Cars you don't see many of anymore

[DFB FGXR6]

I spotted a tidy Holden Camira the other day, similar to the one below.

[EgoFG]

The P76 already got a mention, but there was also the Marina.


I think Leyland was the 'Almost Car company' of the early '70s.


I some good ways ahead of it time in concept, but so often behind in implimentation.


The alloy v8 (with not enough head bolts).
The P76, and almost the Marina, lead the field with side visible indicators, and front and rear side visible parking lights.
The (early 70s) P76 styling is very interesting when you put it beside the (mid-late 80s) TP magna

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by EgoFG

The P76 already got a mention, but there was also the Marina.

Saw a Marina yesterday and a Hillman Hunter on the same street, both on full rego.

[danzvtil]

Another one, it’s not very old, but Holden Captiva. In early 2010s they were cheap and plentiful when Holden was a default choice for many.
I knew of one owner who was quoted $13k to replace his Diesel engine. Now replaced with a sea of Hyundai/Kia/Toyota/Mazda SUVs.

[Bill M]

Hyundai Coupe FX. Thankfully.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by danzvtil

Another one, it’s not very old, but Holden Captiva. In early 2010s they were cheap and plentiful when Holden was a default choice for many.
I knew of one owner who was quoted $13k to replace his Diesel engine. Now replaced with a sea of Hyundai/Kia/Toyota/Mazda SUVs.

Dunno about that. They are everywhere. See many per day.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Dunno about that. They are everywhere. See many per day.

Vehicle on road data is interesting, particularly when you look at the car parc across states and even specific regions within those states.

Adelaide and Hobart have older vehicle fleets than Melbourne and Sydney and the model makeup is different.

Bendigo has a ****load of Commodore and Falcon on the road.

There's people who work at the big auto corporates whose only job is to analyse what cars are in what areas down to a suburb breakdown and stock their branches specifically with high volume parts to suit that area, it's nuts.

I haven't seen a Captiva around Melbourne for a while in the areas I hang about, where as you've noticed them on the regular in Geelong region.

Here's an interesting observation - Mum noticed that around Melbourne most people have black, grey or white cars, and that there aren't many bright coloured cars about in comparison to the shades.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Dunno about that. They are everywhere. See many per day.

Yep agree, see these crap things everywhere here too.

[Mulva]

Seems 3.5 Magna has displaced Aurion as the widely recognised Performance Benchmark.

In early 90s a mate had a Renault Fuego...he hated that we all pronounced it as "Fwaygo" in a really camp way. Saw one the other day for first time in maybe 10 years or more - guess they were never really common.

[MITCHAY]

Funny that, I have not seen a Magna or 380 for a long time.

I still remember this ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpmBRxLivQA

20 years ago. Song was first released in 1998.

I'm not sure I will remember ads for cars these days in another 20 years. I've been re watching Stingers on 9Now and have been getting a bit of a nostalgia hit with the cars

[Pis-ton broke]

my dad used to have a marina and a torana sunbird, i remember that the tires had to be replaced just after we got it, because it had sat on the car sales lot for so long that it had got flat spots on the radials. my dad wasn't very good at picking good cars to own, today he's got a new endure, and its been i the shop at least twice for faults, and now they stopped making it understand.

our family also got around in a commer camper van , i don't think I've ever seen one in Australia. in those good old days disco's, smoking and fondue's were popular.

[shedcoupe]

Bought and towed a 1.5 tonne boat and trailer from Coffs Harbour to regional WA a few years ago.
The guy selling the boat was going to trade in his Magna wagon for $2500 (had about 230k km on it - never had the heads off, no water pump, starter or alternator etc. Can't remember about the timing belt / chain).
I bought the Magna to tow the boat home. Did 1000 km a day and the thing never used a drop of oil or water and felt like it would go forever. Plenty of power.
Got it roadworthied for peanuts and WA rego'd and sold it to a backpacker for $2200.
I reckon it's probably still going.

[X-AHH]

AMC Pacer.

