Rarities On The Road

[Bush Tucker Man]

I bought the new issue (April) of 'Practical Classics' today on a whim, as it had a ncie Rover SD1 on the cover

http://www.practicalclassics.co.uk/index.php

In it, it runs down the rarest cars on Britains roads.
Some of them make for alarming reading, especially when you think;
You used to have one
A neighbour had one
I only saw one last month, etc.............


In Reverse Order;
Fiat Strada (78 - 88);  78 left
Renault 16 (65 - 80);  63 left
Vauxhall Viscount (65 - 72);  46 left

Matra-Simca Rancho (77 - 85);  10 left

Alfa-Romeo Alfa 6 (79 - 86);  6 left
Chrysler 2-Litre (70 - 82);  5 left
Lancia Trevi (80 - 84);  5 left
Chrysler Horizon (77 - 79);  4 left
Fiat 133 (74 - 82);  4 left
Mitsubishi Tredia (82 - 90);  4 left
FSO 125P (67 - 91);  3 left
Lada 1300 (74 - 81);  3 left

Datsun 1300 (68 - 73);  1 left
Audi 80S (72 - 78);  1 left
Mazda R100 (68 - 73);  1 left (what??)
Dacia Denem(69 - 83);   1 left! (thankfully - was this the Renault 12 copy??)


NB; Presumably this is examples still registered & on the DVLA data-base, not incomplete vehicles/donors/scrap-yard rescues, etc.................

[Tommo]

if its 'on the road' then i should imagine its taxed and insured and the lot, probs double that figure left, who taxes their classic in the winter if its not free???

[TDi90]

I bought the new issue (April) of 'Practical Classics' today on a whim, as it had a ncie Rover SD1 on the cover





Audi 80S (72 - 78);  1 left

ARE YOU SURE?!

[Bush Tucker Man]

I bought the new issue (April) of 'Practical Classics' today on a whim, as it had a ncie Rover SD1 on the cover


Audi 80S (72 - 78);  1 left

ARE YOU SURE?!

I'm only going on what is written, & they state the figures came from the DVLA

[dreadnought110]

Talking about rarities drove one of these a couple of years ago.. drove lovely for an old gal.. :D

[Disco Matt]

Is that a Bedford VAL or am I confused? Would love one of those, then again I did spend rather too long watching The Italian Job as a kid!  :lol:

[Bush Tucker Man]

Is that a Bedford VAL or am I confused? Would love one of those, then again I did spend rather too long watching The Italian Job as a kid!  :lol:

That's also what they chopped down to build the promotional 'FAB1' for the Thunderbirds films of the 1960s.
It's in the Cars Of The Stars museum up in Keswick.
FAB 1

[Mutz]

wish id kept my Fiat 850 sports coupe ;)

But it fell to pieces!!!!!!

[Bishops Finger]

Went through a phase of seeing Marinas a few months back....

Now know of 2 Moggie 1000's seen regularly...

[suzota]

Matra-Simca Rancho (77 - 85);  10 left

there is one of these sitting in an old shed on the farm where my unit is.

[Disco Matt]

I remember Matchbox? Matra Ranchos from my childhood - always rather liked the look of them, and at that age the lack of 4wd didn't really sink in!

[DEANO3528]

Well thanks BTM, I am now off for some trauma counselling.
There I was thinking by following your link to a SD1 and what am I presented with?

A poxy beetle, that's what!
God I hate those things!!

[strapping young lad]

rarity on the road these days

courteous drivers!

i am one but never get the return gesture (the nice ones!)

dont know why i bother

[Bishops Finger]

Got me thinking....

How many Ford Sierra XR 4x4's and MK 3 Granadas are left on the roads.......

[Yoshi]

Blimey my older brother had both an FSO 125P and an audi 80 s from the list :-o

There is a fella round here who has 2 1970's cortina's in immaculate condition.  He uses one of them as his day to day transport!

[stuvy]

Is that a Bedford VAL or am I confused? Would love one of those, then again I did spend rather too long watching The Italian Job as a kid!  :lol:

That's also what they chopped down to build the promotional 'FAB1' for the Thunderbirds films of the 1960s.
It's in the Cars Of The Stars museum up in Keswick.
FAB 1

Thatl be a chinese six axle set up on that then ;)

In rushden there is 40-50 Mk3 Granada's, If you saw what he does to them you wouldnt be happy, super stock cars!!

[V8MoneyPit]

Remember the Granada Coupe? That was actually quite a nice looking car..... and the Sunbeam Rapier H120 Coupe.... an even better looking car!

Ahhhh....... memories! 

