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martinf Member Since: 30 Nov 2020 Location: Sussex Posts: 99 |
There was a 1969 Marcos in the tennis club carpark yesterday. You don't see many of those about now.
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5th Sep 2023 11:53am |
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L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10742 |
Yes i see a few down here in Devon, as said above, we get some at shows and events and i see a blue one regularly, not in perfect condition but it is used 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper. Clayton. |
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7th Sep 2023 8:06pm |
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Ianh Member Since: 17 Sep 2018 Location: Essex Posts: 1997 |
Good to know there are still a few stags about and being driven.
in the 80’s they were labelled “hairdressers cars” , meant as a slur in those days, but I really liked them. Another friend had a Costello V8 3.5 MGB GT but at the time I preferred the stag. My friends Stag was blue as well, a dark blue , I believe it was called sapphire blue. IIRC the engine overheating was caused by narrow waterways that furred up, but if you went 50/50 with the correct antifreeze / distilled water mix you avoided the issue. PS. No I’m not a cave dweller but live in a nice rural area and don’t spend much time on major roads these days, but a few years ago I was doing 30k miles a year on a regular basis and still not seeing any stags |
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8th Sep 2023 12:30am |
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piechipsandpeas Member Since: 12 May 2021 Location: Albany, Western Australia Posts: 208 |
A good YouTube video on the Stags (TriumphV8) engine and the problems it suffered. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q_dqk6CA4Y . |
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8th Sep 2023 12:29pm |
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Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5162 |
We had a conversation years ago, on 306.net when that forum was online. I pointed out a Rover SD1 and i said, lads when was the last time you saw one of these? a couple of lads replied quite often. it then went into what was common car in the area. For me Nissan crap is very common, compared to other car manufactures. Down south they maybe something else that is more common, So it all boils down to the area you are in, as you say. North east sector has its rural areas after ashington. I would have to agree, that its been a while since i saw a Stag, Even though there were a couple of people who owned a few of them. One house actually had a number of MGBs. But i think they may have moved etc. The SD1 i mentioned, the fella used to have a rovers in the past, i remember him having a Green SD1 and a rover 800 fast back, then he moved to Jags. He must have retired because, he had revered back to the SD1 and the Jag i think was replaced with something very small, and The SD1 was moved on for the MGB roadster, with wire wheels and chrome bumpers. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
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8th Sep 2023 3:22pm |
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Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5162 |
CD, another popular classic car is the MGB a bloke up the road from me, has a Red one with wire wheels and chrome bumpers. Bloke always had rovers, he had Rover SD1s rover 800s rover metro. He kept the Rover 800 for a while but had a jag. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
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8th Sep 2023 3:25pm |
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L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10742 |
On the way back from Wales on Saturday we had a 70's TVR Tuscun on a P plate pass us and then on Sunday while visiting my eldest daughter i saw a Ford Corsair estate D plate in white with a tow hitch fitted 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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11th Sep 2023 9:04pm |
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landy andy Member Since: 15 Feb 2009 Location: Ware, Herts Posts: 5690 |
Saw a Talbot Rancho today. Remember having a toy one as a kid, and them being on the road. Loved the look then, and still do.
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13th Sep 2023 8:05pm |
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Ianh Member Since: 17 Sep 2018 Location: Essex Posts: 1997 |
I just about remember the Talbot Rancho, but only ever remember seeing one on the road over 40 years ago. So impressed one is still being driven.
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13th Sep 2023 11:39pm |
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diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6092 |
My mum used to have a Rancho, in that horrid browny colour.
I think a lot of it was fiberglass, and even that rusted! only front wheel drive; looked the biz but was useless on anything other than tarmac. |
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14th Sep 2023 5:51am |
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300TDi CSW Phil Member Since: 03 Apr 2016 Location: Bracknell Posts: 750 |
Having googled the Rancho to remind myself what it looks like, it turns out that there is only 1 in the uk with an MOT. 1995 300 Tdi Epsom Green - It's a keeper.
Wide Track Sankey- In bits- Gone to a new home M0XQS |
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14th Sep 2023 8:23am |
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LR Nuts Member Since: 10 Aug 2022 Location: UK Posts: 1105 |
In the mid 70's I built Custom Cars for fun. I would take cars & bits from a breakers and weld them up in my workshop.
So I took an HB Viva ......cut the back end off ...... Click image to enlarge added TWO back to back roofs of the Hillman Husky ... Click image to enlarge the end result was an all metal ....... Click image to enlarge Then Talbot Matra released this ..... Click image to enlarge ... I loved the 70's |
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14th Sep 2023 8:47am |
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Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5162 |
I have never saw a Talbot Rancho at all in person, i had to google what one was! Only thing i have seen in racing is the Talbot sunbeam, That's about as far as i have seen from anything of Talbot. I am sure the 309 was a successor to a Talbot if i remember. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back
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14th Sep 2023 12:51pm |
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spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4646 |
I remember the Matra Rancho. I think it did influenced the Discovery design. A neighbour had a Triumph Standard many years ago in two tone green. Always liked it.
I think cars were distinctive then and had character, like the series Land Rover, 90/110 and the defender. Everything today is homoginised but I suppose a lot of it is to do with safety and economy. Click image to enlarge 1982 88" 2.25 diesel 1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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14th Sep 2023 1:18pm |
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