Cars you don't see many of anymore

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by onemanempire

Wow, spotted a few I couldn't get pics of.. BUT... here are the ones I did manage to snap:

AWD Magna in mint nick Where's the clear coat peel?
Original owner judging by the condition of the car and the age of the bloke.

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Looks like that Magna has the 163 kW engine too.

Who remembers the ho-ha over the VY Commodore getting "magna taillights" back in the day?

[Citroënbender]

Was a Mini ute ever sold? Not that I’ve seen one (recently?) - just wondering if I ever did.

[onemanempire]

Citron bender said:
Was a Mini ute ever sold? Not that I’ve seen one (recently?) - just wondering if I ever did.
end of what he said.

Fix the quote fuction please MR Admin(s)

yes they made utes..
See here:
https://www.miniworld.com.au/product-page/1960-morris-minor-ute

Cheers,

One Man

[ESPJG32]

yes they were built, but never sold here, a number have been created here using vans, the real ones had a roof gutter across the back of the cab, most van conversions didn't bother replicating the gutter, so that is a good tell tail of a conversion, of course some real ones have been imported over the years, but they are rare here

[Tonz]

Originally Posted by onemanempire

Citron bender said:
Was a Mini ute ever sold? Not that I’ve seen one (recently?) - just wondering if I ever did.
end of what he said.

Fix the quote fuction please MR Admin(s)

yes they made utes..
See here:
https://www.miniworld.com.au/product-page/1960-morris-minor-ute

Cheers,

One Man

you knong that pic is a Morris Minor ute not a Morris/Austin Mini ute. Oh dear the uneducated young ones today dont know nuffingk

[PepeLePew]

Originally Posted by peaterj

Spotted this Leyland P76 in the back streets near the Queen Elizabeth Hospital earlier today. According to a rego check it is supposed to be purple.

Guy lives there or works nearby, it's always around in the street but i've seen it on the road too. It's his daily.

[PepeLePew]

Something wicked this way comes. Very rough...but couldn't help the pics of this 'creation'.

And pretty much where that Leyland was too above.

[onemanempire]

Originally Posted by Tonz

you knong that pic is a Morris Minor ute not a Morris/Austin Mini ute. Oh dear the uneducated young ones today dont know nuffingk

Bump Bar... hangs head in shame for trying to be helpful and fscking that rite up. Opps, my bad. Sozz...

On Ya tonz

One Man

[onemanempire]

fordomatic

When I sold my 2010 G6ET last year I put top dollar on it. I knew that I needed the right buyer but I also knew that I could almost guarantee there wasn’t another in the country for sale that was as clean with zero modifications. It had 60,000km from memory. The first person that looked at it bought it for $36500. I think I had it up for three weeks or so but man I had some ridiculous low balls and crazy swap offers.

Funny you should mention that. I loved the pics you took this much -






Cheers,

One Man

[mad2]

Originally Posted by Tonz

you knong that pic is a Morris Minor ute not a Morris/Austin Mini ute. Oh dear the uneducated young ones today dont know nuffingk

mum had a 'grey' one about 50 years ago

[five 7]

[onemanempire]

Wow, had a hella day too day...

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I saw my cars 'big brother' today. The 3500 SL version..Next up, a HJ Statesmanand then...and then and then and then...That's a rap.One Man

[XR Martin]

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[PepeLePew]

Originally Posted by onemanempire

That's a rap.One Man

Wow i see that Safari wag up Gawler way occasionally, absolute time warp love it. Love the 'as is' patina, stickers, blinds, like it just passed 88mph and warped over...

[onemanempire]

Saw this at Mount Barker today. Mint LH /LX 4.2 T-bat dead stock. Noice...





One Man

[Dr Terry]

Originally Posted by PepeLePew

Wow i see that Safari wag up Gawler way occasionally, absolute time warp love it. Love the 'as is' patina, stickers, blinds, like it just passed 88mph and warped over...

Not just a "Safari wagon". It looks like a V8 model Safari, very rare even in the 1960s.

Dr Terry

[onemanempire]

Originally Posted by Dr Terry

Not just a "Safari wagon". It looks like a V8 model Safari, very rare even in the 1960s.Dr Terry

Here's the original screen grab of the guard badge..




One Man

[onemanempire]

Got my wheels reconditioned at Wheel Worx at Richmond. In the show room the owner Joe, has his pretty mint 1969 ZA Fairlane sporting a 460 cuber, FMX and 9 inch. Asked him to tell me about it. Tells me he has owned it for a long time (20+ years i think he said) and got the running gear out of an XB GT, as the 'fairy' was a roller when he purchased it.
Enjoy..





















Cheers,

One Man

[XR Martin]

121 Fun top.

XD ute with 12 slotters.

[Sprintey]

Originally Posted by FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0

Was very close to buying a second hand ED XR6 in cobalt blue as my first car. Very keen on it and was discussing price with the dealer when they sold it from under me.

As much as I loved my polynesian green ED classic that I bought instead, I still rue that missed opportunity.

ED Classic is a great package at any rate - those mint 10 spoke alloys! We had a white GLi Classic, what a wonderful car it was. We negotiated on an EF in the yard on a blistering Perth 42 degree day surrounded by concrete, that fell through (sold out from under us) and I'm so glad we went for the ED. There were ED XR6s there at the time but they were 19K which was above our 13K budget. First proper family car with 2 kids back in 2000.

The ED Sprint is a different beast, and has the good parts of the design - attractive, lots of glass area, wide open dash, good ride/handling balance. Then it got the go kart and hot-up treatment... If I saw a mint original ED Classic wagon today, I'd be tempted.

You can still get EB and ED XR6 at reasonable money, it's not too late!

[Sprintey]

The stretched XH - that would have been an ex-ambulance?

In the 90s VS utes were stretched and converted into ambulances, maybe XHs were as well?

[onemanempire]

R31 Ti Skyline rare spot this one








One Man

[Tonz]

do you realise how much of this page belongs to you One Man? Iam not complaing at all, love seeing the odities of Adelaide that other cities dont have the pleasure of.
How the hell you get all your deliveries done though is beyound me

[onemanempire]

Originally Posted by Tonz

How the hell you get all your deliveries done though is beyound me

There's LOTS of red lights here man.

One Man

[DFB FGXR6]

Not necessarily a car you don't see anymore, rather a car you don't see living in the country, the Lexus LC500 in boring basic silver. I love these because of the seemingly archaic naturally aspirated 5.0 V8. A BMW M8 would hose this thing all day long in any performance metric, but I know which one would put a smile on my dial every single time.



Can't stand those BMW 4.4 engines.

[Tonz]

Originally Posted by onemanempire

There's LOTS of red lights here man.

One Man

d0nt I know it, used to live there, saw light at the end of the tunnel and left. Now 3 days in big city is enough for me