What classics have you owned??

god i havnt seen one of those in years they use to be a regular thing in my village when i was a lad bringing sunblest bread to the local shop,and the local scrapman had one as a tow truck fantastic its great this forum bringing back all my child hood memorys...........wait !! :shock: god im getting old nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :LOL:
 
Fiat 131 Mirafiori
Opel Manta Coupe, in Orange with black vinyl roof
Fiat 128 saloon
Renault Fuego
Alfasud 5M
Alfasud Gold Cloverleaf
Alfa 33 1.7 Cloverleaf
Alfa 155 Widebody Twin Spark
Rover 418 saloon
Rover 3500 manual 5 speed, in Paprika with black vinyl roof
Lancia Beta saloon, still got it
Vauxhall Victor 101 wagon
Rover 418 wagon
Wolseley 18/85 auto, still got it
Fiat X1/9, ditto
Alfa 156 5-pot derv belter, ditto
 
It's great, so unfair the media killed the model. It rotted no more than say, an ADO16, but got all the media hyperbole

http://62.3.92.81/~jhaynes/motors/lancia/lancia.html
Toying with keeping it (because return is so little at sale) and popping back on the road with ticket. Shouldn't need much, but cosmetics are shonky now, what with being out in the open for 25 years. But then in that time I've got old and shonky myself!

For a 1972 design, it handles like a Cortina or Victor from that era could only ever wish for :wink:
 
I nearly bought a Beta Coupe as my first car, but insurance was twice the price of the car, so I had a Chevette instead :(
 
I tried an early Beta which had a more tasteful dashboard .Think it was a 1973 model in a very similar brown to the P6 dark brown
 
Hi ive owned just for you to read and comment on
1980 morris marina estate
1979 triumph dolomite 1500 hl
1983 volvo 340 gl (took this one to over 200k)
1985 volvo360 gls 2l ( this car was always getting vandilised)
1985 volvo 740 gl ( i fell in love with this car as soon as i saw it ex wife put it in a field)
1986 volvo 360 gle saloon( large lorry hit in rear 2 weeks after we got it )
1985 bmw 7 series 3.2l sametime as 360
1988 volvo 740 gl estate (took this one to 280,000 miles and then part ex )
1989 volvo 760 2.8 estate
1994 audi 80 diesel
1997 volvo 850 estate
1989 volvo 244 gle
1987 volvo 740 gle and 1990 volvo 740 se estate
1995 volvo 850
loads of vans
1998 volvo v40 (very much missed car)
2000 freelander
2005 mitsubishi 4life (own this now and 4life i hope not)
and of course rover p6 1971 2000 sc
and some i forgot
regards marcus
 
I forgot about all the Volvos I've owned I suppose some of them are now classics

Volvo no.1 1988 360 GLE 5Dr
Volvo no.2 1985 360 GLS 5Dr
Volvo no.3 1989 360 GLE 4Dr
Volvo no.4 1995 850 SE Estate
Volvo no.5 1992 940 GL Estate
Volvo no.6 1997 940 Turbo Estate (still got it I love this car)
Volvo no.7 1985 740 GLE Estate (used it as a shed recently scrapped)
Volvo no.8 1989 240 GL 4Dr (daily driver at present)
Volvo no.9 1979 244 GLT (got for nowt for spares now scrapped)

Regards Colin
 
Hi did nt know you were a volvo man as well i go weak at the knees when i see 7 and 9 series they built them so well, my dad went from rover p6 to the volvo 240 i suppose alot of people did when the p6 got to an age, i got the mitsubishi because people say the jap stuff is so good well i cant see it if you want cheap and very nasty then get one , im counting down the months when i can go back to buy another volvo only 32 months to go
regards
marcus
 
I've always found the same with Jap stuff, they are alledgedly well built (although I've seen no evidence of that either), but the bit you spend all your time in, the interior, they're always rubbish. Maybe being rover owners we expect wood and leather everywhere, and rock hard black plastic isn't our thing !
 
Volvos are in my blood I run my 240 as my everyday hack I payed 80 quid for it & have used it for about 18 months relatively trouble free. I dabbled with the Japanese a few years ago & have to say the one I had was a cracker a 1990 Toyota Carina II which was a very comfortable, lively, economical & nicely finished car, I bought it off my Father who bought it new . He made the mistake of replacing it with a Subaru Impreza which although a fast & attractive car the interior was just awful & the whole thing was very shabbily finished off, I replaced it after 180,000 miles with a Volvo 850 Estate & then I bought a house so the 850 had to go

Regards Colin
 
My first ever car Rover P6 2000TC arden green.
Ford Granada mk 1 3000 GXL.
White Rover P6 3500S.
Monza Red 3500S (thunderdog) 5 speed drove it for years.
Vauxhall Viva.
Austin Allegro (Nicknamed Rustin All Agro) Painted it white with a roller.
Vauxhall Astra - Big ends ends went with a bang.
Rover P6 3500 - now 4000S

The Monza red 3500S was bought just after the Granada and was my daily driver for many years. I had a P6 from 1977 to 1999 and have just got myself another one. I can't see me being without one again 8)
 
