out and about in my taxi

[reallyloud]

Proton were only known as Protons here - I guess they decided to remove the totally appropriate 'Saga' badging to avoid those elderly connotations. You know those 70 to 90 year old yobs driving on the wrong side of the M1 known as saga-louts. I think the brochures would have refered to them to their 1300 and 1500cc engine sizes to avoid confusion.There are quite a few good conditioned ones knocking around. Very much the Datsun Sunny of the day.

[Richard]

I don't think they really had a name, just "1.5GL" etc. They seem to be referred to as MPi in price guides. I don't know why they didn't call them SAGA here, it seems to fit somehow.

[Richard]

Oops, simultaneous post!

[fotorabia]

i was in a Proton Saga yesterday...built in Malaysia..was one of 300 that came into the country...my mate loves it...considering he had a Princess before that!..also spotted one for sale down at our local Beetle dealership recently..absolutely mint but $2500!...it sold !

[STUNO]

A few more of my wandering jewels

First an imported bus , can anyone tell me where it's going

Nissan Sentra

Toyota Camry Prominent

Twin Sunbeams in a double garage

[Milford Cubicle]

That Toyota Camry Prominent looks like slightly altered Mazda Xedos 6 Never knew SEATs were imported over there!

[Ratdat]

That's the first time I've seen a Nissan N13 badged as a Sentra. Previously I've only seen the B11/B12 models with that name. Were they all badged Sentra there?

[fotorabia]

hey STUNO cool pics bro...ive seen the rear end of a Rapier sticking out of a lean to up the road to me...and i bought me Viva off a guy who has a brace of the later model..chur

[ChinaTom]

The bus appears to be going to some sort of university for chemistry. The first two characters are too blurred, but will be the name of the uni. Taiwan or HK for sure.

[STUNO]

Just a quick update on earlier thingsCortina Turbo..cannot find out anything about 'em, assume stillborn!Nissan Sentra...as far as i know they are all badged sentra here, even imports.Seat..Sold for a few years but never a sales sucess , I think there were only 1 or 2 dealers.Camry Prominent..i'm pretty sure the Mazda body is a bit more curvy! and maybe slightly smaller than Toyota.Thanks ChinaTom I will try to catch the bus front on. Its picking up tourists for an outfit called Mitai (pronunciated me tie) so will be around.

[STUNO]

Todays spots and a geothermal problem

First two new cars. Holden Commodore twins

Toyota Corona (Carina)

Rough 735

A rare ford in there parts

A lovely Dyane daily driver, I see this about town a lot

And Finally the steam bore at the police station blew out today.

The steam plume over the wall

The source of all the trouble.THE NOISE WAS DEAFENING

Then the cavalry arrived to cap the bore with their mobile rig

[ashmicro]

That Daewoo was a rejected design proposal to be the successor to the mk3 Chavalier, ie, Vectra. I recall seeing it in CAR magazine a gazillion years ago. I also recall seeing the finished article and saying "Yuck!" too.That said, a friend of my sister's had a top-range Daewoo Espero while they were at Uni (Queens, Belfast). Comfy and reasonably quick. These are dirt cheap now.

[Mat.T]

the Bedford is brilliant, nice to see it still working for its living

[STUNO]

Hello all . Ive been away for a while, hospital and holiday, not jail.I'm not dead or even dying so all will be ok. and I even got some spots.

so here goes.

first a Merc parked in town today !

A car farm I saw on South Island near Christchurch, lots of XJ6's

That jag on the Bedford? is a mk1 and has air scoops in the bonnet

anyone fancy a solid looking vanguard estate

a phase 1 vanguard in brown

staff carpark at the airport

RHD Ford Taurus, were these sold in the UK ? Ford sold quite a few here

Morris 1300 parked outside where I stayed in Christchurch

and lastly a Peugeot 404 trying to hide..are they Peugeot bikes on the back ?

[r.welfare]

That CLS is a long way from home...wonder what the shipping charges were to get that to NZ from the UK? No Ford Tauruses were sold here, they sold 'em in Oz too. A failure by all accounts...

[fotorabia]

P76s are wonderful, just wonderful. If the evidence is to be believed, actually a much better car than the contemporary Valiant, Falcon and Holden, just never equalled the sum of it's parts mainly due to manufacturing quality.

 

The 4ltr V8 often pops up in Landies etc here..my Dad in Aussie used to call them the P38..cos they were only half a car..and he bought a new Austin Tasman...utter aussie leyland shite.At our local car show here in Wangavagus..there was a P76 Force 7 coupe..only about 11 may still exist 10 in aussie n mebbe the one i saw here..amazingly n incredibly ugly fantastic..i kicked myself for not getting a photo of it...did some research..

[STUNO]

I was looking for a Mitsubishi Debonair photo and found it on here . It may be worth a look for some tat I saw about at the time. The Ford model A was a favourite as it was 150 miles from home and NOT a trailer queen. 

Enjoy a look.

[Ghosty]

Apparently that CLS never made it back over here - last taxed 2008.

[STUNO]

Apparently that CLS never made it back over here - last taxed 2008.

 

Prob. had just arrived with some economic refugees !

[STUNO]

On 13/02/2008 at 22:51, STUNO said:

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg24/stutaxi/zeffr028Correction.jpg

some real motoring here. note the fluffy steering wheel cover

and wtf is hanging from the mirror !

started checking out cameras today so i can post a new arrival

on our streets...rwd galant painted a sort ot blotchy whitish pink

without the bother of masking anything .

sarted to look at shite today thinking ALFA and ROMEO cause some good ones for sale here

see www.trademe.co.nz note W.O.F=MOT $1=40p

Weird update time.....years later

I just happened on this today by accident and decided to check if this Marina was still about.  Note the photo is dated 2008 . Car jam, the site that holds the car info says it was de-registered on  Jan 25th 2002.  The photo is still showing on page 1 of this thread !