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Gott im Himmel
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 8:54 pm
by Dieselman
Re: Gott im Himmel
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 9:28 pm
by xantia_v6
You would be a bit afraid to drive that one.
Funily enough today I saw a NSU spyder wankel RHD in the car museum at Bugibba Malta. The funny thing is I saw another on the road in the UK a couple of years ago, and spoke to the owner, who was convinced that his was the only surviving RHD example!
Re: Gott im Himmel
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 5:43 am
by White Exec
Are Maltese roads still full of old British classics, or have they disappeared now?
Re: Gott im Himmel
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 12:38 pm
by russ92xmsed
A Birotor..... Oooooo. Very nice indeed. Amazingly high pitched engine noise. Any louder and it would only be heard by dogs!
Re: Gott im Himmel
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 2:27 pm
by xantia_v6
White Exec wrote:Are Maltese roads still full of old British classics, or have they disappeared now?
It (just like New Zealand) is now populated largely by grey market Japanese imports. I could count on my fingers and toes the number of old British cars (excepting the very good museum). Those I have seen are mostly 1970s cortinas and escorts, a couple of old minis, a Hillman hunter and a lo-lite minor (partly dismantled).
Not many Citroens either, a couple each of c2,c3, xara and one mk2 c5.
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 6:17 pm
by Eddie nuff
That's cheap.
This one's nearly three times more.
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 7:19 pm
by xantia_v6
Eddie nuff wrote:That's cheap.
This one's nearly three times more.
A bit odd that it is photographed with UK plates, but located in Budapest...
There was one for sale last year in France for about 15000€ I think.
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 8:38 pm
by White Exec
Eddie nuff wrote: This one's nearly three times more.
Handy for Gabor...
Re: Gott im Himmel
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 12:17 am
by djg
Shall I? [emoji1]
It actually happens. I've just read an article about the very first Jensen 541S ever manufactured residing in Hungary, mint, oldtimer plates. See at
http://m.totalcar.hu/tesztek/2015/05/08 ... 0/?rnd=805" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, click on a picture for the gallery.
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Re: Gott im Himmel
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 6:55 am
by White Exec
Those were the days, when the same dash switches appeared on Mini and Aston, Jensen and Morris. Smiths, Jaeger, Lucas . . . Made scrapyard shopping really simple!
Love the completely flat dash panel on the Jensen, easily made up on a craftsman's bench. Rev counter (presumably) fed off the dynamo end-bearing is a nice touch. Bet the electric fan came as a bit of a shock to the system!
In the late 60s, a furniture-selling neighbour of ours in Reading used to have an Interceptor III (there has to be a moral in that). Always thought it a stunning sight, particularly that huge curved back window.