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Post by Juan on Dec 3, 2009 20:46:16 GMT
Okay guys, I've started this sub board up as it's apparent there's many with a love for older motors out there and it may help us over the winter months.
Now, it's password sensative at the moment but I may change that in the future but the password is classic cars.
I don't want to see bloody Vectra's, Laguna's and the like but if you must they bloody well better be tricked out or I'll bounce your arse off of here. ;D
Anyway, have fun.
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Post by unreliablesc on Dec 3, 2009 21:37:50 GMT
nice one Juan. I'll start by reposting the pic of my old Saab. its a 1961 96, and it was all standard except for the 2" exhaust i fitted. Sadly i had to sell it after only one year as i was a skint student, dint have a garage and lived in the middle of the city... sold it to a mate that did a full rebuild, fitted a tuned engine and tricked it out in all sorts of ways...: saab96.no/saab_96/Kirill_Pictures.html#0 (will only work in some browsers..)
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Post by tuc on Dec 4, 2009 19:13:47 GMT
just sold this after i restored it
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Post by tuc on Dec 4, 2009 19:18:49 GMT
i.l try again
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Post by bikegrim on Dec 4, 2009 19:27:40 GMT
My Volvo 480 Celebration Number 242 out of 480 made. For sale as well - £750. Lovely motor but I have too many.
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Post by bofs on Dec 4, 2009 23:25:45 GMT
This is the wife`s 1302 karmann Cabrio And my 65 splitty. Got it for a grand years ago before the prices went bonkers and it`s taken me a few years on and off restoring it
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Post by dayle1991 on Dec 4, 2009 23:48:46 GMT
that splitty looks the nuts needs to be lowerd tho ;D
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Post by eean on Dec 5, 2009 18:01:59 GMT
A Grand for a splitty you lucky sod ;D
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Post by Juan on Dec 5, 2009 18:11:58 GMT
I do like an old Bus, would've painted the roof satin black myself.
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Post by bofs on Dec 11, 2009 18:22:28 GMT
Aye the roof might get done yet,looks a bit rare in white. Still have to camper out the interior and put a headliner in. They do look sweet lowered but I don`t think they look right with a pop-top as well.
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Post by thedarklord on Dec 21, 2009 19:14:36 GMT
sunbeam alpine, need to get one again
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Post by Pish on Dec 21, 2009 21:00:04 GMT
sunbeam alpine, need to get one again I'm with you! They are lovely cars, mind I'm bias! My Dad had one in the garage for many years and I used to sit in it and beg him to let me do it up. It was a Californian import Series II, Carnival Red, full engine rebuid (we bought the engine for £20 off some farmer in Skelmersdale). He spent years buying all the bits, but never did it. Sadly it got sold when my parents split. If you ever seen 'TSY353' it should be mine. Maybe I'll get it back one day!
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Post by scotia on Jan 2, 2010 16:50:19 GMT
probably put this in the wrong place but here goes anyway. does any one remember marshall cavendish magfrom the 70,sand early 80,s called on the road? they also did one called on your bike.these built into a complete how to encyclopedeia of all things cars( or bikes ) well i got both complete 8 volume sets in binders with indexes in great nick also a few old manuals,austins,minis,vws,ect. if anyone is interested pm me.cash or scooter parts or w.h.y
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Post by triffid on Jan 4, 2010 10:15:49 GMT
Topic for discussion, what makes a classic car a classic car? Does it become classic after say 25 years, or are some classics from day 1? Do they have to be rare to be a classic, if so this would probably eliminate the likes of minis, Beetles and the like as they are still fairly plentiful.
I think that the Manta coupes were classic (but not the hatch) but does the later Calibra fall into that category yet?
Perhaps a poll could be strted to determine what we all think marks a car out as a classic.
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Post by OliMonster on Jan 4, 2010 11:01:24 GMT
Anything with a following is a classic. Trabants, for example. Shit cars, probably no redeeming features, they just have a group of people that like them. Bit like PK50s, really! ;D On reflection, anything that looks dated and has a following is a classic, methinks. New cars with a following are just popular.
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Post by triffid on Jan 4, 2010 14:58:10 GMT
Anything with a following is a classic. Trabants, for example. Shit cars, probably no redeeming features, they just have a group of people that like them. Bit like PK50s, really! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by scotia on Jan 6, 2010 1:25:27 GMT
calibra a classic? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D come on now; its a cavillier in a shell suit and ugly to boot..your gonna tell me youve got one now arnt you? classic cars have to have somthing attractive about them,i mean somthings are just soo ugly you cant take your eyes of em and in a wierd way thats kinda my bag. example : i was wathin top gear the other night ..the one about eastern block cars now whoever designed those things needs all there pencils and paper taken away but i still find myself wantin some of them ???how ever its a whole genre of car design that no one else seems to give a shit about. p.s well done on all the cool rides on here, love all v-dubs and that saab is the bollocks.
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Post by hoast on Jan 18, 2010 8:09:27 GMT
One of my weapons of money destruction. Though not sure if this one can be regarded a classic car yet. Anyway - I noticed it´s got a special reputation in the UK as to be a gay hairdresser´s favourite transport. So I guess that already makes it worth showing a pic: Needs a bit of a makeover regarding the paintwork due to me residing in a bigger city for 10 years without a garage and people there tending to use their ears as park distance control only which obviously didn´t work out that well for my bumpers.
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Post by Juan on Jan 18, 2010 19:15:21 GMT
It's not the Golf, it's the fact that nearly all convertibles are considered Gay. Notable exceptions to this are MG's, Triumph TR's etc, Alfa Romeo's and Ferrari's. There's a few others but not many.
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Post by Juan on Jan 18, 2010 19:21:16 GMT
eastern block cars now whoever designed those things needs all there pencils and paper taken away but i still find myself wantin some of them ? Nothing wrong with Eastern Bloc/ Soviet styling fella, you just need to know where to look.
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