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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 14 October 2016, 13:57:12
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This week we have......
Reliant Robin.....Austin all-aggro and the Hillman Hunter.
And there was me thinking you'd need to search hard and long to find three worse cars. ::)
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This has been on for 3/4 weeks. Last week was the dolomite sprint and the MG montegro turbo, amongst others.
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This has been on for 3/4 weeks. Last week was the dolomite sprint and the MG montegro turbo, amongst others.
Ford Cossie :y
Really wish I'd had kept mine now. >:( :'(
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This has been on for 3/4 weeks. Last week was the dolomite sprint and the MG montegro turbo, amongst others.
I quite like the Dolly Sprint.....but how did the All-aggro and the plastic pig make Britain great?
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This has been on for 3/4 weeks. Last week was the dolomite sprint and the MG montegro turbo, amongst others.
Ford Cossie :y
Really wish I'd had kept mine now. >:( :'(
The closest I came to a Cosworth was a 1991(J) 2 litre twin cam Sapphire badged GLX, if memory serves. Went pretty well. :y
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Yep, cossie has been on as well. As for allegro and robin, well.....they do a bit of piss taking as well.
Granada, capri, escort and cortina were all fantastic....apparently.
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No Sunbeam Talbot 90? :o Bought one when I was 12 for a £5. marvellous car in a straight line.
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I'm enjoying this ;D
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I'm enjoying this ;D
At least the Princess and Allegro made an effort to look to the future.
The Marina was an antiquated sack of shit before it turned a wheel.
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It amazes me just how little people actually knew about something that was costing them so much money. The internet has its down sides, but companies just can't get away with stuff like that now.
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It amazes me just how little people actually knew about something that was costing them so much money. The internet has its down sides, but companies just can't get away with stuff like that now.
Many people, especially women, see cars as no more than a means of getting from A to B.
They would neither know or care that the 'technology' used in their new Marina was years out of date before the battle of Hastings was fought. :)
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Leaving the Marina to one side for a moment,BL-or whayever name they were using at any given time-did have some very innovative designs and ideas,badly let down by abysmal investment for development etc.Triumph Stag-a brand new 3l V8 complete with casting sand still in the block and dealer mechanics untrained in looking after it.BL weren't the only ones of course Hillman Imp being another such case.The list goes on and the British car industry died as a result.Coupled of course with management complacency that the public would buy whatever was put in front of them and bolshy unions who'd call a strike at the drop of a hat.
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It amazes me just how little people actually knew about something that was costing them so much money. The internet has its down sides, but companies just can't get away with stuff like that now.
Many people, especially women, see cars as no more than a means of getting from A to B.
They would neither know or care that the 'technology' used in their new Marina was years out of date before the battle of Hastings was fought. :)
Wrong, they only see them as different coloured cars. Try asking the average woman about a car she was looking at. The reply will be "It was blue/red/WHY" :y
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My Marina 1800TC Coupe finished in mustard with a big black go faster stripe down the bonnet was a babe magnet!! :y
They didn't care about the saggy leaf springs or drum brakes. ;D
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My Marina 1800TC Coupe finished in mustard with a big black go faster stripe down the bonnet was a babe magnet!! :y
They didn't care about the saggy leaf springs or drum brakes. ;D
Oh yeah....I'd forgotten about the sexy ::) coupe version. It still came with the arthritic lump from the MGB. :D
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My Marina 1800TC Coupe finished in mustard with a big black go faster stripe down the bonnet was a babe magnet!! :y
They didn't care about the saggy leaf springs or drum brakes. ;D
Oh yeah....I'd forgotten about the sexy ::) coupe version. It still came with the arthritic lump from the MGB. :D
All my mates were driving Fiesta's, Escort's, Metro's, Flat 127's, R5's and the like, so my Marina Coupe was the fastest and coolest of the bunch! :y
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My Marina 1800TC Coupe finished in mustard with a big black go faster stripe down the bonnet was a babe magnet!! :y
They didn't care about the saggy leaf springs or drum brakes. ;D
Oh yeah....I'd forgotten about the sexy ::) coupe version. It still came with the arthritic lump from the MGB. :D
All my mates were driving Fiesta's, Escort's, Metro's, Flat 127's, R5's and the like, so my Marina Coupe was the fastest and coolest of the bunch! :y
I can just imagine the conversation amongst the girlies. ;)
Ooooh that Tigger fella has a Morris Marina TC. Ooooh, my panties are wet through with desire. :D ;D
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My Marina 1800TC Coupe finished in mustard with a big black go faster stripe down the bonnet was a babe magnet!! :y
They didn't care about the saggy leaf springs or drum brakes. ;D
Oh yeah....I'd forgotten about the sexy ::) coupe version. It still came with the arthritic lump from the MGB. :D
All my mates were driving Fiesta's, Escort's, Metro's, Flat 127's, R5's and the like, so my Marina Coupe was the fastest and coolest of the bunch! :y
I can just imagine the conversation amongst the girlies. ;)
Ooooh that Tigger fella has a Morris Marina TC. Ooooh, my panties are wet through with desire. :D ;D
There was more room in the back of the Marina than a Fiesta. ;D
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Had several of the cars featured on the show ,Marina , Metro , Escort , Austin's Granada's Zephyr/Zodiac at the time thought they were great lots of memories .
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There was more room in the back of the Marina than a Fiesta. ;D
The dampers did bu66er all in the first place, before you start on those sort of shenanigans in the back. ::)
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There was more room in the back of the Marina than a Fiesta. ;D
The dampers did bu66er all in the first place, before you start on those sort of shenanigans in the back. ::)
And I soon realised why people had fluffy seat covers over those vinyl seats! :-X
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There was more room in the back of the Marina than a Fiesta. ;D
The dampers did bu66er all in the first place, before you start on those sort of shenanigans in the back. ::)
And I soon realised why people had fluffy seat covers over those vinyl seats! :-X
Now that is a blast from the past. ;D
Did you have the windscreen strip with yours and your girlfriends names on. You know the sort of thing. SHARON and GARY. ;)
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Now that is a blast from the past. ;D
Did you have the windscreen strip with yours and your girlfriends names on. You know the sort of thing. SHARON and GARY. ;)
That sounds like commitment. :o
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I once met a bloke who swore blind that he had such an energetic session with a young lady in the back of his reliant robin, that when they had finished, the reliant was a quarter of a mile down the road from where he had parked it. ;D ;D
He then proceeded to demonstrate how he could entangle himself through one of the pub seats and then extricate himself, like a professional contortionist.
He certainly got himself very tangled around the seat, but try as he might, he couldnt get himself out. Everyone ignored him and went home. No idea how he got on after that. ::) ;D ;D
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There was more room in the back of the Marina than a Fiesta. ;D
The dampers did bu66er all in the first place, before you start on those sort of shenanigans in the back. ::)
And I soon realised why people had fluffy seat covers over those vinyl seats! :-X
Now that is a blast from the past. ;D
Did you have the windscreen strip with yours and your girlfriends names on. You know the sort of thing. SHARON and GARY. ;)
Nah I've always liked posh totty and the windscreen strip with TIGGER and AMELIA/CHARLOTTE/OLIVIA and the like just wouldn't have looked right. ::) ;D
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It's on again. Jenson interceptor at the mo.
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It's on again. Jenson interceptor at the mo.
Still looks great. Still quite quick even by modern standards.
"Shall we take the Interceptor tonight, darling?"
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A few nice ones last night, including the ........erm.......incredible? Aston Martin lagonda.