Post British Cars
its like, a toy chevy corvair.
>>28587726It kind of is, but by all acounts, the handling is akin (even superior in some senses) to a 911.
A bit of a self-bump, so excuse me for doing such.
Very pretty cars
>>28588337>sad car>happy car
>>28588346Sent the thumbnail instead... :/
Buick/Rover wagon. Mommy.
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>>28588360Maestro 2.0 Turbo was much more than the talky dash.
Sexo.
>>28588378Australian? Based.
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>>28588379Also sexo.
3rd time lucky
>>28588385Kiwi? Based.
Sovl
>>28588389Jag had some of the best looking cars in the 2010s... Shame about the rebrand.
Muh bri'ish engineerin
>>28588386Still sexo.
I want a Morgan.
>>28588398>Luv me Rover.>Luv me Austin.>Luv me Morris.>Luv me MG.>Luv me Jag.>Luv me Triumph.>Luv me Reliant.>Luv me Aston.>Luv me Bri'ish engineerin'.Simple as.
>>28588400Honda bought them time.
>>28588395Weirdly I'm not 100% sold on the looks, it was the driving experience that sold itThe suspension and steering feel great and I'm a big fan of the supercharged engine, much nicer than the usual turbo sixes in this segment (inb4 B58 circlejerking)
>>28588389Two of those and a wagon between me and the corner store. Nice.
>>28588410The 75 was a great car, my mum had a British racing green saloon for ages. It was a modified BMW rather than a Honda platform though, think it was basically an E39 bodged to fit a FWD drivetrain
>>28588422'75 was the first post Honda one. Lovely to drive.
'47 Fordson 7v. Think the 7v was the first vehicle to bring the Flathead V8 to England, back in '37.
Jaguar Mark X. Can't remember the year.
A couple of very sad looking Rolls Royce Silver Shadows.
'64 Vanden Plas Princess 4 Litre R.
Lloyd 650. Think there's only 4 or 5 left alive, and only 2 are on the road.
'99 TVR Tuscan.
1961 Morris Minor 1000
>>28588560It was and they were in service with various utility firms and as buses for decades after that. Great trucks
I like this trend of threads where people post cars, like /o/ld times.
Standard Vanguard
'49 and '50 Ford V8 Pilots.
>>28588585I like this trend too. Have a Bentley Mk. VI.Unfortunately for me...>Like British cars>Born in America
Austin-Healey 3000 MkIII BJ8 Phase 2>>28588592Majestic. Also same.
'73 MGB GT V8>>28588583>Great trucksAgreed~
'82 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit
'63 Triumph TR3B>>28588611>veeyateIntradasting. Kinda sounds nice, too.https://youtu.be/sdYCIjmo2C0?si=She1Jm5ad5qjbVfn
Jaguar XJR
I posted this in another thread... Bond Minicar.
>>28588637Bond Bug
Reliant Scimitar GTE
>>28588620>Kinda sounds nice, tooIt's incredibly meaty, I physically cannot get enough of it.https://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1756233070826967.webmThe owner's manual also has a "Tuning Modifications" Section, which is really neat, and they shared the same wheels as >>28588653.
The Scammell Scarab, once ubiquitous, but is now a bit of a rarity, it featured a tight turning radius. They also made dually tow truck versions.
I want an Elan
Another car that I posted in a different thread. The Vanden Plas 1500, which is also called the Austin Allegro Vanden Plas. Sure, it is a polished turd, but it is an interesting car, nevertheless.
Had a Jag V12 with Weber carbs.
>>28588689All they had to do was lower the grille slightly, and it'd have a pretty nice face.
No personal pictures left, but here, have a Morris Marina. I have an itch for one of these, but I am absolutely floored by how little of these are actually on the road; of the 807,000 Marinas sold in Britain, only have 410 survived to 2025. Bloody hell. The little stunt the Top Gear lads pulled of killing those Marinas never bothered me too much, but knowing how few are actually left, it makes me quite upset...
>>28588752Don't do it. BL interiors couldn't find a donkey c*ck to suck. There was a period when I fixed a few of those and while the fifties running gear was easy enough to the hated "foreign" cars at least had interiors finished before delivery.
One of these was nearly my first car. £300.
>>28588752They are not as bad as some people say, but the interior sucks, you can find them for under 10k (and sometimes closer to 5k) when they do come up for sale.I, for one, am quite interested in a Reliant Regal, but only about 70 are left across all versions.
>>28588773Meh, having lived with some very unloved commercial vehicles, a poor interior isn't enough to put me off. It's not like I'd keep the thing forever, I just really want to live with one for a few months and see what they're like. Scratch the itch, y'know?
>>28588783Neat, my father spent £150 for his first car in 1963 (an Anglia which barely lasted six months...). Despite their following, they are horrible.
>>28588781>>28588785How many Rialtos are left? I found a partially buried one at work a short while ago, and finished the job for whoever started many moons ago.
>>28588796A little over 350. Production figures are not stated, but the numbers are likely 5000 or more.
