats used to get red hot in summer. It was a replacement for a Renault 16 which had a Swiss cheese floor. This thread got me thinking about all the cars I've ever driven. The only one I miss is the '86 Fairmont wagon. RWD with a 4.1L i6 engine. It was an automatic. Bought it from a dealer in Adelaide and had it converted for disabled use, which in Australia means running a motor cycle throttle directly to the carburetor. Push lever to break and steering ball on the wheel so you could stick your feet out the window while you were driving if you wanted to, which is what the Dutch guys I sold it to did.
And that's the HF Zero:
:-D
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Thats a lot like a MK2 Granada from the rear arches forward.
It's the same design language but the Granada was a mid-sized car, whereas the Falcon was a full-size car.
The '70s really was the decade of the wedge wasn't it?
What was the popular (yet crap) 70s car that was frequently compared to a wedge of cheese? I had it in my mind it was a Princess, but it doesn't look half as wedgey as I thought.
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It could have been a Bond Bug. That's another thing that looks like a total death trap.
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