bazza123:
Does anyone on here drive their classic (and by classic I mean 80’s or early 90’s) for everyday transport■■?
Aye. I drive my 1978 Volvo 343 currently as a daily. Before that (and currently having a rest while I do some work on it) my 1978 Citroen GS was on daily duty.
bazza123:
Does anyone on here drive their classic (and by classic I mean 80’s or early 90’s) for everyday transport■■? I saw a mk2 Fiesta the other day, still going strong, also a mk1 Orion not long back, in poor condition if I’m honest. Not many of these around, bit like the early Sierra’s, all gone now I think.Any pictures?
My dad had a Citroen GSA Pallas, check that steering wheel and switchgear out. Citroen have always tried new things out.
My son uses his classic Mini every day. 
macplaxton:
bazza123:
Does anyone on here drive their classic (and by classic I mean 80’s or early 90’s) for everyday transport■■?[/url]Aye. I drive my 1978 Volvo 343 currently as a daily. Before that (and currently having a rest while I do some work on it) my 1978 Citroen GS was on daily duty.
I used to have a 345, with 1.4 Renault engine. Tha back seat was a bit too thight for three passengers, but was a great car with incredible turning circle…
Dennisthemenace:
yorkshire terrier:
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Here’s mine having a peep out of her cover,
MOT next week so the cover will be off
Must admit I’m more of a retro man than true classics,it’s the cars that I loved as a kid that interest me and that I want to own.Looks like a good quality cover; Where did you buy it? I need something as well…
I got it at the classic car show at the NEC was only £25 and is real good quality, I still got the box it came in il have a look at the make and let you know.
It’s been on since October and has kept it mint
ajs68:
Dennisthemenace:
hotel magnum:
yes dennis the strada engine, fine until normal running temp then it either misfires until it stops or dies straight away like its out of fuel. then makes out the battery is flat or like the engine is seizing. then may just start and run ok for a bit. I don’t think it has both parents to be honest.SH*T!: I remember, I used to have exactly the same problem with my Strada… Can not remember now, but I think, there was a problem with the carb; the fuel became “bubbly” for some reason. I’m terrible sorry, but I can not remember, how did we mend that problem twenty years ago…
We had a couple of X1/9’s and we cured the fuel problem. The fuel line gets warm causing fuel to vapourise, bubble. All we did was insulate the fuel line in the engine bay to keep it cool. Worked for our X1/9 until Dad avoided a cat on a bend, parking the car on its roof in a field. Roll bar worked great, targa smashed to bits.
used to have the same problem with the 1600 mg maestros twin carbs right over the exhaust manifold with a tin airfilter box used to get fuel evaporation caused by the heat causing warm start and running problems .cured it by replacing the air filter box with a open foam filter and cutting cold air slots in the back edge of the bonnet to let the hot air out .
Dennisthemenace:
macplaxton:
bazza123:
Does anyone on here drive their classic (and by classic I mean 80’s or early 90’s) for everyday transport■■?[/url]Aye. I drive my 1978 Volvo 343 currently as a daily. Before that (and currently having a rest while I do some work on it) my 1978 Citroen GS was on daily duty.
I used to have a 345, with 1.4 Renault engine. Tha back seat was a bit too thight for three passengers, but was a great car with incredible turning circle…
Leaf springs at the rear? What was the ride like?
yorkshire terrier:
Dennisthemenace:
yorkshire terrier:
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Here’s mine having a peep out of her cover,
MOT next week so the cover will be off
Must admit I’m more of a retro man than true classics,it’s the cars that I loved as a kid that interest me and that I want to own.Looks like a good quality cover; Where did you buy it? I need something as well…
I got it at the classic car show at the NEC was only £25 and is real good quality, I still got the box it came in il have a look at the make and let you know.
It’s been on since October and has kept it mint
That would be very kind of you, thanks!
bazza123:
Dennisthemenace:
macplaxton:
bazza123:
Does anyone on here drive their classic (and by classic I mean 80’s or early 90’s) for everyday transport■■?[/url]Aye. I drive my 1978 Volvo 343 currently as a daily. Before that (and currently having a rest while I do some work on it) my 1978 Citroen GS was on daily duty.
I used to have a 345, with 1.4 Renault engine. Tha back seat was a bit too thight for three passengers, but was a great car with incredible turning circle…
Leaf springs at the rear? What was the ride like?
Was very comfortable, as I can remember… The gearbox was smooth, but the top of the pleasure was the steering; if I turned the wheel completely, the front wheel were nearly crossways. The turning circle was excellent.
Dennisthemenace:
bazza123:
Dennisthemenace:
macplaxton:
bazza123:
Does anyone on here drive their classic (and by classic I mean 80’s or early 90’s) for everyday transport■■?[/url]Aye. I drive my 1978 Volvo 343 currently as a daily. Before that (and currently having a rest while I do some work on it) my 1978 Citroen GS was on daily duty.
I used to have a 345, with 1.4 Renault engine. Tha back seat was a bit too thight for three passengers, but was a great car with incredible turning circle…
Leaf springs at the rear? What was the ride like?
Was very comfortable, as I can remember… The gearbox was smooth, but the top of the pleasure was the steering; if I turned the wheel completely, the front wheel were nearly crossways. The turning circle was excellent.
Turning circle is okay at 30ft 2in and probably miles better than a lot of wrong wheel drive stuff. However I wouldn’t call it excellent. Excellent was the Reliant Kitten (had two) with a Taxi/Triumph Herald busting turning circle of below 24ft.
