Your favourite retro car?

[kabbes]

The only thing I can’t get past with the 500 is that it is actually a Panda with a different, less practical body and costing twice the price.

 

[marty21]

Got to be the goddess

Friend of mine has one , keeps it garaged over the winter and only drives in the summer, I will see if he will drive me somewhere when it gets warmer beautiful cars , we had a later model when I was a kid

 

[marty21]

If you can't stretch to a Speedster, a Karmann GhiaView attachment 125184

Love the Karmann Ghia

 

[rubbershoes]

The only thing I can’t get past with the 500 is that it is actually a Panda with a different, less practical body and costing twice the price.

Some people consider factors other than the chassis when buying a car

 

[kabbes]

Some people consider factors other than the chassis when buying a car

Indeed — engine, suspension and practicality are also issues to bear in mind.

Oh.

 

[mauvais]

Pandas are ace, but it's a shame they got rid of the best one, the 100HP. I imagine you could probably still get that out of a turbo one by meddling with it though.

 

[kabbes]

Pandas are ace, but it's a shame they got rid of the best one, the 100HP. I imagine you could probably still get that out of a turbo one by meddling with it though.

Very true. I think I’ve ridden a horse with more horsepower than my one.

 

[DownwardDog]

I really want a Lamborghini Islero S but there were only 100 ever built so they are in the $400k+ bracket now.

2+2, 5 speed manual, 350hp 3.9l V12.

 

[Dieselpunk2000]

Mine would be the Chevy Camaro that Buddy Repperton drove in 'Christine' I just think it's a nice looking car.

 

[Griff]

It's just so annoying that the car you really want, nobody else does or like me doesn't have the money for.

Monteverdi 375L High Speed (RHD) For Sale (1971) | Car And Classic

This has been for sale for about six months. Hopefully will still be for sale when I get my Euromillions win.

 

[dessiato]

As a kid I always dreamt of owning a Silver Cloud drop head. I'd still like one. Last year I saw one for sale. It was reduced to half a million.

 

[hash tag]

There are some fantastic cars here and not all with extortionate estimates. There is a good half dozen I would seriously consider... Saturday 27th January 2018

 

[OzT]

It's just so annoying that the car you really want, nobody else does or like me doesn't have the money for.

Monteverdi 375L High Speed (RHD) For Sale (1971) | Car And Classic

This has been for sale for about six months. Hopefully will still be for sale when I get my Euromillions win.

Such a big engine for so little power. Nice looking car though I grant you.

 

[dessiato]

There are some fantastic cars here and not all with extortionate estimates. There is a good half dozen I would seriously consider... Saturday 27th January 2018

Lots of cars there I'd like. That Honda van seems expensive.

 

[nuffsaid]

It's just so annoying that the car you really want, nobody else does or like me doesn't have the money for.

Monteverdi 375L High Speed (RHD) For Sale (1971) | Car And Classic

This has been for sale for about six months. Hopefully will still be for sale when I get my Euromillions win.

That looks decidedly like a Jensen Interceptor - which is also a lovely looking car

 

[A380]

As a man of simple tastes, what I’d quite like is a professionaly restored one of these.

Only as a sort of gift to my 17 year old self. Club Tropicana and Suburbia on a constant loop on the cassette deck. All hail the mighty Capri.

 

[dessiato]

As a man of simple tastes, what I’d quite like is a professionaly restored one of these.

Only as a sort of gift to my 17 year old self. Club Tropicana and Suburbia on a constant loop on the cassette deck. All hail the mighty Capri.



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They seem to be almost forgotten now. Although I was driving Italian at the time, they had a certain appeal

 

[Celyn]

You are all very silly. The best retro car is a Morris Minor, although it fails to look as sleek* as most others here.

But how many of your clever posh cars had little indicator things? Hah. I rest my case.

* Looks friendly, though.

 

[dessiato]

You are all very silly. The best retro car is a Morris Minor, although it fails to look as sleek* as most others here.

But how many of your clever posh cars had little indicator things? Hah. I rest my case.

* Looks friendly, though.

Quite a lot of early cars had semaphore indicators, including the big brother to the Minor, the Oxford.

There's a thread on honest John
Semaphore Indicators | Classics | Forum | Honest John

 

[Chilli.s]

Ok... retro as in a new(ish) car styled on an old fashioned design:

 

[kabbes]

“Cappuccino”? Seriously?

 

[Chilli.s]

“Cappuccino”? Seriously?

Yeah, lol.

 

[hash tag]

I remember this being built. It was built by Nick Mann as his first car. I think the story goes he got a standard moggie of his mum and modified it and modified it and so on.....up rating brakes, wheels, exhaust, jag rear end, V8 under bonnet, adding nitrous later and so it goes, or something along those lines

 

[hash tag]

This is a little beauty (but it would be)

 

[dessiato]

This is a little beauty (but it would be)

Alfa have always managed to produce good looking cars, with very few exceptions. It's a pity that the quality wasn't always as high as the aesthetics.

 

[hash tag]

I seen this at a few shows and this is a real brute of a car. The back wheels are ginormous; it's like they have shoe horned two big fully blown drag wheels under it. It's a car that means business.

 

[Leafster]

You can't do that to an Auntie Rover!

 

[hash tag]

Thats the trouble; I would. I could go for a big brute like that. Not too sure what the steering will be like though, but hey, it's built for straight lines, not corners
(off to get a tissue).

 

[Leafster]

Back in the 1970s & 80s when my Dad was still running his garage he had an elderly lady customer with a 1958 P4 Rover 60. She'd had it from new and my Dad used to "help" her keep it on the road. I often wondered what happened to it after she died. I can still remember the Registration Number so I've just checked on the DVLA website. It's still on the road and it's tax is due on 1st May!

 

[Idris2002]

Retro motoring, Nigerian style:

The Peugeot 504 was the official car of Nigeria"s middle class

All hail the Peugot 504, apparently, at least if you're driving Nigeria style.