Thread: Non landy favourite cars?

Had a few in my time, but all the favourites have been mainly open top "sports cars". 1st car at 18 was a TF 1250 MG, then a Honda 800s, S1 Landy that hardly ever had the roof on (not really a sports car), then a Morgan 4/4. Then marriage got in the way. But still bought a BL MGB. As a performance car my 1310 Mini Cooper S with straight cut gearbox and set up for racing and rallying was a superb vehicle. Also in the same vain was the Ford twin cam Escort of Stillwells that I won at Bathurst when their team ran out of money. All in all I have owned or "temporarily" owned (I used to do cars up and then on sell them when I was young from home and annoyed the crap out of my dad) probably more than 100 cars. Worst cars I ever owned were a Porche and an Alfa Rpmeo GTV. Just expensive pieces of German and italian junk. So bloody temperamental!

Originally Posted by Old Farang

Silom Road was the very problem! It is virtually impossible to import ANY car to Thailand. I did bring my 2 door Rangy in many years ago, but if I had tried it with this one it would never have cleared Customs. The car is still in Perth as far as I know, the new owner has a Ford museum, about 40 cars in it.

Hard call. Bangkok, Zephyr, Bangkok, Zephyr. I think I understand your choice. It's possible I may wind up there myself.

HX LE Monaro. The first was stolen :-( . The next one I that I had I had the 308 slightly worked. It was a very comfortable car and made the drive Sydney to Adelaide and back very pleasant. Just purred along.

Originally Posted by Stuck

It's the LC / LJ Torana for me. Never been without one since before I got my licence and had 4 "in stock", as one of my neighbors put it, at one point (current one's an LJ GTR). Also had a VF Valiant sedan with the 225 leaning tower of power. Paid $180 for it with 10 months freight in about 1990, Rough as guts to look at, a fair share of rust, frequently fouled No. 5 cylinder and when the oil light flickered whilst cornering, that was the low oil indicator and it flickered often. Despite the best efforts of myself and the multitude of mates that borrowed it, the old girl never failed anyone in that 10 months plus I got $200 for it unreg. Last seen late '90's under a carport still with no rego plates.

Never came across a Slant Six that bad. It must have done a lot of miles and a lot of work. They usually lived forever. If they were using a quart of oil in 5000 miles between changes they were considered badly worn. I managed a fleet for a while that had 70 AP6 & VC Valiants as reps cars. Most trouble and maintenance free vehicles I ever came across. Country reps had three on the tree manuals and city reps had Torqueflite autos. The country cars wore out clutches and the city cars wore out brake linings. No other problems.

I had a 1952 Ferrari 212 Export for a while but I didn't list this as a favourite car. Troublesome and unreliable. I battled with its problems for 18 months before giving up and trading it on a 59 Corvette. The Fazazz was a real hoot whilst everything was operating the way the designers intended but it couldn't keep this up for long. The vette was quicker, reliable, low maintenance, started first time every time, and was a far more satisfactory sports car than the Ferrari. The Ferrari cured me of any taste for Italian exotica.

No images, but I've always regretted selling my 1993 Suzuki Sierra and my 1956 Austin Gypsy.
But not so much that I'd sell the Disco to go back 😀

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These must still be some of my favourite non landie cars as I still have them - the jag for 35 years (not on the road at the moment) and the Haflinger for 5years and is registered and running well.

On the track by Garry Collins, on Flickr

20160725_142837 by Garry Collins, on Flickr

Garry

Two vehicles I regret selling are a Portsea Blue 1968 HK Holden Monaro GTS, 186S, four speed, and a Suzuki LJ50V Hardtop, 540cc 3 cylinder two stroke.
Both would be good collectables to own today.

Cheers, Mick.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Never came across a Slant Six that bad. It must have done a lot of miles and a lot of work. They usually lived forever. If they were using a quart of oil in 5000 miles between changes they were considered badly worn. I managed a fleet for a while that had 70 AP6 & VC Valiants as reps cars. Most trouble and maintenance free vehicles I ever came across. Country reps had three on the tree manuals and city reps had Torqueflite autos. The country cars wore out clutches and the city cars wore out brake linings. No other problems.

I had a 1952 Ferrari 212 Export for a while but I didn't list this as a favourite car. Troublesome and unreliable. I battled with its problems for 18 months before giving up and trading it on a 59 Corvette. The Fazazz was a real hoot whilst everything was operating the way the designers intended but it couldn't keep this up for long. The vette was quicker, reliable, low maintenance, started first time every time, and was a far more satisfactory sports car than the Ferrari. The Ferrari cured me of any taste for Italian exotica.

I assume you wish you'd just put the Ferrari in a barn and forgotten about it for a few decades!