Horseless Carriages
As a child, I used to watch American cop shows featuring V8 vehicles including and not limited to Starsky & Hutch, The Rockford Files and the Dukes of Hazzard. Films at the time included Smokey and the Bandit, Mad Max, Vanishing Point, Thunderbolt & Lightfoot, Bullitt, The Canonball Run to mention a few. The filmed … Read More “Pontiac Firebird Trans Am [1986]” »
Back in 2004 after liking the C4 and C5 model Corvettes, I looked at the more affordable C3 models. Not many for sale on Auto Trader, so every few days I checked its web site and occasionally purchased their weekly printed publication. Finally a 1980 C3 in bright yellow was for sale with a MOT … Read More “Chevrolet Corvette C3 [1980]” »
A few years ago I owned a 2000 Cadillac Seville STS. A lovely comfortable car with effortless driving with 300 horses on tap from its 4.6 litre V8. Unusually at the time, it was front wheel drive and if pulling away from standstill in a rock ‘n’ roll manner, the road surface seemed to initially fight back … Read More “Cadillac – Computer Said No” »
An SUV that I miss to this day, that I previously owned, is a 2002 registered Range Rover Vogue 4.6 V8 – the last of the Land Rover Range Rover MK2 P38 models. A lovely Oxford blue with cream leather combination. I owned it for 5 years and sadly had to let it go as I couldn’t … Read More “Range Rover – Suspension Fail” »
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