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Post by bendys on Sept 28, 2014 13:27:58 GMT
If I remember rightly, the Royale was an 'upmarket' Carlton, with a bit of extra chrome trim and velour seat coverings. Will see if I cant fins a picture of it - it WAS a bloody long time ago.......... This is similar - except mine was blue: c1.staticflickr.com/5/4018/4663474092_8fc33d16c5_z.jpgAnd I was mistaken......it wasnt an estate car, it was a 'fastback'....and it had plenty of fake wood on the dash too... Holy shit! It they sold then here, the fast backs would have gone like hot cakes! Just drop a 202 (3.3L 6) or a 308 in it! |
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Post by stevegbr on Oct 5, 2014 12:57:38 GMT
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Post by kickstart on Oct 5, 2014 18:24:20 GMT
One of my friends as just bought a imp as a project for his son , he restores old cars , trucks etc
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Post by stevegbr on Oct 5, 2014 19:02:38 GMT
it is much better, £10,000 more though. phew |
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Post by listey on Oct 5, 2014 21:49:44 GMT
Was there not a V8 cortina produced for the aussie market called an XR8 with a a 302 (5Litre) lump in it? Seem to remember it was either australia or south africa. Some crazy kids in Canberra were dropping v8's into the cortinas for the summer nat drags / burn out comps. The XR8 / XR6 is a full size car, 20 years later called Ford falcons. Just had a google, the XR8 I was thinking about was the Sierra. It was a 302 V8 and South African. The Falcon certainly is a "full size" car. A friend has a 70's XB coupe with a 351, it's huge. |
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Post by stevegbr on Oct 10, 2014 10:49:48 GMT
here is a car i have not seen in a long time.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2014 10:55:25 GMT
I don't think anyone did....
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Post by stevegbr on Oct 10, 2014 10:57:51 GMT
a neighbour used to have one in the early seventies, every sunday he spent a couple of hours on it, washing and vac.
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Post by stevegbr on Oct 10, 2014 11:05:19 GMT
here is a car i used to drool after in the early eighties. i had the mk1 cavalier instead, insurance was too high, sounds familiar.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2014 11:07:29 GMT
Do you recall these?  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2014 11:07:55 GMT
Sorry - wrong pic.....I meant these:  |
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Post by stevegbr on Oct 10, 2014 11:10:03 GMT
not sure what it is, thought it looked like a jensen at first?
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Post by stevegbr on Oct 10, 2014 11:12:41 GMT
Do you recall these? like the boots.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2014 11:14:16 GMT
Nice Manta.....
I remember a neighbour had a Viva from around 1977 - so maybe it was classed as a mark 2 or something. It was not the earlier squarer looking one but more rounded. It was green and was a two door model.
The speedo in it was a kind of rectangle affair - the needle seemed to start off on the passenger side, then reached the drivers side as speed increased.
I'm exaggerating of course but you get the picture.
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