Ever seen a?

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Waldron Wayfarer? Looks horrible enough to be one of those modern pastiches, but actually a one off 1920s car.

£16000, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Waldron-wayf ... 890.l49292
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That's a new one on me....I immediately went off to consult the Georgano which I evidently haven't looked at for years judging by the stack of more recently thumbed tomes in front of them. It isn't in there.....

It's a very airy looking thing for it's time, though!
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Proper boot, too.

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quietside wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 1:41 pm
A bloke who used to work for me had a Proton Impian that wasn't ex-Humberside Police or ex-Proton demo, someone actually bought one. Until then I'd never seen one in the metal. It went well for a porridge car but was unrefined and shit on fuel.
I bought 2 Proton Impians. They were a bit underpowered, but by fuck it handled well for a saloon once it was up to speed. Put that down to Lotus haha. Fuel economy was average, but not exactly shit.
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Funny, I'd call 25mpg from a modern 1.8 fucking terrible.
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quietside wrote: Mon Mar 15, 2021 11:03 pm Funny, I'd call 25mpg from a modern 1.8 fucking terrible.
Funny cos they were all 1.6 litre, both mitsubishi and campro versions, and i used mine as private cabs getting around 33mpg round the doors. Can imagine the auto version getting 25mpg though ETA other markets got larger engine, but not here in the UK
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Memory isn't what it used to be, clearly.

25mpg is even fucking worse if they were all 1.6s.
I had a [1.6] Hyundai Stellar that'd do more than that. Minicab favourite, that one.

Even my automatic 305 estate did 30mpg, and that was running an autobox and an autochoke carb.
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I saw a Proton Gen-2 pulling in to Coop's car park as I was leaving at the weekend.
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There was a rover/proton/perodua dealer in Bedlington where I used to live. I used to see them all over. Second hand they were worth fuck all. Late, low mileage cars were next to nowt.
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