Everyday Classic - Page 2

Ian Smith · 24 Oct 2002, 15:22 (Ref:412259)

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Originally posted by Maisie
I let you live, didn't I? What more do you want?

Typical Race Official you just can't rely n the to get punishments right!!!!!

neilwaynesmith · 24 Oct 2002, 15:25 (Ref:412261)

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Originally posted by Ian Smith
Typical Race Official you just can't rely n the to get punishments right!!!!!

Or the spelling, Ian

Heebeegeetee · 24 Oct 2002, 17:13 (Ref:412389)

Can I just say that our MG Maestro that we are using in the East Mids Road Rally championship is giving us great service. Typically, I drive it to and from work all week, then at the weekend I wash it and kick the tyres, thrash it to the start venue of a road rally, hammer it all night long for 110+ miles of narrow bumpy lanes, then cane it home. Then it carries on taking me to work all week.

It's done this for a year, now, and I'm hoping for another year out of it.

Ian Smith · 24 Oct 2002, 19:17 (Ref:412534)

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Originally posted by neilwaynesmith
Or the spelling, Ian

OK you can mock but I have dyslexic fingers OK.

even this was the 4th draft

Maisie · 24 Oct 2002, 21:30 (Ref:412645)

Any pics, heebee?

**Peter Mallett** · 25 Oct 2002, 06:58 (Ref:412891)

Just had an e mail from a mate who tells me "I've just bought myself a new toy. A Bentley Turbo R." (Calm down Tim) He reckons he needs to keep working to pay for the gas.

zefarelly · 25 Oct 2002, 08:48 (Ref:412945)

I couldnt afford one of those If I sold my house!

heres one of mine . . . . . .

275 GTB-4 · 25 Oct 2002, 08:55 (Ref:412948)

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Originally posted by Morris 1100
My current collection:
1966 Morris 1100 (my everyday car)
1987 Ford Falcon (my wifes everday car)
1976 Ford F100 (tow car)
1986 Ford Econoline E350 (rare in Aus)
1972 Holden Kingswood (race car)
1968 Morris Cooper S (needs restoring)
1978 Leyland Mini 1275 LS (half restored)
1985 Austin Montego (may be the only one in Aus)

An impressive list Morrie (the Cooper S sounds interesting...MkI or II?}

Now, when are you coming down again to take the 1100 out of my backyard to make way for a Mini!!

Seeing as we are all dreaming here, Volvo 123GT would be nice but I would love my particular model of old Ferrari (sigh)

truly a thing of beauty (bellisimo! malto simpatico!)

**Peter Mallett** · 25 Oct 2002, 09:14 (Ref:412966)

For me the 250 GT SWB ids the only Ferrari.

zefarelly · 25 Oct 2002, 10:46 (Ref:413005)

agreed Peter . . . .

heres the other Dagenham dustbin . . . .

Maisie · 25 Oct 2002, 10:55 (Ref:413014)

Lovely

ss_collins · 25 Oct 2002, 11:09 (Ref:413023)

Well talking of everyday classics then I put forward the mark 2 VW Golf - in my opinion the perfect car. Sure they are everywhere but thats simply as they are so good.

**Peter Mallett** · 25 Oct 2002, 12:52 (Ref:413138)

Pre airflow. Almost unique.

The Cortina was the car which changed Britain's attitude to motoring. The Mini was a design masterpiece but for all round comfort and style Ford's Cortina was it.

zefarelly · 25 Oct 2002, 13:47 (Ref:413202)

I was never a fan of the pre airflow before, but now Ive found a solid 2 door one, I love it . . . . .shame it was an auto and the dash boards been butchered badly . . . .otherwise the shell would be worth more than the car to the right person . . . .with a totalled lotus!

still for less than £2k Ive got a 120+ BHP sideways fun machine, which reminds me I must put the roll cage in it :-)

ss_collins · 25 Oct 2002, 13:49 (Ref:413206)

And then from Germany came the car that made all others inferior. Golf 2 did nothing new and didn't look particularly special, however it did everything well, and still does. For performance there were the two GTis and for balls out evoness (although it never went RHD) there was the supercharged G60. And all out power just read VR6. The Golf is a true classic but is not appreciated as there are just sooo many of them. How often do you see a rusty golf?

zefarelly · 25 Oct 2002, 15:11 (Ref:413306)

my dad had a MK1 GTI . . . .he loved it . . . . .until he rolled it into a ditch and wrote it off because some **** in a beamer came round the corner on thew wrong side of the road!

**** brakes apparently

275 GTB-4 · 26 Oct 2002, 05:14 (Ref:413821)

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Originally posted by Peter Mallett
For me the 250 GT SWB ids the only Ferrari.

Yep, another classic, terrific design.

ss_collins · 26 Oct 2002, 10:44 (Ref:413916)

The Mk1 was inferior to the mark 2, the mark 2 simply took out all the gremlins and had them shot. And thats the only real difference. apart from power. Its a real classic but not recognised yet.

Bluebottle · 28 Oct 2002, 19:53 (Ref:415787)

Does a 1983 Granada count as a Classic?
Some of the Triumph clubs call their cars 'Affordable Classics' and they sure do have a point when you can pick up a perfectly good Dolomite for a few hundred quid, perhaps even Dolomite Sprint, or the humble Toledo, these were the forerunners of the Maestro and Mondeo.... (ducks to avoid heavy objects...!)

neilwaynesmith · 30 Oct 2002, 08:44 (Ref:417172)

In thirty years time, will we have classic car magazinea running restoration projects on Mk3 Mondeo's?

**Peter Mallett** · 30 Oct 2002, 09:03 (Ref:417187)

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Originally posted by neilwaynesmith
In thirty years time, will we have classic car magazinea running restoration projects on Mk3 Mondeo's?

There's already a club for them and well done too. Best road car I ever owned was my Si with the trick bits.

ss_collins · 30 Oct 2002, 11:38 (Ref:417297)

I won't let the mundano become a classic

neilwaynesmith · 30 Oct 2002, 12:15 (Ref:417316)

why not?

ss_collins · 31 Oct 2002, 00:24 (Ref:418076)

A car that is so totally forgettable and so amazingly unimportant and generally dull should never become a classic, what next the Vectra!!!? Sorry I think not. Even an 83 Granada has more classic-ness.

DAVID PATERSON · 31 Oct 2002, 03:22 (Ref:418135)

You people are all masochists. I love having a classic car to play with on weekends, but for everyday driving to work and long driving holidays, I'll have a brand spanker thanks, something common and stock standard, so easy.

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