Good cars you don't see any more?

[Reckless]

VH E38 or E49 spec Charger of course

E49 Charger! I can clearly see in my mind the front discs glowing all the way down the back straight. His rear brakes, (drums), had gone by that stage. A lot of the cars including the Fords' brakes were red hot!

My first wheels was a Kawasaki 250 F11 at 15, First car was a Ford Angelbox.

But talking of Chargers in the last years of my Panelbeating Career I worked at Porirua Motor Bodies. We did all the bumps and Scratches for Todd Motors (as it was in those days).
Well Mike Todd came in with an E49 Charger. I think I spent a year on and off on that car. Was a total Paint strip, I didn't put one bit of bog in her, new door panels etc and all factory joins re leaded. It came in and out getting the motor fitted, trimmed etc etc. Farkin Fantastic it looked when finished I'll never forget her.
Also never forget taking it down for a wheel alignment. I was driving a 318 valiant in those days but when I gave the E49 a foot full fuck me I'll never forget how the thing seemed to jump up off the road and bloody went for it, Scary Fast as
We also did work on the Whittakers Peanut slab cars to back in the day. The peanuts cooking in their factory up the road would surround the local area.

Ah the memories

[Bikemad]

You can say that again. Know anyone that wants one?...apart from retracting seat belts and after market steering wheel it's all genuine MKI Midget, fully reco'd engine including new oil and water pumps, radiator tanks off and flush. Even made new rocker shafts and rocker bushes for it. PM me if anyone...eerr... fool is interested in a piece of Pommie crap....eerrr...history

give me a hundy a box of piss and pay for the transport and i'll do you a favour and take it off ya hands for ya

[5150]

My first wheels was a Kawasaki 250 F11 at 15, First car was a Ford Angelbox.

But talking of Chargers in the last years of my Panelbeating Career I worked at Porirua Motor Bodies. We did all the bumps and Scratches for Todd Motors (as it was in those days).
Well Mike Todd came in with an E49 Charger. I think I spent a year on and off on that car. Was a total Paint strip, I didn't put one bit of bog in her, new door panels etc and all factory joins re leaded. It came in and out getting the motor fitted, trimmed etc etc. Farkin Fantastic it looked when finished I'll never forget her.
Also never forget taking it down for a wheel alignment. I was driving a 318 valiant in those days but when I gave the E49 a foot full fuck me I'll never forget how the thing seemed to jump up off the road and bloody went for it, Scary Fast as
We also did work on the Whittakers Peanut slab cars to back in the day. The peanuts cooking in their factory up the road would surround the local area.

Ah the memories

Yes. The E49 is still my no 1 dream car. You had your Fords and Holdens, but There was nothing quiet like a Mopar to get your blood boiling.

[Reckless]

Yes. The E49 is still my no 1 dream car. You had your Fords and Holdens, but There was nothing quiet like a Mopar to get your blood boiling.

Far out!! did a google for "Mike Todd E49 Charger" an here she is

http://nzlifeandleisure.co.nz/on-the-road-charger/

[MD]

A Renault Dauphine?

Quite right Hitcher. Your lanky frame wouldn't fit inside one. That must have been too easy. I thought it was such an obscure rarity no one would know. I was expecting names like De Tomaso, Lotus and Maserati to be thrown around based on its sleek attractive looks.

[Moi]

Saw a Peugeot 404 the other week... but haven't seen a 403 in a long while...

And I thought 403s were indestructible

[Geeen]

Just bought myself an XE Falcon ute, still got the original 250 crossflow and carbs..... I am planning on years of work to come

[James Deuce]

And I thought 403s were indestructible

They're all in West/Central Africa delivering Ebola.

[mossy1200]

Think you might have misread the thread title?

Your only saying that because you were too rich to own a trekka.
I liked mine. Had railway iron welded across the front to knock down things that got in the way. Duel wheels with tractor tred and light weight so it went a few places you wouldn't expect.

Yeah ok it was crap. I admit it.

[Laava]

Hey bro! Don't tell me about crap! I had a Vanguard phase one!

[Virago]

Saw a Peugeot 404 the other week..

Aah, I learned to drive in one of those. Really weird H-gate column shift.

Hey bro! Don't tell me about crap! I had a Vanguard phase one!

You old fart. I had a Phase 3. I drove from service station to service station to top up the oil and check the petrol.

[Moi]

Aah, I learned to drive in one of those. Really weird H-gate column shift.

The first of them had first gear away and down, then lift and lift for second, then down for third, then lift and pull and lift for fourth... reverse was above first...

the later ones had a more conventional H-pattern...

[Virago]

The first of them had first gear away and down, then lift and lift for second...

Patting it into second was a real knack.

[vifferman]

Man, I've driven and had some shitty cars. I learned to drive in an Austin 1800 landcrab. Had a job delivering furniture after school in a Commer van (IIRC). It lurched around something chronic on it's primitive suspension, and if you didn't have the doors fastened back with the leather straps, and braked hard, they turned into guillotines.
Used the meagre wages from furniture delivery (40cents/hour, then 80) to save up for my first bike: 1972 Honda CB175, which I wrote off by t-boning a car that didn't give way. Sold my second bike (MT250) in 1977 and bought an overpriced 1957 Morris Minor 1000. Loved that car! Best memories were doing 70mph on the motorway, past an Escort, and seeing the girl driving do a doubletake and mouth "Oh My God!" as we slowly motored past - me and my mates (and a couple of boxes of beers, natch) going to a concert at Western Springs (can't remember WTF it was, but the overtake's stuck in my head). Another was doing a 4-wheel drift around a corner too fast, leaving lovely black curves on the freshly-laid asphalt. Third memory was after a night on the turps with a mate in Piopio, driving a bit fast, and eventually his repeated "It's a T-intersection!" sank in, hit the brakes and turned right, slid sideways right through the intersection, off into the gravel, still sideways, and hit the curb side-on, rocking the car up on two wheels. Back into first, and off we drove.
How the fuck I lived through all this, I dunno.
Subsequent cars were '67(?) Renault 10 (borrowed from the in-laws), 1974 Fiat 132 (LOVED that car!) ans a series of really boring jappers and other assorted yawnmobiles...

[merv]

I know. I know. It's a stunning, timeless example of perfection of engineering encased in beauty with lines to die for and curves that, well people thought the early Vettes were sexy. Clearly they missed out on seeing one of these. Sadly you just don't see these on our roads anymore. I never took a single picture of mine (I wonder why?) so this is not quite as pretty as I remember my gorgeous pale blue beast.

You want power. Try 850cc with three forward gears! Easier for learners I guess. With so much power more gears would have been wasted.
Funny thing was it ran on a 6 volt system so I couldn't use the fan heater at the same time as the headlights or wipers. Was a bugger on cold wet nights. This example has additional fog lights added. Ha, what a joke they wouldn't have operated.
So who can guess what it was.

Lol, right at this moment I have an original sales brochure for the Dauphine on TradeMe if you'd like to put in a bid:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=836609276



It says the Dauphine was smooth and lively which kind of reflects what you said above Mark.