of all the vehicle the only two I have taken photos and owned
Austin Healy BN1 or AH 100/4.
Photo taken in NZ notice the number plate that's what number plates looked like when you were a sprog, both cars came over from NZ although photo taken in OZ
I did notice that actually!Originally Posted by peterpan
When I was back in NZ I saw an absolutely mint HQ Holden with the personalised license plate "HQ [something or other]" but it was done it that old silver-on-black style.
The first Thunderbirds were pretty damn classic in my opinion.
Had a couple of the 2.8i Specials, but would be happy with one of these.
Not the fastest thing around, not the best handling, but it sounds nice, is comfortable and still looks good to me.
^ Always had a soft spot for the Capri; My old PE Teacher drove one, and I remember the look on his face when he got one same as the picture; If he was a dog he would be wagging his tail basically.
I had a V6 Capri for about 2 seconds until a tree jumped out into the road in front of me. Bastard trees.
My uncle had a Capri when I was a nipper. I loved it when he came to visit because all my friends thought he was like a James Bond or something.
Actually he was an architect, but I wasn't about to tell them that!
To have a Capri, you needed to be slightly short, very hairy, with a gold chain round your neck I believe.
Damn!Originally Posted by pseudolus
6'2", nominally hairy and have a silver St Christopher (that my dad wore when he wrapped his 3.0S around a telegraph pole).
I'll stick with a Ranger for now.
My dad had an Austin A40 sport. I never got to ride in it as I wasn't born when he bought it. It was on the drive for years awaiting a new chassis. I used to sit an play in it as a kid and always wanted to see it working. He bought it from new and planned to restore it but never got round to it. He restored a Ford Zepher Zodiac first but I don't know where the A40 ended up.
I love the shape of it and would love to own one.
Austin A40 Sports began as a partnership with Jensen who wanted to build a fibreglass-bodied sports car on the chassis of an Austin A70. Lord Austin agreed to the use of the A70 in return for Jensen building a smaller car for Austin on the A40 chassis, and thus was born the first Jensen Interceptor and the Austin A40 Sports.
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You bullied, you laughed, you lied, you lost!
Lotus Cortina in Ohio
I was the guy in Toronto who sold him the car. I should have waited 5 years, doubled in value.
Always fancied one of these.
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^ Seen one a while back in Chiang Mai. Beautiful.
I think that's Kent not Edinburgh. There's no Edinburgh Woolen Mills Sale sign in the back ground.Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog
My next door neighbour had one of these. His wife was in it when the car was stationary at a junction and it was hit side on by a loaded tank transporter. Just after Volvo introduced sips.
About 10 years later, I had the estate version and a guy in a new Merc rear ended it. The Volvo had a small dent in the tailgate and the Merc was written off.
Heart of Gold and a Knob of butter.
When ever I hear a Volvo from that era pull away at a Junction, the engine noise completely reminds me of a Warrior AV
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