Classic cars disappearing!

[V8MoneyPit]

Oh, yes. Forgot the 1971 Rover P6 V8 that I had for several years!

I suppose the V8 could be called a TC, although it never was officially.

[V8MoneyPit]

And when did you last see a Renault Fuego?

And what about the Renault 16? A car way ahead of it's time. Actually, come to think about it, you don't see any old french car these days with the possible exception of the 2CV (awesome machine  :D ). Had one of them for about 4 years too!

[wing nut]

this was my pride and agony ... i still have the burns lol i spent 4 months restoring her and after 2years got  rid to buy a suzuki sj  :oops:

[Evilgoat]

please correct me if wrong but i dont think they made a 3500tc?

Depends on who you ask. Allthough in this case I'll put my hand up. The 2200 was the TC and 3500 was the P6B with the bulghe under the rad. I was only about 15 the time though :)

Often looked at rescuing one, they turn up evry now and them.

When was the last time you saw an SD1? I dont understand where the older Renault 11's 19s etc all went, they dont actually rust so I guess it was mechanical failure that did for them.

[dew1911]

Theres a MINT Citroen DS at the top of my villiage, it's in better condition then most new cars you see.

[Evilgoat]

Did you know there was a twin engined 2CV 4x4 ? :)

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I had two mk2 2.8 ghia x granadas, the second being an estate with manual box. two capris first one a mk3 1.6 calypso that smoked 20 a day and grunted alot, the final trip for that one was around the mendips raceway,   she put up a good fight shame about the prat at the wheel who had no idea what rear wheel drive is all about. The second was a 1.6 laser that bettween a friend i sold the car too and myself we put in a injection 2.0litre twincam from a granada, that could keep up with the 2.8s, on the first outing we totally screws the brand new brakes we put on, AP 6 pots and ovesize discs had to replace severly bent a blue originals!!   ahh them were the days  :D

[V8MoneyPit]

Did you know there was a twin engined 2CV 4x4 ? :)

Yep! Fetch around £10-£12k these days. Although there are conversions to make the standard 2CV 4 wheel drive. And by all acounts, they are quite handy being somewhat lighter than an SJ and with far superior articulation.

Think I've posted this one before, but this is my Midget.

[clbarclay]

ever wondered where all the mk4 cortinas are? Ford built over a million and now there are only 2000 left

The front uprights in particulare on mk3/4/5 cortinas are excelent for use in grass track, banger etc. racing and are also used a lot for kit cars :twisted: , however the supply has all but dried up. The trusty ford sierra has taken their place, having said that even they are becoming harder to come by these days.

Cortinas arn't the only cars to meet this fate, there are kit cars to suit most cars that are or were easily avalible.

As for the rest of them, they have probably long been scraped and recycled by know. having said that i did come across a pair of MGBs side by side rusting quietly in a scrap yard the other day.

[abinitio]

My first car was a Cortine mk5 estate, spent the whole summer doing it up/ welding/ spraying etc, great car.

Does make me smile when I see the odd one around. Mind you round here you hardly ever see sierras, they all seem to have disintergrated :D