Important/unimportant facts about older cars plus plenty of old ads thrown in for good measure…
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The Car Factoids
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Factoid: Take a moment to enjoy these Amil alloys on this late model 1979 504 Ti which was a special edition run-out model before being replaced by the 505…
(📸:IG a/c plankhond)
Factoid: You might think a Humber would have leather upholstery but this was 1965 & such traditional materials were seen as old hat compared all those synthetic ones with by today’s eyes bizarre invented names…
A slightly pedestrian car for someone use to rather quicker travel in the air though it seems in this 1952 ad the artistic interpretation of the Series ‘MM’ Minor was conjured up from memory than reality…
Factoid: BMC’s routine of retouching brochures was inherited by BL but you’d needed skill to do it properly.
It should surprise nobody this image was originally a ‘grilled’ MGB…(1)
(📸:IG a/c finecarbrochures)
Possibly not the wisest treatment for a Lada in fairness…
(📸: IG a/c finecarbrochures)
Factoid: Yes, it might’ve been based on the humble Rootes Arrow platform (the Hunter Estate in fact), but I’ve always been partial to these plus as with the Imp, I like an underdog…
(📸:IG a/c classicsbychance)
Factoid: Want your Reliant Regal to be a cut above the rest?
Well, a dealer called Two Strokes in Jun 1966 offered the T.S. Special which for your £12 16s promised improvements to the finish, interior & exterior which from this pic included a slightly hopeful ‘go-faster’ stripe…
(📸: Autocar)
Factoid: The Type 75 Elite in all its wedginess from 1979 so Lotus’s recent (& what would prove to be the last) F1 constructor’s title is mentioned.
The headline is a nice nod one of the firm’s founding principles.
You can see the original car here in this 1974 ad which was part of a campaign featuring the great Alan Coren.
It’s also a great reason have a look at Motor Sport’s brilliant archive…(2)
www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/arti...
Factoid: Stirling Moss advertised a variety of things over the yea but did you know he promoted the VG-generation Chrysler Valiant in 1970 & the reason was due to what was under the car’s bonnet - a Hemi, 6-cyl engine which Chrysler Australia publicised for all its worth…
youtu.be/4KKMVwj8fY4?...
Alan Coren recalls his first sports car. The first car I ever owned was an MG PA Midget, five years my senior; which no doubt entitled it to the mastery over me it always showed. Its sturdy little doo...
