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Does anyone want to buy my old Capri? The body work is still in good nick. They made cars to last in 1980.

I will swap it for a Jag XJS.

God I am bored. I will have to go to bed soon. S56 will be posting soon. His internet cafe must open about now.

My first ever car was a 1.6GL capri, in black which was brilliant and even had a metal roof as opposed to the vinyl ones that sounded like you were under fire from an uzi when the rain hit. Your'e right Magoo, they were built to last then.
I hated Terry's poncey white one in Minder with its black vinyl roof and his later gold one, nah, he should have a black or red 2.0 laser if he wanted 'image' to go with his fighting ways.

Built cars to last in 1980?
Where did you get that idea?

Where are all the armies of Fiat 131, Stradas, Morris Itals, Maxis, Allegros, Austin Ambassadors, TR7, Alfasuds, etc that used to fill our roads? All thats left is heaps of orange coloured dust.

The 'Dagenham dustbins' that Ford were churning out were some of the worst of all. I had a Mk2 Escort 1.6 Ghia, because the Ghia was built in Germany and supposedly of a better build quality. The front shock absorber still came through the inner wing at less than 2 years old.

I'm the owner of several Triumph Dolomites and a Talbot Horizon. I can say the mechanics of cars of that era are rock solid, but unless you underseal the bodywork before it gets bad, you can easily end up fighting a losing battle.

If anyone needs Dolomite spares I have an absolute ton, including complete shells and engines, and just about everything else. I've got some stuff for front wheel drive Triumphs too.

Magoo, do you want to swap your Capri for a Talbot Horizon 1100LS?

Ahhh, Triumph, now they WERE built to last. I never had major mechanical problems with my Capri. I fancy getting a Spitfire 1500.........any recommendations?

If you want one, go for it.
Just make sure you find a good one that has not been packed full of filler and fibreglass then painted over. Just like all the others, Triumphs rusted like hell unless undersealed.
The 1500 is the least expensive of all the Spitfires, so you should be able to find a decent one for no more than ?2000. Mechanical spares are easily available and cheap to buy, but body panels are scarse and extremely expensive....if you can find them!

Personally, I am still in love with the MGB GT Roadster.
Listen to that V8 just wake the neighbours with envy.

If you wanna compare 'affordable classics' I nominate Triumph GT6........nice!

You are living in some illusion Mr. MacGroyn. The MGB Roadster had the same in-line 4-cylinder 1800cc engine as the Morris Marina 1.8TC.

GT6 - Very nice indeed. Basically a Spitfire with a metal roof and a 6 cylinder Vitesse engine planted into it. Ridiculous amount of power for such a small car. It was intnded to be built as a convertible, but the sheer power made it just too dangerous so it only came as a hard top. One minor downside is it used those horrible 'rubber-doughnut' rotoflex bushes on its driveshafts, as did the Hillman Imp.

This Steve knows his cars like 'another' Steve knows his film/TV/Music from the 70's!!