Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.

[High Jetter]

I meant modernz, not those sensible old things!

[DSdriver]

5 hours ago, Timewaster said:

Did anyone think the Alfa 156 was a 2 door coupe? 

No.

Did anyone have to ask how to open the back doors?

Yes.

😁

[EyesWeldedShut]

I had a p/time job at the village petrol station (circa 1978 ish) where there was still an attended service. Had a hell of a job finding the filler cap on one of these (to the owner's amusement - but I did live in Hicksville).
It did have proper door handles tho'

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 minute ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

I had a p/time job at the village petrol station (circa 1978 ish) where there was still an attended service. Had a hell of a job finding the filler cap on one of these (to the owner's amusement - but I did live in Hicksville).
It did have proper door handles tho'

Discretely hidden inside the c-pillar vents.

[D.E]

Stafford, from Stafford.

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1554462

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

No?

Land Rover were so behind the times

 

1946 Willys Station Wagon

1948 Jeepster

[EyesWeldedShut]

7 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Discretely hidden inside the c-pillar vents.

Imagine a blushing teenager with petrol pump in hand wandering around the car whilst grizzled, Autoshite type driver grins knowingly in the background. XJ (6??) guy also got a laugh when I only filled up one saddle tank.
Thinking about it - we did 4*, 2* and marine diesel - no DERV - changed days.

[MiniMinorMk3]

11 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Imagine a blushing teenager with petrol pump in hand wandering around the car whilst grizzled, Autoshite type driver grins knowingly in the background. XJ (6??) guy also got a laugh when I only filled up one saddle tank.
Thinking about it - we did 4*, 2* and marine diesel - no DERV - changed days.

I had a job at an attended Shell garage on the A21. We did 2, 3 and 4*. We had a blending pump that mixed the 2 and 4 from the tanks. Luckily the DERV pump had a small lock on th elever so you didn't have to hold the nozzle when filling up the big trucks. It could take up to 5 minutes to do just one tank, even with the fast flowing big nozzle.

Worst things to fill up were 2-door Metros, with their low filler neck. You couldn't feed them too fast as they would vomit the fuel back all over your feet.

[Metal Guru]

3 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I had a job at an attended Shell garage on the A21. We did 2, 3 and 4*. We had a blending pump that mixed the 2 and 4 from the tanks. Luckily the DERV pump had a small lock on th elever so you didn't have to hold the nozzle when filling up the big trucks. It could take up to 5 minutes to do just one tank, even with the fast flowing big nozzle.

Worst things to fill up were 2-door Metros, with their low filler neck. You couldn't feed them too fast as they would vomit the fuel back all over your feet.

What was 3* all about? Surely there weren’t any cars that were so fragile they couldn’t run on 2 or 4* instead.

[MiniMinorMk3]

VW Beetles ran on 3*.

If I remember correctly 2* was 87 Ron, 3* was 91 Ron, 4* was 95 Ron and 5* was 100 Ron. 5 star was phased out sometime in the '70s. 

It is surprising how sensitive and old carburated and points ignition car can be to the wrong grade of fuel, especially when you go for a lower grade.

[High Jetter]

It was* the inspiration for The Crystals hit.

[Remspoor]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

It was* the inspiration for The Crystals hit.

Or

 

[Richard_FM]

5 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

VW Beetles ran on 3*.

If I remember correctly 2* was 87 Ron, 3* was 91 Ron, 4* was 95 Ron and 5* was 100 Ron. 5 star was phased out sometime in the '70s. 

It is surprising how sensitive and old carburated and points ignition car can be to the wrong grade of fuel, especially when you go for a lower grade.

Triumph Acclaims used 3*, my Gran used to fill hers up with half a tank of 2* & top up with 4* as her local garage didn't have a 3* pump.

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, Richard_FM said:

Triumph Acclaims used 3*, my Gran used to fill hers up with half a tank of 2* & top up with 4* as her local garage didn't have a 3* pump.

Maybe the 3* pump just metered out half and half anyway.

[MiniMinorMk3]

BMW Frau 2800 GTS. Has shades of Audi 100 Coupe and Fiat Dino Coupe.