Anyone seen one on the roads recently?

[Dr Terry]

Originally Posted by xahh

AMC Pacer.

Anyone seen one on the roads recently?

Not in Australia, no.

Dr Terry

[X-AHH]

Originally Posted by Dr Terry

Not in Australia, no.

Dr Terry

I suppose anything AMC would be rarely seen in Australia. There were plenty of Hornets around in the 70s and 80s but not so anymore.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by xahh

I suppose anything AMC would be rarely seen in Australia. There were plenty of Hornets around in the 70s and 80s but not so anymore.

Javelin yes but not Pacers.
I don't think anyone would want to import that fugly here.

[oldel]

Yeah, pretty sure pacers (and gremlins etc) were never here. The only AMC models we had were ones that were assembled here (AMI*), and the pacer was never assembled here.

Mainly Javelins, hornets, ambassador, rebel, matador, plus I guess those ones the cops used from the cop thread (rambler classic?)

I haven't seen any of them for years, unless browsing classifieds or looking at online pics of car shows. Last street driven amc I saw (a hornet) was last seen parked on my street back in the 90s.

*Australian Motor Industries - they locally assembled AMC, leyland/triumph and eventually became a toyota plant?

[bathurst77]

Saw a nice old "survivor condition" HD panel van and a Purvis Eureka this week.

[Tassie f100]

I reckon the cops would have used Rambler Rebels.The Classic was the smaller 6 cyl cars

[oldel]

Originally Posted by Tassie f100

I reckon the cops would have used Rambler Rebels.The Classic was the smaller 6 cyl cars

Probably used both, but there's a pic of a fleet of classics in the cop thread https://www.fordforums.com.au/showpo...&postcount=529

rambler classic 660
https://www.fordforums.com.au/showpo...&postcount=530

[Tassie f100]

Originally Posted by oldel

Probably used both, but there's a pic of a fleet of classics in the cop thread https://www.fordforums.com.au/showpo...&postcount=529

rambler classic 660
https://www.fordforums.com.au/showpo...&postcount=530

Sorry you would be right.I was confusing myself with the smaller 6 cyl Rambler American

[marty351]

Kombi ute, quite common in the 80s, hens teeth now.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by marty351

Kombi ute, quite common in the 80s, hens teeth now.

A favourite for the beardy weirdy craft beer crowd as a promo vehicle.
Usually displaying their graphics, lowered with delibrate rust staining around windows and painted steelies.

[mick taylor]

Toyota Crowns

[Charliewool]

Originally Posted by marty351

Kombi ute, quite common in the 80s, hens teeth now.

Good mate of mine... Kevin Murray (old “bulldog” from the VFL) drove one of these as his daily for, I reckon 30 yrs! He was a scaffolder and the thing was always loaded to the hilt... (these were the days where footballers were paid feck all and worked)
He’s also a rabid hoarder so probably still has it...

[Dr Terry]

Hillman Hunters & Morris Marinas.

Dr Terry

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Dr Terry

Hillman Hunters & Morris Marinas.

Dr Terry

Pity you weren't in Wang last week, see post #260.

[98TLS]

Cant remember the last time i saw one of these,still running 307 and immaculate.

Not to many of these getting about these days,mother in law still has thing thing,gets driven once a week always on a Friday to pay bills and the grocery run,still goes ok and she sees no reason to update.

[blue sleeper]

Originally Posted by 98TLS

Cant remember the last time i saw one of these,still running 307 and immaculate.
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Not to many of these getting about these days,mother in law still has thing thing,gets driven once a week always on a Friday to pay bills and the grocery run,still goes ok and she sees no reason to update.
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Is that a Brougham? We used have one when I was a kid with a 327, I've never seen another one since!

[Tassie f100]

Originally Posted by blue sleeper

Is that a Brougham? We used have one when I was a kid with a 327, I've never seen another one since!

Don’t reckon yours would have been a 327.Standard engine in the Brougham was the 307.327 was the standard in the HK GTS Monaro