:sandrine
2 types of cars here.
VW's & Mazdas
Son's into Mazda...got 2 stb's (sedan & a wagon).
he's always getting notes left on his cars wanting to know if he will sell them...
just a pity parts are so expensive & rare for him to buy
Judy
59 Microbus Kombi (MERCY)
64 Microbus Kombi (CHANNON)
I just stick with VWs. Had minis, great to drive but bast#rds to work on IMO. Had Range Rovers, brilliant mechanically-nightmare electrics(Lucas ,Prince of darkness!). My sons Honda,you've practically got to dismantle the car just to find the water pump! Wish I could afford to get into classic British sports cars like TRs but as I said I'll stick with the VWs
jo_tas wrote:Valiants!
I have no idea why, i fell in love with a '66 VC Valiant once.. but it got sold 10 mins before i turned up with the cash! :cry
One day i'll get one though! Any model!
these were my other favourite cars as well,the last one i had and built back up was a 1963 AP5 regal 225 slant six with pushbutton auto, loved driving it around:thumb
meetings 1st sunday of the month
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All Welcome
http://www.flatfour.org/
and on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/FlatFourGood to see some varied tastes amongst the "Dubbers" here.
My loves?
- VWs. All beach buggies, early Notchs/Squarebacks, KGs, early Busses/Kombis, Country Buggies, Schwimmwagens, and all the oddball prototypes. Recently scored a '62 Notch in great structural condition and am restoring it in vintage road racer style.
- Peugeot 504 wagons, because the one I have has earnt more respect than any other car I've been involved with (with regards to durability, versatility and indestructability).
- Volvo 244 sedans especially 242 Bertone choptop, P44, P1800 and Amazon. I had a 244DL (injected) that was a special order by a local doctor with all red interior, lower sports suspension, driving lights and internal rear louver, and the Bertone sports instrumentation. All I did was rework the exhaust and man that thing could go, and handle too.
- Chopper trikes and bikes. They make me weak at the knees. I especially love vintage style retro bikes. I'm currently building a chopper trike with a front mounted 1200 VW motor coupled to a BW35 auto driving through a Subaru diff (with unis, not CVs).
- 70s Muscle cars. The real ones. I'm building a custom HQ Monaro coupe utility, using an original HQ ute with HQ Statesman nose and GTS guards. I'm shifting the rear of the cab back into the tray/tub and bridging it in with coupe windows and a few other mods. It's going metallic "Lettuce Alone" green with midnight blue GTS stripes up it, full Ocelot (cat) fur interior with shag carpet and dropped nose holding a large V8.
- Ferrari P3/P4s, Bugatti Type 35B/37, Citroen D Rallie, Porsche 550A, early Landrover, Jensen FF Interceptor. There are more that I'll drool over if I see them, but can't think of them right now.
I hope thats imitation ocelot fur! :o :puke 😉
I am amazed at how many others are man enuff to admit to liking Volvo's heheheh... really quite extrodinary. I feel like much less of an alien now heheheheh 😂
I can't agree more on the Pug 504... they are such a sweet vehicle and I aspire to owning one one day! 😎
one I also neglected to mention, but absolutely adore and would also love to own, is an early Alfasud. 🙂 I know thy rust like hell... but they are a seriously cool car!... and the 1.3L boxer in the 'Sud delivers the same horsepower as a 2L type 4 engine in a Bay kombi. Dad used to own one... well 3 actually at one stage... I am wishing he hadnt sold it... and i think he is too! 🤪 The Alfetta is awsome too.
One other I also neglected to mention... the Renault 8 and Renault 12 Gordini sedans... tres cool.. although the shape of the 12 seems to be an aquired taste. My grandparents owned a standard Renault 12 (not a Gordini 🙁) which they bought new in 1974, and they owned it until 1994, the only reason for selling it being that a manual was becoming laborious... it still ran like a train right till the day it was sold. 😎
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
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2 types of cars here.
VW's & Mazdas
Son's into Mazda...got 2 stb's (sedan & a wagon).
he's always getting notes left on his cars wanting to know if he will sell them...
just a pity parts are so expensive & rare for him to buy
Judy
If your son isnt on there already, get him onto:
http://ausrotary.dntinternet.com/forums/index.php
best Mazda/rotary forum in the world. :thumb
I'm in love with dads XR7:
And the rest of his beautiful collection (Jag, Buicks, Pontiacs etc etc), Unfortunately it's either my Land Rover or Charade Cabrio when my dub is out of service.
I love my Yamaha YT 250 too.
-Staggers.
STAGGERS AUTOMOTIVE - Heavy Vehicle Diesel Specialist
JB CUSTOMS & CLASSICS - Car Builders
2/53 Tradelink Drive, Browns Plains
Apart from air cooled dubs, I like anything that is a classic, ranging from an 1930s Vauxhall Prince Henry, to a Ford Model T, to a deuce coupe hot rod, to a 3 wheeler Morgan, to a Jaguar D Type or a Lamborghini Miura. The only car magazine that I buy regularly is Classic and Sports Car from England. If its well done or even a bit weird I will like it and maybe want one.