>>28588783For the longest time I used to knock these, but having finally driven one thanks to my dad buying >>28588582, I can quite honestly say they're great little cars. Shocked at how nice they drive. Steering isn't heavy and is precise, engine has just enough poke, ride is reasonably comfortable, everything is easy to work on... Just good little cars for what they are. I suppose the only bad thing I can really say is that it could do with either a 5th gear or an overdrive unit, as 50 is about all they're realistically good for day to day, but otherwise I now really like them!
>>28588787I won't hate on someone that goes there. They do look nice.I learned in a Dolly.
>>28588798Oof, that's a bit of a shame, then. A part of me wonders if it was worth digging back up to see if anything was salvageable. Probably not, but I bet spares are few and far between, and anything would have been better than nothing.
>>28588800A series engine so Metro turbo is easy enough an upgrade. Rover V8 is an easy swap if you would like to go a little faster than that. Neat cars from a different time.
>>28588752>No personal pictures leftApparently that was a lie, I forgot I have a couple more recent ones on my phone.
>>28588810Not as bad as a Reliant Fox where only 26 remain.
Also, no more Hillman Avenger Top Hats are on the register. Last evidence of one being registered was in the early 2010s.
>>28588805Funny you mention the Dolly, I kinda want one of those, too... Oh, and a Herald. There's a couple that has a light blue one near me, and I love the look of it.>>28588817Not even sure it needs more power as such, just an extra gear for comfortably cruising at about 65 would be enough, and it would be a near perfect daily driver.>>28588828Duly noted, if I dig up a fox, I'll save what I can.
>>28588833Vitesse, with the six :) An ex had one.A college friend went pic.
>>28588832This is dated 2024, so there's a good chance there's at least one left languishing somewhere.
>>28588842Possibly, but likely not a runner. It would be a great project car, though, as the only things that made a Top Hat special were the paint, interior and roof, they are still, mechanically an Avenger.
>>28588851There will always be parts to get them going.
>>28588841Incredibly based~
Spitfire.Achtung!
>>28589033>>28589433Achtung Checkfire!Also>Achtung Chinkfire >>28589433
>>28590689Truuk.Another Truuk.
>>28590696another truuk 4 u
>>28590703Is that Mr Hewes?
>>28590708I'm not sure, I don't think so. Different from the Scammell I've seen him in.
Rover K series from an Elise, swapped into an MGB
>>28590731Well, this is just awful. Is it flammable?
Its as Landrover as pic is a Metro.
>>28590710I foken luv SD1 m8
>>28588560it's good to see the girls covered up for winter
>>28588681I saw a convoy of three M100 Elans heading towards a riverside pub last year. FWD though, that must be a downer in a roadster (love me RWD 2002 MX-5).
>>28588752>The little stunt the Top Gear lads pulled of killing those Marinas never bothered me too much, but knowing how few are actually left, it makes me quite upset...It's one of those things about Top Gear that they exploited back in the 00s. 70s cars were still seen as unwanted rustbuckets, so they used BBC money to buy them up for mere three figure sums and trashed the shit out of them. You can't really do that now, although I never watched the 2016 version so I've no idea if they did that with 90s/00s cars.It makes Top Gear a hard rewatch because a lot of those cars deserved much better fates.
>>28588796can't park there mate
>>28589033My dad had one, until it was stolen. I think that incident killed his interest in cars because he made a point of going for boring cars nobody would want to steal from then forward (e.g. he opted for the Vectra as a company car in 1998).
>>28590927That sucks. There are vehicles I would not buy because they would promptly be stolen. No so much by a random kid but by professionals that came to get it.Wouldn't it be wierd if we were all nice to each other.
>>28588789I guess that I should post my father's car history all except for the Anglia were bought new.>1960 Ford Anglia>1964 Morris Minor>1967 Rover P5>1973 Mini>1975 Hillman Avenger>1979 Jaguar XJHe left for America in 1982.>>28590731Looks like a reject from Dr. Who.
>>28591036From a Dredd Movie. There were a couple built on Cab Forward Land Rovers.Functionally pic.
>>28591050Well, that makes sense, then. I still prefer your pic, though, but that is some of my old-fashioned sensibilities for you.
>>28590471Erm, actually...>Ford engine from US>QVale chassis from Italy>Tremec tranny (the weak point here) from Beanerstan>MG trim in-houseA mish-mash of global components, but this was the last of the pre-Chink MGs.
Surprised to see so few Jags in this thread. Maybe it's because they're somewhat common, but that doesn't make them any less special. Behold, the ultimate fusion of British and American engineering
>>28591363Because of the heavy Ford (your pic) then BMW then god knows what else influence?
>>28591363It's because that new ad they came with firmly cemented jaguar's reputation as Jag=Gay.
>>28588681I want an Elan, so I can be Steed, and my girlfriend can be Emma Peel.
>>28591363Well, there are three of them, plus an XKR in my neighborhood, so I guess I do see them as everyday. Either way, this is the better Jag in terms of style.
>>28592040>>28591776Cousins, in a sense.
>>28592040Seven seats, front engine rear drive, is this not a people carrier.Where does Renault stand on this?
I"m under impression that British cars were fairly well made until the 70s, can any Brit correct me on that?
