Talbot Horizon - Ultimate shite

[pogweasel]

I would go mega-egg for either of those. AvenJa is very high on my 'to-do' list. But the utter crapness of an Horizon is very very appealing. Any car that I was 'forbidden' from buying as a 17-year-old must be truly rubbish, given that I was gifted a Skoda Estelle instead....

[pandamonium]

It's here!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love it! Never had a more rubbish car - it makes the Samara seem positively exotic!

[Milford Cubicle]

Have you already put some choice wheeltrims on it?I love it, especially the minimalist dashboard.

[pandamonium]

Yeah. just to hide the rusty rims til I get the wheel silver out tomorrow

[pogweasel]

Super shite!!!(Except the tr1mz, which are super shit). What do these share wheel hubs with? What I mean is how closely related to Pug 205's are they? - cos some 1.9GTi speedlines would look mega on an Horizon.

[michiel]

Superb!

[pandamonium]

4 x 98 , so Lada, Fiat, Alfa etcTrims are my old Lada ones, I'm just counting how many people hate them!

[michiel]

Trims are my old Lada ones, I'm just counting how many people hate them!

+1 Love the knitting needle stalks!

[MrRegieRitmo]

Looks great, so clean & original - keep it that way! Could be displayed at any car show as is (minus the plastic discs)!+1

[MrRegieRitmo]

So where's t'venger?

[Guest]

Yeah. just to hide the rusty rims til I get the wheel silver out tomorrow

Silver! Surely white on a chrome bumper 'Rizon?

[mouseflakes]

I love it - what a cracker! Keep it standard - please!

[MrRegieRitmo]

I love it! Never had a more rubbish car - it makes the Samara seem positively exotic!

You've got a Samara?!

[pandamonium]

Used to. It went to the great banger race in the sky.

[RedSparrow]

Top work - love it!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

NICE ONE, have you got rid of the avenger then?I am not convinced that these are 4 x 98, I think you oughta check it, I suspect they are the usual '80s French' stud pattern whatever that is. I reckon some 205 wheels would probably fit and I agree some 1.9GTi wheels would look class..

[AnthonyG]

Horizon is absolutely ghastly and therefore top- grade shite. However an Avenger would win hands down in terms of an actual car.

 

I can understand why you got rid of it though, it did seem a bit cursed in your ownership, with the clutch/RAC nightmare killing off any further enthuiasm you might have had for it.

 

'Monium had a Chrysler Avenger as it was a T reg. Chryslers were the new marque name ones with the bigger lights and new dash and they come out in Oct 1976.

 

Talbot was a last gasp badge swap in 1980, only for a year.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if blokes went round all the unsold Chrysler ones sat in dealers and storage compounds, and simply swapped the badges over.

[Guest]

I wouldn't be surprised if blokes went round all the unsold Chrysler ones sat in dealers and storage compounds, and simply swapped the badges over.

I wonder if they did that more recently on the changeover from Daewoo to Chevrolet? Probably a bit harder to make sure DVLA played ball though.

[pandamonium]

The Horizon has two keys, one Chrysler and one Talbot. Also the handbook says Chrysler

[pandamonium]

[ashmicro]

Super-shite! Isn't that a 1.1? Must be brick-slow.Love it! Great find.

[pandamonium]

No, the engine is quite responsive. I daren't go too quick as the driveshafts are close to falling out!

[pogweasel]

No, the engine is quite responsive. I daren't go too quick as the driveshafts are close to falling out!

Surely you have mistaken 'responsiveness' for 'deafening tappet rattle'?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

What makes you think the shafts are gonna fall out? Its a rare failure mode that one.

[pandamonium]

I mean there is a clicking noise as I corner. I've munched a driveshaft once before (Lada Samara) and I don't fancy being stranded anywhere!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Have a look at the CV boots, if theyre intact you might get away with lobbing a few spoonfuls of fresh grease in, that might shut em up for a bit longer.

[pandamonium]

No, one boot is definately split, the previous owner told me. But I have a new one. Reckon I can still shut it up? Also, if the noise is when I turn left, which side is the problem?

[pandamonium]

Two things tell me it is 4 X 98 -

The fact that the wheels look like Fiat Panda/Uno wheels.

And the fact that the Alfa Romeo space saver spare I have fits!

 

Dollywobbler -is this wheel of any use to you? Or anyone else with an Alfa?

It was given to me as an emergency spare for the Lada.

[Volksy]

That would look lovely with a set of alfalfa 145 cloverleak alloys on it.. or Delta Intergrale wheels..

[pogweasel]

or Delta Intergrale wheels..

Now you're talking!