Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I’ve got a couple of cars at the moment;
It’s not as good as it looks. I stupidly bought it at auction last year without seeing it in the flesh. It’ll be going on eBay in the Spring.
But my favourite is this;
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Wifes summer daily ( normally without the hardtop3191c0f5 by David Brenchley, on Flickr
Last year in France - 3 first cars are oursDSC_8203 by David Brenchley, on Flickr
Now gone and not missed (much)FiatDinoSpyder010 by David Brenchley, on Flickr
An impulse purchase of a one owner 66 UK Ghia was the start of the Ghia love for me. However, it’s a long story, it was too much of a project so I sold it and bought a reasonably standard and fairly rust-free 69 US import, pictured above.
Your cars, Bootsy, are a few leagues on from the Ghia.
Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
An MX-5, obviously.
And a very modified (handling, weight, power, steering, gearbox, wheels, carbs (2"), racing side exhaust and pretty much everything else) 1958 Healey 100/6. Tomorrow I'm buying D-Type Dunlop wheels for it and it should have those and new tyres on by whenever the weather cheers up enough for me to go to collect them. And I'm changing the diff to give it better acceleration.
"A man of little significance"
Little nelly all original 68 ...
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Another I wish I'd kept - one of my favourites - ur quattro RR (20v)
Love the Healey. Back in the day, my chum had a battered 3000 Mk1. He ran it for the summer and then sold it as the insurance was too much for him (we were both students) . He offered it to me for £95 - which I didn't have...
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For a while I had two, the 100/6 I still have and a 3000 Mk1, both two-seaters. I shot this somewhere near Le Mans about 22 years ago when I'd lent the 3000 to a friend to drive there, just before the white car went in for around 17 years of restoration!
An update: earlier today I bought a set of Dunlop D-Type alloys for my Healey. They should have a set of classic-looking Michelin XASs or Vredesteins fitted and on the car once the weather clears. Here's a stock photo of a car with the same wheels:
"A man of little significance"
That Healey is drop dead
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..nice motors esp pic1 - Mondial ?
Had this back when I had delusions of solvency
It is indeed a Mondial T which had many shared bits between the 348 and 355.
Chassis and engine very similar to 348, but adjustable suspension, power steering and ABS was more of a test bed for the 355.
Still prefer the coupe looks though of the 348, but I didn’t have the money
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Like this? https://mgaguru.com/mgtech/wheels/wl201i.htm
1955 Morris Minor Series II. Bought by my Grandmother in 1956. My dad, who was 77 years old 2 days ago, failed his first driving test in it when he was 17. The examiner was talking him through the emergency stop procedure & said "In a moment I'm going to tap the dashboard with my clipboard like this...." At that point my dad did his emergency stop resulting in the examiner banging his head on the windscreen & an observer sat in the back ended up in the front. My Grandmother died in 1976 & it sat in a barn for 10 years until my Grandfather died. I've had it ever since. It's the only car we have that lives in the garage.
Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Here's another of the Cobra with my Elan which I've had for 10 years and restored completely from a total shed.
This is the Tiger Mk2 which shares the garage with the Elan (but belongs to my father-in-law).
And finally, just because it's probably the most interesting of our cars, the '56 AC Ace Bristol which was modified for racing to look like this back in 56-57. It was also restored entirely by my father-in-law and has since raced at the Goodwood Revival.
That's lovely Adi, I live in Ripponden can't be far from wherever you are.
That Ace is ace, what a beautiful car. Really loving the Tiger, it has the same eight spoke Minalites as my TR6
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Nice cars!! The Ace is rather special. But... what's under the blue tarp??
Something else: what I like about double Webers is the way the throttle cable is attached (here: cables). Everybody finds a different but satisfying solution to operate those two carbs simultaneously!
Menno
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Fantastic thread, loving the cars
The Elan looks great
I don't have one but would love a mini or a tr5
We also have a 1967 Mini Cooper S Mk1, which is reaching the end of a full restoration. Can't wait to get it done.
It's really interesting to drive the Cobra and the Tiger back to back as they both have 289 Ford engines. While the cobra is tuned for racing and power, the tiger is just a lazy torque monster. It has more torque than just about anything I've ever driven, but doesn't really care to be revved.
That Maserati was called the racing van, just looked it up, I remember seeing it at Le Man Classic
This, actually make me laugh.
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Really good fun.
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A few that have been and gone...
There must be some interesting stories to tell about the difference between the road handling of the Alpina and the GMC!
Menno
Very true. A few days after picking up the Alpina I drove it through Snowdonia and down to Arbersoch on a summer’s evening to meet the family who were already on holiday. It was one of the best drives I’ve ever had. Despite its age, it was plenty quick enough and the handling was just fantastic. The E36 is starting to age really well now despite being probably the most unloved 3 series.
The GMC was probably just as you’d expect. Agricultural, wallowy and vague but reasonably quick for a pickup with the V8. I loved it though and wish I had the room to keep it. It only cost something like £2,200 and the guy who sold it me was called Elvis I’ve lots of good family memories with the truck too as my little boy used to play in the back of it and sit on the tailgate for picnics.
Another photo of the old girl I took recently...
Taking her out tomorrow hope the weather clears...
Had the Sunbeam Rapier with the same body and it was a strange car. From some angles it looked quite good and from others downright awful!
Also had a Mk1 Escort 1100, the last time I saw it was upside down in a ditch, after an exciting end over end roll. Stitches weren't so exciting though!
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
I've had this 33 of my 52 years. For many years it was my daily driver but it's now enjoying a 500 mile pa semi retirement though I'd like to use it more. It has a 1340 engine, a Datsun 5 speed box and a panhard rod to tame that quarter elliptically sprung rear end.
I've also had this since my twenties, i used it for a few years including a trip to Le Mans but a distributor total self destruction took it off the road and lack of money kept it there. Now we have two kids I need a four seat classic so it's on the road to restoration though a recent new kitchen may have set that back a bit.
Sorry about the indifferent pictures, it's what I had on my web hosting.
More a of a "modern classic"
Mine was the T16 Rover one, but I'm seriously thinking of a v8 when (if) I manage to sell the 911RS
Anyone here got a Plus 8 ?
JP
Oh and here's Simon's Mazda before he messed it about :)
(Actually it's best rid of those surprisingly heavy TSW wheels.