Cars of old

[MNW67]

Heap of junk

Do you mean P6?

I thought it had a good reputation?

Or did you mean SD1?

 

[Highway Man]

Do you mean P6?

I thought it had a good reputation?

Or did you mean SD1?

I don't believe he had one, typical of what he would say

 

[blup]

Do you mean P6?

I thought it had a good reputation?

Or did you mean SD1?

SDI

 

[transam]

My father loved Triumphs

He had 3 ( not the same time) triumph vitesses

Straight 6

My uncle had. vW beetle but I am
Pretty certain ??? That his had a rotary engine in it ( may be wrong ??)

 

[noseall]

Rover 2000 TC, much better than its over powered successor the V8 3500

Is that the one with the horizontal speedo?

 

[MNW67]

My uncle had. vW beetle but I am
Pretty certain ??? That his had a rotary engine in it ( may be wrong ??)

That sounds like a load of W@nkel.

Unless your uncle is Jay Leno!

 

[securespark]

Most talked about car I had was a Citreon BX estate.

I had a BX 19RD but the hatch. F599 OVH.
The number matched our house number at the time.

I loved it to bits. The only thing I didn't like is that there were lots of taxis with the same engine, so whenever people heard it coming, they'd turn round expecting their lift to be arriving...

I bought it from a place in Chapel en le Frith. The guy took me out in it first and scared me to death bombing down the bypass at an indicated 120.

When we got back he told me to take it out so I took off expecting similar amazing acceleration.

It was soooooo sedate!

I took it back and he was perplexed. He told me I must be driving it "wrong".

I made him a wager that if he drove it fine and I drove it and it performed sedately again and I decided to buy it that he would knock 500 off the price we had negotiated. He took it out with me in the passenger seat and it was like a snail.

Turned out the pedal box was damaged and the accelerator travel was compromised.

Beautiful car, written off by an idiot who failed to give way.

Interesting fact about the BX...

It was designed by Marcello Gandini of Bertone and it was based on two of his unused design concepts:

1. The 1977 Reliant FW11 and
2. The 1979 Volvo Tundra.

I can't find side views of them at the moment, but they both bear a striking resemblance to the BX. Or should I say the BX bears a striking resemblance to the FW11 and the Tundra.

 

[securespark]

Reliant FW11 1977

Volvo Tundra 1979

 

[securespark]

Reminds me of this, wot I posted a while ago...

Striking Similarity Between Volvo S90 and Peugeot 508 Mk II

AFAICT, the designer is not the same guy. What do you think?

www.diynot.com

 

[Highway Man]

My father loved Triumphs

He had 3 ( not the same time) triumph vitesses

Straight 6

My uncle had. vW beetle but I am
Pretty certain ??? That his had a rotary engine in it ( may be wrong ??)

I had a Triumph Dolomite Sprint that I bought in the army, 16v OHC it was the bees knees in those days. Had an overdrive switch on the top of the gear lever. Never had a spot of bother with it. TC Webbers. When cars where cars

 

[blup]

Is that the one with the horizontal speedo?

Yes.

 

[motorbiking]

I had a Triumph Dolomite Sprint that I bought in the army, 16v OHC it was the bees knees in those days. Had an overdrive switch on the top of the gear lever. Never had a spot of bother with it. TC Webbers. When cars where cars

With the overdrive button if I recall?

 

[Highway Man]

With the overdrive button if I recall?

yes it had an overdrive that gave it a 5th gear electronicaly, it just dropped the revs on a long run

 

[Stivino]

yes it had an overdrive that gave it a 5th gear electronicaly, it just dropped the revs on a long run

I think the overdrive on the Sprint worked in 3rd and 4th. Also, the standard carbs were SUs, so someone must have added the Webers later.

 

[Ihavenojob]

I had a thing for weird cars, some of the many I had were a VW type 2 fastback, a Datsun 180b SSS coupe, a Triumph 2000 MKII with overdrive, a Rover 3500 SD1. some would be worth a bob or two today.