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James - 14/7/11 at 08:07 AM

http://cars.uk.msn.com/features/photoviewer.aspx?cp-documentid=158560788&ocid=today

Cheers,
James

TimC - 14/7/11 at 08:39 AM

With this in mind, if anyone would like to have the only Daf 66 Coupe Auto, let me know - my landlord has a remarkably solid one laid-up and there's none left!

britishtrident - 14/7/11 at 11:00 AM

here is a few that must nearly all gone ---- world is probably a better place without them

Chrysler 2 litre aka Chrysler 180 & Simca 160
Matra Simca Rancho
Rlley Pathfinder
Austin Atlantic
Nash Metropolitan
Fiat 850
Vauxhall Viva HA
Vauxhall Wyvern
Reanault 8

MikeRJ - 14/7/11 at 12:22 PM

Only one Citroen Visa GTi left! A friend of mine had one of these, typically French hatchback build quality but went very well. I remember that the track at the front was noticeably wider than the rear - it was only way that Citroen could squeeze the 1.6 engine + 5 speed box in.

David Jenkins - 14/7/11 at 03:06 PM

With any luck all of the Austin Maxi range are extinct - without a doubt the worst car I ever owned...

rusty nuts - 14/7/11 at 03:08 PM

See an MG Metro Turbo and a Triumph Toledo a couple of times a week , same cars but haven't seen any others lately

Dick Axtell - 14/7/11 at 03:57 PM

Saw only one of these - surely they must be with the dodo now?

http://www.kewengineering.co.uk/apache/authi_victoria.htm

Basically, the BMC 1100/1300 central body-shell section, with Triumph Toledo front and rear grafted on.

Even rarer, was the breed example I followed thru Birmingham many years ago - the Bricklin!!

That's worth Googling, just for the history.

morcus - 14/7/11 at 09:58 PM

Wasn't the Bricklin almost extinct from the start?

britishtrident - 15/7/11 at 11:38 AM

quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
With any luck all of the Austin Maxi range are extinct - without a doubt the worst car I ever owned...



Wide front track and narrow rear was a Citreon traddition from way back even on models with north-south fwd, the idea of the narrow trackt was to balance the handling, on some models they even fitted narrower tyres on the the rear.

britishtrident - 15/7/11 at 11:42 AM

quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
With any luck all of the Austin Maxi range are extinct - without a doubt the worst car I ever owned...


One of the Maxi's nastier tricks was to engage two gears at once.


The engine was however OK once they revised and it evolved through 3 generations ino the S series in the early Rover 216

minitici - 15/7/11 at 12:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Dick Axtell
Saw only one of these - surely they must be with the dodo now?

http://www.kewengineering.co.uk/apache/authi_victoria.htm

Basically, the BMC 1100/1300 central body-shell section, with Triumph Toledo front and rear grafted on.

Even rarer, was the breed example I followed thru Birmingham many years ago - the Bricklin!!

That's worth Googling, just for the history.


Think there was an Authi Victoria in the LV Insurance ad (getting sideswiped)!
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