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Well saved that man I know these aren't the most desirable cars ever made but it would be a shame if all the RWD stuff went the way of the Starlet and we had none left to remind us of the old days! Sometimes I think I'm too sentimental, but I'm a preservationist at heart and I don't like to think of cars being modded beyond redemption or destroyed for a few cheap thrills.Sorry, didn't mean to start off down THAT road again.....

Oh my giddy aunt That is just plain wrong. Has he no idea how rare 6/90s are? I would love one of those in black with all the bells and whistles on it

I think the new Focus saloon is better than the original but the first one didn't work at all.They go to all that trouble of designing a car that looks up to the minute and fresh and then plonk something on the back end that was designed by the other office along corridor.I always thought that the people who bought them wanted a Ford that size but the Focus was a bit too modern looking for their conservative tastes so they bought the saloon as a compromise. Pity they didn't make them in beige!At the other end of the spectrum, the current Megane saloon is an attractive car unlike its ugly sister with the arse end from hell. Like the Ford Ka, even after it has been on our roads for ten years I will still not like it.So there.

Cor, that's really nice £400 ? Is that all you wanted for it???

Here's another lesser spotted Italian. They probably only sold about twelve in the UK

That was on Fleabay not so long ago. Lovely little car.

DSJ and LJKS - must be something about big beards that makes a great motoring writer. These chaps weren't afraid to be honest.Bill Boddy, who is now in his 90s is another of the old guard and still writes a column for Motor Sport. He related a story about DSJ testing an Austin A90 for the mag in the fifties and not being particularly complimentary and Austin threatened to remove their advertising! He also tested a Bristol or something and the makers claimed the top speed was too low that they had published so they ran it again and got exactly the same figures...None of this pandering to manufacturers whims!

Ha, you wrote that just as I was editing my post

That's right, these are actually Rover 200s with Honda badges rather than a proper Concerto with all the differences. Though if I understand correctly does this only apply to the diesel versions because Honda didn't make one? The amount of cars sold in different markets under different brands would fill an entire book.Actually, I'd buy a copy....

So they did. How bizarre

I saw one of these this eveing. It's a Honda Horizon. Obviously a variant of the Isuzu Trooper/Vauxhall Monterey. Had a Lotus handling badge on the back too... You learn something new every day

Yet another Accord http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1978-Honda-Accord ... 0196744184

Wow, Jalopy, that's a blast from the past!I wrote an article on the Marina for issue 4 which TBH was total bollocks but I was only 17 at the time! They still published it and paid me £25 though

One of my favourites is the poor grasp of plurals:"Tomato's for sale"Go in and ask "Which one is it?"

LOL!!

Ah, someone did recommend that to me once and I never got around to buying a copy. Maybe Father Christmas will bring me one...

Someone at Ford can't count, unless that guy's a Male Escort...

We seem to have two threads for postcards...I've only just seen this one, it's great. PMSL ast some of the captions and comments

wow, that Corona's really cool! Wish my bodywork skills were better

Wedge is the Dinky one - it's about 1/36 scale

Look tidy that. I reckon it's a good buy if the rear arches are solid. Nice colour too considering it's a base spec model.I'm almost convincing myself to buy it!

But of course we all know new cars with their miniscule depreciation, low finance payments and cheap main dealer parts and labour costs can be run on a pittence.....

I'm lucky that I bought my semi before the house prices went stupid 5 years ago. I have 2 cars at my house and 2 at my parents. Luckily dad is as passionate about old cars as I am and is quite content tinkering away with an old motor in his cosy garage. He's even closed in the car port to keep my Triumph even more nice and dry I can get another car on my drive too so that kind of heightens the temptation to acquire another! My mum's adamant she's not having another at their house though....

Damn those misplaced apostrophes to hell

Now, you may disagree depending on which part of the country you live in but here's another for my list. I can quite categorically state that I personally have not seen one of these on the road anywhere for years and years and years and I do make a point of noticing stuff like that: And I want one for my imaginary collection of stuff that time forgot.