Redfox226
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and... they made an excellent boom tent for a Wayfarer (bringing it back to sailing)......
Anyone drive a MK2 Cortina?
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and... they made an excellent boom tent for a Wayfarer (bringing it back to sailing)......
Shuggy
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And also bringing it back on topic... I posted my Nic 43 on the thread. I drive a 1985 Land Rover Ninety. It's Trigger's broom in that it has very little of the original left but is equipped with a high-lift cam Edelbrock carbed 3.9L top hat V8 on a galvanised chassis. My Nic 43 has a modern Beta diesel, Andersen 58 winches, roller furling, a laminate mainsail and an NMEA 2000 instrument/plotter set-up. I think there are parallels! The Ninety is also surprisingly quick although it doesn't point very high ;-)
pagoda
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Many older vehicles are less practical by modern standards. Yachts and cars. Depends on your level of self reliance and DIY. I have 1.5 cars at present , one from 2000, still on the road after much maintenance, another from 1958, without a single semiconductor of any kind. Mechanically not complex but "intensive"on the restoration front. Yacht is the youngest by 8 years. When my "old dear" was built - the owner's manual detailed distributor adjustments and all the grease nipples. Many people today struggle with both garage bills and wheel bolts. Anybody with a history of looking after old cars can probably cope with a yacht
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MMmmm got me thinking. WHat classics would I like in my garage as everyday drivers.
Morris 1000 traveler you know the woodie. I would keep her trunnions greased and upgrade the engine to 1300 TC with Marina front brakes. Having had a seriously tweaked woodie in the past I know the front brakes are just not adequate even with the 95 linings.
Triumph 2.5 PI Mk 1. An early one with the full on TR^ engine. It was good enough for Cowan to win the RAC Rally one year. No mods needed.
Finally for my boy racer mad moments it is a toss up between an early Mk 1 Lotus Cortina and a full on 1293 Mini Cooper S again no mods needed.
I have been fortunate enough to have driven these in the past and know I could live with them today. All have charcter unlike today's clones.
Morris 1000 traveler you know the woodie. I would keep her trunnions greased and upgrade the engine to 1300 TC with Marina front brakes. Having had a seriously tweaked woodie in the past I know the front brakes are just not adequate even with the 95 linings.
Triumph 2.5 PI Mk 1. An early one with the full on TR^ engine. It was good enough for Cowan to win the RAC Rally one year. No mods needed.
Finally for my boy racer mad moments it is a toss up between an early Mk 1 Lotus Cortina and a full on 1293 Mini Cooper S again no mods needed.
I have been fortunate enough to have driven these in the past and know I could live with them today. All have charcter unlike today's clones.
DownWest
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No mods needed? A 1293 Mini was already quite modded from the 1275 S base. But cramped seating and all, I could just let one in, as they really were fun to drive.
With you on on the Morris Woody. A friend bought his wife a restored one as a present a few years ago, I got to drive it a few times and it was a light handling delight, apart from the brakes...
The Mk 1 Lotus Cortina suffered from problems with the A frame attachment to the diff. Bit of a habit of dropping the oil. Would I have one my nostalgic garage? Like a shot. Bit pricey now..
Friend had a Gorden Keeble, back when we were squeezing a few more BHP out of Minis. Didn't realise it was quite so rare at one in a 100.
Had so much fun in my Ginetta G15, one of those would be in the shed. But also would be the G4 that I just rebuilt the chassis for. Think a Lotus 7 withn a very pretty body.
This about memories, not really about the cars, but they would bring them back.
JumbleDuck
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My Moggy saloon was lovely to drive too. At one time Charlie Ware's Morris Minor Centre was selling "21st Century Minor" upgrades which included discs at the front, a modern engine (Japanese) and five speed gearbox. I'd want to do something about the back axle, too, as it tended to tramp a bit.
rogerthebodger
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I had a Triumph 2.5 PI Mk 2 that was an ex met police Q car. They removed the blue light and radio but left all the engine/ auto gearbox mods.
I converted it to twin SU 1 3/4's the and went like hell.
My first car was a mini that I fitted a 1100 cc with single 1 1/2 SU 731 cam and cooper 998 head. Upgraded the brakes to Cooper S disks and drive shaft that increased the track.
Now I have 1962 MGB with pull door handles, Lotus Europa and TR 7 with rover V8. Fun car is a chopped 2 seat open top mini.
halcyon
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Got 2 TR7's in the workshop that I am trying to rebuild, one I have owned since 1980, not many let now.
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I use a MGB GT and a Standard 10 for daily transport. No modern car. I can always borrow swmbo's pug 206 in emergency. Mind you that one is 16 years old!
rogerthebodger
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TR7 partially stripped for respray, MGB just needs carpets and a clean up of the upholstery. Lotus and mini are runners but don't use them much as Nisson 200SZ is my current fun car.
JumbleDuck
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There is, or was, a Standard 10 used as a daily driver at Carronbridge, where the Dalveen Pass diverges from the Thornhill road. Any relation to yours? I thought of buying that one, just for fun, but decided that I couldn't offer it the shelter it needed,
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Could be. How long ago was this? I got the car 3 years ago from Barrhill, where it had been for some years. South Lanarkshire registration LVD XXX. If it is the same car it would be nice to check it out.
JumbleDuck
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I'm pretty sure the one I saw was still under a tarpaulin at Carronbridge last year. Pale blue.
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Thanks for that Ian. I'll have to go and have a look at it.
JumbleDuck
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I'll be driving through there tomorrow and will have a shufti. End terrace house on the left as you drive north.
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ffiill
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My Alan Prior Coaster 33 has gone 40 and is still as good as she was built.Her Mercedes 40hp long stroke OM636 is also going strong.
As for the cars from those days the 1100 if you got them before they began to rust away were good and comfortable to drive as were the Cortina ones and twos and as long as you looked after the engines they lasted as well.
As for the cars from those days the 1100 if you got them before they began to rust away were good and comfortable to drive as were the Cortina ones and twos and as long as you looked after the engines they lasted as well.
escapism
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I ask because various members of the Parish are waxing lyrical about old "classic" yachts from that time. Would anyone really go back to the unreliability and rust of the 70’s for their motoring? Why then do people hark back to the olden days of sailing as a golden era of design?
Referring back to the OP, many people have described their appreciating classic cars from the 60's and 70's, even from the 80's. Others have described fond memories of such cars, even of just seeing them on the road. My reason for having a classic car for summer use is that its good to drive, well sorted, and it pleases me when I (regularly) find notes stuffed under the wipers along the lines of "if you ever want to sell please call ..... ". Boats of the same era are depreciating towards worthlessness, in the same way that most now considered 'classic' cars did, but more slowly. I suggest that the best ones will survive and eventually become appreciating assets in time, perhaps with people looking back to the 'glorious' IOR design regime?
Referring back to the OP, many people have described their appreciating classic cars from the 60's and 70's, even from the 80's. Others have described fond memories of such cars, even of just seeing them on the road. My reason for having a classic car for summer use is that its good to drive, well sorted, and it pleases me when I (regularly) find notes stuffed under the wipers along the lines of "if you ever want to sell please call ..... ". Boats of the same era are depreciating towards worthlessness, in the same way that most now considered 'classic' cars did, but more slowly. I suggest that the best ones will survive and eventually become appreciating assets in time, perhaps with people looking back to the 'glorious' IOR design regime?
John 32i
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I hope the same thing happens to my 1998 MGF....genuine car...70k.....owned for 13 years...currently worth a few hundred quid...maybe in the future the values will start creeping up
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probablly in fact because the rear end had come so far round that the headlights were actually pointing into the ditch !!