 

 

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

17 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

VW Beetles ran on 3*.

If I remember correctly 2* was 87 Ron, 3* was 91 Ron, 4* was 95 Ron and 5* was 100 Ron. 5 star was phased out sometime in the '70s. 

It is surprising how sensitive and old carburated and points ignition car can be to the wrong grade of fuel, especially when you go for a lower grade.

I remember my Dad only put 5star in the family Vauxhall Viscount when we’re going on holiday with the caravan. It was already getting difficult to find in rural areas in the early 70’s.

[MiniMinorMk3]

On 4/17/2023 at 2:37 PM, EyesWeldedShut said:

Awsome - didn't somebody do a Jag estate conversion in the late 70s/early 80s with a renault 5 tailgate

Found it - Avon https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/jaguar/xj6-xj12/avon-jaguar-estate/

Here's one in the wild, Kensington 1987.

[martc]

11 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Maybe the 3* pump just metered out half and half anyway.

That's exactly what they did. there was no such thing as 3 star petrol.

[Schaefft]

Genuinely new to me, the Nissan Pintara Superhatch for the Australian market. Based on the U12 Bluebird.

[artdjones]

The Chrysler Sigma, made after Mitsubishi took over Chrysler Australia. Nice hubcaps.

[martc]

I know about the larger 6 wheel Citroens, but not a C15. According to the French blurb that accompanied this pic it's 6x6, but I'm not sure myself, isn't a C15 FWD? Which would make conversion even more difficult than usual.

[Alusilber]

Last time I went past my local dealer of "interesting" second-hand cars (Edward Labinjoh), there was a strange Ford with a nose reminiscent of a Volvo 480 on the forecourt. Turns out it's a 1990 Australian Ford Capri, which was based on a Mazda 323 platform, and was nothing like a European Ford Capri.

1990 Ford Capri Turbo

[somewhatfoolish]

2 hours ago, martc said:

I know about the larger 6 wheel Citroens, but not a C15. According to the French blurb that accompanied this pic it's 6x6, but I'm not sure myself, isn't a C15 FWD? Which would make conversion even more difficult than usual.

Dangel probably converted them, they converted every other french thing including FWD vans.

[D.E]

26 minutes ago, Alusilber said:

Last time I went past my local dealer of "interesting" second-hand cars (Edward Labinjoh), there was a strange Ford with a nose reminiscent of a Volvo 480 on the forecourt. Turns out it's a 1990 Australian Ford Capri, which was based on a Mazda 323 platform, and was nothing like a European Ford Capri.

1990 Ford Capri Turbo

Sold in America (and some parts of Europe) as the Mercury Capri:

[artdjones]

55 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Dangel probably converted them, they converted every other french thing including FWD vans.

It was a company called Chausson de Leotard. Apparently they could be obtained as a special order through Citroen dealers in France.

[Spottedlaurel]

On 4/29/2023 at 8:42 AM, Schaefft said:

Genuinely new to me, the Nissan Pintara Superhatch for the Australian market. Based on the U12 Bluebird.

The Pintara is such an odd thing. First gen was a 2-litre R31 Skyline, then it was a rebadged/hatchbacked Bluebird also sold by Ford under the revered Corsair name.

One from me, seen at a local Japanese car show yesterday:

Blit, a new one to me.

Apparently a 2002-07 wagon variant of the long-running Mark II.

[MiniMinorMk3]

14 hours ago, Alusilber said:

Last time I went past my local dealer of "interesting" second-hand cars (Edward Labinjoh), there was a strange Ford with a nose reminiscent of a Volvo 480 on the forecourt. Turns out it's a 1990 Australian Ford Capri, which was based on a Mazda 323 platform, and was nothing like a European Ford Capri.

1990 Ford Capri Turbo

That looks like a Volvo 480 Cabrio.

 

[quicksilver]

Honda Spike. Weird JDM thing I'd never heard of.

[bunglebus]

Just seen a transporter loaded with Build Your Dreams BYD ATTO 3s

https://www.lshauto.co.uk/byd/

[bunglebus]

Also saw a Tevva HGV