>>28592449Rather like the aircraft industry decades before the government decided to combine competing companies into one now internally competing conglomerate. The downward cycle of backstabbing and falling profits did a lot of the work from then on.
>>28592449Sort of BMC was a quality drop and Leyland made nasty cars. Hillman was good until the Americans took over, then sold it to the French. Reliants were always alright, if for the instability of the three wheelers, they had decent engines and transmissions.>>28592459Similar, but the collapse happened thanks to the 1957 Defense White Paper (a.k.a the Death by a Thousand Cuts). Some aircraft survived, but really the industry was as good as dead without other countries by the end of the 1960s. The Jaguar was part French, Gazelle was part French and Yugoslav, Tornado was part German and Italian, the list goes on.
>>28587707https://youtu.be/JP_mnsiOUCU?t=38
I love McLaren. I’ll buy one when I win the lottery
>>28592917Thought that was a catfish 'maro from the thumbnail.
>>28592449In a way. The issues were nearly always with manufacturing, not engineering. There are some exceptions to that (Triumphs attempt at a V8) but for the most part the oily bits of a British car were as well made at the time as anything else around the worldWhat I like about the British car industry was that they made everything. They made full size cars (actual ones), compacts, proper sports cars and utility 4x4s. They made vans that were better than anything on the continent. F1 cars, track weapons, everything. Only the USA did similar. For a small country it has a lot of automotive and motorsport success stories
>>28592917Looks like a restyled Mk2 MX-5 from this angle.
I love Bristol
>>28591300I stand correcked.You stand chected.
>>28588397Kit car
>>28593386I work for one of Ginetta's suppliers and all I can say is their cars are cool but their ordering habits are infuriating and ALWAYS done right before our cut off time, so we have to rush like cunts to get their shit out the door and forsake all other tasks every time they contact us.
>>28593441Grim. I know the feeling, although more so with some other companies I won't name lol.
>>28593564C'mon m8, we won't dob you in.
>>28593567Nothing automotive related. Sorry.
>>28588677>>28588676I had the Scalextric set...
>>28593388Vapourware. They will never surpass the M12 bloodline.
>>28593642I did understand they did commence limited production of the M500?Although... speaking of vapourware... (pic, sadly)
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>>28593638sniff>>28594048SNIFF>>28594060SNOFFFFFFFFFFF
Choo Choo.
>>28588752>The little stunt the Top Gear lads pulled of killing those Marinas never bothered me too muchYou were wrong. Always hated this faggot show. Essentially a celebrity reality TV with a side of gratuitous destruction of cars to entertain the scum watching it.
>>28594795underage edgelord detected
>>28594812>underage edgelord detectedWhat the fuck are you spouting? I don't even see how that relates to this shitty show.
edgy mcedgelord popping off with another hot take over here
>the fatherless scum are ready to die to defend a shitty show that glibly destroyed cars because the three faggots are the closest thing they had to a father figure
>>28594795>>28594812>>28594816>>28594819>>28594824And there we have it. One of the few decent /o/ threads ruined by retards, all over a defunct TV programI hope you're proud of yourselves
Fits my budget but not my locale.
>>28587707Its the Rozzers.
>>28594875Rozzers, you say?
>>28594941Indeed.
Vroom Vroom.
>>28594862OP here, don't feed the trolls. Glad to see that people like the thread, though. Cheers.
Peak Rootes Group.
>tasteless emo edgelord copes about tv program thats been cancelled for over a decade and seethes about how much it hurt his delicate woman feefees at literally anyone regardless if they mentioned it or notlollmao
>>28588395>>28588389Owned by Tata Motors btw (India)
>>28594945Oh, right
>>28595236You can't park that there mate.They really can't.
Will be watching this tomorrow. I'd be impressed if it makes anywhere near it's estimate, but it's damn pretty.https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/auctions/2718-30-Aug-2025/11220~2-1974-vanden-plas-1300-princess-5,809-miles-from-new
>>28594868KAR 120C
>>28595142>Owned by Tata Motors Your point?
>>28595304Max image limit.Austin 1300 in a party frock?
>>28595322Such a thing existed.
>>28595329Essentially. The interiors are the main draw, as they're like a mini Rolls Royce. Picnic tables, walnut dash and cappings, leather clad seats with arm rests, plush carpets, just all around comfy to be in. We've had 4 or 5 over the past 10 years, I quite like 'em. Really want another one.
>>28595339I remember a Wolesly Six. Amazing to be in as a child.Someone ought to bake.
>>28595304Based post for the image limit.>>28595329By the look of it, yes.
New thread incoming? I've got MANY more cars to post, personally speaking...
>>28595366I'd like one too.
>>28595366>>28595360
>>28595366new >>28595360
>>28595327Tata owned Jag and Land Rover since 2008, they have been responsible for revitalization of the Land Rover. Jag sucks though
>>28595331>Such a thing existed.And still does. It is on a 2001 Green Caterham Super 7 1800, I think owned by Caterham Cars(can post image as limit reached)
>>28595761>they have been responsible for revitalization of the Land Rover.That wasn't the point of the original post. This is, after all, 4Chan
