Pictures of old or rare vehicles

[Bobupndown]

Here's my own side by side comparison of my little toy and my daily driver and a Freelander 2 is not 'that' big a car!

 

[Eric the chicken]

Oh, the 911 bit was because it was actually originally a design number with a zero in it. After they had produced a few, Peugeot legaly reminded them that any car production number with a zero in the middle was copyright by them. So it was shifted to 911
There are a few of the pre 911 cars in the states, slightly more collectable.

I'm amazed that you can copyright a number sequence. I'm not seeking to start a forum argument, just expressing genuine surprise.

 

[Puglet1]

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Here's my own side by side comparison of my little toy and my daily driver and a Freelander 2 is not 'that' big a car!

Very nice.
Only one question……… How do you work in such crowded conditions?

 

[droopsnoot]

I'm amazed that you can copyright a number sequence. I'm not seeking to start a forum argument, just expressing genuine surprise.

I seem to recall reading that it's a "gentleman's agreement" rather than anything legal. Lots of Porsche part numbers start with "901" because there was the intention for it to be named that way, but I also expect that Porsche might not have wanted their new sports car to be confused with a Peugeot just as much as Peugeot didn't.

The old 500 is quite small, here next to a Renault 5 and closer to the camera, too.

 

[Bullet2012]

Not sure that it is photoshopped.

 

[nickk]

Just like lots of the drivers,they’ve grown obese,not you @Bobupndown .

 

[cheb]

One of the causes I been told is the rather irrational decision that crumple zones now have to be outside of the passenger compartment.

How big is a Twingo compared to an old Mini? How big would an old car of comparable comfort and performance to a modern MINI? Are we doing the usual thing thing of comparing two mostly dissimilar vehicles? You know Allegroes and Cortinas were crap compared to BMWs of the same era.

 

[Bobupndown]

View attachment 452943View attachment 452944Not sure that it is photoshopped.

You seem to be right. Wow.

 

[Farside]

Not my picture, just shows how much cars have grown.
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It's more a measure of how lardy the population has become.
Besides being 'shopped, of course.

 

[minimutly]

One of the causes I been told is the rather irrational decision that crumple zones now have to be outside of the passenger compartment.

How big is a Twingo compared to an old Mini? How big would an old car of comparable comfort and performance to a modern MINI? Are we doing the usual thing thing of comparing two mostly dissimilar vehicles? You know Allegroes and Cortinas were crap compared to BMWs of the same era.

The original Twingo had something about it, the later one nothing..

 

[colnerov]

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Here's my own side by side comparison of my little toy and my daily driver and a Freelander 2 is not 'that' big a car!

Well done for obliterating the number plate characters.

p.s. You forgot the trailer board on the wall.

 

[Gritineye]

I had an original Fiat 500, and yes they really were that tiny.
Amazingly I survived having virtually everything in front of the windscreen smashed off it by a car at a T junction.

 

[KemppiFrog]

We have a few original 500 about here, they weren't really a four seater, more like two kids in the back. Our '94 Twingo is very spacious. The back seats slides, so you can trade boot space for legroom in the back. It's is OK for 6ft on the forward position, if back, you can straighten your legs or be comfy if 6'4 or so.
The latest versions of the Mini and Fiat are just obese and ugly.
Point about the original Mini, is that you could seat four adults.

Errmmm. I had a minivan in my yoof, first car so I could get to college, as no public transport practical. One night in Cambridge, I was carry some friends to a do, total of TEN in the little box... 'Turn left here!' says the front pax. As you can imagine, the drum brakes were not much good at that load, and I couldn't slow down for that road, so took the next one. Slight complication as it was narrow and one way, ignoring the no entry, we bashed on. Torch waved at us so I stopped and the police man bent down and looked in. Seeing the row of faces, he asked me I knew it was a one way. I mumbled that I didn't realise so. He then asked me if I was a student of the town. No (not that town) Expecting big problems, but he said that a bit further along it was two way and look at the signs a bit harder next time, good evening.
How times have changed.

 

[Bobupndown]

Well remember many of us stuffed into Minis heading to and from pubs

 

[julianthegypsy]

We had four of us and the dog in a fiat 500. One of us had to get out and walk to get up the steep hill on the way home. Happy days!

 

[Farside]

Point about the original Mini, is that you could seat four adults.

The most ridiculous sight I saw was when the company director's Jag was in the workshop and he took the daft little Fiat 126* down into town to collect a couple of work colleagues. The car drove into the workshop and four burly blokes got out of it. You'd swear there couldn't have been enough room inside for them and some folding of space/time must have happened.
I hoofed that little car all over the place when running for spares, etc. It was quite nippy with just one on board, it must have been utterly cack with four in it.

*If I recall correctly, it was thrown in as a freebie when we bought a new fleet of vans.

 

[Anguz]

My first car was a 126... quite nippy on the work run as long as you kept power on and didn't lift much
Ended up like most blokes 1st car in a ditch

 

[ms08]

Well remember many of us stuffed into Minis heading to and from pubs

Remember that - we had six 20 somethings and a guitar in one and used to get three in a Bond Bug - seriously overloaded really and sure of a pull these days.

 

[Erie Fred]

Bradley GT

This needs a new home !! Fresh 1600 DP. Ghia ball joint disc brake front end . NO rust anywhere . Needs a little TLC/ finishing but jump in if and drive anywhere

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[jsf55]

A few from the weekend meet