Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - Name the Dashboard Quiz!

[Six-cylinder]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

I can see a red maxi ( @Slowsilver?) . What did you go in?

Morris 1300.

[High Jetter]

2 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Morris 1300.

Plate & badge don't look original (it's late tho  .)

[Six-cylinder]

16 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Plate & badge don't look original (it's late tho  .)

I am surprised you say that, it has always seemed a very original car to me.

It is an early ish 1968 MK2.

I bought it from @RobT of this parish nearly 2 years ago and am really enjoying it.

I love the strip Speedo.

[High Jetter]

I love the strip too, remember a landcrab Dad had with one. I meant it was late for me, not the car, and that it would originally not have a yellow background rear plate

[Six-cylinder]

26 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

I love the strip too, remember a landcrab Dad had with one. I meant it was late for me, not the car, and that it would originally not have a yellow background rear plate

Yellow-white plates were introduced in 1967 as a safety aid and by 1968 nearly everybody wanted them to show that their new car was the latest and greatest.

Me I had to be different, in 1980 I was running this 1969 Triumph Vitesse 2.0 MK2 saloon and replaced the yellow-white plates with black perspex with silver line letters, well I did sell them in the motor parts store I managed. 

[Six-cylinder]

On 14/11/2025 at 15:42, Six-cylinder said:

A bit disappointed with the Mazda 323 GLX 1.5 today as I filled it with petrol and checked the fuel consumption for the first time.  33.1 mpg, I was hoping for 35-40 mpg.

I topped the Mazda fuel up today and over the last 200 miles it has given me 34.9 mpg, a slight improvement. Nearly meeting my expectation now.

[Six-cylinder]

I missed out on the FREE Hubnut Saab convertible by being at the Supply and Industry Café a week early!

[Six-cylinder]

Prize winning Mazda!

Today was a local meeting for the Loose Alliance Group at the Dukes, Heath and Reach. I had planned to take my Morris 1300, but it was pouring with rain and I nearly took the Range Rover. In the end I settled on the Mazda 323 and glad I did as it won "Car of the Day" that gives me a free breakfast next time! Seems it was the oldest classic out today and others bought a modern classic or daily car.

[Mrs6C]

12 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

that gives me a free breakfast next time

My Mazda, my free breakfast... 🙂

[Six-cylinder]

24 minutes ago, Mrs6C said:

My Mazda, my free breakfast... 🙂

You need to wash and vac YOUR car then!

[Six-cylinder]

There has not been any car activity this week so here is a little quiz I made 5 years ago of the dashboards of our cars. We still have 9 of the 10 cars pictured?

q1

 

q2

 

q3

 

q4

 

q5

 

q6

 

q7

 

q8

 

q9

 

q10

 

 

[hairnet]

9. pos

2nd one is yank?

not sure the last one - what kinda milk float or mover about 60s/70s do you have

[High Jetter]

Many shitetroens, and an Italian fancy?

[AnthonyG]

1. Early Citroen Visa (the white two pot one?)

2. Chrysler Sebring

3. Citroen CX

4. Lancia Trevi

5. Maserati BiTurbo 

6. Citroen GS

7. Lancia Gamma

8. Oltcit?

9. Lightbulbfun mobile/plastic piglet

10. That very dead Welsh milk float, with the most valuable* component of said vehicle being the Mk3 Escort door mirror, sprayed in gold no less. 

Due to the 6 cylinder’s combined generosity, I think I’ve driven 6 of these.