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[miggy]

what about best value for mony car
had a datsun 120y, est paid £25 QUID drove manchester to stoke every day for 3 years, when the m6 was empty, seized it on motor way scraped it for £20  just put oil in it hat a bargin

Belive it or not.i paid £5 for my imp back in the 70s from a scrap yard, only needed tyres...mind you it was a shed.

[Ken T]

Lets See :
Ford Anglia with a knackered starter,
Beetle with an engine that stuffed the big ends shortly after rebuilding,
Mini with fibreglass front ( not much else holding the front subframe up!)
Another Mini
Hillman Avenger
Jag XJ6, stuffed the rear axle drive bearings
Metro, rebuilt the front end
Marina 1800
Austin A40, bust a halfshaft
Datsun 100A (was broke at the time !)
Cavalier 1600 hatch, rebuilt as damaged re-end
Cavalier 2 litre, Bodyshell swap
Omega 2 Litre GLS, M reg died when the radiator froze on the M62
Omega 2.2 Litre facelift, great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ken

Passed my test in one of those, didnt the Ital take over from that??

Yes I think you are right. We bought ours from a friend who had very muscular arms,and we soon discovered why. The front wheel swivel joints were nearly seized and had to be replaced before we could turn a corner  !!!

Ken

[zippo]

Lets See :
Ford Anglia with a knackered starter,
Beetle with an engine that stuffed the big ends shortly after rebuilding,
Mini with fibreglass front ( not much else holding the front subframe up!)
Another Mini
Hillman Avenger
Jag XJ6, stuffed the rear axle drive bearings
Metro, rebuilt the front end
Marina 1800
Austin A40, bust a halfshaft
Datsun 100A (was broke at the time !)
Cavalier 1600 hatch, rebuilt as damaged re-end
Cavalier 2 litre, Bodyshell swap
Omega 2 Litre GLS, M reg died when the radiator froze on the M62
Omega 2.2 Litre facelift, great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ken

Passed my test in one of those, didnt the Ital take over from that??

yep i had a couple of those when i was 15 . my dad found me messing with a motor bike engine and did his nut. If i wanted to mess with engines mess with them he said  

[miggy]

Lets See :
Ford Anglia with a knackered starter,
Beetle with an engine that stuffed the big ends shortly after rebuilding,
Mini with fibreglass front ( not much else holding the front subframe up!)
Another Mini
Hillman Avenger
Jag XJ6, stuffed the rear axle drive bearings
Metro, rebuilt the front end
Marina 1800
Austin A40, bust a halfshaft
Datsun 100A (was broke at the time !)
Cavalier 1600 hatch, rebuilt as damaged re-end
Cavalier 2 litre, Bodyshell swap
Omega 2 Litre GLS, M reg died when the radiator froze on the M62
Omega 2.2 Litre facelift, great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ken

Passed my test in one of those, didnt the Ital take over from that??

yep i had a couple of those when i was 15 . my dad found me messing with a motor bike engine and did his nut. If i wanted to mess with engines mess with them he said  

I think their engines were always being messed with , not the best cars

[zippo]

Lets See :
Ford Anglia with a knackered starter,
Beetle with an engine that stuffed the big ends shortly after rebuilding,
Mini with fibreglass front ( not much else holding the front subframe up!)
Another Mini
Hillman Avenger
Jag XJ6, stuffed the rear axle drive bearings
Metro, rebuilt the front end
Marina 1800
Austin A40, bust a halfshaft
Datsun 100A (was broke at the time !)
Cavalier 1600 hatch, rebuilt as damaged re-end
Cavalier 2 litre, Bodyshell swap
Omega 2 Litre GLS, M reg died when the radiator froze on the M62
Omega 2.2 Litre facelift, great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ken

Passed my test in one of those, didnt the Ital take over from that??

yep i had a couple of those when i was 15 . my dad found me messing with a motor bike engine and did his nut. If i wanted to mess with engines mess with them he said  

I think their engines were always being messed with , not the best cars

mine were both 1800s with twin carbs .The one i liked best though was the coupe' crap shade of orange ,but i loved the shape .It kept braking the leaf springs tho

[mantahatch]

Top ten cars.

1) Omega
2) Mk3 Cortina
3) Mk4 Cortina
4) Vauxhall Cresta
5) 1968 Daimler 250v (Morse style)
6) 1962 Vw Beetle
7) Hilman Imp (roll cage etc)
Mk2 Cortina 1600E
9) Ford Escort Mexico 2.0
10) Austin 1275 gte

Whats yours

gte No e

I am sure it had GTE after the 1275 decals on the doors.....yes it did.

No it didn't, anyone else??
Astra first to use gte iirc

no mate early 70s opel kadett gte same as chevette

Oooh sorry have to disagree with you there, the Kadette had a flat front and I thought the GTE had a 1600 injected engine if memory serves me correct after so long, or was that the Kadette Rallye ?.
What was def different was the 1200 in the opel and the 1256 in the vauxhall.

Mike

[Vamps]

1275 mini
mrk 1 1600 capri
mrk 2 1600e cortina
mrk 2 lotus cortina
mrk 2 3.0 savage cortina
meet wife kids
vw passat
vx chevette
vx cavalier 2ltr
vx astra 18cdi
vx carlton 20 cdi
 now the omaga  had lots of others aswell

Hmmmmmmm...red cap...was you one :question :question

He's Rad cap. your are into you eeeeee's arn't you.

No No No, obviously he was not a red cap or he would know what i was on about.

True.
Hows the shoulder?

Thats why i am still up..............its rather killing me, only typing with one hand, cannot move my left arm, if it gets any worse its gonna be a trip to casualty.

Hows the shoulder?

[Big Fra]

My top ten cars.

