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wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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1 hour ago, eddyramrod said:

Actually if it still has the original engine, it's a 425 which is 7 litres.  Huggy has the 472, at 7736cc.  Huggy does drink prodigiously, I don't like to think about the urban figures, but having owned a 79 with the 425 I can vouch for daily-use returns of closer to 18-20 if you're not heavy footed.  And you really don't need to be because despite the fairly feeble BHP, the torque is a different story! 

I would agree with that - I had a '77 Sedan Deville with the 425 and that managed mid-high teens, even 20 on a gentle run.

Tadhg Tiogar Rank: Talbot Tagora

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Think there was also an 8.2litre..... or was that another model entirely?

barrett Rank: Lancia Gamma

barrett

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3 hours ago, adw1977 said:

Didn't someone on here buy a running and MOTed white one with a badly dented door but otherwise OK for about £200, only about 2-3 years ago?

Depressingly it was seven years ago at least but, yes. Somebody else on here has it now and it's got really rusty

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Fabergé Greggs

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4 hours ago, Rustybullethole said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Standard-10/224386821322?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20191002094254%26meid%3D270438e0cbd649088b36b5a27e6fe18a%26pid%3D100935%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D174684736169%26itm%3D224386821322%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DDefaultOrganic&_trksid=p2332490.c100935.m2460
 

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I was just eyeing this up on eBay! It’s 2 minutes walk from my lockup.. I absolutely mustn’t though. 

New POD Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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4 hours ago, MKT said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fiat-126-bis/143981855876

RHD 126 Bis, never realised they were available as late as a J reg.

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Not necessarily a car I'd want to own though I've always been curious as to what they're like to drive.

The bis was water cooled wasn't it? 

I had an aircooled one for about 9 months and it was erm a car. 

bezzabsa Rank: Renault 16

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spotted on FB marketplace...Dizzel S type

jaaaaaaaaaaag

Not looking too bad..

May be an image of car

willswitchengage Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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2 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Think there was also an 8.2litre..... or was that another model entirely?

Yep, as far as I know the Cadillac 500ci was the biggest mass produced V8.

 

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somewhatfoolish Rank: Talbot Tagora

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Shite-o-rama; Proton Persona, 150 BINs, Kidwelly

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Who wouldn't want a Magma engine?

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1999 Proton Persona · Sedan · Driven 60,846 kilometres Anyone interested in this old banger? Selling on behalf of my grandfather inlaw who no longer needs a spare car. 1999 Proton persona 1.3 starts and drives.2 or 3 old owners from new only done 60k miles bodywork is pretty tidy for a 22 year old car. 5 good tyres x4 alloys plus full size spare steel wheel. Clutch and gearbox are good. Nice basic car with a huge boot. Keep fit windows all round. Mot ran out last year should go through another fairly easy. From what I can see it will need a new front plate and some more red tape on the rear lights. Started and drove this morning after being parked up 7 or 8 months. No modifications at all even has original working radio cassette player. Needs a clean inside from being sat. Comes with new timing belt and water pump. There was a leak from the pump but I never got round to fitting the new parts for him. Nice cheap banger to put on the road or Ideal banger racer or rip the engine and box out for an autograss car or project.

 

NorfolkNWeigh Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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58 minutes ago, wesacosa said:

Wow my dad had a pre-facelift one in similar colour in mid 80s.  I had no idea it was called a Panorama

I think all Fiat estate cars were Panoramas, even now there’s a Doblo and Scudo Panorama. 

jamescarruthers Rank: Citroen Ami

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23 hours ago, MisterH said:

Don't you have an Avantime Lurking somewhere? yes funny how these things happen, but I guess Tat lovers find each other, I try to fly the flag for all things Tat on DriveTribe, but they don't really get it 🙄

I do. Pics here:

 

 

(sorry to all reading our little off topic hello!)

R1152 Rank: Citroen Ami

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9 hours ago, willswitchengage said:

For anybody who doesn't know how ridiculous American cars were in the 1970s: that has a 7.7 litre engine making less than 200 hp, and that wasn't even the biggest displacement that Cadillac made. Imperial mpg is around 10.

