Cars from the 1970s. Can you remember?

colino

Coincidentally the Draper Tools circular has just come out and one of their employees has a website dedicated to the wedges. Have a look at his site and see what the designer wanted the Allegro to look like compared to how the Leyland engineers turned it into a weird pushmi-pullyu effort. www.leylandprincess.co.uk

oscarward

lincroft1710 wrote: »

Or even that the car started life as an Austin/Morris 1800/2000 or Wolseley 6 (depending on badge,trim level and engine size) and morphed into the "Princess" the following year.

The Austin/Morris 1800 (land crab!) Wolseley variant was called the 18/85. I had 2 of them. It use the BMC B series engine.


Some one just round the corner from me has a princess on the drive which hasn't moved for 10 years. There was a tree growing up just behind it!

lincroft1710

nickcc wrote: »

now if you want to talk about the sit up and beg Anglia, 100e Anglia and Morris Isis then I could well understand how you must feel;)

Morris Isis, one of BMC's poorest selling cars (12,000 approx). A Series 2 or 3 Morris Oxford, with a lengthened bonnet and a BMC 2.6 litre 6 cyl engine.

iltisman

I remember being in a pub in the midlands around 1978 and I overheard a conversation between 2 BL workers bragging about sabotaging cars so their supervisor would get in trouble.

nickcc

lincroft1710 wrote: »

Morris Isis, one of BMC's poorest selling cars (12,000 approx). A Series 2 or 3 Morris Oxford, with a lengthened bonnet and a BMC 2.6 litre 6 cyl engine.

That's the one, big bench seat and steering column change. Blew the big ends going to Blackpool on the M 6 one Friday so did a U turn and went back home. Bought a secondhand BMW commercial engine from local scrap yard for £25 and away I went

colino

The group kept on ploughing away with engines (before the O series) and the ancient C series grew to 2912cc and went in everything from the hulking Wolseley down to the MG. The MGC, sports car with a long, heavy engine sticking out the front, no wonder it couldn't handle.

nickcc

colino wrote: »

The group kept on ploughing away with engines (before the O series) and the ancient C series grew to 2912cc and went in everything from the hulking Wolseley down to the MG. The MGC, sports car with a long, heavy engine sticking out the front, no wonder it couldn't handle.

Had the B series in my 1964 MGB, great engine but only 3 main bearing Crankshaft, changed to 5 bearing in 1965. Used to change the oil and filter on a regular basis and never had a problem. Always used Duckhams and when it was longer green then I changed the oil, handy as I got the oil free

Shoshannah

oldagetraveller wrote: »

Yes it was "squarish". I did have to search for the correct name, they called it Quartic!

It didn't really catch on. Can't think why.:p

I drove a new Peugeot 208 recently, and the steering wheel on that was more square than round.

jase1

AdrianC wrote: »

And yet nobody's pointed out yet that it isn't a Fiat 127. Fiat never built five-doors. It must be either a Seat...

I thought there was something wrong about that picture... I've never seen a 5-door 127 (or at least I don't remember seeing one) but it didn't register that it couldn't be a Fiat.

The overlapping bonnet lid was a bit of a giveaway though.

Gloomendoom

Apparently, the 5 door Seat was badged as a Fiat for some markets.