Car nostalgia

Posted by: Cbr600 on 14 January 2013

So folks, we have started the motorbike thread, so how about a thread of pictures of all your old or present car favourites, nice memories, horror stories, etc
Posted on: 01 February 2013 by DrMark
Originally Posted by Fabio 1:

British Green Racing for a Taxi Fiat 600 Multipla?In the sixties.

Now THAT is one cool looking ride Fabio!

Posted on: 01 February 2013 by joerand

Originally Posted by Fabio 1:

British Green Racing for a Taxi Fiat 600 Multipla?In the sixties.

Nice!  Had to look twice to tell whether it was coming or going.  Probably didn't earn many stars in frontal crash test ratings.

Posted on: 02 February 2013 by Cbr600

 

Not sure which is the scariest, the car or he woman ?

Posted on: 02 February 2013 by MDS
Originally Posted by Cbr600:
Originally Posted by MDS:
Originally Posted by Cbr600:

 

not sure if anyone has posted a beetle yet?

 

i have no doubt there are many on the forum who have either owned one, or have some history with one

My late father had one, a 1303 model which was apparently a "luxury" model. As far as I could tell this luxury extended to a curved windscreen. The road-holding was the worst I've experienced in any car; the brakes were weak; the headlamps so dim I thought they were side lights; the heater had no blower making it hopeless for de-icing in cold whether (made worse by the air-cooled engine); and the windscreen washer was charged by the spare-tyre pressure; and the exhaust rotted regularly, made worse by the 3-4 hour job needed to replace it.  I hated the thing but my father, bless him, loved it. 

Wasnt the 1303 model fitted with a 1600 engine instead of the Normal 1300?

If it was, Paul, you wouldn't have known it from the performance. It was the probably the slowest car I'v ever driven and that includes a 1200 Triumph Herald.

MDS 

Posted on: 02 February 2013 by Fabio 1

DrMark and Joerand,yes a like it too,so funny car!Most of all I remember my neighbour's father used to have one as a Taxi in the sixties when they still were green,a long time ago...Joe your"whether it was coming or going"really made me LOL!By the way every car in that time actually had they proper caracteristics,different from one another.

Posted on: 02 February 2013 by BigH47

I once had a Beetle as a "loaner" whilst my Capri was being worked on. Vertical control pedals (OK in a race car) no fuel gauge and the "heater" what a joke?

I know they are a Marmite type car but it was truly awful vehicle, the only one to surpass it in my experience was a Citroen Ami 6(8?).

 

Posted on: 02 February 2013 by MDS
Originally Posted by BigH47:

I once had a Beetle as a "loaner" whilst my Capri was being worked on. Vertical control pedals (OK in a race car) no fuel gauge and the "heater" what a joke?

I know they are a Marmite type car but it was truly awful vehicle, the only one to surpass it in my experience was a Citroen Ami 6(8?).

 

Oh, yes, I'd forgotten about those nasty vertical pedals.  Only redeeming feature that I can recall was the steel bumpers which, unlike today's cars, could take a proper bump without incurring damage, which was just as well because front and rear visibility when parking was hopeless.  

Posted on: 02 February 2013 by DrMark
Originally Posted by MDS:
Originally Posted by BigH47:

I once had a Beetle as a "loaner" whilst my Capri was being worked on. Vertical control pedals (OK in a race car) no fuel gauge and the "heater" what a joke?

I know they are a Marmite type car but it was truly awful vehicle, the only one to surpass it in my experience was a Citroen Ami 6(8?).

 

Oh, yes, I'd forgotten about those nasty vertical pedals.  Only redeeming feature that I can recall was the steel bumpers which, unlike today's cars, could take a proper bump without incurring damage, which was just as well because front and rear visibility when parking was hopeless.  

For me as well; I had the "pleasure" to borrow one and the vertical pedals is also my most enduring memory of the experience - I'm sure it would be even more fun in a bad, bumper-to-bumper traffic jam!

Posted on: 02 February 2013 by DrMark
Originally Posted by DrMark:
Originally Posted by MDS:
Originally Posted by BigH47:

I once had a Beetle as a "loaner" whilst my Capri was being worked on. Vertical control pedals (OK in a race car) no fuel gauge and the "heater" what a joke?

I know they are a Marmite type car but it was truly awful vehicle, the only one to surpass it in my experience was a Citroen Ami 6(8?).

 

Oh, yes, I'd forgotten about those nasty vertical pedals.  Only redeeming feature that I can recall was the steel bumpers which, unlike today's cars, could take a proper bump without incurring damage, which was just as well because front and rear visibility when parking was hopeless.  

For me as well; I had the "pleasure" to borrow one and the vertical pedals are also my most enduring memory of the experience; especially as it was a manual transmission. - I'm sure it would be even more fun in a bad, bumper-to-bumper traffic jam!

 

I also seem to remember something unusual about putting it in reverse, although I can't recall what that was.

Posted on: 02 February 2013 by Cbr600

 

Tesla

Posted on: 02 February 2013 by DrMark
Originally Posted by Cbr600:

 

Tesla

Posted on: 02 February 2013 by Cbr600
Originally Posted by DrMark:
Originally Posted by Cbr600:

 

Tesla

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Posted on: 02 February 2013 by BigH47

Nicola Tesla, "invented" or maybe perfected AC mains distribution system, patented AC induction motor. His (Westinghouse) system was taken up over Edison's DC  system. 

Posted on: 02 February 2013 by Redmires

Nikola Tesla. Seen here trying to reduce the static on his LP's, conveniently stacked into cylindrical towers.

 

 

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Posted on: 03 February 2013 by Cbr600

Shocking

Posted on: 03 February 2013 by Cbr600

 

Modern Citroen 2cv

Posted on: 03 February 2013 by Tony Lockhart
As someone that was lucky enough to see the Group B rally cars being driven in anger by the best drivers in the world, I've just found my new favourite video. Chris Harris is a lucky so-and-so: http://youtu.be/mXgWWNJVdYA
Posted on: 03 February 2013 by Cbr600
Originally Posted by Tony Lockhart:
As someone that was lucky enough to see the Group B rally cars being driven in anger by the best drivers in the world, I've just found my new favourite video. Chris Harris is a lucky so-and-so: http://youtu.be/mXgWWNJVdYA

Tony,

     Great video. Ialive the stratos, but the video of the delta, OMG

 

I felt nauseous just watching it

 

Great shots

 

Paul

Posted on: 03 February 2013 by Cbr600

 

 Watching the video put me in the mind of another old beauty, the Lancia Beta Monte Carlo

 

Posted on: 03 February 2013 by Tony2011

 

Posted on: 03 February 2013 by Julian H

Wicked motor those green Hondas..

Posted on: 03 February 2013 by 911gt3r
Originally Posted by Julian H:

Wicked motor those green Hondas..

How about a fruit machine thread ? 

Posted on: 03 February 2013 by Gale 401

Car pool.

Posted on: 03 February 2013 by BigH47

Cheapskate Keith Moon?

Posted on: 03 February 2013 by Tony Lockhart
My first new car, a lovely Peugeot 106 Rallye. It's cammy 1.3 engine revved to 7,500, delivered peak power at 7,200rpm and peak torque at around 5,400rpm. Peugeot seemed to lose their way after the mid 90s, the handling of this thing staggering all that rode in her.