What's your Holy Grail ?

[MrRegieRitmo]

Any from the following;BMW M535i E12 preferably in Alpine white with the red & blue stripes Fiat Ritmo 125 TCChrysler / Talbot Sunbeam 1600TiLotus CarltonVW Passat MkI hatchback/saloonVW Passat MkII GL5 hatchbackAudi 200 5T (a popular choice)Renault 18 Turbo in silver with black stripes, or black with silver stripes.Audi Quattro UR 20VChrysler Alpine GLSFord Sierra Sapphire Cosworth 4x4Talbot Sunbeam LotusR14 GTSR9 TurboR20 TXSaab 99 Turbo 3 door coupeCitroen GSA X3Alfa Sud Ti series 1Simca 1100 VF1 or VF2 vanPeugeot 305 break MkIRover SD1 VitesseAstra MkI GTE in whiteFiat 131 PanoramaBMW M635 CSiThink that'll do...

[Roc 24v]

Fiat 127 Sport in black

 

[Jozza]

The problem here is that I could pretty much post every car British Leyland and its successors ever made. I'll try and narrow it down (in no particular order). Rover P5B coupeRover SD1 VitesseRover 800 Sterling Mk2Austin Allegro (either a Russet Brown 1300 Series 2 or a 1750 Equipe)Land Rover Series III 88 County Station Wagon, Masai Red Land Rover Series III 109V8, Java Green Land Rover Series I 107 Station Wagon Range Rover 'In Vogue' limited edition Wolseley 6/110

[Mr Lobster]

Like a lot of people, theres not just one car I'd really like. So have a list of what I'd like to get my name on the V5 at some pointRenault 5 GordiniSimca 1100Citroen 2CVRenault TwingoSEAT Fura ChronoSEAT MalagaRenault 5 GT TurboSkoda FavoritVW Golf Mk2 GTiMk 3/4 EscortMk5 Cortina CrusaderPeugeot 505 GTitheres loads more but I'm having a bit of a mental block

[theorganist]

Mine are mostly French cars from the 70'sRenault 14 (hopefully about to be realised)Chrysler/Talbot HorizonChrysler/Talbot AlpineEarly Renault 5 preferably a really basic one and not with floor mounted gearlever or a yellow TSRenault 6Citroen DyaneFiat StradaEarly Ford Sierra (not a sports model)E Reg Orion diesel in L spec with the tilt/slide sunroof and joystick speaker control!!

[whitevanman]

I own the car I most want already a Mk3 2 door GT Cortina, I've got the van I always wanted a Mk2 Transit and I have the pickup I most want a Cortina p100, so that just leaves me to lust after stuff for the sake of it now though I have had a lot of love for a Triumph Herald recently and an early 70's Volvo saloon

[Lord Sterling]

My Holy Grails:

 

My Rover 825 Sterling (pre-827)

 

 

Would love to find my Dads one; D233KYG, Gold/Gun-Metal Grey with a Flint leather interior.

 

Not much chance of that as it was last taxed in 1997, but this site has taught me that it nmay still be around lurking in someones friveway/garden/garage.

 

My mk2 Sterling:

 

Didnt think much of it until I was borrowed this one. I loved it so much I bought it.

 

Would also love to find:

 

Early Mk3 Fiesta, Red, G886KAW (Mums old car)

 

Wouldnt mind owning eventually:

 

Rover 827 Sterling Coupe in Gold

[barrett]

Seems like a lot of these 'holy grails' could be found pretty easily with a bit of time on lebencoin and not much money at all... or a trip to one of mr.Bickle's barns...!

anyway, i'd quite like one of these

(small child not essential)

and one of these

(dollybird definitely most essential)

[MrRegieRitmo]

and one of these

(dollybird definitely most essential)

Those are some pins!!

[scoobypete]

and one of these

(dollybird definitely most essential)

I know someone whos got one of these and uses it daily,its white with red interior,he works at a mobility vehicle place in gloucester on the A38,its in there most days

[Cavcraft]

Seems like a lot of these 'holy grails' could be found pretty easily with a bit of time on lebencoin and not much money at all... or a trip to one of mr.Bickle's barns...!

anyway, i'd quite like one of these

(small child not essential)

and one of these

(dollywobbler definitely most essential)

 

[barrett]

Pete - grab a couple of photos if you get the chance, it must be the only one in the UK... i'd love a butchers at it!Cavette - if that's Ian, it must be a really old photo, i'm pretty sure he doesn't look that good anymore

[Lukas]

Yes, I´m an OJC-holic, but my holy grail is one of the big reanimation-Citroens from Paris:

 

[dollywobbler]

That's a good call. I love those super-size Citroens. I'm ignoring the dollybird/wobbler comment...

