Hang on, this is the first gen Capri...
Hang on, this is the first gen Capri...
Good genuine Tigers go for three or four times that here in Australia. If it were real it should be feasible to buy it, ship it here, get it sorted and convert to right hand drive and still come out ahead. Most parts are straight out of the Ford or Rootes parts bin. A RHD steering rack might be tricky as the only…
@Hedy Lamarr, a stoat: The factory never fitted wire wheels to the Tiger because on the prototypes they would always disintegrate under acceleration. As a result they always came with steel wheels hence many wound up with aftermarket Minilites.
Also the Bevan team Sunbeam Imp. Won the BTCC 1970, 71 and 72.
Pretty much everything below.
Needs more Scottish cars. Och aye tha noo mofos!
I'll see your Sunbeam Tigers and raise you a Lister Sunbeam Tiger.
Ooh! Simca 1000 Rallye at 6:41. Feeling the pain.
@TheAntiCat: Bolshie: from Bolshevik. Person with strong left wing leaning.
rally-prepared 1968 Mazda Luce 1500. Ours was maroon with lots of auxiliary lights.
Since we seem to be including TV shows - McGill's Hillman Rally Imp from Man in a Suitcase.
Undoubtedly this. Used more than any other gift I ever received and 35 years on I'm stilling using parts of it in my current slot car layout.
Talbot Sunbeam Lotus
Wonderful though it is, is the Auto Union really a valid inclusion? All those brands were part of the same company. That's kind of like saying the GM J-car was a collaboration between Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Vauxhall, Opel, etc, etc.
Hillman Imp: Overhead camshaft alloy engine (based on the Coventry-Climax FW, better known at the time for racing cars and the Lotus Elite), independent suspension all around with trailing arms on the rear. Pneumatic throttle (ok, that one was a technological dead end). Opening rear window before the hatchback form…
Hillman Husky
Humber Super Snipe
@earlofhalflight: Not easy to find a decent photo of one.
Hillman Minx