Other cars....

I own a 1966 Austin 1100 (with 1300 engine) called "Nymph"
and a 1993 Renault Clio called "Nigel"

so plenty to keep me going!

try this lot for size...... myself and the better half now own 1967 hornet, 1963 vanden plas 3litre,1950 rover cyclops, 1963 hillman husky estate, 1964 riley 4/72 and 1978 datsun 280c which is mega rare nowdays. all are on the road and used

Hello everyone,

I reckon that I have a fair few cars, other than my 1965 Riley Elf Mk 2

These are:

1955 Standard 10 saloon
1970 Morris Minor Saloon
1974 VW 1303 Beetle
1990 Ford Escort XR3i
1992 Mini Sprite
1999 VW Passat Saloon.

Like Martin, every one of these cars is on the road and used weekly.

Is there any known cure?

Best regards,

Richard

absolutly no cure whatsoever..... its a bloke thing!!

i haven't got that many but here goes...

JVG, '68 Hornet - goes!
Rusty, '68 Hornet - don't go!
Mondingo, '95 Mondeo - do go and bloody well for 160k on the clock - rear arches a bit rusty though!
"Old Red", '93 Maestro - Mum's old car - had it since new - goes like clockwork with only 38k

And lots and lots of big red ones that i drive nearly every day!

Currently as well as the Elf I have a Subaru Impreza STI, and under restoration I have a 1967 Morris Minor Minor Super Deluxe and a 1966 Triumph Spitfire Mk2. Just sold my 1983 Mini Van and my 1993 British Open Classic Mini

Along with my '67 Elf (Biscuits) Driving daily
I have a '66 Porsche 912 (Pumpkin) Resting in the garage
'65 Morris Cooper (Pickles) Driving daily
'67 Austin Cooper S (Waffles) Driving weekly
'65 Chevrolet C10 Pickup (Mongo) Resting beside the garage

The guys at work call me lord Montague!
1967 Hoenet
1967 Sunbeam Alpine
1974 VW Bay window camper van
and off to see 1964 splitty this weekend.
Plus the two back up vehicles if all else fails 06 Mini convertible and Citereon C4
Glad to know were not alone!!

here goes for the Catmint collection

So we have

Humphrey - 62 hornet - daily driver /rally toy
Harry - 66 hornet - all original but needs resto
Skippy - hienz 57 - need resto
no name - 76 mini pickup awaiting resto again, have owned for over 20 yrs and used to be daily driver
Minty - 62 morris mini minor super delux - show car
Norman - Nomad kit car - currently being built
Dorris - 1969 land rover dormobile (yes a land rover with a popup roof) current resto project
and finally Daffy the truck - my daily works vehicle and car carrier

just glad I don't have any more room left !

Hi Catmint nice bunch, looks like you have your work cut out. Are you available for private transactions with your car carrier or is it purley a work thang.
Horneto

Horneto wrote:Are you available for private transactions with your car carrier or is it purley a work thang.
Horneto

Unfortunaley not I am afraid, it is a tipper unit for carrying stone - I design and build gardens as a day job, but I built back so that it could be easily converted to carry a mini sized car ( for some reason !!), plus insurance does not cover me for "payment or reward"

paint that door gordon!

only kidding - wish i had a truck to carry jvg about and save his worn bottom end!

my oldsmobile 1939



my 1967 pu

Big_Al_Smith wrote:paint that door gordon!

only kidding - wish i had a truck to carry jvg about and save his worn bottom end!

don't worry the other door is the same colour as well!- I have allways fancied having a sign made for Daffy "Pikeys appreciation society " followed by several mobile numbers all crossed out - poor old bus does work hard earning his and my keep though and then on his days off taking Humphrey out to play

Hi Miniswede

Not many pickups where you are - saw a fantastic one a few years ago north of Jonkoping - I'm not sure who was more surprised - him seeing a Hornet or us seeing a pickup

Gordon

hi catmint
rigth the pu are very rare in sweden too, but the hornet/elf is more rare I dont now anyone els than mine

miniswede wrote:hi catmint
rigth the pu are very rare in sweden too, but the hornet/elf is more rare I dont now anyone els than mine

some of the early MkI's were exported to Sweden in 1961/62, but not many ( about 10 I think), It would be interesting if any of these had survived.

love that oldsmobile - fantastic!

miniswede wrote:
my oldsmobile 1939



my 1967 pu

just one other car, a Subaru Forester 2.0XT. But modded to eat Porsches for breakfast

I've got just this one other Brit car, a 1959 AH Bugeye, but it's not quite in driving shape just now.


Other than that, there's a 1995 Toyota Tacoma 4x4, a 1991 Honda Prelude, and a 2008 Toyota Prius.
The only other Brit car I've ever owned was a 1971 Plymouth Cricket when I was 17, but I never knew it was British until years later when I found out it was actually a Hillman Avenger. I'd like to find another one, either an Avenger GT or an Avenger Tiger, but I don't think too many survived the '70s.

We call them frog eyed Sprites!
The Avengers rotted away quickley and there ain't many about now. Nice shaped cars I thought.

TONYELF wrote:We call them frog eyed Sprites!

Yeah, I knew that. I guess we see more bugs than frogs over here.

I have been tidying up my photo albums and found these photos of my friends mini van being overtaken by a juggernaut and thought you may like to see it. We were on our way to Mini Meet East 4th July 2008 in Maine USA. you can see why Brian (Red Riley) wants a fast motor to keep him out of trouble!

The other photo is the mini moke that was stopped by a highway Marshall who said
" I am sorry sir, but you are not allowed to drive golf carts on the highway" Needless to say He walked away with his tail between his legs when the driver showed him his documents!

Sprite looks like a nice project!

I have been looking for a Sprite myself, but I cannot find one that isnt already restored and expensive!

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I have been known for owning stupid numbers of cars, at one point we had 15, but I've downsized to just 7 in the last couple of years.

They are:
'67 Riley Elf
'78 Mini 1000 saloon (my daily driver)
'71 Mini Clubman (still hydro!)
'72 Clubman estate (under restoration)
'79 Ford Capri (my son's, under restoration)
'84 VW Type 25 camper with Rover 3.5 V8 engine
and the "modern", Toyota Previa, the all-purpose family runabout.

Plus my 19-year old daughter owns a '88 Mini Jet Black.

Pics of most at my website.