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Post by stevegbr on Oct 10, 2014 11:30:42 GMT
nice, and look at the mileage at only 39.700.
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Post by ian on Oct 10, 2014 18:42:16 GMT
Sorry - wrong pic.....I meant these:  It's a Sunbeam Rapier isn't it? Never had this model, but I did once have an earlier version:-  Had a gold Manta once too - wasn't my first choice, I wanted another Capri, but they stopped making them, so the Manta was the only rear wheel drive coupe left on the company car list.... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2014 18:54:25 GMT
Yes Ian - Sunbeam Rapier.....
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Post by ian on Oct 10, 2014 19:15:34 GMT
A mate of mine had one in the seventies, the sporty H120 version. Can't remember if that was the bhp or the top speed!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2014 19:24:08 GMT
My uncle Stuart had one......metallic purple. This would have been around 1980 so it was maybe ten years old at the time and a bit beaten up.
For some reason the cracked wing mirrors stick in my mind.
The reg number has long escaped me although it was a Berkshire plate (RD). |
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Post by ian on Oct 10, 2014 19:41:59 GMT
Metallic purple? Definitely a 70's colour! I had a TR6 which had been resprayed metallic purple. I took it to the local paint suppliers to get some paint to respray it. Plastic swatches held against the paintwork to get a match in those days. He came up with Rootes Purple Metallic - could be the same colour as your uncles!  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2014 19:55:56 GMT
Possibly Ian....yes.
Although I do remember it lighter than that......maybe the paint had faded. I know it was a shabby example at best.
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Post by ian on Oct 10, 2014 19:58:24 GMT
Picture was taken in 1978 with a Kodak Brownie so colour reproduction not the best!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2014 19:54:21 GMT
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Post by listey on Oct 16, 2014 20:03:37 GMT
VW Karmann Ghia
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2014 20:06:26 GMT
Yes. Well done.
For a bonus point please look at the number plate. I would like the year and county of registration now, please.
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Post by greybeard on Oct 16, 2014 22:47:39 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.  My brother had one of these in red................true to form he totalled it....He was 19 a the time. |
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Post by greybeard on Oct 16, 2014 22:52:43 GMT
If I was interested in this, I would seriously want to see under the carpets and the carpet in the boot. That one is borderline being held together by the paint. Nearly bought a blue one in 84, but they were rotting badly even then. Looking at those photos, I can smell the musty vinyl from here...... |
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Post by greybeard on Oct 16, 2014 22:53:47 GMT
Yes. Well done. For a bonus point please look at the number plate. I would like the year and county of registration now, please. County -South west London Year 1970 / 71 |
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