Thread: Name That Car

They were still using engines in the Mid 70's dating back to 1948, lack of investment and re-tooling whilst the Germans got paid to do it. Sad really.

Some kind of convergence here; I remember in the 70's towing a friend's [rubber universal-less] BMC Austin 1800 across most of the Nullabor Plain.... We left it in Eucla. The bloody thing turned up a month later in Perth. He fixed it up and then it had a Hydro suspension haemorrhage. But hey, it made it across Australia and for a time travelled at speeds never envisaged by the manufacturer: Tow vehicle? my mighty Valiant Charger!!

Post 2092 - #2

chevy blazer pick up mid to late 70s ????

Originally Posted by taxexile

chevy blazer pick up mid to late 70s ????

isn't the distrubutor at the wrong end of the engine for a Chevy?

i wouldnt know a distributor from a clutch plate.

i'm looking at the shape of the window frame and the swage line down the side of the car.

Mid '80s Chevy C10? C/K

Starting from the blue one, name these 8 British classics

TR6, Nash Healey, Sunbeam Tiger? , Lotus Elan, Frogeye Sprite, MG SPrite, MGBGT, E Type Jaguar

TR6, Nash Healey, Sunbeam Tiger? , Lotus Elan, Frogeye Sprite, MG SPrite, MGBGT, E Type Jaguar

the one next to the tr6 is an mg 1600, not a nash healy.

i had both an e-type and a tr6, the tr6 was a more enjoyable car to drive but horribly unreliable. the e type was too powerful and even less practical than the triumph.

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Originally Posted by David48atTD

an early 1970 Fiat 850 ?

... but the bumper bar is wrong.

Originally Posted by taxexile

the one next to the tr6 is an mg 1600, not a nash healy.

i had both an e-type and a tr6, the tr6 was a more enjoyable car to drive but horribly unreliable. the e type was too powerful and even less practical than the triumph.

Tax, how old are you?

Originally Posted by taxexile

the one next to the tr6 is an mg 1600, not a nash healy.

MG MGA

Originally Posted by NamPikToot

MG SPrite

I think that is also an MG MGB

Tax, how old are you?

why??

Originally Posted by taxexile

why??

So he can add more colour to his geriatric comments in the Brexit thread

the MG 1600 and MGA were differentiated by their engines and by a couple of design differences that are impossible to see in that photo.

there do appear to be 2 MGBs there. maybe one is a V8, the MGC

The V8 only came in the GT style and the MGC had a different bonnet then the two cars in the picture have. I am pretty sure that they are both early MGBs.

yes, you are right.

the MGC was a 6 cylinder engined version of the MGB, and came in hatchback or convertible.

The MGBGT was the V8 version and was only a hatchback.

Originally Posted by taxexile

the one next to the tr6 is an mg 1600, not a nash healy.

Ahh.. so Sid's been cheating on Google then

. In all, we had eight participants in our British car roundup: a 1970 Jaguar E-Type, a 1965 Lotus Elan, a 1959 MGA, a 1976 Triumph TR-6, a 1965 Sunbeam Alpine, a 1959 Austin-Healey Sprite MkI and two MGBs, a 1966 that was slightly modified, and a 1972 that had been taken back to as close to original as possible.

So which one is the Healey?

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Starting from the blue one, name these 8 British classics

shitbox 1 shitbox 2 shitbox 3 Shitbox 4 Shitbox 5 shitbox 6 shitbox 7
panty-dropper shitbox 8

A mate has just bought a series 1 XKE from the original owner who reckons he shagged every eligible girl in his country town in it when new.
And probably a few wives ...

skoda, maybe 110.

I watched a re-run of James May's Cars of the People last night was, interesting because it was about shit British cars like the one in post 2060.
I am talking about the not so mighty Allegro.
James was scathing about the commo unions and shit management that resulted in the miscarriage of that shitbox,
He compared it against the new Mazda 323.chalk and cheese in quality,build etc,no wonder BL bit the dust.