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[paul.lovejoy]

The car I had the biggest lurch selling was, of all things, a wolsley 18/85s. For those not familiar, it was the badge engineered Austin/Morris 1800 landcrab. Big brother of the mini of the era.

Full width leather(ette) seats with magic wand style gear lever and handbrake out the dashboard. Fully reclining seats and no headrests meant it went flush with the rear seat base creating a large enough 'lying down' area for a young gad about town.

It could shift ok as well, for the time. Same engine as the mgbgt with twin su carbs - inch and half or bigger?

It was a wrench when I traded it in for a mk 2 escort, ex swan national hire car- but that's another story.....

big brother of the mini blimey they were like tanks, mate had one when we were at building school we all had push bikes and hatch backs and he had the landcrab got it handed down i think .it was bloody masive looked like it had 2 sofas in it

[paul.lovejoy]

my first love was a caverlier sportch hatch 2000 gls in bright red always wanted the manta
i was 19 and and loved it sister cleaned it for me one day found a good way of getting dead flies of the bonnet a bloody brillo pad

[henryd]

The car I had the biggest lurch selling was, of all things, a wolsley 18/85s. For those not familiar, it was the badge engineered Austin/Morris 1800 landcrab. Big brother of the mini of the era.

Full width leather(ette) seats with magic wand style gear lever and handbrake out the dashboard. Fully reclining seats and no headrests meant it went flush with the rear seat base creating a large enough 'lying down' area for a young gad about town.

It could shift ok as well, for the time. Same engine as the mgbgt with twin su carbs - inch and half or bigger?

It was a wrench when I traded it in for a mk 2 escort, ex swan national hire car- but that's another story.....

big brother of the mini blimey they were like tanks, mate had one when we were at building school we all had push bikes and hatch backs and he had the landcrab got it handed down i think .it was bloody masive looked like it had 2 sofas in it

A mate of mine had an Austin 3litre,that was even rear wheel drive but based on the Austin 1800,straight six and sounded lovely.

[Marks DTM Calib]

1.1. Fiesta Pop aka the chicken shed.

I will never forget it because it was a horrible rotten heap of shite with the worst engine still being manufactured at the time in the world under the bonnet

[TheBoy]

1.1. Fiesta Pop aka the chicken shed.

I will never forget it because it was a horrible rotten heap of shite with the worst engine still being manufactured at the time in the world under the bonnet

If we are including horrible cars, I'd like to put in a vote for my 1986 1.8GLSi Belmont.  Truely awful. And gay.

Hated it before I bought it, now idea why I did.  I would conceed the first engine went like the clappers, the replacement engine was rubbish.

[paul.lovejoy]

1.1. Fiesta Pop aka the chicken shed.

I will never forget it because it was a horrible rotten heap of shite with the worst engine still being manufactured at the time in the world under the bonnet

If we are including horrible cars, I'd like to put in a vote for my 1986 1.8GLSi Belmont.  Truely awful. And gay.

Hated it before I bought it, now idea why I did.  I would conceed the first engine went like the clappers, the replacement engine was rubbish.

[paul.lovejoy]

lmao forgot to say something

i had a belmont 1.8gls (said in a very deep and manly voice) no one thought i was gay..maybe its the way you walk sweetie

but yes went like the clappers had some fun in that would take out the xr3i which is what i wanted except fords were on bloody strike at the time and as it was a company car only thing i could get was the belmont

[TheBoy]

no one thought i was gay..

To quote one of my gay friends...

"Oh you are, you just don't know it yet"

[Sir Tigger KC]

My last Mig, bought with fsh, old owner, everything spot one, turned out to be a dog, cost me loads before I got rid...

What did you do with the old owner Vamps??   

[Sir Tigger KC]

Mine was 'Yolanda' a 1980 Ford Cortina 2.2 Auto Wagon with approx 300,000 kms on the clock bought in Sydney for A$500 (about £250 at the time) and that included camping equipment!  .  She had Western Australia plates so had already done the trip across Australia, probably more than once and also meant that she didn't need an MOT!!  . Yolanda however didn't have a second gear, so the trick was to give her some in first before she slid into third which was fine on the long, straight, and flat outback roads, but a little tricky in cities or on hills.... 

Apart from the odd tantrum Yolanda took me and a few Welsh blokes all the way round Oz, and when I left I sold her on for A$800!!  Yolanda and I had a lovely time together, and she was usually very forgiving of my generally inattentive behaviour and occasional infidelity    So there was definatly a tear in my eye upon the parting of our ways..... 

[Webby the Bear]

Ah yes the burble of a V8! My first car was an SD1 V8, it was rather rough to say the least!

Like you Andy I had quite a few V8 Rovers  As for the V8 sound it's never gone away

Rover SD1 V8S would be the one for me, I had a gold one many years ago 

this looks a lovely motor.... this was the one styled to look like a ferrari daytona 
Twin Plenum Vitesse with that nice big airdam and painted in Moonraker blue for me please. 

lovely motor i had one for 30 minutes once saved and saved drove out the garage 30 minutes later the engine siezed fourtunatley i got my money back

[Dishevelled Den]

The car I had the biggest lurch selling was, of all things, a wolsley 18/85s. For those not familiar, it was the badge engineered Austin/Morris 1800 landcrab. Big brother of the mini of the era.

Full width leather(ette) seats with magic wand style gear lever and handbrake out the dashboard. Fully reclining seats and no headrests meant it went flush with the rear seat base creating a large enough 'lying down' area for a young gad about town.

I loved the crabs.

[Webby the Bear]

sorry meant to say this was styled to look like a ferrari daytona 

[2woody]

sorry meant to say this was styled to look like a ferrari daytona 

Indeed, they even had a Daytona in the design studio at the time ........

( reckon the lights were off, tho )

[big mel]

The cars that I most remember are a jaguar xk120 roadster (1 red & 1br green) a ford thunderbird 1958. a ford v8 pilot. 2 mk 9 jags & a rover 3.5 v8 coupe. & petrol 5 galls for a pound. happy days. mel