Heep's Canadian Crap part 2

[Heep]

Hi, haven't been around in a while!

 

Figured I'd toss up some chod seen in the meantime. Some of you have me on Flickr and will likely have seen many of these there.

 

Called a variety of things here, this particular one a Plymouth Colt Vista

 

Super cool old Toyota camper, also seen later at speed

 

Plymouth Volare

 

Buick Century

 

Audi 4000S

 

Canadian-only Swift variant, the Chevrolet Sprint Convertible

 

Oldsmobile Omega

 

Subaru Loyale

 

Just barely hanging on, body-wise at least, Toyota Corolla GT-S

 

I wish they still gave cars names like Laser and Pulsar and Blade Runner and such: Chrysler Laser XT

 

Hardtop Suzuki Samurai

 

El Camino, oh yeah

 

And just a stone's throw from the El Camino, Dodge Dart Swinger

 

Also in the same lot, Chevrolet Cavalier

 

Renault Alliance (9) Convertible

 

Ford Courier, rebadged Mazda

 

Another Plymouth Volare, much better condition this one

 

Unexpected Fiat

 

Terrible phone shot of a "Great Little Car" - these 323s back then were badged GLC which stood for just that

 

 

Plenty more to come...

[Tayne]

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[Heep]

Yeah I suppose eh! I'll have to start up a project thread...

[Guest]

Lovely pair of Volares! The old Century is quite a mother too, I would happily cruise around in that.

[eddyramrod]

Lovely pair of Volares! The old Century is quite a mother too, I would happily cruise around in that.

 

Allow me to swagger....

My driveway, west Lancashire, spring 2003. 1980 Buick Century Limited, 1978 Daimler Sovereign 4.2 LWB. The Buick had a 3.8V6, and was a smooth delight. Although not quite up to the Daimler, it did have nearly enough power, and rode very softly, especially when I put some slightly bigger tyres on it. When I peeled off all the graphics it really looked elegant, all in black, too. Factoid: the rear doors have fixed windows, you can't wind them down. True!

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I'm there right now. A more depressing place for car nuts is harder to imagine. Hordes of fucking GMC pick ups, Jap rubbish, Saturns and other faceless junk. It says something when a Mark 4 Golf stands out as a design icon.

[Heep]

Ah, you just need to know where to look

 

The majority of the cars out there don't do anything for me, but I'm regularly surprised by what turns up almost every day. Still, one can always wish for more variety...

[Captain Mainwaring]

 

I'll bet the guy who owns this has a couch on his front lawn, with a kiddies paddling pool in front of it, with the entire lot surrounded by discarded Budweiser cans. Yes!

[Heep]

Another batch

 

Lovely old Alfa

 

Tidy Volvo

 

And another

 

Nissan Sentra

 

Entirely unexpected TVR - IIRC these were Canadian assembled for several years

 

Typical old red paint fade

 

Fishy Crosley going well under the limit but probably as fast as it goes

 

Superb two-tone Oldsmobile

 

Previously little-old-lady-owned with low numbers on the clock Pontiac

 

Clean white tanker of a Mercury

 

Gorgeous spotless early poverty-spec Taurus that I'd never seen prior and haven't seen since

 

Hyundai SCoupe

 

Comical scene, one old Lincoln pushing another through downtown Boston

 

'93 Nissan Maxima, Dad had one identical from new and I thought this may have been his, but the serial number was about 1,200 off

 

Snail

 

I love cars designed with rulers, even the interior

 

Like this one too, but with a bit more style this time

 

These Subarus now getting surprisingly rare

 

Travelling Saab

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Yep, most of that old shit can be seen on most days. Today I saw a '62 Lincoln convertible outside a bodyshop, a dumped Series 111 XJ6 and an engineless eighties 911 Targa in someone's garden. Someone near here has got three old 7 Series in their drive, two E32's and an E23 which is taking root. Alas, no camera!

 

Funny seeing all the recyled GM chod out here - the last model (Mark 5?) Astra is still called an Astra, identical to ours but sold under the sweaty armpit brand that is Saturn. It's probably the best thing GM sell.....

The all new 2011 'BUICK IS BACK!!' Regal is a rebadged Insignia. The Euro Insignia is a very good car so I guess this is quite reasonable. Yank cars have made massive strides in quality lately and the latest mid sized Ford (five hundred...?) is a nicely finished good looking car. The 2006 Focus is supposed to be landing soon to replace the 1998 original.

 

The Golf 4 was made up until recently and had a horrific Mark 5 style front and rear makeover.

 

But here's the biggie.......the 2011 Jetta - the brand new one on Mark 6 Golf platform - with electric windows, aircon, 2.0FSi petrol - is $15'850. Yes that's right - a brand new 2 litre Jetta for the equivalent of 7500 pounds..............

They're made in Mexico but even so, that's fucking ridiculous - that's half what they cost in the UK.

[Gompo]

That little blue Mazda looks great.

 

Cheers for update.

[mattblack]

 

I HAZ NEW DESKTOP BACKGROUND!

[Heep]

More.

 

Old Fiats

 

'56 Plymouth Savoy

 

Fiero that hasn't become a kit car yet

 

Pontiac Parisienne

 

House on the coast and a couple crappy old Plymouths

 

Cue mullet & moustache

 

A rare version of the much-rebadged Suzuki, an Asüna Sunrunner. The Asüna brand was Canada-only and only lasted a couple years.

 

AMC Marlin

 

Gotta love a car that lasted 30 some years

 

Solid Celica

 

Pacer

 

Dodge rebadge of a Mitsubishi

 

Toyota van chock full of hippies

 

Spotless Corolla

 

2-door estate VW Fox

 

CR-X

 

Old Chrysler

 

Shockingly immaculate Accord

 

Two Cortinas

 

Citroen a long way from home

[AnthonyG]

Wow - two Valiants and a lakefront house - living the dream!

[Heep]

Yet more

 

Audi

 

Rare North-American version of the Sierra XR4

 

Maxima (For some reason I find that to be a particularly attractive name when viewed as text.)

 

Suzuki SJ410

 

Prelude

 

Rare and vulgar '70s or '80s Clenet

 

Clean Sentra

 

G-Wagen

 

Tidy Topaz

 

Not so tidy Accord

 

Americanized Golf Mk1, apparently far worse than the German version

 

Nissan Camper

 

Yellow Merc diesel

 

Clean "HF" economy version of the CRX, something like 72bhp

 

Camping '70s style

 

Horizon with neat "EXPO" stickers

 

Canadian Pontiac Parisienne

 

Dodge Shadow, these are actually hatchbacks though it doesn't look it

 

Solid Corolla

 

Another Canadian special, Valiant 200

[michiel]

The plastic sheet under the Valiant makes me wonder... leaky? Do parts fall off?

[scooters]

that camino gives me a stiffy

 

hey - the 70's campervan is for sale - 3800 canadian? thats about 2 grand sterling if I recall correctly....

 

have you got a number?