[Lukas]

I can´t seem to find more infos on these big Citroen-things, I´m not able to write or read french so it´s almost impossible.

[dollywobbler]

Yeah, not much written about them in English. I read a magazine article about them some years ago but I can't remember where. May have been Citropolis when you could still get it in English.

 

EDIT - actually, there's a bit here. http://www.citroenet.org.uk/passenger-c ... cx-01.html

 

These Tissiers do get a bit daft!

[scruff]

I read a story in - I think - Motor about one of those big Cits in France that did mega-mile journeys every night to get the Financial Times out. I'll have to see if I can find it

 

Oh yeah, on the subject of 'add ons' saw this the other week.

 

[Rusty Pelican]

Always wanted one of these for some reason ,Chevy Firenza Can Am

 

[Quintus]

It'd have to be a Bristol for me. Either a 410, 411 or possibly a 603.

[Rusty Pelican]

Or maybe

 

[stoterstangen90]

Yeah, not much written about them in English. I read a magazine article about them some years ago but I can't remember where. May have been Citropolis when you could still get it in English.

 

EDIT - actually, there's a bit here. http://www.citroenet.org.uk/passenger-c ... cx-01.html

 

These Tissiers do get a bit daft!

I know were this thing is. Its from a member of the dutch CX club.

 

 

[Parky]

Actually can I change my mind? Can I have one of what Pelicans having? Beautiful. Remember reading how they were the most unaerodynamic car of EVAH because of the crease in the bonnet acting as a kind of airbrake. So screw you Bugatti, the R8 was kickin it wid da airbraking flava long before you got your sorry ass into production. Yo!

[GJR 11L]

On accessories, how about one of the Esso tiger tails that fastened around the fuel filler neck on the well-dressed car of the late '60s.

 

 

For the very young shiters; no, Eels didn't invent it.

[MrRegieRitmo]

I've mentioned these things before, but for accessories you can't beat for nostalgia those fake rubber fingers that clipped onto your boot & door frames, those anti static travel sickness plastic strips which hung down from your rear bumper, backflash stickers for your rear window like ===XR2===, stickers for 'Fat Willys Surf Shack', those dolls dressed in yellow & red which mooned out of the rear window when you pressed a button....all good fun!

[Pillock]

There was a stall at Newark on Sunday that had loads of the old decal sets.... none of the Flashback rear-window jobs but the generic rolls of "fade" pattern, pinstripes, thick stripes etc etc etc. All in dusty old boxes and probably wouldn't stick to anything now

[Negative Creep]

I don't really have one specific car, but off the top of my head here's a list of the shite/future shite I need to own at some pointSomething with the Alfa V6Mustang v8CapriE30 325MR2 mk.1205 GTIXR3i mk.4Subaru Forester turbosomething painted brownDolomite SprintFiat 126Porsche 944Land Rover

[whiskeyonesix]

Blimey where do I start....... Volvo 360GLT MK2 3-Dr, with 2.3 turbo lump fitted. Volvo 242GT - saw one for sale over here recently, still kicking myself for not buying it. Cortina XR6 Sierra XR6 or XR4i Nissan Bluebird turbo Triumph Acclaim Avon Turbo Renault five Gordini

[whitevanman]

Blimey where do I start.......Cortina XR6

The XR6 is a great choice, I have one in for a rebuild, they are absolute beasts to drive, not like any normal Cortina

[whiskeyonesix]

Would that be a S'ifrican import? I've never seen one in the UK, and only one over here so far.

 

Actually, while I'm on the subject......... saw this Crayford Cortina at a classic car show at the weekend

 

 

 

I'm guessing someone shipped the car over from the UK, I don't think the Scorpio engines where available this side of the hemisphere....

Someone prove me wrong, I'd love to get my hands on another Granada

[whitevanman]

Yup there are a couple of XR6TF's over here, that Crayford was one that was imported along with a few other by a well known Cortina collector who had the damn good sense to imigrate out of this shit hole country....just cant remember his name just now though ah..old age !!