Once common cars that you don't see anymore

[ossy2004]

 

[vw1500]

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Was he chasing the first car, looks like a high speed pursuit

 

[Coog]

Another local one. Not sure if I’ve shared this one yet for those that say “All modern cars look the same……”

 

[gary1365]

Citroen bx derv

 

[AlpineJetta]

This wee A40 always sits just outside Millisle by the side of the road so once evening I decided to stop and admire it and ended up meeting its owner as well, so here it is, a cool little A40 and its proud owner Ronnie..

 

[ossy2004]

I pass that often, there was another old car beside it for a while also

 

[gary1365]

This wee A40 always sits just outside Millisle by the side of the road so once evening I decided to stop and admire it and ended up meeting its owner as well, so here it is, a cool little A40 and its proud owner Ronnie..

They’ve been there a good while I always wondered what the story was.

 

[Coog]

Citroen bx derv
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They really were absolutely everywhere then suddenly vanished.

 

[gary1365]

They really were absolutely everywhere then suddenly vanished.

Yea I always liked them too my granda had a 1.4 petrol one. My uncle borrowed it and drove it with the choke on all the time

 

[Coog]

Yea I always liked them too my granda had a 1.4 petrol one. My uncle borrowed it and drove it with the choke on all the time

Mate of mine was given one for his first car and got it stuck up a tree one night lol

 

[DJMCA]

This wee A40 always sits just outside Millisle by the side of the road so once evening I decided to stop and admire it and ended up meeting its owner as well, so here it is, a cool little A40 and its proud owner Ronnie..

Oul Ronnie, always looking me to do something for him. Garage is full of Austins, old bikes etc.

 

[svensktoppen]

Mate of mine was given one for his first car and got it stuck up a tree one night lol

And that right there is how they all suddenly vanished

 

[gary1365]

Mate of mine was given one for his first car and got it stuck up a tree one night lol

I was offered my granda one as my first car but the insurance was too expensive. It wouldn’t run right after being run with the choke on probably full of carbon.

And that right there is how they all suddenly vanished

Pretty sure they dissolved in the rain too

 

[Coog]

I was offered my granda one as my first car but the insurance was too expensive. It wouldn’t run right after being run with the choke on probably full of carbon.

Pretty sure they dissolved in the rain too

If it was treated anything like any of my first cars the carbon would be burnt off after the first weekend

 

[AlpineJetta]

Oul Ronnie, always looking me to do something for him. Garage is full of Austins, old bikes etc.

He was telling me he's more if a Bike man himself. He mentioned a Norton, a Sunbeam sidecar and a load of old bikes I have no idea about... think he said he had a A35 as well with a similar reg. Ut was hard to make the oul lad out tbh lol

 

[DJMCA]

He was telling me he's more if a Bike man himself. He mentioned a Norton, a Sunbeam sidecar and a load of old bikes I have no idea about... think he said he had a A35 as well with a similar reg. Ut was hard to make the oul lad out tbh lol

Aye hes a rocket!! Yeah, has an old prop driven bike and sidecar, an A35, Alfa and loads of other crap lol. That wee A40 was mint when he bought it but he leaves them lying outside so they end up rotten

 

[vw1500]

Class

This wee A40 always sits just outside Millisle by the side of the road so once evening I decided to stop and admire it and ended up meeting its owner as well, so here it is, a cool little A40 and its proud owner Ronnie..

to see stuff with original #Z reg's

Uncle had one years ago, red with black roof, immaculate, his mate bought one from the same dealer and when he drove it in the rain his feet got wet............. floor was carboard painted black! Dealer promised them both he fix bits and pieces (trim etc) when they bought but never did. Then the rear cylinder started to leak another uncle did a temporary fix so it wasn't losing fluid (single circuit afaik) and crimped the end of the pipe. He thought this was great and when another two went did the same thing til the car only braked on one wheel He traded it in to dealers brother

 

[gary1365]

If it was treated anything like any of my first cars the carbon would be burnt off after the first weekend

Aww 100% the throttle had 2 settings in those days on or off

 

[purplea4T]

Aww 100% the throttle had 2 settings in those days on or off

I was tempted with this last week, probably for the best the TT hadn't sold! It had done some miles in the 10 years it was on the road, but I really don't need a second 90s Citroën

 

[FM155]

This wee A40 always sits just outside Millisle by the side of the road so once evening I decided to stop and admire it and ended up meeting its owner as well, so here it is, a cool little A40 and its proud owner Ronnie..

MG Midget saloon, Pat Moss (Stirling's sister) used to rally one quite successfully and won the Coup des Dames in the 1959 Monte Carlo Rally.
Apparently we had one as the family car (4 kids) in the late 60's which I don't really remember. I only remember the Triumph Herald and Viva HC that came after it..

This is 'Zoe', the Pat Moss car which has lived here since 1991 until last year.
Bonhams : Ex-Pat Moss, Monte Carlo Rally,1958 Austin A40 Farina Chassis no. AA2S62642

 

[vtec1]

Thought it was a Mk5 Corrina at first then an Audi 100 ??. Hard to tell

 

[ALN]

Thought it was a Mk5 Corrina at first then an Audi 100 ??. Hard to tell
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It's a parcelforce van ya Wally

 

[DJMCA]

Thought it was a Mk5 Corrina at first then an Audi 100 ??. Hard to tell
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Early Audi or Jetta maybe?

 

[vw1500]

Looks like an Audi 80 B2

Early Audi or Jetta maybe?

Does look very Jetta like but they would have had a chrome stripe around the bumper, Audi had a thick chrome stripe at the top of the bumper

 

[Gambit]

was gonna say mk1 jetta maybe