What make/model of old car would you like to own?

[TheTecknician]

Provided you don't already. Anything out of production, any age. I have two.

-Chrysler Avenger, preferably a saloon but I'll settle for an estate. Has to be
Chrysler too, not the earlier Hillman. I prefer the lights! I've always had a lot of
time for Rootes Group cars on account of their styling. Similarly, I like the
Chrysler 180 (an enlarged Avenger) and the Sunbeam Rapier and Alpine.

• Riley/Wolseley Elf. A neat and rather smarter Mini with an extended boot. My

elderly neighbour had one decades ago. It just kept going. The grey colour was a little dull but the car itself was grand.

That's one helluva journey with a one year old.
Hats off to your parents.👍😁

Escort XR3 in bright red!

Series 1 RS Turbo.

or a Lotus Cortina.

They are starting to banned from low emission zones etc but I might buy one and restore it just for fun, one day, just because they came out when we were 16 I think and I always wanted one.

That’s how everyone in BMW circles refers to them for the past 20 years at least, the e (and f and g) codes are the only way to navigate the different generations of BMWs.

A 1930s Austin 7 that was in good running condition.

I've noticed the fondness for split windscreen Beetles. Early Morris Minors and Land Rovers had these too.

Having had one as my first car which managed to rust from the inside out: no you wouldn’t. You really wouldn’t 😂

A Volvo 164 is another oldie I'd quite like. Dad had two company Volvos in the 1970s, a G-reg 145 then an M-reg 144. He could have had a 164 but would have had to contribute to the cost - so he didn't.

BMW Z3 M Coupe is a bit of a marmite car. To me the design is brilliant.

I doubt anybody would desire one but who remembers the Invacar? Bright blue tricycle with, I think, a fibreglass body. They were taken off the road decades ago, thank goodness. They made the Reliant Robin look desirable.

Oh gosh, yes - the sort you could break a crowbar over and it wouldn't even leave a dent!

I loved the Jaguar XJ6 around 1999.

My friend’s Mum had a Citroen 2CV Charleston edition in black and burgundy. I loved that car. I never sat in it but dreamed of owning one.
Never happened ☹️

A Talbot Avenger. With a Matt black roof 1978/9.
Or a Morris Minor .

Morris Minor with the wooden bits on the “estate” version (lol)

dreams are made of this

However, a MM was the first car I can remember my DM driving us to school in, in the 70s. Used to have to get the engine going with the choke lever, let it warm up in the snow before we chugged our way down the icy roads to school.

I already own her. A morris minor. Not everyone’s cup of tea but she has many childhood memories attached

I loved the limited edition Tiger Avenger. My auntie had an orange one and they also came in yellow.

My first car a Fiat 126 bis but then I remember if I had passengers in the back it wouldn’t make it to steep hills.

My great Aunt had one late 50s. My first car memory too. Popular with priests and nuns here - as was the beetle. One of our neighbours had a Heinkel bubble car iirc. Air cooled engines were very common. Skodas , Renault Dauphines and NSU Prinz and Simcas. Haven't seen the last two in decades now.

Ooh just remembered the Morris with wooden bits.was it the Traveller?

It’s not vintage but the Mercedes CLS pre 2018 was very sleek.

We often lament all the cars we had in the 80s (most of which would be worth tens of thousands now). A Capri, a Granada 2.8i, I had a Mk1 Escort, a Golf GTI.
but what is really like to pootle about in is a Hillman Imp. I love those ‘sit up and beg’ cars.

An original Fiat 500. So cute! Peugeot 205 GTI in Graphite was an early dream of bliss for me. Very nearly bought one. Old Citroen DS. E-type Jag.

An old workmate had a slew of elderly cars, including a Hillman Imp and a left-hand drive Datsun Violet.

I wonder what the Avenger was avenging? What was the Hillman Hunter hunting?