bentwaters81tfw Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Riley 14/6 Tourer 2 x Chevrolet 3100 series pickups. One immaculate in dark green, the other a pale green 'rat-rod' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocatlub Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Yesterday 1967/68 VW variant estate that was lowered and painted in a horrible mushy pea green colour but it was immaculate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 On the back of a recovery truck, looking like a project on the way to a new owner in Gainsborough today. The driver had stopped to call for directions. A 1960 Peugeot 403 Station wagon. Nowhere hear as good as this one though. Someone has their work cut out! I think it should look pretty good with some mild custom touches. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Brown V ref Opel Kadett in mint condition by Chester zoo. Then a J reg Manchester GMT bus in orange and white (Daimler Fleetline?) on the A41 to Christleton. Â Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs2man Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Saw a mint bright orange mk 1 Fiesta in the car park at work on Friday .  It looked like a standard 1100 or 950 . On the way to the garage yesterday I saw a Droopsnoot Firenza , also in very good condition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Ah, the 950 Fiesta. You could change down to make it go faster, but it just made it noisier.  And the Droopsnoot always reminds me of Gerry Marshall. I used to watch him racing at Mallory, & he & Roger Clark once walked into a pub I was in. Motoring legends both. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 Mk 5 Cortina. Â I used to have a Mk1 Fiesta 1100 Sport. The only sporty thing was the go faster stripe down the side. I liked it, but the crap Ford seats put my back out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs2man Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 On 27/08/2017 at 6:25 PM, Pete in Lincs said: Ah, the 950 Fiesta. You could change down to make it go faster, but it just made it noisier.  And the Droopsnoot always reminds me of Gerry Marshall. I used to watch him racing at Mallory, & he & Roger Clark once walked into a pub I was in. Motoring legends both. The biggest problem with the 950 Fiesta was not that it had no performance , but that it had even less in the way of brakes since , unlike the 1100 and bigger variants , it had no servo . Dreadful car .  Agreed on Gerry Marshall and Roger Clark - true stars . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 Split screen VW panel van rat rod MG Midget with full chrome '85 Mk VW Golf Cabrio. Spotless in white. Â The Mk1 Fiesta also had a nasty habit of Torque steer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordfunker Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 A couple of unusual spots on the M25 this afternoon: An immaculate Bedford J Type on a trailer, in a very fetching two tone blue. An original Lotus Elan in full 60s orange. Karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs2man Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 There was a bright yellow Noble in the car park at work today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 On 28/08/2017 at 8:46 PM, rs2man said: The biggest problem with the 950 Fiesta was not that it had no performance , but that it had even less in the way of brakes since , unlike the 1100 and bigger variants , it had no servo . Dreadful car . Many moons ago I was asked to look at the brakes on my cousin's then GFs Fiesta as she thought the brakes weren't very good.  I jumped in it and went tearing off as fast as it would go, not very fast as it happens, but fast enough for me to have a near heart attack when I applied the brake pedal at the top of the street!  Fitted new brake pads, took it for a test drive and decided that it had made no difference whatsoever, the owner seemed delighted though as she thought they were a huge improvement.  Fast forward to 2015 and I'm test driving a Mk1 Fiesta 950 Pop in Torquay for my stepson as he wasn't old enough at the time to drive it. Forewarned is forearmed and no heart attack this time. Brakes are still rubbish.  Drove it from Torquay back to Leicester and did about 1500 miles in it over the next year until the MoT ran out. Stepson still hasn't driven it! Although he's fully prepared for the brakes, he tells me the brakes aren't much better on his Citroën Saxo.  Car is now on our drive being restored with major welding repairs ongoing. There's a lot of panels that are no longer available and a good deal of scratchbuilding going on, the master cylinder has failed now and you can't get them off the shelf these days.....  I'm not a Ford man by any means (Old Skodas and Minis are more my bag) but its charms have grown on me.  Be glad when it's finished though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 An old Leyland Cruiser on the loooooong trip back to Scotland from the Great Dorset Steam Fair  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Re the Ford Fiesta Popular. Mrs H before we married bought a new one from a local dealer. She wanted a beige one (well it was the mid 80's and people had weird tastes in colour then!).  When I checked the tailgate it said 'Fiesta C' rather than Popular (or Popular Plus) and in a sad kind of way we thought it rather exclusive .  Dont remember the brakes being any worse than contemporary cars (I also drove dad's Beetle) or even having weightlifter biceps in lieu of power steering (only expensive cars had that then).  If you see E86 VBG somewhere (unlikely), give it a wave from me.  Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 2 hours ago, Max Headroom said: Dont remember the brakes being any worse than contemporary cars It would appear all Mk2 Fiestas like yours had the luxury of a brake servo - You lucky man  It would also appear that your car hasn't been taxed or MoT'd since 2000 according to the DVLA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs2man Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 38 minutes ago, Bonhoff said: It would appear all Mk2 Fiestas like yours had the luxury of a brake servo - You lucky man   Not so - the 950 horror of which I have experience was , now I come to think about it , a Mk2 , though it was on an A plate , so was a very early one . That certainly had no servo . To make it even more "desirable" , it was painted hearing aid beige . 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 22 hours ago, Max Headroom said: (well it was the mid 80's and people had weird tastes in colour then!). Saw a bright yellow Bentley a couple of days ago,didn't know whether to laugh or cry!.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Spotted on eBay Cool   1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Mad, but yes, cool. Think of the time it must have taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted September 1, 2017 Author Share Posted September 1, 2017 When I saw the first pic, I though the floor had rusted out and the body had dropped. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 I had a giggle at the ad above which has an Allegro with Free P+P. I did see someone under the age of 60 driving an MX5 earlier this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 So presumably somewhere there's a Beetle with Allegeo underpinnings????? Â Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 But - why would you bother? I suppose some people have more money than sense ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 It does look very cool. If I didn't have another truck in mind I may have been tempted, it would suit my VW side 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 An Allegro,wouldn't give it a second thought but Maxis are a different story (cough).... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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