Has anyone ever seen one of these?
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EddieM
Funny, not knocking anyone, but I have never understood how people get nostalgic about these old pieces of technologically non performant clapped out iron.
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EddieM
ford rs escort mexico 0-60 about 11.5 seconds, pumping out 103 BHP, phew... about the same 0-60 as a 1.5 corsa. Love old cars!!
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If you view cars as just figures on a piece of paper (or even stats on Top Trumps - remember those?), then you're missing the point.
There's lots more involved. For some these cars are memories from a simpler age, or just because your Old Man had one. Others admire the sophistication of the engineering for it's time, or conversely the simplicity of the design that humans could actually understand, maintain, repair, adapt, modify or improve on. Try doing this with a modern Eurobox.
But most of all, It's the lines and look of the car. For me, a work of art isn't something on canvas, or carved in stone. It's a combination of design and the skill of the people that made them. A mobile piece of automotive art. If the picture of an E Type's lines does nothing for you, then old cars definitely aren't your thing.
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Me old grandad had (an automatic) one, i think it had the horizontal speedo.
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EddieM
No i see a cars primary function to get from a to b. I'm not knocking it just hate it when people say they don't build like they used to. Damn right you wouldnt be allowed!
And possibly looks apart most most modern cars way way out perform old sports cars. I mean i would find it a bit dispiriting to be driving my lovely looking e type only to be having my ass kicked by a 1.9 astra diesel.
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I agree, most of todays cars are so boring compared to the old ones. If today's cars didn't have badges, it would be difficult to tell them apart.
IMO the V8 engines were cr*p.
Poor oil circuation at the top end frequently caused excessive camshaft wear. The engine was already obsolete when they bought it from Buick; the Yanks must have been laughing all the way to the bank.
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EddieM
Also apart from a few cars, (e type etc) all the ones pictured just look like ..... errr.... old cars to me 
each to their own.
each to their own.I think the robustness of bumpers used to be legally mandated. Now the opposite is true - the softness of the front of the car (to pedestrians) is strictly mandated.
Yes, but not really a problem needing repair until approx 100K miles. Many engines of this era were also suffering significant wear.
On the plus side, the Rover V8 engine was in production for approx 45 years (inc. when Buick built it), 1.5 million engines made in between 3.5 and 5 litres displacement. It was light being all ally, compact, great power to weight ratio, amazing torque, infinitely tunable.
It was fitted to, among others; Rover P5, P6 and SD1s, Range Rovers, Land Rovers, Triumphs,MGs, Sherpas (for emergency services), TVRs, Morgan, Marcos.
Only the most successful British manufactured V8 engine ever.
Not disputing much of what you say, it's just from personal experience of a couple of these engines. And I think they later over-bored them too much as they had some problems with the larger displacements.
(I think the original design was alloy to reduce the weight, but aluminium became obsolete when they developed thin-wall casting techniques for cast iron blocks. I once put a V8 in a series Landrover and the difference in weight at the front end was incredible. You could see the front of the vehicle lifted up noticeably - almost embarrasing).
I take it you have a V8? If so, what's it in?
(I think the original design was alloy to reduce the weight, but aluminium became obsolete when they developed thin-wall casting techniques for cast iron blocks. I once put a V8 in a series Landrover and the difference in weight at the front end was incredible. You could see the front of the vehicle lifted up noticeably - almost embarrasing).
I take it you have a V8? If so, what's it in?
Unfortunately, not yet. But I'm working on 'Er Indoors to see if I can expand the fleet.
P5 coupe with Rostyles, in Admiralty blue or Silver Birch over Arden green. I'm sure there's space in the garage.
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