Horsetan Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Still fancy an Ro80, you're a very bad man for mentioning them again!.. Your challenge will be actually finding one for sale. There are only thirty or so that are still on the road. When I had mine, there were as many as 100 still running. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Looks unmolested and original just wish I had the cash grrr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Not what you want for Christmas.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 (edited) Hope he had lay up insurance for it. I still haven't arranged any for the Min. One of my main worries is the garage catching fire, even though I had the electrics out there sorted last year. Must sort some out in the New Year.... Edited December 25, 2016 by keefr2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Boxing Day, Fairkytes Avenue, Hornchurch: You can never have too many CXs.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Nice spot Horsetan! There now follows a vaguely interesting selection of random motor vehicluar related pictograms because.... it's Boxing Day, I'm a bit bored and full of mince pies and well..... why not? Enough already, I'll get me coat.... 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Ford Escort Mexico advert very funny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Ford Escort Mexico advert very funny. Des Lynham before he wandered into the Grandstand studio by mistake...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted December 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) Des Lynham before he wandered into the Grandstand studio by mistake...? Looks a bit like a younger version of 'Boycie' from Only Fools & Horses . Edited December 26, 2016 by Sidecar Racer 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 The Mexico wheelarches are very Carlos Fandango. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Surely the post is more valuable than that Fiat chained to it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 The Mexico wheelarches are very Carlos Fandango. think they are the extra wide ones used on the rally cars maybe one of the 400 off shells to get through homologation at the time for group 4 rallying Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2016 think they are the extra wide ones used on the rally cars maybe one of the 400 off shells to get through homologation at the time for group 4 rallying I believe the pattern for them was the rear arches of a twin wheel transit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 think they are the extra wide ones used on the rally cars maybe one of the 400 off shells to get through homologation at the time for group 4 rallying They're steel RS bubble arches. Available from any RS dealer at the time, & detailed instructions on how to fit them properly could be found in the Escort rally preparation bible published by Boreham. Or you could do it the 'clubman' way by buying cheap fibreglass copies & bodging them on with pop rivets & filler. I'm not admitting to what I usually chose to do... Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 How's this for good timing - just nipped out the front door to top up the screen wash in the Alfa and a 1983 Porsche 911 Turbo trundled past, lovely! Too quick to grab a photo but in guard's red with black and silver Fuch alloys it looked a treat. Sounded nice too... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 I thought it was a very-much-younger Ian McShane 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Mexico.jpg I thought it was a very-much-younger Ian McShane Dave Bedford, athlete? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 As we nearly all (well the blokes anyway) had moustaches like that in those days it could be almost anyone! steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 right was mulling this one over today after seing so many lovely old cars on this thread how many of the current crop of everyday cars outside of those used for competition will still be running in 20 - 30 years time especialy the diesels ? or will there very disposability be there down fall ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 27, 2016 As we nearly all (well the blokes anyway) had moustaches like that in those days it could be almost anyone! steve So did some of the girls. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 27, 2016 right was mulling this one over today after seing so many lovely old cars on this thread how many of the current crop of everyday cars outside of those used for competition will still be running in 20 - 30 years time especialy the diesels ? or will there very disposability be there down fall ? If a modern car developes a serious fault it invariably ends up in a scrapyard. I've known cars only four years old be scrapped because of a fault. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 right was mulling this one over today after seing so many lovely old cars on this thread how many of the current crop of everyday cars outside of those used for competition will still be running in 20 - 30 years time especialy the diesels ? or will there very disposability be there down fall ? All the mark 1 Fiat Puntos will end up being scrapped because of failure of the power steering motors which means a complete new steering column, brilliant design that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 right, was mulling this one over today after seeing so many lovely old cars on this thread - how many of the current crop of everyday cars outside of those used for competition will still be running in 20 - 30 years time especialy the diesels ? or will their very disposability be their down fall ? How many of us will still be around in 20/30 years' time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted December 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 27, 2016 Twenty likely thirty maybe not. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 If you can find / afford the correct diagnostic kit then keeping a 'modern' running in twenty or thirty years time may be feasible. Mind you, I dare say some classic specialists are already on the case in this regard. One specific example springs to mind - the Maserati 3200 Coupe has a drive by wire throttle set up, to replace the part will cost you around £2k direct from Maserati, but there is a chap who works from home who will refurbish your existing one for about £400. I believe he is still the only independent Maser specialist currently offering this service. For now I'll stick with '60s and '70s Minis! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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