Lasted all of 3 days Andy when the gearstick literally came out in my hand!
Replaced by a rather ‘lovely’ Ford Cortina 1600 in disgusting yellow with black velour seats...
Leyland P76 conversion was the done thing in NZ. The P76 was an Aussie derived family car powered by a long stroke 3.5 Rover V8 to give 4.4 litres. More power and torque with none of the slipped liner shenanigans of the Rover 3.9, 4.2 and 4.6 variants. Made the Stag into a serious road rocket.
I had a MK4 Cortina in Daytona Yellow and black velour seats R reg with horrible alloy wheels
That looks good. What year was this?View attachment 49213
My first one with an engine was an Austin 1300,complete with dodgy rear subframe but years before that I had this little beauty.
You just reminded me of the kart my dad built me when I was 7. It was made from old desk frames cut up and welded into a lattice chassis with an old Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine in the back and lawn mower wheels . It was brilliant and in regular use until I was about 10 when it was given to my cousins to use. Dad also built a trailer to tow behind it and the local neighbourhood kids used to come over for tides round the garden.View attachment 49213
My first one with an engine was an Austin 1300,complete with dodgy rear subframe but years before that I had this little beauty.
That looks good. What year was this?
I had a 1984 micra from new. Did 125000 miles in it mostly driven hard as I was always late for work and it was faultless the whole time I had it.(Though the gearbox was making some absolutely dreadful sounds when I traded it in)
So did I.
New in 1985...scrapped due to rust in 1992. An Alfa 33 Green Clover Leaf.
Did that mean “car tax” had to be paid?My first car was a Hilman Huskey van that had a side window kit fitted.
Did that mean “car tax” had to be paid?