RJS1977 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Looks like a Daihatsu Charade. I think I was one of only two people in the UK who had one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daihatsu_Charade#/media/File:Daihatsu_Charade_buying_brandy_improved.jpg My grandmother would have been the other one! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Looks more like T&A to me They missed a trick not having a TA in.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Now here we have a bit of Swedish historic rally action, including a car rallied by aliens, a Tony Pond moment, Escort action, a bit of English straight 6 action. Enjoy I know I did https://youtu.be/Wpj0c6ih8wk 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Some lovely cars in that - some faintly ridiculous ones too! Funnily enough, SWMBO was watching Sports Personality tonight,of which I have absolutely no interest, so I wiled away the hours watching Mk1 & 2 Escort videos on Youtube. Which led to the usual futile speculation of if I sell all my modelling stuff could I raise enough to buy one again. Unfortunately I keep coming up about 20 grand short...!! Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted December 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 17, 2017 Another good event for classic rally fans . 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 (edited) Super 25 minutes of my life watching those videos. I really liked the SAAB 96s....all being driven exactly as they ought to.....foot absolutely flat to the floor, and leave the chassis to cope. Sage advice from a Scots acquaintance who is a 96 exponent. [Can the clang of the gas pedal being smacked into the floorpan be heard in the 2 stroke 96 bit?]..............and, of course, the Mustang? Was the Mini stuck in 3rd gear, perhaps? Volvo 340 too..a very under-rated motor, full of potential, once the reputation as been got past. Edited December 18, 2017 by alastairq 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 ...Volvo 340 too..a very under-rated motor, full of potential, once the reputation as been got past. It was a DAF. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Thanks..I was viewing on a very small screen..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 I was unfortunate enough to have owned a DAF when Volvo took the company over and rebadged it. I only had it for one day when a massive pool of oil formed underneath the engine bay onto the driveway. To be fair, the dealer took it back and I bought a VOLVO 240 estate instead. Well enough built, no sudden oils strikes in the driveway, solid, absolutely reliable but totally boring to own and to drive. Enentually,I got rid of it for a Citroen DS Pallas - a different car altogether in every way possible. Wish I still had it and, If they built them again today, I wouldn't even look at another Merc, let alone own one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 (edited) Didn't get the chance to stop for a photo but I saw a beautiful '67 Mustang Notchback outside one of our local body shops this morning, in gleaming dark red with 'Bullitt' five spoke alloys it looked a peach. Edited December 18, 2017 by Rugd1022 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Thanks..I was viewing on a very small screen..... I'm sure there was a 340 in the Swedish vid.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 (edited) My late wife bought me a Toyota Celica when they first came out. 17 grand bought pop up headlights, 2 litre engine, two tone blue metallic, 0-60 in 7 seconds, won sports car of the year award, drove as if it was on rails but not in Scotland where I ditched it when having a burn up with a Volvo Estate. Hit a hairpin far too fast although the Volvo made it and the driver even helped me and the missus - not the car, a tractor took care off both that and the front bumper - out of the ditch exclaiming that he had thought about buying one for his wife but I had changed his mind ! Edited December 18, 2017 by allan downes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chriswright03 Posted December 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2017 I'm sure there was a 340 in the Swedish vid.... There was. Must admit I have a fondness for the Volvo 144/244 and any Saab I did actually own a 340 for a while but don't admit to it often. It actually was a very capable second car/mobile dog kennel. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 My late wife bought me a Toyota Celica when they first came out. 17 grand bought pop up headlights, 2 litre engine, two tone blue metallic, 0-60 in 7 seconds, won sports car of the year award, drove as if it was on rails but not in Scotland where I ditched it when having a burn up with a Volvo Estate. Hit a hairpin far too fast although the Volvo made it and the driver even helped me and the missus - not the car, a tractor took care off both that and the front bumper - out of the ditch exclaiming that he had thought about buying one for his wife but I had changed his mind ! I wonder what the insurance claim form looked like.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 (edited) I wonder what the insurance claim form looked like.... Didn't make a claim, just parcel taped the bumper back on and blamed it all on my wife for wearing such a short skirt in times of crisis. Nyloned knees and hair pin bends a dangerous though excitable combination! Edited December 18, 2017 by allan downes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Funnily theres a Volvo 340 thread going on another forum, as an ex owner of an '89 plater mine was as solid and reliable as you'd expect, it was the early cars immediatley after the Volvo takeover of Daf which were flakey . Agree about the Saab 96 goes and sounds like scolded wasp! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 I'm sure there was a 340 in the Swedish vid.... possibly one of the 344 turbos think they used same running gear as renault 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 In my experience with Renault cars, they've never made a good one yet and as for the old Renault Fuego I once bought secondhand with the glove compartment full of bits that had fell off the interior - including the glove compartment handle itself - you couldn't pay me enough to own one again and, to think, Volvo of all people, used their bloody engines ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 (edited) Seems like DfT [DOT, MoT, whatever].....have finally issued the long-awaited rules surrounding VHI's, MoT,s modified vehicles, etc. https://www.autoclassics.com/posts/news/uk-government-releases-historic-mot-rules-and-it-s-good-news-1 Now, I'm not sure of the veracity of the information, coming as it does from a press source....but.....nothing 'new' in my personal view, regarding VHIs, MoTs, and modifications permitted, still retaining VHI status. However, undergoing an Mot is optional, and can still be done. Even claiming VHI status is optional, if one does not wish to. If one's modifications preclude VHI status [V8 in a Morris Minor, for example?]...all that in effect means, is one has to get an MoT every year..one can still claim zero VED. Of interest to me particularly is, vehicles [cars, not bikes!!] on a Q-plate [vehicle of indeterminate origin]...can claim VHI status 40 years after registration. Which is a quantum leap forwards compared to what went before. [when Q-pates could not take advantage of the 40 year zero VED thing.].......Thus, my Cannon has but 19 years to go before I don't need to pay tax on it!!!. [This should please owners of older kit cars, for example?] So far, I have been unable to find the Official word on the matter. EDIT https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/668274/vehicles-of-historical-interest-substantial-change-guidance.pdf Edited December 19, 2017 by alastairq 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 In my experience with Renault cars, they've never made a good one yet and as for the old Renault Fuego I once bought secondhand with the glove compartment full of bits that had fell off the interior .... The Fuego was designed by Robert Opron, the same man who gave us the CX, GS, SM and the facelifted DS..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 The Fuego was designed by Robert Opron, the same man who gave us the CX, GS, SM and the facelifted DS..... Well, when I bought mine I had enough loose parts that had fallen off to build anyone of those mentioned cars.Possibly, Opron was on drugs when he designed my Fuego... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chriswright03 Posted December 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2017 Mate of mine had a Fuego and it was very smart looking. He never had any problems with it at all.........................................................apart from his wife tried to run him down with it after he got caught out! Don't think you can blame Renault for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Waiting for some plaster and filler to dry upstairs so thought I'd dive into the old fart's archive again... New for '69... Oh dear... 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chriswright03 Posted December 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2017 To be honest I prefer the pictures of the more mundane above to the supercars but each to their own. Apart from the E type I can say I have driven all of the above at some point over the years/ Learnt in an Imp. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Hard to imagine they'd likely be somebody's grandmothers now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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