Classic cars you really dont like...

i agree with not disliking any classic but rather not interested in them, its whatever floats your boat and i can't see any rhyme or reason to that either?
fords don't do anything for me , beetles the same (never liked the beatles either!)
i oddly have a fondness for old motorbikes but have no history of bikes at all and wouldn't ride one.
i quite like classic commercials,moggie vans and transits but then i'm as happy if not happier in a scrapyard than a show,
just as well looking at my garden!
i love p6's and that'll never change but would like a vauxhall carlton gsi
ahh! why is it i'm not fussed about cars like allegro's and 1100's but quite like the estate versions?
i think i prefer the styling :?
 
stina said:
Really interesting . As i was reading through i was thinking why don't the mgb brigade wave . Me and the old man have both noticed it over the years . I have met a few people at shows with them that are nice people ,although they have had other classics as well . I wonder if it's a way of fitting in at the golf club without having to spend thousands on a top end merk/bmw !
I wave and flash ( stop sniggering ! ) at anything pre 1985 ish
stina
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Hello Stina,
A bit of a delayed reply to this, but...It is a strange one why MG owners and TR owners don't wave at other 'old car' drivers :?: I even get a wave from a Jaguar MK-2 driver, and that's while driving my 'blend-in' SD1! And once a Jaguar XK-120 driver gave me a show of lights too:shock:, although I was driving my older 1971 Triumph Pi at the time. Perhaps it's a middle market money type thing. They drive a car of more value than an average classic saloon car, but not quite a GT like, say, an XK-120, or Aston Martin, so are a bit confused at who to wave at:?:

I even had an MG driver that decided to move to park somewhere else after I parked my SD1 next to his MG at a show once. I didn't think rust was that catching :)
 
Just read this whole thread and very interstiing, I think everybody will have a different opinion on all classics be they 40 yrs, 30 yrs or 25 yrs old.

I like most classics, mainly V8 american muscle cars of the 60~70s and british but saying that I'm also partial to the 3rd gen Camaros/ firebirds of 82~89ears.
But to me I still think a classic is a pre say 79-80 with chrome trim & bumpers..wrong or right..maybe its because I'm 41 & grew up in the 70s-80's so these cars to me are classics in my mind.

But to answer the original question, modern Mazda MX-5's seem to turn up in the hundreds as a car club with banners, deck chairs etc at various classic car shows, even though its say pre 1980 age limit, what do they still get a pitch ? Each to there own blah blah but do you think they are really interested in the proper classics & owners attending, I mean what does a morris minor, E-type jag, Rover V8 P5-P6 have in common with an upturnd jelly mould ......fack all I'd say, I went to a really nice new years day meet here in Somerset, some great cars, nice people & yes the MX-5 club! I think every single Mazda MX5 arrived from the UK, well ok there a modern classic & nice people but the advert clearly said Pre 1980 only, so again why let them in ? You could hear people saying why are these here, not classic at all..
You can go to Tesco's car park & see several MX-5's or even a dealer.

Right ok thats my view so far.

Oh yes MG's, nice little cars, had a 67 GTB, webasto, wires, over drive, BRG color, like driving a go cart & several hundred at any classic car show kind of put me off so I sold it,
V8 one though is very nice!!!
Now this is my real dream classic car for me ! Lotto winning that is :D but for now its a 1/25 scale model kit I made..1969 Dodge Charger R/T 440ci
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Nice model there I also like the late 60's and 70's American mussel cars but I do think they look too big on our roads, but would not stop me owning a few if like you say a lotto win.... Fingers and everything else crossed than :LOL:
 
i cant think of any i hate but im not keen on triumph except the dolomite sprint i think i like them as there was a modified one down my road when i was a kid on twin 40's :)
 
Cars I didn't like when they were new I now find interesting because they have survived 30 odd years
Even a Y Reg Sierra 1.6 L
 
To me they make total sense.... in the states.... They've got loads of space, and don't make their roads rediculously small. So they may as well drive round in big comfy cars, rather than being squashed into some of the little tin cans we've made over the years.

I think the 2 door thing is for style, that charger wouldn't look as cool with 4 doors would it ?

My mate has a similar car in his workshop at the moment, it is massive by uk standards, you could almost fit a mini (proper one) under the bonnet. :D
 
The thing I love most about American muscle cars is the way the manufacturers would outright lie about the horsepower - Ford, GM, Dodge would claim a car had less power than it actually did to make them more insurable. In my head I imagine the conversation going like this...

