I have just remembered a couple more oddballs that I really liked as a kid - there was an example of each on the street where I lived (as well as a Mk1 Celica and an Alfa GTV which I also loved):
W ankel:
Threesome:
Apparently they were both rubbish as cars, but I'd still like one of each now - just for the weirdness value.
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Wanted a Pantera as well ever since seeing one in the Cuckoo Waltz - Gavin (Lewis Collins) - remember that Ken?
They are serious money now
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Is that an RO80 and a Bagheera ? The froggie motor wasn't a bad bit of kit, was it ?Originally Posted by Django67
I have just remembered a couple more oddballs that I really liked as a kid - there was an example of each on the street where I lived (as well as a Mk1 Celica and an Alfa GTV which I also loved):
W ankel:
Threesome:
Apparently they were both rubbish as cars, but I'd still like one of each now - just for the weirdness value.
@Sparkyhx - Diane Keen...I had the hots for her more than I did the carHer and Felicity Kendal in the Good Life.
That looks like a jensen healey on steriods
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................you're as old as me and Ken@Sparkyhx - Diane Keen...I had the hots for her more than I did the car
Never was a Felicity Kendal fan
Or olderI had my mid-life crisis years ago
For me, the first car I actually wanted was a Peugeot 106 1.4xt
I didn't get to own one, as I was passed down a mk3 golf from my old dear. Slow as poo, but was a very cool car to have as a first one. I never actually treated it as my own car, and so never modified it (apart from an alpine stereo)
First car I bought was a Peugeot 106 Rallye. So that more than made up for the lack of an XT when I first passed my test
Blimey, yes remember that
Threesome with Kendal and KeeneIs that an RO80 and a Bagheera ? The froggie motor wasn't a bad bit of kit, was it ?
@Sparkyhx - Diane Keen...I had the hots for her more than I did the car
I wanted basically any Rally hero or Group B homologation I could find a decent photo of
The Mexico and Lotus Sunbeam that Ken postedThe 6r4 but I preferred the updated versions that a coachbuilder came up with on the later Metro (that became the Rover 100)
The 205Ti16 was a firm fave also.
Of course the RS200
Then I think every lad who grew up in the 80s wanted these
You can pick lagondas for pennies now (well £8K) but they are very unreliable and parts are really hard to get.
Wooden chassis doesn't help either really.
I've also always had a soft spot for these..
I can see its an alfa but what ? Is it some sort of Montreal or something ? Never seen anything else with those bands on the rear quarter but I remembered the car as being lower and more rounded
Lagondas are proper shit very unreliable although we're very advanced for their time but tbh their butt ugly lol Jensens sound ace
@ JonnyW - yes it's a Montreal, most photos are taken from a higher angle which helps to disguise the slightly comical ride-height. But what a beautiful thing
Used to be one of these a couple of miles from my house, Didn't know wheta the hell it was.@ JonnyW - yes it's a Montreal, most photos are taken from a higher angle which helps to disguise the slightly comical ride-height. But what a beautiful thing
First time I saw it I was pulling out of my road on my way out to going to Bristol, then saw another on the motorway near gloucester on the same day. Never saw another 200 the whole journey
I dunno, but I really wanted one of these when I was about 4. I even had a matchbox version
And I wanted one of these for my first car since around the age of 12...
I one got at 16 and still have it (mines a soft top)... I need the bit between the bulkhead and screen to get it back on the road, but they seem rare and expensive!!
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The one and only. Saw this movie when I was about 12
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The one and only. Saw this movie when I was about 12
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