Thread: Dream Cars

Originally Posted by MarknDeb

This is what i want bad
Available with a powerful new twin turbo V8 diesel engine (TDV8),

But where are you going to go with those tyres?
Somewhere fast, but nowhere interesting.

Originally Posted by Quiggers

So would I, maybe, dobbo.

The TR6 was a pretty impressive piece of gear, and its today prices reflect that, maybe $25,000 for a goodie! TR7, well maybe $1....

The last X1/9s (bertone) were tidy but had the fat US bumpers and a few other 'bits' added...

Mine is an original 76 model, for better or worse.

The later X19's were 1500 with 5 speed box which New Zealand of course got before us. I had a number of Fiats and never found the mechanicals a problem but they would rust away before your eyes if you weren't careful.
Some members of the NSW Fiat Club had 128's with engines stroked to this capacity and twin Webbers which went like s**t off a shovel.

Just got to be the TVR out of Russia. A brutal old fashioned brit style Big six up front two seats and rear wheel drive. A six cylinder sporter capable of 180 MPH. If you really NEED to go faster than that, then you should probably think about something with wings on it.

regards shorty943.

Originally Posted by rick130

Used to want an X1-9 and an Alfa GTV,

The Fiat - something only a mother could love for its looks.

The GTV, these: Alfa Romeo Sprint GT (Veloce) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Ro...int_GT_(Veloce) or the modern ones. I liked the old one.

Ron

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Mate Holden's are pretty Oz. The first Commodore may have started as an Opel but the chassis was stretched and widened (I believe) to make it into a car that would satisfy Aussie buyers. Since then GMH has shown that (as does the local arm of Ford) they have engineers the equal of anywhere in the world, and better than most. This is seen in the overseas success of upmarket Commodore derivatives being sold in the Middle East and until recently the Monaro being sold as both a Chevrolet and a Vauxhall. So even though I don;t own any Holdens and probably never will I can at least give credit where credit is due. :P

Let us not forget the Yankee lust for XA, XB, XC Aussie Ford Coupe's

I LOVE those. I want an XC Ute though.

Hey p38rover

I've got a 1965 1.6l Guila Sprint GT Veloce at home. Bought it from the original owner in the mid nineties took it off the road in 2000 when I bought an 84 GTV 2.0l - both are very nice to drive.

Oh and I've also got a 1925 Fiat 501 which had been on blocks for 50 years under a house at Buranda, now its been under our house for 16 years or so

Then the rangies...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, Ron.

Thirty years after my X1/9 was created, it is still a head turner.

Curiously tho (and for all) it doesn't rust.... but the lone FIAT component,
the engine, is problematic......

One day I'll pull it all down and solve its drivetrain issues......

GQ