Old Cars - what have you seen lately?

[Captiva Fan]

I would've thought the butchering that's already been done to it would've been worse than just a conversion to correct-hand-drive!

[meggala]

I would've thought the butchering that's already been done to it would've been worse than just a conversion to correct-hand-drive!

says he who is modifying and customising a VOLVO 2 series :D

[postman]

http://www.xpostmanx.com/pics/qldclubjag.jpg

e-type?

apologies for shitty camera phone photo.. i've photo chopped it to try and bring up the shadows a bit less..

[Captiva Fan]

says he who is modifying and customising a VOLVO 2 series :D

Meh, it came from the factory butchered; nobody cares if you butcher it further.
[Besides, I'm only updating it to the later series we didn't get here ... it's not really all that different from a standard 1984½ 242 Turbo]

Ooh, I just saw one of these, around the corner from my place, for sale ... looks like it's had quite a nice paint-job on it. If it weren't too dark I would've stopped to grab a photo:

It's in a bit of a poofy colour, a light metallic lilac, but still looks quite nice ... anybody here selling a 260C 2dr?

[floody]

Ooh! I saw one of those in a stonemason's factory yard in Ballarat, I thought it was quite a nice looking car.
I'd have to assume they would be very rare, a bit like a 2 door crown in that respect (BTW, saw one of those this week, like turbocrown's one but slow).
But potential there...bung in a 3.1 L28, slam it on some 70's Japanese rims...
I've also seen one each of the wagon version of the 260c and early 70's crown, both nice in a quirky japanese way.

[Datto-Zed]

anybody here selling a 260C 2dr?

If they are, I want it! :D

Pretty damn rare these days.

[Datto-Zed]

Speak of the devil!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....550294868&rd=1

[Paddington]

I think its a South African Chevrolet something-or-other. I recall seeing something like that at Targa one year, it was quite small, similar (same?) shape and sporting a 302ci small block chev (YES, 302ci, not 350 or 327).

its called a Firenza IIRC. 304 Chev? anyway, special build to compete with Basil's V8 Capri's or something like that. Basically you need to take the engine out to change the oil filter.

look up "droop snoot group" on google or buy retro cars magazine.

[hakosuka]

Speak of the devil!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....550294868&rd=1

The later 240/260's are ok,

but not as nice as the older shape as posted by Forg, especially the JDM ones with the square headlights :D


There used to be a few of either these hardtops about in Australia.
Makes one wonder why Toyota did not bring in the Crown hardtops.

[Captiva Fan]

Makes one wonder why Toyota did not bring in the Crown hardtops.

Could be the cost thing again. Few people here accepted Japanese cars as being much chop; I remember in the 70's, my extended family all having Toyotas at the time, as being somewhat alone in thinking Toyotas were better cars than Holdens or Fords (nobody ever mentioned Vals ). Would have to have been hard selling a luxo one, harder again selling a coupé with rather, erm, "controversial" looks (let's face it, it's not actually good-looking; the attraction is the bad Japanese kitsch-ness of it ).

I'll see if I can get the details on this metallic puce one; although in hindsight I think it's the later shape (of which my grandad had a 4dr).

[HoonBoy]

Might be placing a bid on this before it ends

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....e=STRK:MEWA:IT

Im thinking V twin Harley or similar.

Just for something different :D

Mick

I had the slightly bigger N 600 years ago, went just a well as you would think a 600cc aircooled two cylinder would go...

[Paydirt]

Excuse my ignorance, but isn't Supercrowns car a 2 door hardtop????

[hakosuka]

Excuse my ignorance, but isn't Supercrowns car a 2 door hardtop????

Yes it is - the later type with the integrated bumpers.

[hakosuka]

Could be the cost thing again.

But as I stated, NIssan/Datsun still managed to sell a few of theirs in this market, and they managed a wagon as well. Too tough for poor little Toyota to handle? As usual, Toy OZ was being exceedingly conservative. The Scandanavian countries got the hardtops, after all.

Would have to have been hard selling a luxo one, harder again selling a coupé with rather, erm, "controversial" looks (let's face it, it's not actually good-looking; the attraction is the bad Japanese kitsch-ness of it ).

I know where you are coming from, but the Holden/Ford coupes were not exactly styling masterpieces either. The locally designed Chrysler hardtop of ther early 1970's waas uglier. I have seen these Crown hardtops in the metal, they don't look too bad.

[Captiva Fan]

But as I stated, NIssan/Datsun still managed to sell a few of theirs in this market

Yeah, but not many. Being excessively tasty for The Rust Monster means there're going to be few left, but you never saw many on the road "way back when" either. They sold so few they could even have lost money on the deal; plus 260C's weren't as upmarket as Crowns (I presume the 260C's must've been available here in multiple specs, my grandfather's one was relatively basic).

I know where you are coming from, but the Holden/Ford coupes were not exactly styling masterpieces either. The locally designed Chrysler hardtop of ther early 1970's was uglier.

Truth be known, I disagree; I prefer Pacer & Charger & XA-XC, and much prefer both generations of Monaro. The Crown was ahead of it's time in many ways (integrated bumpers, and that bonnet treatment isn't entirely unBangle), but it's very Japanese 60's-to-early-70's in lots of other messy details ...