Thread: Name That Car

Originally Posted by Fondles

Each to their own mate but to me they are just rusty old wog chariots.

E49 was the fastest accelerating production car in Aust for almost three decades.

That's pretty impressive for a rusty wog chariot.

Originally Posted by Barty

Some of the welds on that Torana look pretty rough and they are trying to hide it with a heavy coat of red paint.

Semi-intentionally.

These things where built to budget in backyards in the day and the guy has tried to capture that. Full article here:

https://www.whichcar.com.au/features...KlUbnAWSf_BXjE

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

E49 was the fastest accelerating production car in Aust for almost three decades.

That's pretty impressive for a rusty wog chariot.

I'd buy a Datsun 120y before one of them shitboxes.

Originally Posted by Fondles

I'd buy a Datsun 120y before one of them shitboxes.

Fondles in his 120y - - - - - - - - - - - *Daylight* - - - - - - - - - -> E49

Here a easy one

jeesus. its an allegro!

one of the most horrible cars ever produced.

I told you it would be easy

Oh god... Please, someone, kill it.

Make absolutely sure it can never move again!

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Oh god... Please, someone, kill it.

Make absolutely sure it can never move again!

could be your's for 35,000 B 555

I’d buy it for that...

Just to scrap it and make sure it never sees another road ever again

heres a rather more difficult one.

this is a dashboard from a .............?????

Reminiscent of my grandfather's Humber ...

its not a humber.

Believed to be off a Mark I Ford Zephyr, according to the seller.

i am of the belief that it is rather poor form to post lazily googled answers on this lighthearted and informative car nut thread.

if you dont know the answer, and feel you have to look it up, then at least have the decency of spirit to allow a few others to post their guesses and opinions before steaming in.

anyone can google these photos, but whats the point.

But fuck you’re a whiny hypocrite! Anything goes so long as you’re the one doing it, aye taxi.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

E49 was the fastest accelerating production car in Aust for almost three decades.

That's pretty impressive for a rusty wog chariot.

Well, fastest accelerating Australian built production Car. No offence to the mighty E49, but there were quicker production cars built before and after its time. The 'record' stood for many years because of a number of factors - oil crisis, political, perceived safety and liability issues. I'd still have one though.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Oh god... Please, someone, kill it.

Make absolutely sure it can never move again!

Produced during the finest car production period in the UK, Cyrille's Labourite worker mates spent the 70s gradually bringing the once mediocre UK car industry to its knees.

Innovative though, square ish steering wheels

Originally Posted by bobfish

I'd still have one though.

I'd love one unfortunately at circa. $240,000+ presuming you can even find one that boat has sailed I think.

I was recently looking at a particularly well sorted and done tribute car (or replica or whatever you want to call it) but it came down to choosing between that and a genuine Pacer so that's likely as close as I'll ever come. Even the E37 and 38 are getting up there in price these days,

^^ Not another friggin' Allegro?

Originally Posted by David48atTD

^^ Not another friggin' Allegro?

Don't knock it till you've tried a Princess...




mmmmm Vinyl

^ They weren't bad to drive.

The Hydragas suspension was good when working and they were good caravan pullers, if that's praise?

those big old british leyland cars were both practical and lovely to look at, but sadly they were made by disaffected workers organised by bolshy trade unionists in out of date factories run by incompetent managers.

triumph, rover, austin, wolseley, riley, morris and mg. all gone now.

i particularly liked these. lovely, in an ugly sort of way, but couldnt compete with the glamour of the german cars that were just starting to gain the attention of the british car buying public



story here,

https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/bmc/1800-2200/