The 80's - the era that classic car enthusiasts forget?

Post by **indigolemon** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 2:32 pm

I still don't get Capri's

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 2:50 pm

used to collect these things in the late 90's early 2000's and had a lovely example the same colour as this 1

when you think its main competitor was the capri its hard to imagine how anybody bought a capri.
standard equipment, power steering, electric windows and sunroof, air con, limited slip diff, alloy wheels and that stunning digital dash that you could change between kmh or mph at the flick of a switch used to love em and they were just like ludes, worthless. there have been a fair few rather expensive ones on ebay recently now i have got rid of all mine. still have a pile of panels and some other crap including a dash left in a lock up but no cars sadly.

have a rather funny story about an automatic i used to auto test but its far to much to type out, maybe at a show one day i'll tell it.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 2:57 pm

tramroadmotors wrote:when you think its main competitor was the capri its hard to imagine how anybody bought a capri.

Stupid snobbery that people thought Jap cars were cheap crap back then (when of course the opposite was true)

There's always a big Supra turnout at JAE, btw. I might maybe get my pics uploaded from that one day...

toadster · Post by **toadster** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 4:11 pm

LO

I love 80's motors and still miss my MR2 MK1

Bring back pop-up headlights

Cheers

Toadster

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:37 pm

maybe someone should do a 5g with pop ups

bearing in mind its supposed to resemble the 3g

Edd · Post by **Edd** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:31 pm

3rd gen prelude, beautiful car! I'd consider getting another one when I sell the s2k but I'll probably end up with a 17 year old Peugeot diesel or some such bum droppings lol

hondansxr · Post by **hondansxr** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 11:52 pm

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/607/img3102o.jpg/
my 80s car

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 11:54 pm

wurlycorner wrote:
tramroadmotors wrote:when you think its main competitor was the capri its hard to imagine how anybody bought a capri.
Stupid snobbery that people thought Jap cars were cheap crap back then (when of course the opposite was true)

There's always a big Supra turnout at JAE, btw. I might maybe get my pics uploaded from that one day...

Well if you have any from back far enough you may have some pics of mime

Edd · Post by **Edd** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 11:54 pm

Nice! Was it the GTE that had the digital dash?

prelude91 · Post by **prelude91** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:20 am

Nice astra, same wheels that were on the 'my' SRI 130 MK2 Cavalier