Have You Seen Any Interesting Cars On The Road Lately?

[SpikyMikey]

You’re correct. In fact they were so bad that they scrapped them and squashed them all together to make a new car.

They called it the Ford Pubic. (Because it was made up out of a load of old Corsairs)

 

[Snoops]

You’re correct. In fact they were so bad that they scrapped them and squashed them all together to make a new car.

They called it the Ford Pubic. (Because it was made up out of a load of old Corsairs)

Very good!

 

[Swotty]

My first car was a 1968 1.7-litre V4 Corsair Deluxe.

The car pictured is an early example - a Consul Corsair - and would have been powered by the 1500cc pre-crossflow inline 4 engine.

The V4 Essex engine was effectively two-thirds of the 3-litre Essex V6, and did tend to be a bit harsh (and thirsty too) but it was generally reliable and also used in the Transit van. Both the 1.7-litre and 2-litre versions were used in the Corsair from 1965/66 until the end of production in 1971.

One snippet for when it goes quiet in the snug is that the Corsair was the last mass-produced car in the UK to use lead loading in the bodyshell. It was used to fill the join between the front wings and the panel above the radiator grille, directly above the headlamps.

I ran a 2000E briefly from '74-'75. Lovely car and had the 2000 V4 motor.

Sadly the chassis went, so I sold off the parts. A chap came and took the engine, gearbox and some other bits (half-shalfts iirc) for his Ford Transit, as you say.

 

[st13phil]

A chap came and took the engine, gearbox and some other bits

The 2000E gearbox was always a favourite with people building tuned Fords as it was a strong 'box with (ISTR) relatively close ratios.

My experience of the Corsair was that it was a great motorway car that - for its day - was pretty spacious and reasonably quiet when cruising at 70+ mph. The steering box steering was quite slow and enormously heavy at parking speeds but the boot was huge. All in all, a much nicer car than the Cortina on which it was based but never as popular.

 

[Dubya]

Dutton Sierra in white

 

[Darrell]

A beautiful 1961 Mercedes 190 at the top of Hampstead by the pond. The number plate read SEE943.

I didn’t take any photos because I’d just cycled up Haverstock Hill and then up Heath St.
If you know you know.

 

[Scott_F]

Seeing as old Fords seem to be under discussion.....

MSN

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

A beautiful 1961 Mercedes 190 at the top of Hampstead by the pond. The number plate read SEE943.

I didn’t take any photos because I’d just cycled up Haverstock Hill and then up Heath St.
If you know you know.

But what we don’t know is how it got renovated between 2019 and 2022, when it reappeared in silver?

Bonhams Cars : 1961 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL Convertible with Hardtop Chassis no. 1210420018486

*One of only some 1,200 right-hand drive examples *Stored since the 1970s *Offered for restoration *Original buff logbook available

cars.bonhams.com

Challenging estimate as new LHD restos can be easily bought in Stuttgart for just over £100k

 

[MissyD]

Saw this today

 

[ALFAitalia]

Erm????......no.

 

[ALFAitalia]

Where its so out of proportion all I can see is this.......

 

[tmwsccsh]

Saw this today

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I like it!

TMW

 

[tmwsccsh]

Where its so out of proportion all I can see is this.......

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But then I like these too strangely...

TMW

 

[SpikyMikey]

Erm????......no.

Erm...Yes

 

[SpikyMikey]

Erm...Yes

Let's face it: it's no more ridiculous than doing this to your M3

 

[Darrell]

Or these instead.

 

[ALFAitalia]

Much cooler!!!.......and the "bed" is in proportion to the rest.....unlike the ML above.

 

[SmartAmg]

Just love, different, quirky cars, though.
A nice change, from the mostly boring, new cars of today.

 

[Darrell]

In the MG showroom near the Western Eye Hospital

 

[SmartAmg]

Nice MG, Darrell. Your eyes ok?