New Posts For Thread: top ten cars of the 70s/80s imohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23437546/top-ten-cars-of-the-70s80s-imo1) Hillman Hunter GLS (holbay engine)2) Granada V63) Lancia delta hfi turbo (intergrali not affordable by me then :( )4) Fiat 132 twin cam5) Mk 3 cortina6) Porche 9287) arfur daley shape jags 8) range rover v89) Triumph 2500 pi10 massey ferguson 135A freind of mine had a 2.8 and decided to make it into a estate,so he got a old ford escort est,cut them both up welded the two together,when we got to see it he asked me what Ithought?A forking mess what a shame to do that to a nice car,he drove ithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23437546/top-ten-cars-of-the-70s80s-imo?post_id=418367162#418367162A freind of mine had a 2.8 and decided to make it into a estate,so he got a old ford escort est,cut them both up welded the two together,when we got to see it he asked me what Ithought?A forking mess what a shame to do that to a nice car,he drove itThu, 07 Jan 2010 05:36:25 -0600Old timer mechanic in a garage told me that. I could hear a rattle so I took it to him. He put a stick of wood on the engine and his ear on the other end. ' Upper timing chain, 'got a radio ?' he said I said ' Of course it facking has.' He said ' Turhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23437546/top-ten-cars-of-the-70s80s-imo?post_id=418367134#418367134Old timer mechanic in a garage told me that. I could hear a rattle so I took it to him. He put a stick of wood on the engine and his ear on the other end. ' Upper timing chain, 'got a radio ?' he said I said ' Of course it facking has.' He said ' TurThu, 07 Jan 2010 05:26:42 -0600the piston gobbler charlie!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23437546/top-ten-cars-of-the-70s80s-imo?post_id=418367126#418367126the piston gobbler charlie!Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:18:44 -0600My first XJ6 was a facking nightmare. I bought a J reg 2.8 model and the bodywork wasn't as light as it is these days. It shifted, no doubt about that, but I lived 50 miles away from work, and the petrol consumption was astronomical, apart from the mhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23437546/top-ten-cars-of-the-70s80s-imo?post_id=418367098#418367098My first XJ6 was a facking nightmare. I bought a J reg 2.8 model and the bodywork wasn't as light as it is these days. It shifted, no doubt about that, but I lived 50 miles away from work, and the petrol consumption was astronomical, apart from the mThu, 07 Jan 2010 04:57:26 -0600another car I had at the time was a Jaguar xj6 the 4.2 series three,that was a nice car but a couple of years ago i drove one it drove like a antique,but it does get people looking at you,mine was silver about the best colour,and talking of people lohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23437546/top-ten-cars-of-the-70s80s-imo?post_id=418367070#418367070another car I had at the time was a Jaguar xj6 the 4.2 series three,that was a nice car but a couple of years ago i drove one it drove like a antique,but it does get people looking at you,mine was silver about the best colour,and talking of people loThu, 07 Jan 2010 04:45:38 -0600I love Triumph Stag and also Simitars, looked great but ran like cr@phttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23437546/top-ten-cars-of-the-70s80s-imo?post_id=418367030#418367030I love Triumph Stag and also Simitars, looked great but ran like cr@pThu, 07 Jan 2010 04:33:50 -0600dad had a sunbeam rapier, hillman minx, ford cortina, morris marina and many othershttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23437546/top-ten-cars-of-the-70s80s-imo?post_id=418367010#418367010dad had a sunbeam rapier, hillman minx, ford cortina, morris marina and many othersThu, 07 Jan 2010 04:26:49 -0600i had a ford caprihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23437546/top-ten-cars-of-the-70s80s-imo?post_id=418366994#418366994i had a ford capriThu, 07 Jan 2010 04:24:53 -0600casemoney 07 Jan 01:17 lot of people buy them and restore them BC ..As a fellow lover of them, my honourable friend Orioles restores Jaguars as a hobby, and he will leave you in no doubt as to the cost of such a mission. 'It ain't cheap' is ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23437546/top-ten-cars-of-the-70s80s-imo?post_id=418366974#418366974casemoney 07 Jan 01:17 lot of people buy them and restore them BC ..As a fellow lover of them, my honourable friend Orioles restores Jaguars as a hobby, and he will leave you in no doubt as to the cost of such a mission. 'It ain't cheap' is aThu, 07 Jan 2010 04:21:11 -0600Back in the 70s one of the best cars I had was a Rover 3500s P6,for its time it was fast,and it did handle well,one of the best driving cars I had in the early 80s was a Ford Capri 2.8,I loved that car fast,but like so many of those I did write minehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23437546/top-ten-cars-of-the-70s80s-imo?post_id=418366826#418366826Back in the 70s one of the best cars I had was a Rover 3500s P6,for its time it was fast,and it did handle well,one of the best driving cars I had in the early 80s was a Ford Capri 2.8,I loved that car fast,but like so many of those I did write mineWed, 06 Jan 2010 23:37:43 -0600