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[Martin_1962]

Bedford Midi vans - horrid to drive - they have those horrid gear changes too!

[Andy B]

On  occasion I used to drive my Dad's Colt Something-or-other van. It was a very similar thing to the Rascal & once you got used to the fact that the indicator were on the 'wrong' side of the column (as most Japs are/were) and as has been said, that 'indicator' was the gear change it was a good little van to drive. It sometimes takes a bit of getting used to whenever we get into a different/strange car.
A while back I'd been admiring this blokes old Alvis, the throttle was the middle pedal!       Now that would take some getting used to!

[Big Rod]

My Mum used to have a manual R16. The first car I ever drove!!! Managed fine with it, but I had no frame of referrence for anything else!!

[Nickbat]

Talking of names, I heard that the Colt Starion should have been the Colt Stallion but, there was a mix-up in the phone call between the HQ in Japan and the US marketing department.

Harro? Harro?....

[miggy]

In these days of emasculated car names like the Daihatsu Charade , isn't it nice to reminisce about the days when cars had real he-man names, like this one.

http://www.compucars.co.uk/vehicle-details.asp?make=117&rsPage=1&vehicle=278745&Distance=-1

 Shame about the colour, though.

[size=36]MONARO[/size]

[STMO123]

I remember my old man had 2 vauxhall CRESTAS, big bench seats, colum gear change, all leather and wood, what a lump of a car.

I always thought CRESTA sounded big and classy

 

I had a cresta and a ventura. 3.2litre jobbies and made a great noise