Old Car & Motorcycle Photos

[168BTHPM]

Do any of you collect or restore old cars or motorcycles? I know this is a hunting and firearm forum, most of you have to have secondary interests as well. I primarily collect guns and shooting related stuff, but I also have a large baseball glove collection and a couple of hot rods.

I have only owned two European cars in my life, first was a Triumph GT-6, second was a Renault Caravelle. The GT-6 was a lot of fun, the Caravelle was a lot of frustration.

My current hotrods are, a 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger 340, 4spd, and a 1965 Dodge Coronet 500 with a 440 and automatic transmission. The Dart is a fun and fast cruiser, the Coronet is a retired race car that hasn't been registered for street use since 1978, it is ugly but scary fast. I just got the Coronet inspected and licensed for the street.

 

[User00035]

I knew a lad who had a Caravelle back in the 1980's when they probably weren't considered classics. Didn't they have an air-cooled engine in the back? I think he hoped it would look cool and be a bird-puller. In reality it was constant trouble.

 

[urx]

Nothing sounds as good as a gently grumbling v8

 

[168BTHPM]

I knew a lad who had a Caravelle back in the 1980's when they probably weren't considered classics. Didn't they have an air-cooled engine in the back? I think he hoped it would look cool and be a bird-puller. In reality it was constant trouble.

Yes they were rear or mid engine and air cooled. You are correct it was a constant paint in the ass to keep running. I finally traded it for a 6 pack of beer just to get rid of it.

 

[WH308]

I owned a MK3 GT6 up until last year, great little car that was super fun to drive. I sold it to a young lad as his first classic and I hope he does well with it.

I also own a 73 Ford F100 truck that I imported a few years ago. It’s currently a work in progress in the garage. I can’t wait to get it back up and running though. It is a short bed, 4x4 with a 4 speed manual box. It’s running a 390 FE that’s been tinkered with, I think it came out of a galxie 500 car.

 

[WH308]

Nothing sounds as good as a gently grumbling v8

“Your never late in a V8”

 

[Rake Aboot]

Nothing sounds as good as a gently grumbling v8

Except a 2 litre pinto through a Janspeed

 

[potshotpat]

Yes they were rear or mid engine and air cooled. You are correct it was a constant paint in the ass to keep running. I finally traded it for a 6 pack of beer just to get rid of it.

Bud Light.

 

[alberta boy]

I owned a MK3 GT6 up until last year, great little car that was super fun to drive. I sold it to a young lad as his first classic and I hope he does well with it.

I also own a 73 Ford F100 truck that I imported a few years ago. It’s currently a work in progress in the garage. I can’t wait to get it back up and running though. It is a short bed, 4x4 with a 4 speed manual box. It’s running a 390 FE that’s been tinkered with, I think it came out of a galxie 500 car.

I love the F100 . My old man had the same truck . He bought it new in 73 . The 390 is a good engine , I've used them in a few vehicles over the years , including a 76 F150 , great old truck .

AB

 

[Wapinschaw]

Except a 2 litre pinto through a Janspeed

A Mk2 Lotus Cortina with open twin Webers, sunroof and windows open, accelerating hard through the M4 Brynglas road tunnel near Cardiff takes some beating!

 

[reiver]

“Your never late in a V8”

I bought an old v8 Range Rover last year just because it had a v8 in it . Puts a smile on my face every time it starts

 

[alberta boy]

Do any of you collect or restore old cars or motorcycles? I know this is a hunting and firearm forum, most of you have to have secondary interests as well. I primarily collect guns and shooting related stuff, but I also have a large baseball glove collection and a couple of hot rods.

I have only owned two European cars in my life, first was a Triumph GT-6, second was a Renault Caravelle. The GT-6 was a lot of fun, the Caravelle was a lot of frustration.

My current hotrods are, a 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger 340, 4spd, and a 1965 Dodge Coronet 500 with a 440 and automatic transmission. The Dart is a fun and fast cruiser, the Coronet is a retired race car that hasn't been registered for street use since 1978, it is ugly but scary fast. I just got the Coronet inspected and licensed for the street.

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Beautiful rides brother . One old friend of mine , now sadly gone , had a 1970 Roadrunner with a 440 six pack in it . I loved that car and almost bought it at one point , but I bought a first year Kawasaki Z1 900 instead ........ I really liked that bike , especially after I put a Russ Collins 1013 kit in it . I'm pretty sure I saw Jesus waving at me a few times when I was screaming around on it lol . Since you're a gear head , do you remember the Atchison , Topeka and Santa fe ?

AB

 

[kenbro]

This was a long time friend (Sign writer) who passed a few years ago.
This was the last car he owned. Lagonda.
Ken.

 

[kenbro]

PS. That was his weekend car, during the week his runabout was a 1926 Austin 7 soft top.
Ken.

 

[cooper89]

I’ve still got the Capri and a mk2 fiesta track car that’s currently in a million bits sold off mk2 escort, sierra 4x4 and another Capri when I moved house in 2020, with the prices of Old Ford’s I won’t have anything else in future sadly

 

[Wapinschaw]

The aforementioned Lotus Cortina. Vulcan Engineering big valve head, L2 1/2 race cams, Lumenition electronic ignition. It was photographed a couple of years ago at a vintage vehicle rally near Middlesborough, is currently taxed but no MOT although the DVLA history shows it has done a few miles annually for several years. It is probably still around, I would love to know where it is.

 

[fizzbangwhallop]

Beautiful rides brother . One old friend of mine , now sadly gone , had a 1970 Roadrunner with a 440 six pack in it . I loved that car and almost bought it at one point , but I bought a first year Kawasaki Z1 900 instead ........ I really liked that bike , especially after I put a Russ Collins 1013 kit in it . I'm pretty sure I saw Jesus waving at me a few times when I was screaming around on it lol . Since you're a gear head , do you remember the Atchison , Topeka and Santa fe ?

AB

I remember reading about it at the time…..awesome bit of kit!!!



Bet it sounded nice too….

Just found this YT clip on it being restored in 2011….wonder if it came to fruition?

 

[alberta boy]

I remember reading about it at the time…..awesome bit of kit!!!

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Bet it sounded nice too….

Just found this YT clip on it being restored in 2011….wonder if it came to fruition?

I saw Russ race a few times over the years , but not the ATS . The triple is a legend , the first bike to break the 8 second bracket . He was a major influence on high performance motorcycles . Vance and Hines both worked for him originally , they continued what he started .
I don't think his son ever completed the restoration , if he did , I haven't heard about it .

AB

 

[fizzbangwhallop]

This made me think of Norman Hyde on his Triumph Triple engined bike…I’m half-thinking he had more than one engine, maybe someone else?
Looking for him brought this up just now of a meeting at Long Marston… fascinating stuff and featuring Bo O’Brochta…

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[alberta boy]

This made me think of Norman Hyde on his Triumph Triple engined bike…I’m half-thinking he had more than one engine, maybe someone else?
Looking for him brought this up just now of a meeting at Long Marston… fascinating stuff and featuring Bo O’Brochta…

Eurodragster.com Feature presented in association with Lucas Oil Products

Good article , and a lot of names I haven't heard of for a while .

AB