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'78 Cavalier 4 door / '78 Manta Berlinetta
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Just a thought, post the Retro Rides you have seen on the roads recently, see whats out there in daily use and if anyone on here owns them. Mine over the last week or so.... Mk3 Cortina in Brown, looked like a GXL with twin headlamps in Scunthorpe. '73 Avenger in Scunthorpe Orange Hilman Imp in Kirton Lindsey today '85 Talbot Samba silver near Scunthorpe today
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Mick Gradually trying to own one of everything
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том
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Gray vauxhall cavalier mk1, (i think), chevette, yep definatly a chevette, tanking it down the A449 between monmouth and newport about a month ago, with a long haired fella driving it...(i'll try and find a pic...) (I know what i'm on about really )
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Last Edit: Jan 2, 2006 23:45:55 GMT by том
1988 V8 Rangey Bobtail :: 1968 Volvo Amazon 133 Ratrod :: 1977 Land Rover 88 :: 1985 Opel Monza GSE :: 1983 MKII Fiesta
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том
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Like this i think but maybe this... *ducks his head, and awaits bombardment of corrections*
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1988 V8 Rangey Bobtail :: 1968 Volvo Amazon 133 Ratrod :: 1977 Land Rover 88 :: 1985 Opel Monza GSE :: 1983 MKII Fiesta
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Anyone know who's the Viva is? It was at the Ace a few days ago.
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tommy, they're both chevettes.silver ones a hs. retros ive recently spotted it the town i live in include.. a w123 coupe austin cambridge/ morris oxford beetles x 2 triumph 2000 mrsigs carlton wagon surprisingly an un-chaved nova j reg honda crx and of course my own benz.
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Back on topic, for all the miles I run up I've seen a Mk1 Cortina parked up, we got seriously razzed past by an early Texaco liveried black and red Sierra on the A31 but that's about it. This what the Sierra looked like:
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Last Edit: Jan 2, 2006 23:45:17 GMT by Deleted
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Only thing during the holidays was a Commer Camper Van in Dundee. A guy round the corner has a chavved up mark 1 Golf GTi (looks in mint condition though) but it must be hibernating over the winter.
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Retro Spotting....DarrenW
@darrenw
Club Retro Rides Member 74
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I was in Kendal for New Year, and parked on one of the main roads was a very tidy metallic green Stanza! I was with a load of non-petrolhead mates, they thought I was nuts taking pictures
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austin cambridge/ morris oxford is it two-tone with two different greens?
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том
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I was in Kendal for New Year i was very nearly in Kendal for new year, small world ;D
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1988 V8 Rangey Bobtail :: 1968 Volvo Amazon 133 Ratrod :: 1977 Land Rover 88 :: 1985 Opel Monza GSE :: 1983 MKII Fiesta
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austin cambridge/ morris oxford is it two-tone with two different greens? no, its two tone grey with a red vinyl interior. havnt seen it move yet.
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Austin Cambridge Morris Oxford
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Last Edit: Jan 3, 2006 10:41:15 GMT by том
1988 V8 Rangey Bobtail :: 1968 Volvo Amazon 133 Ratrod :: 1977 Land Rover 88 :: 1985 Opel Monza GSE :: 1983 MKII Fiesta
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Retro Spotting....arthurbrown
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TommyG.... factually correct, but both Oxford & Cambridge were available with big & small fins in their lifespans
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TommyG.... factually correct, but both Oxford & Cambridge were available with big & small fins in their lifespans I was just talkin to my dad about this, asking him what the difference was, best he could come up with was, "probably just made in different plants"
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1988 V8 Rangey Bobtail :: 1968 Volvo Amazon 133 Ratrod :: 1977 Land Rover 88 :: 1985 Opel Monza GSE :: 1983 MKII Fiesta
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Retro Spotting....arthurbrown
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Paint & trim options did vary slightly... my pops reckons the Oxford was *slightly* more upmarket than the cambridge.
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there is one of those (not sure which) in Hartlepool driving around...saw it yesterday...looks like a minter - no rust!
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British Motor Corporation launched the fin-tailed Farina four door family saloon in October 1958 with the Austin A55. This was soon joined by the Morris Oxford series 5, Wolseley 15/60, MG Magnette Mk. 3 and Riley 4/Sixty Eight. All were powered by a 1489 c.c. version of the BMC "B" series petrol engine, the MG and Riley having twin carburettors. An estate version of the Morris and Austin was offered from 1960.
In late 1961, the entire range was updated, including a 1622 c.c. engine, and softer body lines, especially around the rear wings. By 1962 the new range was on sale, and it now included a 1489 c.c. diesel powered version of the Cambridge (A60) and Oxford (series 6) saloon. The other cars had become Wolseley 16/60, MG Magnette Mk. 4, and Riley 4/Seventy Two.
In total it’s estimated that around one million of these cars were produced in its all various forms between 1958 and 1971, many of them for export. By the end of the 1960s they had started to fade out of production, with the MG being the first casualty in April 1968. The Austin, Riley and Morris Traveller were dropped in 1969, and finally the Morris saloon and Wolseley in the spring of 1971.
French manufacturer Peugeot also used the same basic body shape as the basis for its 404 model. The 404 was of virtually the same length and engine size as the later BMC cars, and was in production from 1960 until 1975. However Peugeot also offered the 404 as a pick-up and a convertible, alongside the saloon and estate models, and went on to sell well over 2 million of them altogether.
Celebrities who owned some of these cars included Winston Churchill (two Oxfords) and June Brown (of Eastenders fame) with an A60. Another A60 was used in the film "The Italian Job", and a Wolseley 16/60 also made regular appearances in that long forgotten (hopefully!!) soap "Eldorado"
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1988 V8 Rangey Bobtail :: 1968 Volvo Amazon 133 Ratrod :: 1977 Land Rover 88 :: 1985 Opel Monza GSE :: 1983 MKII Fiesta
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i always thought it went from pov spec morris, to working class austin, then to upper class wolsely and riley :S
not too sure where mg fits in tho
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2006 Audi A3 2003 Fusion 2 looking for a project....
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Austin & Morris were the povo spec ones (tbh, not much to differentiate them), MG the sporting version (twin carbs & extra dials) & Wolseley the luxury one (leather trim & wood dash). Riley was the luxury sporting version (twin carbs, extra dials, leather trim & wood dash).
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the cambridge in crook runs a 2 litre pinto on a dgav carb and mgb underpinings, cool car ;D
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