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Post by Cartman on Feb 13, 2024 18:25:51 GMT
That's the one Sam, thanks, the one I saw was red.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Feb 13, 2024 18:33:10 GMT
That's the one Sam, thanks, the one I saw was red. A Ferrari? In red? Surely not! It was because the majority are red that I chose to post a yellow one. Sam.
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Post by Villain on Feb 14, 2024 14:42:03 GMT
That's the one Sam, thanks, the one I saw was red. A Ferrari? In red? Surely not! It was because the majority are red that I chose to post a yellow one. Sam. Good old 'resale red'... but the vast majority of 208GT4s and 308GT4s left the factory in other colours...! When I lived in Hammersmith in the '80s I used to walk to work and passed one regularly that was parked up in Old Oak Common Lane, it was silver with a red interior and looked so exotic, in fact I think they still do and get better looking with every year that passes. If I had the money it would be the first Ferrari I'd buy, and preferably an early one with the correct Dino badging. Early sales were very slow because of this, so dealers were instructed to fit Ferrari badges to get the sales figures up. To me it's one of Gandini's best designs, a packaging masterpiece and it's easy to overlook that he based it on his first version of the Lamborghini Urraco prototype of 1970. Ferruccio Lamborghini rejected it and a couple of years later, when Ferrari needed a replacement for the oh so pretty Dino 246GT, he dusted off the drawings, tweaked the shapes a bit and produced the 208 / 308GT4. Villain
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Post by Villain on Feb 15, 2024 19:08:39 GMT
Spotted this afternoon on the way home from Coventry - a dark blue modern Mustang towing a trailer wit ha dark blue '67 or '68 Mustang Fastback on it. Proper job!
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Post by Cartman on Feb 21, 2024 18:52:18 GMT
I like the 60s and early 70s Mustangs. There were two basic types, the 64 to, I think 69 version, then the bigger second type, as driven by Sean Connery in Diamonds are forever, these were made until 74, when a smaller, much less attractive type replaced it.
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Post by Villain on Feb 23, 2024 17:58:18 GMT
I like the 60s and early 70s Mustangs. There were two basic types, the 64 to, I think 69 version, then the bigger second type, as driven by Sean Connery in Diamonds are forever, these were made until 74, when a smaller, much less attractive type replaced it. There were four different 'shapes' before the awful Fox bodied version appeared in '74, with each shape being available in coupe (aka notchback or hardtop), convertible and fastback : the 1964 and a half to 1966 original shape (the fastback version of which didn't appear in '65), then the slightly larger and beefier (and better!) looking '67s and '68s, then the even larger '69s and '70s, then the much larger '71s to '73s which included the almost horizontal 'sports roof' style used for the Mach 1s. Within this period there were also several 'year specific' differences, for instance, the '67s have different 'fake vents' behind the doors to the '68s, and although the '69s and '70s had the same basic body style as each other, the '69s had small open vents behind the doors while the '70s didn't have them at all. From '68 onwards all Mustangs had side repeaters in the front and rear wings and the Shelby versions of each body shape between '65 and '70 had numerous differences from the standard cars as well. In '67 and '68 there were also some limited edition dealer specials available which used some of the Shelby specific body panels and trim such as the 'California Special' and the 'High County' notchbacks. It's a bit of a minefield, especially if you're looking at buying one...! Villain, somewhere in Southern California, sun baked and brain fried, News At Ten .
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Post by Cartman on Mar 5, 2024 20:15:05 GMT
Two nice MGs today, both roadsters, an MGA in pale blue and a red MGB. Nice to see a proper MG, instead of the badge on some Chinese crud! Also a superb fully restored Ford Thames 15cwt pick up, it was dark blue and looked great
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Post by Cartman on Mar 7, 2024 19:15:44 GMT
Two today, a Roller, Silver Shadow, and a Capri, one of the late model ones with four round headlights
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Mar 7, 2024 19:32:25 GMT
Thsi week on the roads, a gold 1965/66 American Ford Galaxie 4 door sedan, the type with the stacked headlamps, in very nice preserved condition, and today a 50's Ford Pop shell (The type with the split front grille) on a trailer, looking dull and possibly rusty, so I hope it's going for restoration or maybe a custom car project (perhaps it was one previously), as they were a popular choice for them in the 70's.
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Post by Cartman on Mar 7, 2024 21:41:47 GMT
The vertically stacked headlights were a mid 60s styling fad on American Fords, the 65-67 cars had them, and Plymouth copied the idea on the 65-68 Furys. Chevvy didn't bother, all their 60s cars had the lights in the conventional horizontal position
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