Richard_FM Posted March 8, 2020 Posted March 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, JeeExEll said: Looks interesting I assume the mk1 cortina wasn’t part of the procession & the ado16 sneaking in at the back
JeeExEll Posted March 8, 2020 Posted March 8, 2020 Escort KPX 901J is still around in one form or another, 1600cc, 'tax due Feb 2021'. Wonder what it looks like now. Escort KWC 121J tax was due April 1984. No records for the rest.
Austat Posted March 9, 2020 Author Posted March 9, 2020 Some stuff for @dollywobbler: I also discovered this article whilst doing some scanning: Thanks to Ian for organising the Melbourne meet up on Sunday, I had some great fun there. motorpunk, Shep Shepherd, adw1977 and 2 others 5
Austat Posted March 9, 2020 Author Posted March 9, 2020 14 hours ago, JeeExEll said: Interesting that it features a Zodiac estate by Abbotts of Farnham considering they were private conversions I believe.
Richard_FM Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 57 minutes ago, Austat said: Interesting that it features a Zodiac estate by Abbotts of Farnham considering they were private conversions I believe. I assume they could be bought through ford dealers, though probably as a special order.
Richard_FM Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 Here are a selection of pages from this Renault Review from 1978. Stirling Moss giving his views on the 20 & 5. Scanned in full at this link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/richard16378/albums/72157713389409663 JeeExEll, RayMK, Fat_Pirate and 3 others 6
Spiny Norman Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 Tadhg Tiogar, Spurious, adw1977 and 3 others 5 1
Austat Posted March 10, 2020 Author Posted March 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Richard_FM said: "The Renault 14 success story" Something I thought I would never hear. Interesting to see those statistics on sales. hennabm 1
Austat Posted March 10, 2020 Author Posted March 10, 2020 adw1977, JeeExEll, Shep Shepherd and 1 other 4
Austat Posted March 10, 2020 Author Posted March 10, 2020 More Cedric action for @Spottedlaurel : JeeExEll 1
Richard_FM Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 6 hours ago, Austat said: "The Renault 14 success story" Something I thought I would never hear. Interesting to see those statistics on sales. Yes they were over-optimistic about sales figures. Austat 1
Austat Posted March 11, 2020 Author Posted March 11, 2020 I've been busy scanning some more UK-based stuff recently. It's annoying as all of my Autocar issues have missing pages, as well as my pain-in-the-arse scanner playing up on me. Anyhow, here's an ADO 16 advert: ETCHY 1
Austat Posted March 11, 2020 Author Posted March 11, 2020 Launch of the Opel Rekord D from 1972: JeeExEll 1
Austat Posted March 11, 2020 Author Posted March 11, 2020 BMW 2002 Used Car test: My dad used to live near Kingston back in the late 70's/early 80's & had a 2002 just like this one in dark blue, however I believe his was an automatic & possibly had the square rearlights. JeeExEll and hennabm 2
Austat Posted March 12, 2020 Author Posted March 12, 2020 For the R14 fans: JeeExEll, hennabm and Tartan58 3
Richard_FM Posted March 13, 2020 Posted March 13, 2020 3 hours ago, The Mighty Quinn said: Those seventies bigger Opels were lovely things. The front overhang on that Renault 20 is obscene. The overhang is due to the engine being ahead of the gearbox.
adw1977 Posted March 13, 2020 Posted March 13, 2020 On 3/9/2020 at 7:10 AM, Austat said: Interesting that it features a Zodiac estate by Abbotts of Farnham considering they were private conversions I believe. The estates were included in Ford's brochures, although they do mention that it's an Abbotts conversion. 1970 brochure
adw1977 Posted March 13, 2020 Posted March 13, 2020 Adverts from the back of a 1979 Glass's Guide, so aimed at dealers rather than the general public: Austat, JeeExEll and delux 3
Austat Posted March 15, 2020 Author Posted March 15, 2020 Ford Consul/Granada launch article from Autocar (March 1972) (@TripleRich) : Shep Shepherd, adw1977, Amishtat and 4 others 7
TripleRich Posted March 15, 2020 Posted March 15, 2020 That article and many others feature in this book. Two volumes in total, makes for a good read if you're into Granada's. hennabm, JeeExEll, Austat and 1 other 3 1
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