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[feeutfo]

So, to save people reading 7 pages, in summary...

1) Most think Omega will not become a classic
2) Tunnie thinks the VXR8 will become a classic
3) Lizzie Zoom thinks some old steamer is a classic
4) Marks DTM Calibra thinks a Type 47 Loco is a classic
5) TheBoy agrees with 1) but disagrees with 2),3),4)

looks like we need a train spotters section.....
 

[albitz]

With a few hooks to hang the anoraks on.

[feeutfo]

With a few hooks to hang the anoraks on.

with the owners still wearing them 

[aaronjb]

Better make sure it's near a railway line.. with some windows.. and binoculars.. and notepads to write the numbers down in...
 

[pjd7325]

I was a member of GWR for years 1981 on but credit crunch meant it was one of the first things to go.

I have loads of video of the GWR


For you some SVR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yju-s2ZpH-w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdVtyEQKDrI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yawvApMIg-o

Thanks for the all the info there...I'll watch those when I get chance.

All the preserved railways are good in there own way. It would be unfair for to say the svr is as I work there. Nice to own a great car to visit them in comfort and style

[feeutfo]

Better make sure it's near a railway line.. with some windows.. and binoculars.. and notepads to write the numbers down in...
 

In the ticket office perhaps...?  if thet even have such a thing these days? lock the door and leave em there!

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Personally I have always fancied a lovely, cosy, snug, signalbox 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

[feeutfo]

Personally I have always fancied a lovely, cosy, snug, signalbox 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Now that just ain't right.    :-?

[Marks DTM Calib]

And of course, the Omega will be a classic.......... once they are 25 years old.

Will it be a popular classic.....unlikely.

[aaronjb]

Personally I have always fancied a lovely, cosy, snug, signalbox 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Now that just ain't right.    :-?

I think there was a TV show about that kind of thing recently.. a bit like this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2074301/Woman-with-objects-fetish-marries-Eiffel-Tower.html

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Personally I have always fancied a lovely, cosy, snug, signalbox 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Now that just ain't right.    :-?

I think there was a TV show about that kind of thing recently.. a bit like this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2074301/Woman-with-objects-fetish-marries-Eiffel-Tower.html

Well, whats wrong with loving a signalbox, a tower, or an Omega?

I would of course hope to have a lovely warm, romantic man with me in the signalbox...........!!

[feeutfo]

And of course, the Omega will be a classic.......... once they are 25 years old.

Will it be a popular classic.....unlikely.

What's it known for? Taxis and plod cars.... Not a hope, but I suppose it depends on our interpretation of the word classic?

For me, a classic is something people talk about for years to come, who never had one but still aspire to own one one day. The omega fit that bill? No chance. IMO.

Only reason they being snapped up at auctions is because top of the range models might earn a few quid, nothing more, sadly....

[aaronjb]

What's it known for? Taxis and plod cars.... Not a hope, but I suppose it depends on our interpretation of the word classic?

But the Allegro is a classic to some.. and what's it known for? Besides having a square steering wheel (mine, sadly, was not one of the desirable square wheeled models..) - or the Morris Minor, what's it known for? Although I suppose you could say that one was one of the cars that brought affordable motoring to the masses (along with the Mini)

It's all a bit like asking what the definition of a "Supercar" is - everyone has a different definition

[Marks DTM Calib]

And of course, the Omega will be a classic.......... once they are 25 years old.

Will it be a popular classic.....unlikely.

What's it known for? Taxis and plod cars.... Not a hope, but I suppose it depends on our interpretation of the word classic?

For me, a classic is something people talk about for years to come, who never had one but still aspire to own one one day. The omega fit that bill? No chance. IMO.

Only reason they being snapped up at auctions is because top of the range models might earn a few quid, nothing more, sadly....

Thats where it gets interesting.

Your describing a popular classic.

It will be a classic because a classic is defined as a car of 25+ years of age. Just the same as a Maxi or a Princess is a classic 

[feeutfo]

They ain't classics in my book, they should have put a tin can factory smack on the end of the leyland production line IMO.