The Mk1 Gran was a lovely bit of kit my mate has 3 of them at the minute & I could fancy one myself when funds allow, I have great memories of an orange 3.0 GL my Uncle Norman had when I was a puppy
 
heres some pics os just some of my classics
 

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1. 1960 Austin Seven Mini. Red with white roof. (Couldn’t afford a real
Cooper)
2. 1935 Rover 10 Saloon. In family from new, my Fathers` daily runner for
31 years, inclg thro WW11 (over ½ million miles) Sold 1967
3. 1961 Morgan Plus 4 Super Sports – 2.2 ltr 42DCOE 8 Weber carbs.
Over150 BHP at flywheel. Originally this Lawrencetune (Chris
Lawrence)tuned car was the back-up car for 1962 Le Mans
Morgan Class win.

4. 1969 Morgan Plus 8-bought a pup…least said about this car the better
cost me a fortune to get it right, but great fun when I did !
(Marriage forced buying a sensible car)
5. 1964 Triumph 2000 Mk 1.
6. 1968 Land Rover Series 11A SWB 2 ¼ diesel.
7. 1973 Rover P6 2200 SC. BW 35 Auto. White.
8. 1971 Rover P6 3500 S. Corsica Blue. Still owned.
9. 1972 Land Rover Series 111.SWB 2 ¼ Petrol. Still Owned.
10. 1985 Range Rover 3.5
11. 1993 Morgan Plus 4. 2 seater. Rover 820 engine. Bought new, had 7
years of fun and then sold at a handsome profit. Not many
marques allow that !.
12. 1999 Land Rover Defender SWB (new)
13. 1992 Volvo 240 GL. Did over 200k miles with no problems, great car!
14. 1998 Mercedes C Class 250 Turbo diesel.Estate. Still owned.

From 1958 to1960 I was on two wheels (poverty stricken Naval Apprentice), and have continued to have at least one motorcycle in the garage alongside every car. Some classics (Ariel Red Hunter 350,Norton Dominator 500 etc), some trials bikes & some summer weather functional.
 

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Learned to drive in my dads 3500 auto VUV 293M!
1st car was a Viva HC, NDO 892M,when I was 17
Next was a Escort Mk2 van PDO 844R, £50 from a scrapyard worth a fortune now!
Vauxhall Magnum 1800, STW 149N. Low mileage and was cheap as it head been rolled and road rash on the roof....
then a Mk1 Astra estate ULH 725X
Allegro 1.3 RER 440S, put a mental race engine out of my autograss special in that. It would blow an XR3 into the weeds...until it got to a bend.
Marina van, piece of Cr*p
Talbot Horizon UEG 474X, rattling french dog poo...
Another Mk2 Escort van NRO 738V
First P6 2200SC manual in Lunar grey,RDO761N
P6 2000TC NFL 556F in Old english white
P6 2200 SC KJF 991P customised and sprayed it metallic purple! still about I believe.
P6 2000 SC KJL 745P Was green but I resprayed it Tartan red.
Homebuilt Morgan type 3 wheeler based on mini running gear.
Astra GTE 1.8 MK1 ,A430 ONG frighteningly quick for its time.
Bought a house at 21 so the P6s had to go..
bought a Mini Mayfair, it was horrid
Mk2 Granny 2.8 Ghia X with s pack, bought it but never used it.
Mk5 Tina 2.0 Ghia auto
Mk1 Escort Elba camper van JAL 149N! probably worth thousands now..
Ford Model T hot rod thing with a Rover V8, TVS 201
Saab 99, AAV ***Y reg with 200,0000 miles, scrapped it after a year but wasnt a bad car.
Saab 99, FTW 145T reg low mileage but it was a dog!
Dutton Phaeton Q810 CGY, plastic poo
Ford 100e 719 EDV, so slow it makes my 2000sc auto seem fast!
Ford 107e DSL 942, All steel 1300 X-flow screamer!
Ford Granada Twincam, H597 JHK,Only thing I had that compared to a P6 for comfort and handling.
Ford Cortina Mk3 1600l KEB 407P, With a 140BHP 2 litre Pinto, fast but handled like the back axle was attached with chains!
And now I am back to P6s again with LMB 450K the ratty brown 2000 auto and NNR 702P the V8 auto which is now painted and almost ready for MOT after being parked in a farmers barn since 1993.

I dont think it will be a classic any time soon but my everyday car is a Skoda Octavia with the VAG 1.9Tdi diesel, which is a brilliant car. Anyone that turns there nose up at Skoda's should try one. Cheap insurance and road tax and from 55 to 75 MPG and all the electric toys you could wish for, Just a VW Bora without the pricetag.

I also did 3 seasons banger racing and rid the world of at least 20 of those nasty little Hondarover 213 and 216 things from the late 80's, also had a P6 2000 auto to race but it was too rotten for me. Didnt bother my mate though as he raced it anyway with a 1600 XR 2 pushrod engine in it mated to a Mk2 cortina gearbox! It was quick but but almost fell in half after a big T-bone from a series 1 Standard Vanguard.

I'm sure there are more as I must have had 50 cars in 20 years.
 
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