Ride is fine, they are a single tapered leaf spring either side. Rolls quite a bit in corners, but the weight distribution is good with the transmission at the rear. Mine tend to be rubber belt ones (Had a DAF 66 and still have a DAF 44), but I do have a 4sp manual 1397cc Renault engined one and a 5sp manual 1596cc Renault diesel.
Been a lot of places with it:
DSCF3492.JPG by macplaxton, on Flickr
bazza123:
Does anyone on here drive their classic (and by classic I mean 80’s or early 90’s) for everyday transport■■? I saw a mk2 Fiesta the other day, still going strong, also a mk1 Orion not long back, in poor condition if I’m honest. Not many of these around, bit like the early Sierra’s, all gone now I think.Any pictures?
My dad had a Citroen GSA Pallas, check that steering wheel and switchgear out. Citroen have always tried new things out.
Yep. Not sure if it counts as a classic, but my 1991 Daihatsu Fourtrak is in daily use. Before that, I drove a 1976 Citroen Dyane, a 1970 Landy and a 1966 Citroen Ami as daily drivers; there are some pics of them somewhere in this thread. All my cars, whatever age, are dailies: I can’t afford the luxury of a car that doesn’t earn its keep! The Ami in particular went all over the place … up to Northumberland loaded up with camping kit and musical gear for a gig my band played, over to Norfolk for the 2cv 24 hour race, up to Yorkshire to see my family … that was a great car.
toby1234abc:
The Austin Maestro; another skip on wheels.Would you have pulled a bird driving that.?
Only the woman trapped inside it somewhere that told you to do your seatbelt up.
i don’t use my Herald convertible as a daily driver,not practical and not insured for travelling to work in either…but i’m hoping to get my Mk 4 Fiesta GhiaX on the road this summer…wonder if that will ever be a classic? nice colour as well,purple 
macplaxton:
Dennisthemenace:
bazza123:
Dennisthemenace:
macplaxton:
bazza123:
Does anyone on here drive their classic (and by classic I mean 80’s or early 90’s) for everyday transport■■?[/url]Aye. I drive my 1978 Volvo 343 currently as a daily. Before that (and currently having a rest while I do some work on it) my 1978 Citroen GS was on daily duty.
I used to have a 345, with 1.4 Renault engine. Tha back seat was a bit too thight for three passengers, but was a great car with incredible turning circle…
Leaf springs at the rear? What was the ride like?
Was very comfortable, as I can remember… The gearbox was smooth, but the top of the pleasure was the steering; if I turned the wheel completely, the front wheel were nearly crossways. The turning circle was excellent.
Turning circle is okay at 30ft 2in and probably miles better than a lot of wrong wheel drive stuff. However I wouldn’t call it excellent. Excellent was the Reliant Kitten (had two) with a Taxi/Triumph Herald busting turning circle of below 24ft.
Ride is fine, they are a single tapered leaf spring either side. Rolls quite a bit in corners, but the weight distribution is good with the transmission at the rear. Mine tend to be rubber belt ones (Had a DAF 66 and still have a DAF 44), but I do have a 4sp manual 1397cc Renault engined one and a 5sp manual 1596cc Renault diesel.
Been a lot of places with it:
DSCF3492.JPG by macplaxton, on Flickr
Nearly at home: cos they’ve been assembled in Holland, if I’m not wrong…
Ebay is full of old cars,look at this Fiesta fetching nearly £1000!
ebay.co.uk/itm/1988-FORD-FIE … 0205937%26
There is loads of stuff on there, Cortina’s, Capri’s etc
Mine is in for mot right now,always a nervous time I’d rather go to the dentist 
Dennisthemenace:
Nearly at home: cos they’ve been assembled in Holland, if I’m not wrong…
Yes. Got to Eindhoven on that trip, but not Born where they were built.
Around 2,300 miles done on that trip. I got a sailrail ticket from Dublin with Mrs and 5mth-old to go collect the car from Slough (having just bought it and had a mate pick it up from Luton a few days before.) 1 ferry, 2 taxis and 3 trains later we had the keys. Drove to Dover that night and was in Paris the next morning. For (at the time) 33 year old car it went well enough and didn’t break down. Just did the odd running repair when I had to. Got back to Ireland fine, having gained a roof box in Eindhoven and a trailer in Hitchin. 
macplaxton:
Dennisthemenace:
Nearly at home: cos they’ve been assembled in Holland, if I’m not wrong…Yes. Got to Eindhoven on that trip, but not Born where they were built.
Around 2,300 miles done on that trip. I got a sailrail ticket from Dublin with Mrs and 5mth-old to go collect the car from Slough (having just bought it and had a mate pick it up from Luton a few days before.) 1 ferry, 2 taxis and 3 trains later we had the keys. Drove to Dover that night and was in Paris the next morning. For (at the time) 33 year old car it went well enough and didn’t break down. Just did the odd running repair when I had to. Got back to Ireland fine, having gained a roof box in Eindhoven and a trailer in Hitchin.
Sounds like an excellent adventure…
I use my 95 bug eye Granada 2.9 cossie as my everyday transport may be ugly to some but best car ford ever made
goonerewill:
I use my 95 bug eye Granada 2.9 cossie as my everyday transport may be ugly to some but best car ford ever made
Was that the Scorpio? ■■■■ me they were ugly though 
I always fancied a Puma after seeing that Steve McQueen advert, although I’d not long passed my test and had little money so could never afford one.
goonerewill:
I use my 95 bug eye Granada 2.9 cossie as my everyday transport may be ugly to some but best car ford ever made
No way, Mk 2 Zodiac has that honour IMO