adw1977 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 And finally from 1962, some accessories of varying degrees of usefulness: JeeExEll, Quintus, Amishtat and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 I wonder who bought the MGB Fastback conversions that Ashley's did. There was a good reason why there were a few custom MGB conversions in Australia, BMC believed that assembly of the MGB Fastback would be too expensive in Australia, so some companies made knock offs like these: Both of these conversions are compared against the original Fastback in this article from Modern Motor, October 1966: If anyone would like to see some more articles from this magazine, let me know. There's stuff about the Toyota Corona Fastback, Mazda 1000 Coupe, and the Isuzu Bellett, as well as some European inspired Holden prototypes. Amishtat, warch, JeeExEll and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Some Ford adverts from Auto Express in 1993: Poor choice of parking place: warren t claim, UltraWomble, Split_Pin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Triumph Herald adverts c. 1964 JeeExEll, Asimo, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Mag01 by RS, on Flickr Mag02 by RS, on Flickr Mag04 by RS, on Flickr Mag05 by RS, on Flickr adw1977, Sudsprint, warch and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 What Car? weren't wrong about this one being a rarity: 1966 Nissan President NAN526D, What Car? Feb 1977 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr Shep Shepherd, JeeExEll, Austat and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Mag by RS, on Flickr Mag.13 by RS, on Flickr Mag.12 by RS, on Flickr Mag.10jpg by RS, on Flickr Mag.11 by RS, on Flickr Sudsprint and Austat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cento16v Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 I presume everyone here is aware of the vast amount of old magazine scans here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/triggerscarstuff/albums Skizzer and ETCHY 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted February 14, 2020 Author Share Posted February 14, 2020 Shep Shepherd, JeeExEll, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted February 14, 2020 Author Share Posted February 14, 2020 To go with the Escort Mexico review that JeeExEll found, a review of Timo Makinen's Escort 1600RS. I wasn't expecting to see that in Auto Car, something more likely to be seen in CCC: Sudsprint, JeeExEll and bunglebus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 warren t claim, Split_Pin, Shep Shepherd and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 20 hours ago, The Mighty Quinn said: I like the way Douglas Armstrong diplomatically descibes the Allegro as crap. Where? Not in that article he doesn’t. Yet another high value contribution from our semi-resident troll. Yawn. strangeangel and The Mighty Quinn 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 20 hours ago, Cento16v said: I presume everyone here is aware of the vast amount of old magazine scans here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/triggerscarstuff/albums Superb, thanks very much for this I love old road tests ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyk Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Sorry haven't got a scanner Split_Pin, Amishtat, Spiny Norman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 On 2/14/2020 at 4:38 AM, bunglebus said: Mag01 by RS, on Flickr Mag02 by RS, on Flickr I'd very much like to own a K70 in the future, one day. JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Our janitor from primary school had a M-reg K70, bought new when he left the army. Sort of a cross between an early 70s Audi and a 1st generation Passat. A metallic blue greeny colour (bleen?). He kept it until the early 1990s. I know this because I co-incidentally met him and his lovely wife in a hotel lift in Tenerife in 1995. Just turned around and he was there. It's him!!!. I was rather pissed you know. He didn't remember me from 1976 to 1980. Oh well. But we had a pint at the bar during that holiday. His wife, who I'd never met before, was well fit, especially dressed for Tenerife. Sadly, neither janitor or K70 are with us any more. Or the 1960s school with it's novel leaky flat roof (demolished and replaced about 20 years ago). RIP Geoff, top bloke. Helped my younger bro when he fell and split his head open against a drainpipe. Austat, warren t claim and sdkrc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Wonder what happened to the Uren Cortina Mk4 3.0, fascinates me how unique stuff like this ends up in obscurity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 1 hour ago, JeeExEll said: Our janitor from primary school had a M-reg K70, bought new when he left the army. Sort of a cross between an early 70s Audi and a 1st generation Passat. A metallic blue greeny colour (bleen?). He kept it until the early 1990s. ..... That would have been turquoise. If it had quad headlights, that would make it a K70 LS, with an 1807cc 100hp engine. The LS could do 0-60 in about 10.5, but