Most influential cars

[Tuearts right boot]

Really it's from an era where you could spot the make and model of a car from 60 yards, they are all a wee bit generic now sadly.

How very very true, even quality marques blend in with the riff raff. Jags, Porches, Mercs etc all look the bloody same nowadays, no character or personnality.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

I did loads of mod's on mine.

It had an 1100cc short stroke engine, which I bored out to 1160 to fit a 1300cc head, stage 2 cam, double valve springs, split manifold, twin 1 1/4" SU's, oil cooler, and a full RR tune with carb needles profiled to the cam... then I did the brakes which were originally drums all round. Perhaps should have done those first in hindsight, but with mini-fins on the rear and 8" Cooper disks on the front (no servo) is was much better.

Absolutely RAPID up to 65mph, but topped out at around 85mph due to the final gear ratio. It was great fun absolutely destroying XR2/XR3i's off the line at traffic lights.

Had similar in a Morris Minor ( 1380 cc ) but with Twin 45 Dellotos, which I changed back to twin 1 1/2" SUs, likewise topped out at just over 80 mph

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Had similar in a Morris Minor ( 1380 cc ) but with Twin 45 Dellotos, which I changed back to twin 1 1/2" SUs, likewise topped out at just over 80 mph

I eventually swapped out the SU's for a single Webber 45 DCOE which I shoehorned into an airbox in the dashboard. Absolutely nuts looking back, but the jump in performance was well worth it. 0-60 in just shy of 6 seconds, which was nuts for a normally aspirated engine, but then it weighed next to nothing.

 

[1894southstander]

VW Golf GTI mk 1

 

[Magicpole]

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Model T

By a country mile. First assembly line mass produced car. He increased wages to $5 dollars a day, a very good wage for working men, to compensate for the repetition, but mainly to ensure he never ran out of labour. To call him a colourful character is an understatement.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Drove from Stockport to Northern Spain in two different Maxis … Great cars (then)

Where did the first one break down?

 

[RayCTID]

 

[remember arthur mann]

Drove from Stockport to Northern Spain in two different Maxis

Really ???

 

[RayCTID]

 

[remember arthur mann]

This was the marvel of its age....