1. Ford RS200 EVO
2. Vauxhall Omega
3. Ford Escort RS2000 MK1
4. Ford Escort RS2000 MK2
5. Opel Monza
6. Opel Manta
7. BMW M5 (Any)
8. Merc 230ce W123
9. Jaguar XJR (X300)
10. Citroen XM

[amigov6]

Victor101
Ford prefect sidevalve
Ford Anglia
Austin 1100
Bedford CA van
Capri 1600 gtXLR (mk1)
Fiat128 1100 saloon
Fiat128 SL Coupe.1300
Mini 850
MK1 Cortina 1500.

That's roughly the first ten & i'd still only've been 19/20 yrs. Most of them were illegal sheds. Around that time there were Austin A35/40's a Moggie Van, Mk1 eccys, Vivas a Morris Oxford, Rover 2000, Avenger 1500 DL (loved that one for some reason!) Fiat 850 (sorry)
    We tended to swap them every 5 mins, no log book ins etc. We did'nt care then, if it ran we drove it, swapped with eachother.
     My favourite overall was Mk 3 Cortina with the sloping dash & still is. 8-)

[Kevin Wood]

Lets See :
Ford Anglia with a knackered starter,
Beetle with an engine that stuffed the big ends shortly after rebuilding,
Mini with fibreglass front ( not much else holding the front subframe up!)
Another Mini
Hillman Avenger
Jag XJ6, stuffed the rear axle drive bearings
Metro, rebuilt the front end
Marina 1800
Austin A40, bust a halfshaft
Datsun 100A (was broke at the time !)
Cavalier 1600 hatch, rebuilt as damaged re-end
Cavalier 2 litre, Bodyshell swap
Omega 2 Litre GLS, M reg died when the radiator froze on the M62
Omega 2.2 Litre facelift, great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ken

Passed my test in one of those, didnt the Ital take over from that??

yep i had a couple of those when i was 15 . my dad found me messing with a motor bike engine and did his nut. If i wanted to mess with engines mess with them he said  

I think their engines were always being messed with , not the best cars

Engine was sweet as a nut on mine. The rest of the car rotted away around it though. Gearbox whined like a good'un. One of the half shafts was about to exit the rear axle along with the wheel.

Considering the O series was hurriedly bodged into existence in true BL style when they realised the tooling to make the B series was breaked it wasn't bad.

Oh, it did burn a bit of oil but the stealers reckoned TADTS. Most of the oil used to dribble down the exhaust downpipes and then go up in smoke as soon as the exhaust reached a critical temperature, which was a tad embarrassing. Not that driving a Morris Ital estate wasn't bad enough anyway.

Kevin

[Vamps]

Lets See :
Ford Anglia with a knackered starter,
Beetle with an engine that stuffed the big ends shortly after rebuilding,
Mini with fibreglass front ( not much else holding the front subframe up!)
Another Mini
Hillman Avenger
Jag XJ6, stuffed the rear axle drive bearings
Metro, rebuilt the front end
Marina 1800
Austin A40, bust a halfshaft
Datsun 100A (was broke at the time !)
Cavalier 1600 hatch, rebuilt as damaged re-end
Cavalier 2 litre, Bodyshell swap
Omega 2 Litre GLS, M reg died when the radiator froze on the M62
Omega 2.2 Litre facelift, great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ken

Passed my test in one of those, didnt the Ital take over from that??

yep i had a couple of those when i was 15 . my dad found me messing with a motor bike engine and did his nut. If i wanted to mess with engines mess with them he said  

I think their engines were always being messed with , not the best cars

Engine was sweet as a nut on mine. The rest of the car rotted away around it though. Gearbox whined like a good'un. One of the half shafts was about to exit the rear axle along with the wheel.

Considering the O series was hurriedly bodged into existence in true BL style when they realised the tooling to make the B series was breaked it wasn't bad.

Oh, it did burn a bit of oil but the stealers reckoned TADTS. Most of the oil used to dribble down the exhaust downpipes and then go up in smoke as soon as the exhaust reached a critical temperature, which was a tad embarrassing. Not that driving a Morris Ital estate wasn't bad enough anyway.

Kevin

I smile But I have some fond memories of the Marina 1.8 TC, gave the Cortina a run for it's money, though FORD was my choice in that era.

[mars]

Some cars I have owned:

Triumph Dolomite 1850HL
Rover SD1 2.3
Mark 4 Cortina 1.6L
MG Metro
Mark 5 Cortina 2.3 Ghia
Capri 2.8 Injection
Orion 1.6i Ghia
Capri 2.8 Injection
Orion 1.6 Ghia (carb)
Peugot 205 1.9 Gti
Polo 1.4 CL
Citroen Picasso 1.6 Desire( wife now using)
Omega 2.2 CDX 8-)

[Big Fra]

My top ten cars.

1. Ford RS200 EVO
2. Vauxhall Omega
3. Ford Escort RS2000 MK1
4. Ford Escort RS2000 MK2
5. Opel Monza
6. Opel Manta
7. BMW M5 (Any)
8. Merc 230ce W123
9. Jaguar XJR (X300)
10. Citroen XM

If it's the fave top ten cars owned, then here's mine

1.   '97 Omega 2.5 Reflection  8-)
2.   '88 Ford Sierra XR4x4 Turbo Technics TT230
3.   '91 Peugeot 205 XS
4.   '78 Ford Escort RS2000 Flat Front Rally Car
5.   '85 Rover SD1 Vitesse
6.   '94 Ford Granada Ghia Auto 8-)
7.   '81 Audi 80 CD Auto 5cyl
8.   '95 Citroen ZX Volcane TD
9.   '89 VW Golf GTi 16v
10. '86 Ford Capri 1.6 Laser

This is my top 10 of the 30-odd cars I have owned in my illustrious 10 years of driving.