CLASSIC and important CARS - open thread:

Sometimes, it's difficult to work out whether a car is interesting or not...

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I'd rather have an LM002!
 
And bigger baulls!!!
 
It seems to me that the truly important cars are the every day models like this Nissan Micra. Built in plants around the world, 2,368,704 Micras were produced by the Sunderland factory alone since 1992. That's what I call a classic car...

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AndrewFlannigan said:
It seems to me that the truly important cars are the every day models like this Nissan Micra. Built in plants around the world, 2,368,704 Micras were produced by the Sunderland factory alone since 1992. That's what I call a classic car...
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I agree. Everyday cars are often overlooked, at vintage car meetings, too. Often you see more FERRARIs than cars like this :



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Italian chic meets British mass production; The Austin A40 Farina wasn't a runaway success but they did build more than 340,000 of them - and they were pretty much the default vehicle for British driving instructors in the 1960s...

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Andy1967 said:
What... no beige Morris Marinas? I shall be writing a strongly worded email the president of the owners club forthwith
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You'll just have to make do with an "Audax" Hillman Minx, of which there were rather more than 350,000 made in Britain alone (they were also built in Australia and Japan)...

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AndrewFlannigan said:
You'll just have to make do with an "Audax" Hillman Minx, of which there were rather more than 350,000 made in Britain alone (they were also built in Australia and Japan)...

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My dad also one of those, in black, (as well as the beige Marina). I think his Minx was a "van der plas" I was forever getting told off for opening and closing the drinks tray in the back of his seat :)
 
It certainly was a Vanden Plas, Maybe a Austin Cambridge or Princess then. I was only 2 or 3 years old, over half a century ago, so memory might not 100%
 
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Hi, here in Germany British cars are rare, especially everyday cars. They were too difficult to maintain over the years with a thin network of dealerships.

We see mostly what is seen as "high end" here, and even standard Minis are rare, too. Most are sporty ... :



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We have "tarted up" cars on our roads too. I think this might be a Renault...

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Grabbed shot of the rare Morris Oxford Traveller Series IV...

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