Insurance Company: "Mr. Ford, can you please tell us how many horsepower your Mustang 428 Cobra Jet produces?"
Mr. Ford: "erm, ah, about 335 ish?"
Insurance Company: "335, really?"
Mr. Ford: "sure, that sounds about right, give or take a few ponies"
Insurance Company: "okay then, we feel comfortable insuring young men to drive these cars - after all, it's not like it's throwing out 410 horsies is it?"
Mr. Ford: "erm, no...???"
Insurance Company: "Now Mr. Mopar, about some of your advertised figures..."

Where has that carefree attitude gone?
 
Jap manufacturers ( especially Mitsubishi have been known to give lower Max speeds. My dad had a galant which alledgedly did about 120 but you can add at least 20 to that in reality....

Rich.
 
I like most classics, mainly V8 american muscle cars of the 60~70s and british but saying that I'm also partial to the 3rd gen Camaros/ firebirds of 82~89ears.
But to me I still think a classic is a pre say 79-80 with chrome trim & bumpers..wrong or right..maybe its because I'm 41 & grew up in the 70s-80's so these cars to me are classics in my mind.
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Damian, I sympathise with view to some extent. However, if you stop to think that (scarily!) even a 1980 car is now 32 years old? I kind of generally go along with the convention that anything over 25 years is defintely a classic i.e 1987 onwards? Even cars in the 15-25 year range I would consider neo-classics as it's fairly unusual to see a car older than about 15 on the road as an everyday car. The last P6's were made in 1977 and I think they were regarded as classics before 2002?

I know what you mean about the chrome though - I tend to associate chrome bumpers/trim with a classic car. Maybe today's youth consider anything with a cassette player in it as a classic? :D
 
I quite like Stags, but only once they've got a "proper" V8 installed. I did own a GT6 back in the mid 80's in Mimosa Yellow, looked nice, but was unreliable & not quick at all, plus it was tiny inside. There was no going back to these once I got my Rover. So much more powerful, comfortable & reliable, once I'd got it sorted that is.

Love that Charger Damian, one of my all time faves along with most 70's muscle cars. My son who is currently 14 would love to own a 60's Mustang Fastback, as per "Bullitt" he also quite likes the modern sporty version.

Can't say that there are many classic cars that I dislike, but I did start off with an Austin Maxi 1750, given to me by my Dad,which, although a bit old fart, was quite pokey for a 17 yr. old. Bit of a vague gearchange though!

Dave
 
The only problem I have with Stags is that they're not proper convertibles, they don't even fit the cabriolet description either, there's far too much frame left with the top down, they might as well have saved a few quid and just fitted T-tops.
 
I do love the look of stags... Never driven or been in one though (or any triumph for that matter!)

It's the only 4 seater open top classic which i can think of which is pretty easily maintainable and should be fairly cheap to keep going once sorted whilst not being outpaced by modern traffic on a run?

Rich.
 
I'd like a Stag with a Rover V8 fitted ,I know the purists object but if it had a Triumph engine I'd never relax for fear of it blowing up
 
I'd like a Stag with a Rover V8 fitted ,I know the purists object but if it had a Triumph engine I'd never relax for fear of it blowing up
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surely the ones that are left by now should be fine??? Was a good engine afterall wasnt it(performance wise at least!)?
 
rockdemon said:
I'd like a Stag with a Rover V8 fitted ,I know the purists object but if it had a Triumph engine I'd never relax for fear of it blowing up
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surely the ones that are left by now should be fine??? Was a good engine afterall wasnt it(performance wise at least!)?
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I think so. All the engine problems seem to be have been relatively minor design flaws and it was shame they weren't sorted out during design (or maybe that they didn't just opt for the Rover V8??). Pity the design problems weren't sorted at the time as the Triumph V8 I think was arguably a more modern design. Anytime I've read anything about Stags in recent years you always get told that most of them have been sorted out (e.g. improved cooling and lubrication). I think the roll-bar and t-bar thing on the roof was to comply with US legislation as, like many British sports cars and GTs of the period, they were designed with the American market in mind. Back in the 70s I think the reckoning was that BL would only make money on cars like the Stag if they could sell most of them in the US.

Ironic that many owners were understandably keen to do a swap for a Rover V8 or Ford V6 in the 70s; yet, now, buyers tend to want the original engine.

Quite like Stags. They are proper blokes' motors :D . If I ever own one, would need to get a nice brown nylon suit with flared trousers, shirt with big collar wings and maybe a gold medallion?? :D
 
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