So what's your favourite classic car?

by **martine** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:25 am

By classic I mean any production car pre-1970?

by **TripleS** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:21 am

Jaguar 3.8 Mark 2 saloon, manual transmission with overdrive, carmen red, chromium plated wire wheels. Happy days. A splendid symbol of the motoring climate we ought to have.

Best wishes all,
Dave.

by **JamesAllport** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:25 am

Bristol 405 convertible. This country's decline as a world power started when you could no longer drive your Bristol car on to a Bristol aeroplane and fly to France...

by **Porker** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:32 am

I suspect many if not most old cars would disappoint at some level, but I think I'd plump for an Alfa Giulia - coupe or saloon (Berlinetta) - I don't much mind.

Either way, I'd happily settle for speed limits as they were before December 1965.

P.

by **TripleS** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:09 pm

Porker wrote:I suspect many if not most old cars would disappoint at some level, but I think I'd plump for an Alfa Giulia - coupe or saloon (Berlinetta) - I don't much mind.

Either way, I'd happily settle for speed limits as they were before December 1965.

P.

Oh how I agree with that last bit!

To be realistc about cars though, much as I'd like to again drive some of those I drove in the late 1950s and 1960s, I expect they would feel awful, relatively speaking. Modern cars all feel so light and easy and surefooted to me. The 3.8 Jaguar never did - but I still loved it.

Best wishes all,
Dave.

by **Renny** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:19 am

1958 Series II Land-Rover 88".

Stupidly I sold it :cry:

by **martine** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:11 pm

E-type roadster anyone?

How about '67 Mustang (Bullet car)?

Or more modestly a 70s Beetle softop?

by **Barnaby** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:10 pm

a mini, although I may be a little biased!

for something a bit more refined a rover P4.

by **mcs** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:33 pm

Agreed - classic minis - still fantastic fun on a budget!

by **Red Herring** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:52 pm

Mk1 Ford Escort Mexico, a cracking car even by todays standards.....

by **MiniClubmanEstate** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:38 am

Another one for Mini, especially longer wheelbase models.

I may also be slightly biased but it's much nicer to drive than any modern vehicle I've driven.

by **firstmk1** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:26 pm

Am I the only person left cold by the Mini?

by **ScoobyChris** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:44 pm

New Mini is much better to drive :twisted:

Chris

by **Why_Aye** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:18 am

For me: any "proper" Landrover. By 'proper', I mean one of the Series ilk (including up to the 300TDi Defender). I have a 90 which is a veritable youngster at 25 years old. Had I not a use for it daily (commuting), I'd have an older one. Sometime I will have my 'toy' to take on the road. A series one would be lovely - the older the better.

by **waremark** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:35 pm

Porker wrote:Either way, I'd happily settle for speed limits as they were before December 1965.

Here here.

For me it is an E Type upgraded to modern standards - trouble is, then they cost as much as a modern Aston, so I'll just take the modern car, thanks all the same.

Mark the Philistine

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