Any classic cars in the shed?

[markieg31]

9 hours ago, Mesterh said:

That looks like it's in really good condition!

Push the above to one side before it gets left to rot.

Nothing in my shed unfortunately, the last car was a fiat x19,. Brilliant little car, never really got round to restoring it, the engine went bang and they were rust buckets so it got scrapped.

 

They are cool little cars, you have to be keen if your going to take on rust.

[Mick Dempsey]

Here’s another XK120 owned by my other Brother in law.

Not quite as nice, note the missing rear wheel covers, known as ‘spats’

The were removed in the 60s or so when that closed look was considered old fashioned, so presumably got put somewhere in the back of a garage and then lost.

 

[Stubby]

5 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Here’s another XK120 owned by my other Brother in law.

Not quite as nice, note the missing rear wheel covers, known as ‘spats’

The were removed in the 60s or so when that closed look was considered old fashioned, so presumably got put somewhere in the back of a garage and then lost.

 

To be honest I think they look better without the spats . They race them at Goodwwod in the revival .

[PeteB]

Swapped the 1948 Austin 16 for a 2001 Focus! Is that a classic? The Focus is rear drive and 5ltr V8 Racing Ford BTW,

[Steven P]

are they the ones that they made a load in bright orange to try to appeal to the boy racers? Didn't sell well so went cheap and all the pensioners picked up a cheap orange car?

[manco]

it can have a V8 all it wants but at the end of the day its still a focus.

you can roll a turd in glitter....

[Stubby]

Just now, manco said:

it can have a V8 all it wants but at the end of the day its still a focus.

you can roll a turd in glitter....

Thats like saying a Sierra Cosworth is just a Sierra . 

[manco]

1 minute ago, Stubby said:

Thats like saying a Sierra Cosworth is just a Sierra . 

not really

[Stubby]

32 minutes ago, manco said:

not really

Ok .

[Rich Rule]

2 hours ago, Steven P said:

are they the ones that they made a load in bright orange to try to appeal to the boy racers? Didn't sell well so went cheap and all the pensioners picked up a cheap orange car?

I don’t think Ford have ever made a production 5lt v8 rear wheel drive.

 

They made a few orange ones.  Not with that engine though to my knowledge.