70s Cars, which one?

[Mark Parrish]

Lancia for me

 

[the Nefyn cat]

Lancia for me

Got it ready and waiting for you.

 

[mwpe]

A difficult one my heart would say the Lancia or Alfa but my head says BMW.

 

[Ian&Sue]

2002 or Lancia, if forced to make the sensible choice then the Escort.

 

[Pond]

Vauxhall Firenza Droopsnoot all day long

Says the man who loves a Calibra!

 

[Pond]

TBH I wouldn't want to drive over the Alps in any 1970s car. They were all pretty terrible as a means of transport IIRC.
But I would be persuaded by a De Tomaso Pantera, if I had a fully comp European AA membership and many rest stops.

 

[Pond]

The Lancia…. best engine noise ever.
But, truly and you will understand me…
my weapon of choice would be….View attachment 332493

If we are talking '70s, I think I would take a Z1, or if feeling suicidal, a KH500.
I am a Kawasaki fan through and through!

 

[the Nefyn cat]

if feeling suicidal, a KH500.

A KH over a mountain? Can't see any problem with that idea. Oh no.

Having had an H1A in the past, they are/were curable. All you gotta do is slip the lump into an LC frame, fits like it was made to do it, and cures all the wayward handling. Oh for the days when an LC rolling chassis was available for 250 quid, that sort of behaviour wouldn't be financially viable these days.

 

[Zephyr]

If we are talking '70s, I think I would take a Z1, or if feeling suicidal, a KH500.
I am a Kawasaki fan through and through!

I’ve tried that in the past. Never again.
The pattern when riding these was slow, slow, slow, extrasuperfast, dead.
Actually the friend who had it called the bike TOD. (Taste of Death)

 

[Duncodin]

Got it ready and waiting for you.
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Luxury. That's not bad. When I were a lad we had to drive to work in cars worse than that.

if we were lucky our dad would fix it with old biscuit tin lids, few pop rivets and a tin of underseal. Job done.

 

[the Nefyn cat]

if we were lucky our dad would fix it with old biscuit tin lids, few pop rivets and a tin of underseal. Job done.

You don't get craftsmanship like that these days.

 

[elevensies]

that droop snoot for me....

 

[the Nefyn cat]

that droop snoot for me....

or "parking sensor" as some might say.

 

[Peter1450]

Firenze for me too, wife had a 2300 magnum early 80’s it was a great car back then, mates Dad had. Lancia in the 70’s it was rusting after a year but went well and sounded great!

 

[Argyll Andy]

Says the man who loves a Calibra!

 

[Peter1450]

I’ve tried that in the past. Never again.
The pattern when riding these was slow, slow, slow, extrasuperfast, dead.
Actually the friend who had it called the bike TOD. (Taste of Death)

I passed my test two weeks after my 17 th birthday and bought a Z1 , rode the hell out of it and still here nearly 50years on and still riding.
Think the handling was over hyped myself, it’s all we knew back then but we didn’t have the self preservation I do now