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grogee Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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26 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

All the misery of the 1950's condensed into one object.

Not all of it

 

7 hours ago, D.E said:

 

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BorniteIdentity Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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Anyone in Crewe willing to give the sills of this a firm prod?

If they put up half a fight I’ll buy it. 

 

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lesapandre Rank: Talbot Tagora

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8 minutes ago, SEATMad said:

I'm sure there's a couple of you here that'll be able to explain WTF this is. I had no idea Ligier made microcars 

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It's a French 'Voiture sans Permis' which still sells in consideration numbers to the French  drivers who hold the specific licence. 

It will probably have a tiny diesel engine. Unusual in the UK.

lesapandre Rank: Talbot Tagora

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42 minutes ago, grogee said:

Not all of it

 

 

I quite like the little Triumph Mayflower - they appear to me much better in the metal than pictures - dynamically woeful but interesting. If it had had a proper OHV engine it might have done much better.

They were exported to the USA in the early 50's but did not sell a lot - I can't image one on a Freeway. Triumphs first unibody thought.

But overall Triumph sold 35,000 which ain't bad for the period. 

"The Mayflower is an elegant little car with a 1250cc, four-cylinder engine, three-speed gearbox, and a full width, two-door saloon body with much the same knife-edge lines as the bigger Triumph saloon. The interior finish is in the same good taste as the external lines and the whole car is an attractive combination of the merits of modern design with the high quality looked for in British cars." - The Times 28 September 1949 

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SEATMad Rank: Citroen Ami

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7 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

It's a French 'Voiture sans Permis' which still sells in consideration numbers to the French  drivers who hold the specific licence. 

It will probably have a tiny diesel engine. Unusual in the UK.

Yeah I've heard about it before I think,  I just looked it up apparently this has a 411cc diesel engine. 

egg Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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1 hour ago, SEATMad said:

Yeah I've heard about it before I think,  I just looked it up apparently this has a 411cc diesel engine. 

yeah it's a Perkins, and 411cc was the big engine!! I've been watching that for weeks as I have an insanely irrational desire to have a sans permis car even though they are the shitest of the shite.

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sheffcortinacentre Rank: Lancia Gamma

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10 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

One off? What about Top Gear?

That was a panda.

LightBulbFun Rank: Talbot Tagora

LightBulbFun

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On 09/02/2024 at 21:09, Mr Pastry said:

I may actually have sold it in 88.  The buyer was a youngster who was into 1950s style, and I would guess not too capable mechanically, so it's probably long gone. 

I did a quick scope of its DVLA record, I cant add much sadly, other then for what its worth, it does not have a scrap marker against it at least

so who knows, it could maybe be hiding in a barn/council lockup somewhere :) 

 

only other things I can add is last V5 was issued 28 march 1988 and the reg mark tells me it was initially registered in London (when imported into the UK)

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Wack Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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7 hours ago, New POD said:

I wish I could justify that to myself. 

What's it worth as a roadworthy car, if it's considerably more surely that's justification, to you anyway, your partner however..... 😄

Wack Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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7 hours ago, SunnySouth said:

£5fucking750?!!!!  :o

Same size as a fiesta, in the dark under a streetlight 200m away it could look like an XR2 so classic Ford tax applied to the price 

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