[Bush Tucker Man]

Well thanks BTM, I am now off for some trauma counselling.
There I was thinking by following your link to a SD1 and what am I presented with?

A poxy beetle, that's what!
God I hate those things!!

Sorry Deano, but I have no control over what 'PC' has on its home-page


On a similar vein, there's an un-molested Sierra XR4i (the 3-door body, with the bi-plane wing) less than 300yards away, as 'the crow flies'

I tend to see these cars on a semi-regular basis;

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Austin Maxi (lives somewhere local)



'Crayford' Cortina (just up the main road)



Dolomite Sprint (seen about 4 times in the 'town' centre)



Capri 280 (only if in that particular area)



Cortina mark 5 (very local)



Citroen GS (hasn't moved for ages by the look of it)



Citroen XM (local GP, I think??)

[Bishops Finger]

Nearly bought an XR4i...

[strapping young lad]

me mate has an opel manta

[V8MoneyPit]

me mate has an opel manta

I had a rear wheel drive Manta many years ago. Great handling car. The front wheel drive ones never quite made the grade in my books. Still didn't stop me having a front drive SRi 130 Cavalier (old shape) though! Must have got through 3 sets of front tyres for every set of rears on that  :twisted: :lol:

[Disco Matt]

I didn't realise XMs were getting rare - we had one years ago (sold it to buy the Disco which is now mine), would have been a great car if Citroen had junked the auto gearbox and put a 2.5 TDI instead of the 2.1. Yes it was complex but apart from first class muppetry on the part of the dealer  it never gave us any hassle.

Citroen eventually saw sense and offered a bigger engine with a manual box. Only snag was they gave it a facelift at the same time which didn't do it any favours. The wonderful ironing board-like spoiler was replaced with what appeared to be a strip of MDF nailed to the trailing edge of the boot lid and the grille was messed about with too. Poor things always looked a bit unbalanced after that. If you're going for oddball styling then you really have to go for it - no toning bits down later on, it just won't work.

[muddyjames]

What about a Triumph Vittesse. Not the bike sort!!

Most on ebay are the soft top ones. the hard top ones are like rocking horse poop. I would love one of the hard top ones one day. Best thing about these cars is that you can sit on the wheel whilst you work on the engine!!! :lol:

Isn't it gorgeous!

[Bush Tucker Man]

What about a Triumph Vittesse. Not the bike sort!!
Isn't it gorgeous!

How about a Rover SD1 Vitesse??? (especially the twin-Pleunum type?), but I quite liked the metallic green V8S, with gold wheels - now that makes me wonder where Subaru got the gold alloy idea from :-k :-k :-k


There's a Herald knocking about Wakefield

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[muddyjames]

What about a Triumph Vittesse. Not the bike sort!!
Isn't it gorgeous!

How about a Rover SD1 Vitesse??? (especially the twin-Pleunum type?), but I quite liked the metallic green V8S, with gold wheels - now that makes me wonder where Subaru got the gold alloy idea from :-k :-k :-k


There's a Herald knocking about Wakefield

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Not a fan of the SD1 if it is what I remember it to be. didnt Jeremy Clarkson drive one in the british car challenge?

Heralds arent the same either. I like the 4 headlight look.

Oh the thought of a tax exempt car :lol:

[V8MoneyPit]

I've had 2 SD1's. A scabby Mexico Brown V8.... lovely colour  :->  :lol: And a metallic red 2.6 manual with gold alloys. The latter was in amazing condition, but it drunk the juice like it was going out of fashion. Far worse than the V8. Replaced it with a 4.2 Daimler Sovereign  :lol: Well, if you are only doing 8-10mpg, it might as well be in style!

[Tommo]

Remember the Granada Coupe? That was actually quite a nice looking car..... and the Sunbeam Rapier H120 Coupe.... an even better looking car!

Ahhhh....... memories! 

my dad had 3 mk 1 3.0 granada coupe ghias. nice cars, like a capri but with the performance to match the looks, IRS the lot. remember me dad doing a burnout outside school after he had dropped me off, jeasus it was the embarassment of a lifetime, worse than when he picked me up in a VW caddy pickup that would have won 'best rat rod' at bug jam im sure, it was absolutely crem crackered.

[MudRat]

Talking about rarities drove one of these a couple of years ago.. drove lovely for an old gal.. :D

Self Preservation society.........were ther minis in the back?

[strapping young lad]

you might like this

someone i speak to on another forum is selling this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280201702903

[Disco-Ron]

Would you call this rare then... don;t use it much, but it's taxed andmot'd all the time.... 1929, the ORIGINAL Morris Minor...... not on of those modern moggy things..... [-X