Once common cars that you don't see anymore

vtec1

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Boydie

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There is a guy off the Newtownards Road up the street opposite Olivers restaurant that has 5/6 or more sciroccos and mk3 golfs parked up - always drive by slowly to see whats going on with them lol
 

southsky sunrise

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There is a guy off the Newtownards Road up the street opposite Olivers restaurant that has 5/6 or more sciroccos and mk3 golfs parked up - always drive by slowly to see whats going on with them lol
I know the house your talking about, I’m the same lol
 

Gambit

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There is a guy off the Newtownards Road up the street opposite Olivers restaurant that has 5/6 or more sciroccos and mk3 golfs parked up - always drive by slowly to see whats going on with them lol

16v sciroccos at that! Very rarely see local 16v conversions

I often dander past with the dog for a nosey also 🤣
 

stuartyvilla

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Yip..see him parked up at the Leisure Centre.

Seen this little Fiesta in Comber, never seems to leave the driveway.

Think the auld biy with the corrado has a mk4 golf cabrio in green as well. A mates patents used to have a fiesta like that in maroon 👍
 

eamon343

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There is a guy off the Newtownards Road up the street opposite Olivers restaurant that has 5/6 or more sciroccos and mk3 golfs parked up - always drive by slowly to see whats going on with them lol

Hes had the blue 16v for a long time, daily drives it i believe. Met him a few times back in the day, nice guy
 

vw1500

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Is that a Citroen SM? Very desirable car.
Maeseratti engined weren't they, rare beast and worth a clean fortune! Wouldn't like to be driving one in rain in that traffic.
Think the auld biy with the corrado has a mk4 golf cabrio in green as well. A mates patents used to have a fiesta like that in maroon 👍
Yep that's him, really nice chap, would know him from shows etc.
 

BLS

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Seen a wee reliant 4wheel van Coleraine anyone know it?
 

fj1200aa

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That SM is doing the rounds of East Antrim over the last few months, would have been ultra rare and exotic back in the day ( early 70's)
To see it now is like a Spaceship from the 60's has landed. Amazing!!!
 

svensktoppen

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Had a quick look at car & classics, they're advertised for anything between 30-70k for one that's not a spare parts bin.

Citroën owned Maserati at the time, and the engines were indeed made by Maserati. They were made for Citroën though, and not actually all that powerful. Not like they plonked a Merak engine or something in the SM.

Still had decent performance. Somewhere between a big contemporary German saloon, and a big engined yank.

They were a rare space ship already back then. Still are. That says a lot about French design at the time.
 

cauld1

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Had a quick look at car & classics, they're advertised for anything between 30-70k for one that's not a spare parts bin.

Citroën owned Maserati at the time, and the engines were indeed made by Maserati. They were made for Citroën though, and not actually all that powerful. Not like they plonked a Merak engine or something in the SM.

Still had decent performance. Somewhere between a big contemporary German saloon, and a big engined yank.

They were a rare space ship already back then. Still are. That says a lot about French design at the time.
French stuff was way ahead of the times then. I'd love a SM, DS and early CX over the German equivalents!
 
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