Much of which is/was down to how much they were strangled by emission controls at that period in time - but fuel that was practically free didn't encourage their industry to improve efficiency and even now, it seems energy is so cheap in the US that anecdotally, they still appear to overheat their houses and not know how to turn appliances off. Energy conservation would appear to be for Communists, or something.

Maybe an American Shiter can elucidate?

When Walter White rolls up to the clubhouse in his 'gunship' in the finale of "Breaking Bad", he's asked if it's a 500 or a 425...

Shite Ron Rank: Citroen Ami

Shite Ron

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There is a lot of temptation in this auction, especially this:

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/events/2021-auctions/spring-live-online-sale-2021/spring-live-online-auction-2021/warwickshire-collection-part-3

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I must get a V12 one day and this is a great colour and rare with a sunroof. Unfortunately I have no room and plan to bid on a different car at a different auction on the same day. I must stop looking.

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R1152 Rank: Citroen Ami

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2 minutes ago, Shite Ron said:

There is a lot of temptation in this auction, especially this:

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/events/2021-auctions/spring-live-online-sale-2021/spring-live-online-auction-2021/warwickshire-collection-part-3

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I must get a V12 one day and this is a great colour and rare with a sunroof. Unfortunately I have no room and plan to bid on a different car at a different auction on the same day. I must stop looking.

There's a Vandy Double Six in the same colour scheme as the one an uncle of mine owned, which is interesting; but I think I have enough grief in my life.

Tadhg Tiogar Rank: Talbot Tagora

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9 hours ago, willswitchengage said:

Yep, as far as I know the Cadillac 500ci was the biggest mass produced V8.

 

I found one 8.2ltr parked in South Ealing a few years back. I've never been that close to a whale before!

 

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Conrad D. Conelrad Rank: Lancia Gamma

Conrad D. Conelrad

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9 hours ago, phil_lihp said:

The only P6 I've ever driven, although I recall it wasn't in the best of health that day.  He chased me down the Welsh roads en route to Shitefest - I had the infamous ex-Bollox 220SLi.  I came across a T junction slightly unexpectedly just before arriving and the P6 appeared in my rear view mirror quite abruptly, the 220 it turns out had better brakes!  

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I was completely lost and without satnav, so when I spotted you in your Rover I gave chase. And yes, I have a very vivid memory of that T junction that surprised us both, as I very nearly merged both cars into one Rover 2220000SLi. 

It was a bit of a dog. The sills were quite soft (see photo), the drivers seat bounced because, well, look at the photo, and the floor pans could be 'popped' like the lid of a baby food jar.  The engine was tired and leaked so much I used the side of an old washing machine as an enormous drip tray. Incidentally, I forgot about the 'drip tray' and left it on the floor at the NEC. 

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When the MOT ran out I sold it for spares, and so was quite surprised to hear the new owner had fixed it up. Fair play to him, I'm really glad the car lives on. 

The driver's seat mount:

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Small pinhole in the sills, slap a bit of Hammerite on it:

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Conrad D. Conelrad Rank: Lancia Gamma

Conrad D. Conelrad

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Oh, and it had an MOT when I bought it like that. So perhaps that explains my apathy toward that particular institution in the 40yr exemption debate. 

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eddyramrod Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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9 hours ago, willswitchengage said:

Yep, as far as I know the Cadillac 500ci was the biggest mass produced V8.

 

That sounds almost like Huggy!  Gloriously hungry for the crumpled remains of modern cars!  Feed me!

Soundwave Rank: Citroen Ami

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And at the opposite end of the scale, we have this. I'd absolutely love to save this, these Lancer hatchbacks are nearly all gone. Alas, I have no room and it's also somewhere along the edge of Walesland. Which is roughly eleventy billion miles from me.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mitsubishi-lancer-GLXI-1994/174688327192?hash=item28ac3c5618:g:vnsAAOSwXh5gUg2t

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