Your ideal motor from the year you were born

[brickwall]

another:

 

Gurgel Itaipu

 

[Tickman]

I'm already sorted:

 

[tul66]

I've got a strange hankering for one of these. Must be the dried frog pills wearing off. (1984, so whatever launch spec lunacy was available)

 

Certain they weren't launched until 1987 but a good choice anyway.

 

Here's a picture of mine!

[flat4alfa]

Your ideal motor from the year you were born

 

Ideal is a good question

 

 

 

[tul66]

Think I'd have to say this one.

[Zantimisfit]

[flat4alfa]

^ 1902 Serpollet ?

 

At least you're older than me

[TripleRich]

[LostnotFound]

Although I wouldn't kick this out of bed, it wouldn't repay the favour and would definitely kick me off but none the less 

 

 

Car wise I'm another Capri fantasist, my year gives me the black edition that is a lot easier on the eye than some of the paint jobs you see on other 2.8s.

 

[catsinthewelder]

[sofarsogood]

I used to own it. Registered 5 days after I was born. Obviously like any decent Autoshiter I sold it just before prices went ballistic.

[Semi-C]

The Special's "Ghost Town" at number 1 and this at my disposal...

 

[scruff]

The day before I was born, the Mini had it's 25th birthday party at Donington. I reckon a funky Mini 25 is just economically realistic for a 1984 version of myself.... doubt that "Miss Mini 25" is however.

 

[ProgRocker]

1977 Ford Granada:

 

1977-ford-granada-engine-wallpaper-9.jpg

 

I think I was born in exactly the same month that the mark 2 Granada was launched (September). Ford also started selling the Cortina IV with the 2.3 V6 engine.

 

Yep, I'll be 40 in less than 4 weeks time.

[scruff]

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Bugger that's a good one.

[bunglebus]

I could have all sorts, MK2 Escort RS1800, SD1, MK1 Fiesta - but I'll have a 1977 Beetle, in this colour please. Long story but this is the one that started it all;

 

DSC_0177_zpswitikazs by Me, on Flickr

 

DSC_0178_zpsisj3hshv by Me, on Flickr

 

(well not that one, but another one the same colour, spec and year)

 

*edit* it was this one, which by shear coincidence I've just found a picture of on a Canadian caravan forum - I've been hunting for this car for years!

 

[Timewaster]

All I can say is what a shit year 1973 was for new cars.

[Snipes]

 

So I've basically cheated as it's strictly speaking an 82 Model (81 being the pre-production year) but I'm really struggling to find anything from 81 that I actually like. 

[eddyramrod]

All I can say is what a shit year 1973 was for new cars.

Ahem....

[Timewaster]

I mustard mitt Yanks have never been on my radar.

I was thinking allegro, Audi 80, B210 Sunny.

Dull porridge all of them.

 

Guess that is the petrol crisis for you.

[eddyramrod]

It's a bit of a cheat, I'm afraid, as the body ran for several years with detail differences, but the combination of that grille, bumper and headlight arrangement was used for only one year, and that was indeed 1973.

[Lacquer Peel]

Yue Loong Feeling and Moskvitch Aleko, was I born in the shitiest year?

[STUNO]

One of these was born in 1947

One of these is in the same condition as me

 

 

Ideal because big and relatively ecumenical, also easy to fix

[captain_70s]

If money is no object:

 

 

If money is an object:

 

 

Having said that I would be tempted by a Mk1 Impreza WRX,,,

[doobietoo]

i could have had an E-type or other exotica from 1961 but in my heart I would prefer one of these...

 

[Junkman]

I mustard mitt Yanks have never been on my radar.

I was thinking allegro, Audi 80, B210 Sunny.

Dull porridge all of them.

 

Guess that is the petrol crisis for you.

 

 

I beg to differ.

 

[flat4alfa]

All I can say is what a shit year 1973 was for new cars.

 

I'm sure it wasn't 

 

[flat4alfa]

Dull porridge all of them.

 

Guess that is the petrol crisis for you.

 

And rear seat crisis

 

[flat4alfa]

Dull porridge all of them.

 

Scirocco?

 

Good plate on this one

 

[flat4alfa]

Guess that is the petrol crisis for you.

 

And rear-view mirror upsets