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[Amigo]

Loving the PA Cresta/Velox, i'd have one of these over a senny or Lotus carlton...REALLY. 8-)
   The cortina is a saloon version of my estate down to the colour & 1966 D plate. New cars are boring.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11RvAsiP8zQ&feature=feedf 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

[Webby the Bear]

they are cool!!!!! 8-)

[hercules]

that blue triumph at the stockyard was cool and it was auto

[Lizzie_Zoom]

You are sooooooooo right Guy!

Both the Vauxhall Vellox and the Ford's take me right back to another cool age!  I always hoped my father would learn to drive and buy a big Consul, Zephyr, or even better Cresta PA!!  But he never did, with his first car a 1965 Morris Oxford (AOU 772C) which he bought in 1966. It was not the same, but still a great British car 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Anyway with all those bench seats I'm always reminded of a song that was constantly on the radio in the late 1950s that caught my imagination:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1cjaheraq8[/media]

 

[Amigo]

Lizzie i've got that on my jukebox on good old 45, love FRED!!!!
   Webby too frickin' right they are,
   Herc. Yeah the Triumph 2000 is a good'un. I'd happily cruise round in it. 8-)
   Stocky meets start up again in March, i'll let ypou know matey!

[Omegatoy]

this really appeals to me dont know why just like it!! turn the sound up when you watch the you tube clips!!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1960-VAUXHALL-VELOX-BLACK-/270702923191?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3f0726cdb7

[aaronjb]

Some old cars are cool, don't get me wrong (like the Cresta - looks cool!).. but some.. just look like old cars to me (like the recent thread about Sierras and all the talk about Senators)

Now this, this is a cool old car:
http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/front_website/octane_interact/modelpicture.php?id=702

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Some old cars are cool, don't get me wrong (like the Cresta - looks cool!).. but some.. just look like old cars to me (like the recent thread about Sierras and all the talk about Senators)

Now this, this is a cool old car:
http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/front_website/octane_interact/modelpicture.php?id=702

You must be sooooooooo young Aaron so you do not appreciate them as us older ones do!!

[aaronjb]

Some old cars are cool, don't get me wrong (like the Cresta - looks cool!).. but some.. just look like old cars to me (like the recent thread about Sierras and all the talk about Senators)

Now this, this is a cool old car:
http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/front_website/octane_interact/modelpicture.php?id=702

You must be sooooooooo young Aaron so you do not appreciate them as us older ones do!!

  Oh no, I appreciate cars from the 50's, 60's, 70's and some stuff from the 80's (I wouldn't say no to an 80's Aston, for example) but regular passenger cars of the 80's? Doesn't do anything for me I'm afraid.. A Sierra is no different to an old Datsun Bluebird.

Some stuff is different, mind.. Mk1 Escort? Mk2 Escort? Escort Cosworth etc.. they're nice.

Still not as nice as something from the 50's through 70's though

(And yes I am a mere whippersnapper at 32 )

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Some old cars are cool, don't get me wrong (like the Cresta - looks cool!).. but some.. just look like old cars to me (like the recent thread about Sierras and all the talk about Senators)

Now this, this is a cool old car:
http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/front_website/octane_interact/modelpicture.php?id=702

You must be sooooooooo young Aaron so you do not appreciate them as us older ones do!!

  Oh no, I appreciate cars from the 50's, 60's, 70's and some stuff from the 80's (I wouldn't say no to an 80's Aston, for example) but regular passenger cars of the 80's? Doesn't do anything for me I'm afraid.. A Sierra is no different to an old Datsun Bluebird.

Some stuff is different, mind.. Mk1 Escort? Mk2 Escort? Escort Cosworth etc.. they're nice.

Still not as nice as something from the 50's through 70's though

(And yes I am a mere whippersnapper at 32 )

Yep you are!   I had brand new cars that are now older than you.  In fact 1980s cars are 'modern' to me!

[Psychoca]

I caught myself drooling the other day when I had a Triumph Dolomite Sprint parked next to me in the car park...

I know they have the reliability of a Chocolate Fireguard in a heatwave, but, there is something about the styling (and there are many nicer and much more lustable cars)...  So many modern cars look so similar and lack difference...

[aaronjb]

A school friends grandfather had a Dolomite (I think!) - lovely looking cars.

Triumph TR6 - there's another beauty (all went a bit wrong with the TR7!) though the TR3 is the real head turner for me.

Some old cars are cool, don't get me wrong (like the Cresta - looks cool!).. but some.. just look like old cars to me (like the recent thread about Sierras and all the talk about Senators)

Now this, this is a cool old car:
http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/front_website/octane_interact/modelpicture.php?id=702

You must be sooooooooo young Aaron so you do not appreciate them as us older ones do!!

  Oh no, I appreciate cars from the 50's, 60's, 70's and some stuff from the 80's (I wouldn't say no to an 80's Aston, for example) but regular passenger cars of the 80's? Doesn't do anything for me I'm afraid.. A Sierra is no different to an old Datsun Bluebird.

Some stuff is different, mind.. Mk1 Escort? Mk2 Escort? Escort Cosworth etc.. they're nice.

Still not as nice as something from the 50's through 70's though

(And yes I am a mere whippersnapper at 32 )

Yep you are!   I had brand new cars that are now older than you.  In fact 1980s cars are 'modern' to me!

It's ok Lizzie, I like an older lady

(Did I just say that out loud?)

And my being 32 didn't stop the insurance fella calling me old earlier today! (Well, technically he agreed with me and said "Yes, being over 30 does reduce premiums")

[Vamps]

Some old cars are cool, don't get me wrong (like the Cresta - looks cool!).. but some.. just look like old cars to me (like the recent thread about Sierras and all the talk about Senators)

Now this, this is a cool old car:
http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/front_website/octane_interact/modelpicture.php?id=702

You must be sooooooooo young Aaron so you do not appreciate them as us older ones do!!

  Oh no, I appreciate cars from the 50's, 60's, 70's and some stuff from the 80's (I wouldn't say no to an 80's Aston, for example) but regular passenger cars of the 80's? Doesn't do anything for me I'm afraid.. A Sierra is no different to an old Datsun Bluebird.

Some stuff is different, mind.. Mk1 Escort? Mk2 Escort? Escort Cosworth etc.. they're nice.

Still not as nice as something from the 50's through 70's though

(And yes I am a mere whippersnapper at 32 )

Yep you are!   I had brand new cars that are now older than you.  In fact 1980s cars are 'modern' to me!

And, sadly, me too.......

[hercules]

I caught myself drooling the other day when I had a Triumph Dolomite Sprint parked next to me in the car park...

I know they have the reliability of a Chocolate Fireguard in a heatwave, but, there is something about the styling (and there are many nicer and much more lustable cars)...  So many modern cars look so similar and lack difference...

first car i ever owned was a dolly,i was still at school and drove it around with the big ends rattling away merrily untill i scrapped it before the police caught me yes i love the look of them

[hercules]

Lizzie i've got that on my jukebox on good old 45, love FRED!!!!
   Webby too frickin' right they are,
   Herc. Yeah the Triumph 2000 is a good'un. I'd happily cruise round in it. 8-)
   Stocky meets start up again in March, i'll let ypou know matey!

aye il bob over to one and bring the kids for there dinner