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So what's your favourite classic car?
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Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:25 amby martine
By classic I mean any production car pre-1970?
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Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:21 amby TripleS
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.
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Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:25 amby JamesAllport
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...
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Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:32 amby Porker
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.
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Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:09 pmby TripleS
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.
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Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:19 amby Renny
1958 Series II Land-Rover 88".
Stupidly I sold it
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Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:11 pmby martine
E-type roadster anyone?
How about '67 Mustang (Bullet car)?
Or more modestly a 70s Beetle softop?
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Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:10 pmby Barnaby
a mini, although I may be a little biased!
for something a bit more refined a rover P4.
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Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:33 pmby mcs
Agreed - classic minis - still fantastic fun on a budget!
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Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:52 pmby Red Herring
Mk1 Ford Escort Mexico, a cracking car even by todays standards.....
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Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:38 amby MiniClubmanEstate
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.
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Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:26 pmby firstmk1
Am I the only person left cold by the Mini?
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Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:44 pmby ScoobyChris
New Mini is much better to drive
Chris
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Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:18 amby Why_Aye
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.
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Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:35 pmby waremark
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