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Title: who remember's and what else can u remember??
Post by: dreadnought110 on October 30, 2007, 21:18:27

these!! i remember seeing at least 1 of each of these always fancied the 505 4x4  :shock:  :shock:

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Post by: ben_haynes on October 30, 2007, 21:22:25

Nope To YOUNG  :lol:

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Post by: dreadnought110 on October 30, 2007, 21:27:44

Blimey how old must i be then??? :shock:  :shock:

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Post by: ben_haynes on October 30, 2007, 21:29:12

well!!!!!!!!!

im just 22 :lol:

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Post by: dreadnought110 on October 30, 2007, 21:31:34

You young wippersnapper i'am only 34!!!! 8)  8)

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Post by: Silvery Thing on October 30, 2007, 22:13:44

Well I am much older than both of you and I don't remember either car :?

Come to think of it memory does deteriorate with age :cry:

Now.... what the heck am I talking about :?:  If I could only remember :(

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Post by: martha focker on October 30, 2007, 22:44:49

nope im in the young section :lol:

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Post by: Range Rover Blues on October 31, 2007, 00:45:45

Funnily enough one of my mates is on about converting his P100 to a 4x4 :?

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Post by: V8MoneyPit on October 31, 2007, 15:46:04

I think I fall firmly into the 'old git' catagory  :lol: But I don't remember either! Although I always thought the 504/505 was a great looking car. Wasn't Pinifarina involved in it's design? The 504 Coupe was a particularly smart looking car.

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Post by: Evilgoat on October 31, 2007, 16:16:10

Quote from: "Range Rover Blues"

Funnily enough one of my mates is on about converting his P100 to a 4x4 :?

Isnt it then a Ranger?

That ford truck looks very much like the earlier Rangers you see around in abundance in North America.

Or was the P100 the Seirra based one?

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Post by: littlepow on October 31, 2007, 16:33:17

P100 was a sierra based vehicle.

The ford pictured above reminds me of the fall guy.

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Post by: redhand on October 31, 2007, 16:38:45

Quote from: "littlepow"

P100 was a sierra based vehicle.

The ford pictured above reminds me of the fall guy.

No it wasn't it was derived from a cortina in 1982 before they discontinued it and brought out the sierra. Then it became a sierra P100 in 1988.
http://www.mk5cortina.co.uk/p100.htm

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Post by: Pete on October 31, 2007, 22:17:00

404 was Farina. Looked a lot like the Austin Cambrige Moris Oxford etc. I had a 404 Estate years ago, only problem was a weak column gear change linkage.
 Anyone remember the Renault Frigate, or even the Dauphine?
 Swapped the Peugeot for a Ford Taunus 26M RS, that was a great car.
 Pete.

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Post by: Spacemud on October 31, 2007, 22:50:45

I had a 505 GTI Estate for a while - lovely car, very fast, great stereo in it too, but at the time I couldn't really afford to run it and got rid before I had to replace the exhaust  :roll:

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Post by: Bush Tucker Man on October 31, 2007, 23:05:52

I remember the Dangel estates & pick-ups.


Does anyone remember the ARO Ranger?, that later metamorphosised into the Potaro Pampas??

Or the Dacia Duster?

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Post by: Bush Tucker Man on November 01, 2007, 00:00:50

Also;

Matra-Simca Rancho

Daihatsu F20

Subaru (when first introduced to the country, as a 1600cc estate only. Later it was available as a coupe, pick-up & saloon, all with selectable 4WD)

Stonefields (still got brochures for those down in the 'snug) :(biglove):

Reynolds-Boughton RB44


Uni-Truck (Range Rover conversion, also got brochures)
Agri-Rover (portal-axled 110s)

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Post by: Pete on November 01, 2007, 16:52:32

Weren't the Dacias based on the old Renault 12.. My mother had a series of Renaults, all Gordini varients  R8, R10 then a 12TS, that was a nippy motor.
  Old mate of mine used to sell Simcas including the Rancho. It certainly looked the part, but suffered from tin worm in a big way, probably why there are so few of them left on the road.
 Had an Agri Rover years ago, series 2/3 bought second hand from David Brown tarctors field test department at Meltham, not sure, but I think my cousin traded it in for a RRC, both long gone now though.
 Any one remember the Woods & Picket Range rovers from the early 70s?
It took Land Rover ten years to catch up with the spec.

 Pete.

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Post by: thermidorthelobster on November 01, 2007, 17:02:18

The 505s are still widely used in West Africa.  In Guinea they're used as taxis;  they must be built like tanks, because the roads there are pretty severe for a Land Rover, let alone a car.

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Post by: redhand on November 01, 2007, 17:09:00

Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man"

I remember the Dangel estates & pick-ups.


Does anyone remember the ARO Ranger?, that later metamorphosised into the Potaro Pampas??

Or the Dacia Duster?

Mate of mine had a dachia duster right heap of junk it was made a yugo look sophisticated

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Post by: thermidorthelobster on November 01, 2007, 17:13:50

Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man"

Matra-Simca Rancho

A friend's dad had one and we thought it was so cool.  Wasn't it badged Talbot here?  Of course, the roofline is rather familiar to any Discovery owners.

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Post by: richo on November 01, 2007, 21:06:16

I remember the 505 gti estate.

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Post by: Bush Tucker Man on November 01, 2007, 23:13:11

Quote from: "Pete"

Had an Agri Rover years ago, series 2/3 bought second hand from David Brown tarctors field test department at Meltham, not sure, but I think my cousin traded it in for a RRC, both long gone now though

There used to be a Tree-Surgeon in Halifax with one, I've seen it at the Piece Hall show in the past

Click on pic to enlarge
(http://thumb12.webshots.net/t/53/453/3/80/40/2498380400047309372lSxMhb_th.jpg) (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2498380400047309372lSxMhb)

Quote from: "Pete"

Any one remember the Woods & Picket Range rovers from the early 70s?

Certainly do!, with all their odd grille arrangements (quad square headlamps, etc...), Wolfrace alloys, etc...


There was also;
Schuler Presses & their Ferguson Formula 4-wheel-drive systems, Chrysler sourced automatic gearboxes & yank V8s'

Schuler is now associated with Overfinch, I believe?