Rod-Tarry

As many of you know my real love is 1930's cars & im now looking at a car to be my hobby after Cosworths.
Not decided yet but the Morris 8 & Minor rather tug at the heart strings.



AUSTIN SWALLOW



AUSTIN 7



AUSTIN 7



MORRIS 8 TOURER- missus likes this one, shes seen one in red.


MORRIS MINOR- I rather like this old girl


MORRIS 8 - & this one

timrud

What are they worth?

JTECH James

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will they do 200mph rod?

MAD EVO 4

How is Mark going to map one of them ?

Karl 3dr

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What about that model T with the BDA in??

Redkop

This one Rod

Adrian

Or the one Redkop has put above.

Rhys

THe one Lynne said imo.

The Youth.

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ditto

steve

philram

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how about something like juha kankkunens bda model 'a'..

build photos... http://retrorides.proboards86.com/in...e=1#1192482297

-beefy-

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rod aint you old enough to of bought one when the produced them lol??/

Daviet

goes very well and sounds amazing

GARETH T

i love classic cars,, any of them are cool

dave cos4x4

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a big difference to the cossie Rod.

are they expensive cars then.

Rod-Tarry

No they are not expensive, but have a great club scene, was on the Morris 8 forum this week & their were 54 viewers on, not PF but a thriving interest in these great old cars.
A good condition Morris 8 will be about 5k, if you want the best out there then about 7or8k will be required , i will pay top money to get the best available. The swallow would cost over 10k maybe 15k for the best, but it was a rare car when new so difficult to get a good one now.
The Minor is for sale at Ł5750 at the mo & its the rarer ohc engine its a 1931 & is 76years old but the cable brakes put me off , hydraulics were fitted from 1933.

dave cos4x4

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that many old people online.

would not think it would be that busy.

not expensive at all really Rod.

hope you find a good one and enjoy driving it.

boXXer

horrid things.

Mr S1

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No doubt most of their enthusiasts would cock a snoot at your old 1970's Escort or 20 year old Sierra Mike it's all down to taste and perceptions mate. Doesn't mean anyone is wrong mind..............

dave cos4x4

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each to their own mate.

PastyKing

i love old cars like them

Rod-Tarry

Thats very true a 3door is just a 1980's mass produced tin box to them & holds no interest.
My Cossie is as fast as they get but I am still interested in these old cars with a Topspeed of around 40mph on a good day. . Before the MOT started around 1960 these old cars filled the roads & youngsters modded Austin 7's today that would be an RST no difference just a different age. Over night 90% were forced off the road because they had no chance of an mot, remember my old man drivin his 1936 Morris into the scrap yard & leaving it there with dozens of others. Im going to see if I can find a picture of it .

JonnyBravo

All cool cars, one of our customers restores that sort of thing but they are seriously expensive when done.

That BDA powered one is insane The wheels alone are super cool

JonnyBravo

and

OMFG at the video of it

boXXer

Easy peeps! fucking hell!

Was just saying, IMO, they have no style, slow as hell, look silly with skinny tyres etc. bit to "posh" car enthusiast for me. Depends on what era you were brought up in i suppose.

boXXer

although that BDA one is RUDE! bet that spins up the wheels a tad easy.

Gatecrasher

Showing your age there Rod

boXXer

Rod-Tarry

Yeh!! have never hidden it , still a Petrol head after 45years.
Better to be my age & to have grown up in the era I did than what you youngsters face now, just imagine no speed limits lads. A group of us raced to London each Friday night, held the record Tadley to A11 61miles in 59 minutes & that included 16miles of the North Circular, try it today take 3 hours. Even when the Speed Limit came in they had no way of inforcing it no cameras or Radar. Great days to be young & own a modified car. Today its a total Nightmare, REST assured lads I dont envy your youth the 1960's RULE OK.

cabrio boy

what about an austin 7 ruby my old man used to have one kept it in a bubble for ages in a garage then sold it for his retirement money quality cars

Gatecrasher

Fair comment

Not many 200MPH car back then

but just so you know thats why i go to the track

Que the Passion ford Health and safty Crew about rods speeding round the A406 back in the 60's

danneth

Rod-Tarry

Its hard to imagine now but 0-60 in 10secs & 100mph were the yardstick for us young lads. In the end got my 'S' to about 120bhp (Supercharged)had a 0-60 circa 8secs & a genuine 110mph ish, still remember how fast it felt & my brother mentioned a particular hair raising ride the other day said it was the fastest hes ever been , but it was all relative to what everyone else was driving.

Rod-Tarry

Great cars a slightly more modern look to the old box shaped 7 about 1937 I think. A mate had one when I was young & I drove it (illegally when I was about 13) dont ask how I was able to see out cant remember that, clutch like a micro-switch if I remember correctly.

Rod-Tarry

I will have one in Red

danneth

sorry rod just reminded me of that program looking at some of them cars