sheffcortinacentre Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 The Mk5 Cortina is 40 this autumn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 April 22nd 1959 was the launch date,So it's a week younger than me then! My birthday is the 16th and I'm 60 this year. Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Citroen is 100 years old this year...https://en.citroencc.com/ Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 Yes, but not 50. Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 The Mk5 Cortina is 40 this autumnSo am I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Norfolk: thank you for all the CFs! Looks like the only way I'm going to get one now, is in pictures.I can sell you a front grill if you want to start making your own CF Junkman and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 Mrs6C, eddyramrod, Bamboocarman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 1969 is also the birth year of Mopar's "Fuselage Look", which, like the "Forward Look" of 1957 changed automotive architecture for years to come. Amishtat, Bamboocarman, Mrs6C and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koala27 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Not exactly shite, but still 50 yrs old: Junkman, Sudsprint, mercrocker and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 ....VW launched another car that wasn't a VW. ...Though the K70 was launched in 1971? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 The second generation Holden Torana celebrates its 50th this year It is regarded as the first proper Torana as the first generation was just a Vauxhall HB Viva with round headlamps. LightBulbFun, Mrs6C, RayMK and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 The Harrier entered service in 1969, and two of them landed in Central London , just behind St Pancras.image.jpegimage.jpeg Ahh, the trans-Atlantic air race. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Though the K70 was launched in 1971?The NSU K70 was due to launch in 1969, but after the VW takeover the launch was canned and the VW K70 was launched in 1970, after VW had carried out rigorous development work consisting of changing all the badges. RayMK and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 BMC Australia also had a gawky 1500 hatchback launch in 1969, the Morris Nomad, based on the 1100: Mrs6C, Sudsprint, RayMK and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Overshadowed by the later Holbay-engined GLS, the first Hot Hunter (although not officially a Hunter to begin with) launched at the Paris show in 1969. It was intended to capitalize on the 1968 London-Sydney win..... I wanted my Dad to buy one but apparently he didn't have enough money. NorfolkNWeigh, Walter White, mitsisigma01 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tul66 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 In 1969 the US of A proved that despite rumours to contrary, it can do subtle and classy when it comes to styling: Subtle? Classy?? Keep taking the tablets...………………………………...Still nice though. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 Though the K70 was launched in 1971? NSU scheduled the press launch for March 1969, intending to show it at the 1969 Geneva Motor Show.Prior to launch, rumors arose that Volkswagen would absorb NSU. Plans for the K70 launch were deferred at the last minute, with rumors that Volkswagen removed the K70 from NSU's show stand on the eve of the show. The NSU K70 was shown and advertised in Automobil Revue's 1969 Geneva Show yearbook, published in March 1969, with a note in the addenda stating that the K70 "will not be built for the time being" and will not be shown. Production started later in 1969 nevertheless and it was regularly available from 1970 to 1972. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 NSU scheduled the press launch for March 1969, intending to show it at the 1969 Geneva Motor Show.Prior to launch, rumors arose that Volkswagen would absorb NSU. Plans for the K70 launch were deferred at the last minute, with rumors that Volkswagen removed the K70 from NSU's show stand on the eve of the show. The NSU K70 was shown and advertised in Automobil Revue's 1969 Geneva Show yearbook, published in March 1969, with a note in the addenda stating that the K70 "will not be built for the time being" and will not be shown. Production started later in 1969 nevertheless and it was regularly available from 1970 to 1972. Ah, that explains it. Britain didn't have RHD ones coming in until about 1971; and only the 90hp "L" and later the 100hp "LS" were available. The base 75hp was for mainland Europe only. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 The K70 took so long to appear that all us school-kid VW enthusiasts were a bit "meh" upon its final arrival - we had after all seen it in Motor and Autocar for about two years - a lifetime when you are ten years old. There was far more fuss made about the Passat being a "departure" for Volkswagen when that was introduced three years later or over the fact that the 411 had four doors when that came out! Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koala27 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Subtle? Classy?? Keep taking the tablets...………………………………...Still nice though. (Note to self: Need to make sarcasm clearer when posting) Uncle Jimmy, spartacus and TataBobu 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 It just occurred to me that the people who visited Woodstock are now miserable old sods. This turns 50, too: Bamboocarman, Sudsprint, mercrocker and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 And this: LightBulbFun, davocano, Mrs6C and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 The somewhat stunted looking TVR Tuscan got a V6. Mrs6C and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TataBobu Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Wasn't this effectively released in 1969 too? Yes, same time as R12.On a side note, 1969 was the year of the first PoSU visit to Romania Also this started life in 1969, according to wikipedia: martc, Junkman, RayMK and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Is London Underground C69 stock shite? LightBulbFun, Junkman, willswitchengage and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 How many 240Z's left I wonder.A local pub landlord had a black P-reg 76 260Z for years. The chrome bumpers had rusted through and every so often he'd re-cover them in kitchen tin-foil, all carefully smoothed off and glued down. Sudsprint, Junkman, tooSavvy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 The Hakosuka also came out in 1969. JeeExEll, Mrs6C and tooSavvy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 I wonder if anyone's ever had sex in one of them. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wheeledstool Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Lambretta GP range introduced February 1969 Mrs6C and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Shite that turns 50 this yearMe. Turned already in fact. To celebrate I must buy a car that features in this thread. I have no option. Skizzer must do likewise. mercrocker, Junkman, Rusty_Rocket and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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