Cars you don't see many of anymore

[Franco Cozzo]

Just an old bloke and his Greek Interceptor on the Princes Highway in Sudandenong



VS Statto also in Sudandenong



Mint condition rear boot garnish is worth more than the rest of the car

[roKWiz]

Hey Charger.

[ford71V8]

A stock-looking but lowered XW station wagon.
In white.
I immediately wanted it.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Helping a friend move house today and had to head out to a regional property to grab some stuff.

Found this sitting in the shed. A Rambler Hornet SST.





Not a car I know much about at all.

He also had an LJ Torana project car towards the start of his build, and hidden in a corner under a cover was an ED XR8 Sprint. Black in colour. And apparently less than 100000km on the clock. Owner wasn't comfortable with me taking a picture of it tho and I only saw the rear and right rear corner.

[orsm8]

I remember this car was assembled by Australian Motor Industries (AMI) in Port Melbourne. They also assembled the rambler matador as well as another 2 door rambler.I worked at AMI in Bertie street in the early 70s up to 1979. AMI also assembled the triumph 4 door sedans as well. They also assembled the Toyota Crown, Carona and Corollas.This company later become known as Toyota Australia.

[xkxlxm]

Hyundai Excel (1995-2000) two days ago; someone mentioned one of these recently; they were everywhere 20 years ago.

[jgmdat]

Honda Beat, cool little car.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by xkxlxm

Hyundai Excel (1995-2000) two days ago; someone mentioned one of these recently; they were everywhere 20 years ago.

They were. Never see them anymore though. They just didn't last.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by xkxlxm

Hyundai Excel (1995-2000) two days ago; someone mentioned one of these recently; they were everywhere 20 years ago.

There's only 3 for sale nationally at the moment:

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/hyundai/excel/

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/det...14980509/?Cr=1

Two owner special, with a slushbox

There's no equivalent to this on the new car market these days, maybe the MG3 but its still too expensive to be a true successor to the rickshaw that the Hyundai Excel was on the new car market.

[Polyal]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

There's only 3 for sale nationally at the moment:

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/hyundai/excel/

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/det...14980509/?Cr=1

Two owner special, with a slushbox

There's no equivalent to this on the new car market these days, maybe the MG3 but its still too expensive to be a true successor to the rickshaw that the Hyundai Excel was on the new car market.

Its because some genius decided to make a racing series with them...those puss boxes go for $20k in race spec FFS.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

They were. Never see them anymore though. They just didn't last.

There's one that sat in an empty block in my estate for a while. Clearly it's driveable as it was relocated occasionally when the block was mowed, and since the block is no longer vacant, now resides on the nature strip opposite the once vacant block. Doesn't look in the best condition though.

Ex work colleague used to have one in that dark green colour they came in. He used it as his motorkhana vehicle and raved about how capable it was for that. That was around the early to mid 2000s.

[rare ss]

Old Dato with what looked to be the original owner driving!

[janddbone]

A bloke I work with still uses his Excel as a commuting car for work. So I do a few miles in it pretty often. They are okay for what they are, good on fuel, super relaible and they actually ride okay on the crappy roads we have here.

[stock1991]

Originally Posted by rare ss

Old Dato with what looked to be the original owner driving!

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Looks like the 260C, think that's the name. I remember the ad campaign "the first 4 cylinder limousine

[Dr Terry]

Originally Posted by stock1991

Looks like the 260C, think that's the name. I remember the ad campaign "the first 4 cylinder limousine

Yep, that's a 260c, but they were a 2600cc 6-cyl.

"The World's First 4-cyl Limousine" was the mighty 910 Bluebird.

Dr Terry

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Polyal

Its because some genius decided to make a racing series with them...those puss boxes go for $20k in race spec FFS.

[Hulsty]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

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Unlce has two of them setup as race cars.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by rare ss

Old Dato with what looked to be the original owner driving!

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I like the look of that - sans the vinyl roof.

EDIT: Turns out its just an early generation Nissan Gloria/Cedric

[rare ss]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

I like the look of that - sans the vinyl roof.

EDIT: Turns out its just an early generation Nissan Gloria/Cedric

It was super tidy up close, I was expecting to see a hipster driving it but it was an old duck in her 80's on the way back from church

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

There's no equivalent to this on the new car market these days, maybe the MG3 but its still too expensive to be a true successor to the rickshaw that the Hyundai Excel was on the new car market.

But the concept is the same. Make a disposable product from old componentry, undercut on price, run the competition out of town and then end up with the market segment to yourself.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

But the concept is the same. Make a disposable product from old componentry, undercut on price, run the competition out of town and then end up with the market segment to yourself.

Pretty much, even back then you look at what engines the Hyundai Excel was offered with,

74KW/134NM back in the 1990s for the later variant of the Excel,

Current Mazda 2 in 2023 (premium rickshaw):

Maximum power 82kW @ 6,000rpm
Maximum torque 144Nm @ 4,000rpm

In 25-30 years the bottom end of the segment has made no progress what so ever mechanically, sure the Mazda 2 is probably a little more efficient on fuel but the segment has been treated as a joke.

Manual Hyundai Excel is probably faster than the Mazda 2 because it weighs **** all in comparison

[Rallye Sport]

Originally Posted by Polyal

Its because some genius decided to make a racing series with them...those puss boxes go for $20k in race spec FFS.

Don't forget speedway either, after the extinction of the Daihatsu Charade they're the juniors car of choice

[Franco Cozzo]

The one make racing series idea also iced a lot of HQ Kingswood, family friend of mine had one of those as his first car as a hand-me-down from his parents (he's late 40s) and his car got bought from him by a guy using it for a one make racing series.

I'm waiting for the AU Falcon racing series, values of those things are starting to skyrocket because every Zoomer youtuber and their dog is doing AU Falcon content at the moment - that thing has reached meme status.

Even two years ago one of the highest volume parts I sold was for an AU Falcon.

[stock1991]

Not me but if you are 6'3 a HQ makes sense

[janddbone]

There were no old components in an x3 Excel. They were pretty upto date at the time.

[commodorenutt]

Their engineers seemed to be heavily inspired by Mitsubishi - utilising good parts of Mitsi design in their 3 valve and DOHC engines. The 2L from the Lantra would have made for a Pulsar SSS competitor I reckon.

Hyundai improved on what they already had, unlike the Proton of the era, which was Mitsi hand-downs.

[myrpo]

Ol mates a lucky boy, see he has a black sedan as well. Will try and snap that one too

apologies on the fail for loading images

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by myrpo

Ol mates a lucky boy, see he has a black sedan as well.

Loved the Valiant's, lusted after my neighbour's "Town and Country" ute as a teen.

Had a brief encounter as an owner with a Ranger wagon.

[stock1991]

This is 5.0l, a few paint issues but sounding sweet.

[ford71V8]

ZK Fairlane on the way home just now.
Plain Jane and still stood out from the others around it