Soldato
This came past me at the weekend. I've never seen a truck jacked up like this before. The bottom of doors were level with the roof of the cars next to it and the exhaust was about 14" diameter.
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Soldato
Looks like a Del Sol on stilts! Comically cute.
At the local car show yesterday and this was one of the more obscure cars, 1of2 that were there.
Virtual cookie for anyone who can name it
Piper GTT.
(I can't take credit for this, I asked on Barryboys and they found it)
Soldato
A few from Coventry Motofest over the weekend.
And the the other end of the spectrum.
Which you might seeing as Waymo...
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A few from Coventry Motofest over the weekend.
And the the other end of the spectrum.
Which you might seeing as Waymo...
As cool as citroens look with the wheels covered, isn't it a pain to change the wheels, or does the panel pop off easily?
Soldato
Air lifted and cover comes off easy enough I imagine. That car had 7 seats... well more like sofas in 
Man of Honour
You really don't see these all that often anymore. It blows my mind when I do, they're absolutely tiny. Lives up to the name, unlike the "Mini" monstrosities you see today.
Caporegime
Yep, modern Minis aren't really Minis. They are just less ugly BMWs
More ugly BMW's*
Soldato
They were produced for 41 years, pretty amazing really and a testament to their great design. Shame they've all pretty much fallen to tin worm.
It would be cool to travel back to the 70's in terms of motoring. I'd imagine the most mundane cars of the time to them would be a characterful experience for us.
It would be cool to travel back to the 70's in terms of motoring. I'd imagine the most mundane cars of the time to them would be a characterful experience for us.
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I still see quite a lot of proper minis about, but only on sunny days when the weather is nice. They tend to be well pampered now, worth too much not to be.
proper respray, my rear bumper looks miles better than the rest of the car.
cars back then had a much greater range of colours to choose from, the Cortina mk3 had loads of colours in its brochure/interior finishes/ vinyl roofs etc........hand sprayed too.......mind you, the car rusted like crazy though, they all did back then especially the Vauxhalls, Fiats and Lancias !
cars were also miles more unreliable than now, British Leyland were complete and utter crap, we had a Marina and two Avengers, these used to break down almost every week.
British Leyland started going downhill after 1976, because that's when all the Jap cars flooded the market and they were flipping miles better than BL
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Soldato
There are few around my area that get driven daily by their owners, rain or shine. But then there are also things like Morris Travellers, Cortinas, Capris, MGs and all sorts of older things that seem to get used daily in Bristol.
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Ah up here, you see don't see many dailys. I could tell it was summer as I started to get loads of waves when out in the MGB. The rest of the year I didn't get to see anything worth waving at
Soldato
Haha, yeah, more do come out in summer but some people around here seem to run old cars all the time and not just old people too.Ah up here, you see don't see many dailys. I could tell it was summer as I started to get loads of waves when out in the MGB. The rest of the year I didn't get to see anything worth waving at
That was a frosty April morning for example. Often see a dark green mini around my area too. Maybe I'll actually bother to take photos of the older cars I see...unlikely, I'm lazy.
Caporegime
Incredible cars. Highly recommend Doug's overview video.
