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Cars you yearned after as a kid
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:48 pm
by Kwackerz
No doubt there'll be a few, but perusing autotrader today I found this little beauty
TALBOT SUNBEAM (LOTUS)
204bhp..
Sadly it's the wrong colour to flick my switch, overpriced and most definately not concours, but I used to love the Sunbeam. Even the 1300cc I learnt to drive in was a blast, Missed a trick when Sam sold that one on
So, my choice, the Lotus Sunbeam, the original hot hatch.
So what tickled your teenage fancy in the Automobile world?
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:47 pm
by Gio
Lotus Elan
Bentley Azure convertible
Morgan +8
Jaguar XK120
Original Mini Cooper
Hillman Imp rally car (Rover 3.5 litre engine 3 speed Borg and Beck gearbox) Top speed was only about 80 but it'd get there in about 4 seconds. (My godfather actually had one)
There's loads more, but I'm off out for dinner now so you'll have to wait
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:00 pm
by Firestarter
Dodge Viper
Never mind as a kid, I still yearn after one now. Alright, they won't go round corners, but they look a whole lot of fun in a straight line
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:06 pm
by Fausto
Ermm....... cough.......
Lotus Esprit Turbo - the horrid angular one that turned into an underwater thing in James Bond movie.
I have moved on.......... a lot !!
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:54 pm
by Samray
With Gio on the XK120 but I also fell in love with one of these.
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:58 pm
by back_marker
All a bit before my time I'm afraid (apart from the Viper), the Lamborgini Countach was adorning evry red-blooded boy's bedroom wall when I was growing up
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:09 pm
by Kwackerz
Monteverdi Highspeed, Sam?
I used to have one of those on a pack of top trumps
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:25 pm
by Samray
Only ever seen one in the flesh.
On a car park beside the river at Elm Hill.
Love at first sight. 40+ years ago
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:15 pm
by BikerGran
Can't say I evber hankered after a particular car as a kid, prolly cos my Dad had a succession of gorgeous cars including various Jags and an Allard, but of all his cars my favourite was the Healey Tickford. His had warm beige body and dark cherry red wings, it was soooo gorgeous!
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:15 pm
by Gio
Part 2.
Jaguar D-Type
Jag XJS (original)
AC Cobra ( here's one at Shelsey Walsh)
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:23 pm
by Fausto
BikerGran wrote: His had warm beige body and dark cherry red wings, it was soooo gorgeous!
OOH Errr...
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:28 pm
by Kwackerz
104bhp.. Old world brakes, suspension and handling...
I'd say it's more OOH AAAAAAAAAAAARRRGH!!
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:22 pm
by BikerGran
Yes but this was IN the old world Kwackerz!
Think I was about 15 when he had that car - a year or two ago!
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:22 pm
by Gio
I can remeber sitting in the dicky seat of my Grandfathers Bullnose Morris.
It was great during the summer, forget the winter.
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:13 am
by Nooj
I can remeber sitting in the dicky seat of my Grandfathers Bullnose Morris
That sounds positively obscene!
Sexy cars as a kid? General Lee (Dodge Charger), Porsches 911 & 928, Aston Martin Lagonda (Did actually see one in real life!), Knight Rider (80's Trans Am??), Pontiac Firebird (Smokey and the Bandit was it?), AC/Shelby Cobra, Reliant Scimitar, Jenson Intercepter. Jag E-type & XJS.