Probably something to do with Billy Joel.....

Junkman wrote: ↑Thu Jun 13, 2019 4:21 pm Who wants a good car?

The British car-buying public thought they did, apparently.....

A similar story in somewhat different circumstances to the TVR/Trident is the Austin FX4 which ended its days as a completely independent vehicle and long out-lived the parent makers.

There is also the type of "cuckoo" caused by arrested development.... The TVR Trident was conceived in the pre-Martin Lilley era of the Blackpool sports car maker in a slightly confusing collaboration between the stylist Trevor Frost (who worked with his name changed to the Italian transla...

I suppose I should throw this thing on the fire.... 0_578_872_0_70_http___cdni.autocarindia.com_ExtraImages_20140525081117_amby.jpg Yes, I know it began as a simple CKD exercise before being licence built. However, the development of the Morris Oxford into the Hindustan Ambassador was all the work o...

An obvious one, perhaps, but Shelby developed the Cobra way beyond it's AC Ace origins. Likewise Caterham with the Lotus Seven.

Isn’t there truth in the fact that the first Scimitar should have been a Daimler? it was designed by karen ogle of ogle design im sure it as meant to have the v8 daimler engine as an option. Yes, the shape of the Scimitar was first submitted by Ogle as the SX250 for a Helena Rubenstein cosmetic com...

Mk3 Cortina.

Drove 'em new, drove 'em with 200,000 miles on the clock. Absolutely no difference.

No, that does not mean that shagged ones drove mint, either......

Mk4s were better but so was a Cavalier, Fiat 131, Peugeot 504, Morris Ital...OK Maybe not the Ital but you get the idea.

I often have a sneaky "want" for one of these before the tide turns on the values. They have a certain kind of "Green Hornet's Black Beauty" appeal which is fitting for a Chrysler product. However words like "reprogramme" frighten me a lot more than the fuel bills. Good...

fried onions wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2019 8:30 pm Good pics nice selection of cars there. Scotland does seem to have good shows.

Not to mention a fair few Southern exiles judging by those Hants/Wilts/Sussex registrations....