:sandrine
Know that site well Nivana..son lives on it...lol
& he belongs to the 7 of clubs (mazda car club)
Judy
59 Microbus Kombi (MERCY)
64 Microbus Kombi (CHANNON)
anything old, slammed, and on whitewalls is good:thumb
1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout
Get down low and go,go,go
I would love another 63 Ford Anglia 105E but this time with a BDA Lotus Twin Cam some serious suspension and brakes and Entry to Targa Tasmania.
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
Whatever goes hard and fast amd makes alot of noise. Ricers aren't included.
Olds School rocks
356A Porsches....drool
Old and low is the go :thumb
I do like some of the modern day classics as well. Exotics sometimes get me going, but will be always out of reach. Rod and customs too....guess I'm into cars in general....
Reub
jensen interceptor, dont own one yet will save that for my midlife crisis. italian styling and 7litres of chrysler grunt(sexy and quick). rob.
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I really miss my BMW K100 Motorbike. The best other vehicle I have ever had.
I'm into Subarus at the moment. Tried the Kia Carnival recently but sold it within 3 months. The buzzer was too annoying and the build quality is fairly ordinary. Kept the Forester instead.
If I had the money I'd like to try the BMW A6. Saw one yesterday - Very nice.
Bronze.
Bronze.
Rathmines, Lake Macquarie, NSW.
I think I'd probably be into Minis or Alfas if I wasn't into VWs. That said, they are not nearly as interesting or clever as VWs. And that's the thing. I'm more into clever engineering than specific brands. So I love rotaries, but i'm not in love with 70s mazda styling and handling. Maybe a series 1 RX7. I like VL turbo commodores too but I'm a bit over Gtr Skylines. I also have a soft spot for dattos and escorts (especially Mk1 RS1600s), which is probably to do with my interest in rallying. WRXs are pretty awesome in Sti spec but I don't think I want to own one. I often think V8s are totally overated but then I totally fell in love with an LH torana I saw at the drags the other night. I really like the idea of hotrods, but I don't love them. I dunno, I just love clever mechanical things.
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I love mine and my fathers Mk 1 Escort, powered by a 351 Clevo.
-Staggers.
STAGGERS AUTOMOTIVE - Heavy Vehicle Diesel Specialist
JB CUSTOMS & CLASSICS - Car Builders
2/53 Tradelink Drive, Browns Plains
Love utes. Holden and ford it doesn't matter.
tossing between another dub as a project or a HQ up ute.
Jasmine the 75 L Bug
56 oval, 2000 New Beetle
I forgot one. I think I could get into Corvairs. Were any sold out here?
i'm glad i'm not the only volvo lover here.
currently in need of some rust work and a respray (+ engine and g.box rebuilds soon... time to add an overdrive and a B20E head?)
BTW it's a '64 Volvo 122S. (it was fitted with later bits before i got it so it doesn't really look like a '64)
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ruckus wrote:205 Gti
you wouldn't understand unless you've driven it...
I understand, and I agree. Nothing quite like it, and I wish I still had it.
"Tell him 'We've already got one'"
Err...just want to make a correction from another poster.
Land Rover is def not German Owned...
It was for a year or so (BMW) then sold on to Ford ,the factory is still in the UK and some lumps are assembled in South Africa.
You can still trace the engine number back to the builder in the UK...
I do miss me 90....but gotta move on all the same.
to the other dudes that have landy lumps..you cant go far wrong than registering yourselves with this site
www.aulro.com heaps of info and top lads and lasses posting......or if you want to invite me over to drool over the thing then be my guest :thumb
just dont get angry if I head for the nearest mudpile with the thing
😂
sigh.................
Love anything small, old and silly looking! (Especially if it starts with a 'V')
Teenage youth culture affiliations are a plus.
First 'own' car was a Volvo 244 with original blue candy-striped seats, '65 Vespa 125 Super, Late '50s SEARS All-States (Piaggio) - the Vespa sold by a department store! ...
Currently have '73 L, '65 Mini, '64 Valiant Regal Safari AP-5.
Would also like '60s bug, Ghia, Type 3 square.
hmmm got a soft spot for the 122, an ex a long time ago had the volvo n i drove the 122 heaps.. n loved it..
wouldnt mind drivin one again some day..
fractal geometry; the inner most limits of mind altering abuse
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Oasis wrote:ruckus wrote:205 Gti
you wouldn't understand unless you've driven it...
I understand, and I agree. Nothing quite like it, and I wish I still had it.
Love these things too, a friend had one on these a couple years back, awesome little car!
Volkswagen ist der strassekoning - Vergnügen fahren finden!
Volkswagenboy wrote:I love mine and my fathers Mk 1 Escort, powered by a 351 Clevo.
-Staggers.
yuck....weight distribution has gone out the window..
definately not a good conversion in my eyes. way too heavy
but escorts are awseome.
"what kinda creator would make a race of people
and make em act a certain way or else He deems 'em evil?
HOW can You give a living being the freedom to breathe
and then lead em into a sea of decievers who greet em, see!"