no power steering in those days, so it was never a quick business trying to park it! JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 About the first thing I said to him was 'Do you still have that Volkswagen saloon'. Followed by 'How's Jayne?' (his gorgeous daughter, a year older than me, who had gone on to become a nurse. Oh lordy!). warren t claim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 26 minutes ago, JeeExEll said: About the first thing I said to him was 'Do you still have that Volkswagen saloon'.... When I had a K70 in about 1990, it was one of 12 known survivors in Britain. Only 800 RHD cars were sold here between 1971 and 1975. Apart from the oil filter, none - and I mean absolutely none - of the parts on a K70 were shared with any other contemporary VW. Even less popular than the Citroën C6, which managed 1200 sales! JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 On 2/15/2020 at 11:10 AM, sierraman said: Wonder what happened to the Uren Cortina Mk4 3.0, fascinates me how unique stuff like this ends up in obscurity. Another V6, this time from May 1971, right at the start of Mk3 production. KEV ...J appear to have been used for Ford publicity pics, I have pics of various sporty Mk1 Escorts with similar reg. This Cortina has the 3.44 diff, same as 2-litre Capris, totally useless with a lazy torquey V6. Even the 3.09 diff is a bit under geared. I had a few 3-litre Capris very late 80s / 90-ish, including a rather rapid 1979 Mk3 with Holley and a Piper cam which gave it a lovely uneven burbly tickover through the twin pipes. One day at a petrol station I got chatting to a flash showoff type guy who had an Essex powered early 70s Marcos, and he later took me along the road in the Marcos which had a 3.44 diff. It was shit, far too low geared, but he thought it was the dog's bollocks, the engine was screaming it's head off at about 90. Jumped into the old Mk3 and he couldn't believe the difference, looooong first and second gears. Next time I saw that guy he'd bought a late 70s Corvette 350 auto. Austat, The Mighty Quinn, warren t claim and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: When I had a K70 in about 1990, it was one of 12 known survivors in Britain. Only 800 RHD cars were sold here between 1971 and 1975. Apart from the oil filter, none - and I mean absolutely none - of the parts on a K70 were shared with any other contemporary VW. I helped save an orange and a gold one that had been off the road for years. There are probably more than 12 now known in the uk, plus imports. The K70 was essentially a re-badged NSU as VW bought them out with the car almost ready to go. Must have been a big deal when VW customers were used to Beetles and types 2/3/4 with rear mounted air cooled engines. First "proper" FWD VW was the Scirroco, a few months before the Golf was launched JeeExEll, Split_Pin and Sudsprint 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Road test of a different car, a facelift one. Note Granada driving lamps flushed in, very neat, looks 'right'. Can't have quarter-bumpers at the same time though. Apparently these turbo conversions were a bit like enclosing the carb in a pressurised biscuit-tin. Still impressive results for the period. Reliability? Who knows. Aah, turbocharging in 1973, little did they know what was to come. Austat and Sudsprint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 More on the early VW stuff and a few others. I only have duplicates of Safer Motoring here so they jump from 1975 to 1980. When I can clear my garage I'll find the Moskvitch etc stuff Mag by RS, on Flickr Mag1 by RS, on Flickr Bet a 1050 Scirocco is a real road burner Mag3 by RS, on Flickr Mag2 by RS, on Flickr I'd love a white MK2 Escort Pop Mag8 by RS, on Flickr Mag9 by RS, on Flickr Mag6 by RS, on Flickr Mag7 by RS, on Flickr Mag4 by RS, on Flickr Mag5 by RS, on Flickr AndyW201, Split_Pin, Sudsprint and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 3 hours ago, bunglebus said: I helped save an orange and a gold one that had been off the road for years. There are probably more than 12 now known in the uk, plus imports. .... Of the twelve known back then, mine was one of about four that were actually working and on the road! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 8 hours ago, JeeExEll said: A metallic blue greeny colour (bleen?). 7 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: That would have been turquoise. 'Bleen' is the new turquoise! Bleen - Almost spat me coffee out. Anyhow as you where men. JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Vanguard's recently released a version of the MK4 savage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 Capri 3000E Road Test: More road tests to follow when I have the time to dig them out and scan them. ETCHY, JeeExEll, AndyW201 and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 Sudsprint, adw1977, JeeExEll and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 1964 Triumph 2000 adverts AndyW201, JeeExEll, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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