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wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

wuvvum

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Here's one of those weird facelift Daewoo Nubiras that were only made for about 10 minutes before being replaced with the Lacetti.  I reckon in 2035, these, Hyundai Accent Atlantics and Proton Satria Neos will be spoken of in the same hushed tones as Dacia Denems and Lonsdale YD41s are today.  And then a shiter will find one for sale 1500 miles away and spend a week going to get it and visiting titty bars and Lego shops on the way home.

 

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flat4alfa Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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It's has tailgate so it is Fastback

 

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clayts450 Rank: Renault 16

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Here's one of those weird facelift Daewoo Nubiras that were only made for about 10 minutes before being replaced with the Lacetti.  I reckon in 2035, these, Hyundai Accent Atlantics and Proton Satria Neos will be spoken of in the same hushed tones as Dacia Denems and Lonsdale YD41s are today.  And then a shiter will find one for sale 1500 miles away and spend a week going to get it and visiting titty bars and Lego shops on the way home.

 

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I find this very alluring for some reason.....God help me.

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Rave Rank: Renault 16

Rave

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Tidy Clio for 200 notes.  Needs £300 spent on suspension work apparently, which seems a tad excessive.  WCPbeW?

 

 

 

If it's the front suspension I've got two Bilstein struts here, one brand new, the other nearly new. Also got spring compressors that I used to do the job on our old Clio, so feel free to GIB ;) . Would be glad to get rid of them TBH.

richardmorris Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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I remember the 1100 Escorts having 12" front wheels and drum brakes, so no, I don't think they are standard.

 

One of my school friends step dad had a pale blue one. In the mid 80s it looked old fashioned then.

spike60 Rank: Renault 16

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I can confess to being old enough to know, the one in my avatar is a 1971 1100 Escort, ENW469K, with 12" wheels, and yes, that is me sat on the bonnet. I also had 1975 MK2 van 1100 with 12" wheels

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Mr_Bo11ox Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Heres a good facebook swap offer

 

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"2 laptops unsure if work", Heres an idea Professor Hawking, why not plug the bastards in and see if they work? Or alternatively inject 50ml of puppy fat into each of your eyeballs for TEH LOLS.

wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

wuvvum

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Here are three cars which were all discovered in the exact same type of rural outbuilding.  What are the chances?

 

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JeeExEll Rank: Lancia Gamma

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Left hand drive Cavalier with rear window grille thing, I never understood what the point of those things was and still don't.

 

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-CAVALIER-GL-1977/302557442263

Rear window grille thing is a sunblind to keep the occupants of the car protected from the scorching searing July summer sun in, say, Aberdeen, or Hull, or Norway.

 

Or, if you were totally loop-the-loop you could pretend you were in a Lamborgheeenie. Not in a 4-door Cav or a Manta or a 120Y.

 

There's some bollocks about aerodynamics too but I can't remember if it was good or bad. I think the manufacturers said it was very good indeed and-that's-all-there-is-to-it, but then some self-important expert said "no it's not good at all, the rear window loovre is 82.6% bad for aerodynamics, it swirls the electrons and creates storms here and here, but it does provide a nice place for little birds to meet on to share their stories (see diagram). Unfortunately, the different heights of the grille-platforms tends to create a class system with the mouthy gobshite birds sitting at the top, and we wish to raise funds to fully research this problem".

 

But anyway, Peter Sutcliffe, The Yorkshire Ripper, had one on a lime green Mk1 Capri 2000GT Special (true Autoshite factoid to amaze your family with at Christmas dinner, - go on, scratch that itch, just tell them, you can do it, you just have to).

Bet that fucked up their sales figures.

"Be like Peeping-Pete with your new Autoplas rear visor. Buy 3, get 2 free. Fiftyquid".

 

Errm, no.

wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

wuvvum

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3-litre manual 166 project.  Could be a potential bargain if the eleventy bazillion rear suspension bushes are all OK.

 

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