Lancia for me
70s Cars, which one?
- Thread starter andyglym
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2002 or Lancia, if forced to make the sensible choice then the Escort.
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- 3 litre Z3 pretending to be Italian exotica. Two previous E89 Z4s.
Says the man who loves a Calibra!Vauxhall Firenza Droopsnoot all day long
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- 3 litre Z3 pretending to be Italian exotica. Two previous E89 Z4s.
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.
But I would be persuaded by a De Tomaso Pantera, if I had a fully comp European AA membership and many rest stops.
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- 3 litre Z3 pretending to be Italian exotica. Two previous E89 Z4s.
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!
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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.
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)
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.
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that droop snoot for me....
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or "parking sensor" as some might say.
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!
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
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As a Datsun 240z isn't on the list I would take the bmw 2002
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I may have found the answer. Probably not to everyones taste, but do I care?
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Wwg--zaNI
The correct answer is no.
The correct answer is no.
