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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22446 Location: UK

Hi all,

Is there an old car that, while technically you might be able to afford to buy one, you wouldn't really want to own but quite fancy borrowing for a few days to experience?

Personally the Citroen DS falls into this category, I'd like to borrow an immaculate one (ideally in black) for a few days, but I'm not sure I'd ever actually own one myself. A few American cars of the 1960s also fall into this category.

RJ
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BigJohn · Joined: 01 Jan 2011 Posts: 954 Location: Wem, Shropshire

Mk10 Jag, would love to try, but not sure I could have a lasting relationship due to its girth.

alastairq · Joined: 14 Oct 2016 Posts: 1953 Location: East Yorkshire

Bentley, mk VI....preferably a standard steel saloon....used to be one not far from me, proper daily driver, not too tidy [oily rag??]

I like old buses...... Smile

Rootes75 · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 7:12 pm Post subject:

Pre-war British assembled Ford V8, probably a model 68 or 78. Lovely but I could never afford to own one!
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mikeC · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 7:52 pm Post subject:

You're all going for big complex cars! I think I would go the other way altogether - I'd love to have a go in a Messerschmitt, especially a TR500, but I think I would be quite happy to hand it back afterwards Very Happy

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poodge · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 687

I,ve always loved the style of 60's Alfa Romeo's,but their reputation for unreliable electrics,and ferocious rusting capability,has me shivering at the thought of actually owning one.In the mid 60's ,Rob Slotemaker raced 2 GTA's in the dutch touring car championship.
As a kid,I loved the gloriously over-styled Chevrolet Impala from 1959,with the eyebrow taillights.What did a 7-year old know about fuel consumption and road tax?In those days,Holland used a road tax system based on the weight of the vehicle.I don't know if that's still in use,but I think that's a fair system.

badhuis · Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 1390 Location: Netherlands

Sid · Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:10 am Post subject:

A 1948 Tucker Torpedo. Possibly the ugliest car ever, but it's fascinated me for many years. Apparently one is owned by someone in England, and no more than 10 miles from me. I'd love to have it for a day.

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Bitumen Boy · Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:55 pm Post subject:

Triumph Stag and/or TR6. I doubt I would find either to be practical long term and, having seen under the bonnet of both at shows, no way would I want to work on either. As a short term fling, however, either would be fun around the valleys on a nice day.

peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh

I would like to borrow a 1928 Morris Oxford because my mother was the principal driver of the family car in the background here. My mother did own a motor bike but the one she is sitting on was not her's.

Peter

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Minxy · Joined: 22 Sep 2010 Posts: 272 Location: West Northants

Don't know if this counts but a Chysler PT cruiser. A few years ago we hired one in America and it just seemed so right but in the UK it seems wrong...does that make sense. Confused

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badhuis · Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 1390 Location: Netherlands

badhuis · Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 1390 Location: Netherlands

Ellis · Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:43 pm Post subject:

An Austin Big Seven for me.

Why so prosaic?
My late father was an Austin Seven enthusiast who owned 12 or more over the years and he was quite handy with the spanners I believe. The last two he owned were Big Sevens and he spoke highly of them.

I have not driven or been a passenger in any Seven but would like to try a Big Seven just to satisfy my curiosity and see what the fascination was.
I have actually sat in a Big Seven which belonged to friend of mine. It was a rare one apparently with integral running boards. It had been laid up in 1939 and when examined after the war the engine was found to have seized and it remained at the back of it's owner's garage until 1970 which is when my friend acquired it.

Sitting in it was a culture shock for me, narrow yet with ample headroom and so old fashioned.
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Ashley · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 1426 Location: Near Stroud, Glos

Your mum is rather beautiful Peter.

In nineteen fifty two my mum and I drove from Frampton on Severn in Gloucestershire to Ingham in Norfolk in an Austin big Seven. We had a cup of tea with my great aunt in Fulbourn and arrived about nine hours after we’d left. I seem to remember topping forty on occasion and following lorries at twenty for some time.

I’m not sure what I’d like to borrow, but not buy, possibly an S Class Merc and definitely not a big Seven. I much prefer the Morris 8.