'Cassic' car you wish you bought.

[royoftherovers]

2 hours ago, mikeyv said:

I've mentioned it before I'm sure, but I part owned a taxi firm in the 80s, and we bought loads of bluebirds and laurels at auction and ran them as cabs 24/7, with an assortment of kamikaze drivers.

I serviced them once a month, oil, filters, plugs, points, condenser and brake pads, and a thorough all round check.

Rarely were any other parts required, breakdowns were unheard of, and 200,000 miles was the normal lifespan, by which time the bodywork and interior was showing the usual signs of taxi abuse.

I stripped down a couple of write offs, for spares, gearbox, back axles etc, and never used them.

By contrast, I also looked after some of the independants cars, including Leylands, Vauxhall, Peugeot and Fords.

The fords weren't too bad, but the rest weren't great and the British Leyland were, sadly, pretty appalling.

And today according to Honestjohn, Toyota Hybrids in UK are regularly clocking 400/500 thousand miles as taxis, without problems.

 

Regards

John

[Terry Barr]

On 30/05/2017 at 11:16 AM, Pecker said:

3 door Sierra Cossie...

 

The last Ford to lust over.