Miscellany: The cars of X-Marks

[madmacs]

Hi all,

It's not uncommon here to read a post about somebody attending a car show or working on a car, kilted or otherwise. Some members have car pics for avatars, too. It's plain there are motorheads and hobbyists around here, so I thought I'd raise the topic.

Post a pic or two of your project, vintage, antique, racing or special interest car(s). I'm not into motorcycles but they're welcome too, under the same rules.

Here's mine; whats in your garage?



That's "Susannah" (red) and "Tigger" improving the look of our front yard. We've had the Mini since 2000 but just got the MGA Mk II in March. Neither is a show car but both are reliable drivers and in good-to-very good condition. Both could be in daily use if they had to be.

The A needs some small things fixed but nothing essential. Surprisingly, at 6' 3", I fit better in the Mini than in the A, (but some of that will be cured with a smaller diameter steering wheel.)

Drive on!

JT

Just ship the mini to me when you get bored with it...

My first car was a 75 mini 1000 being 6'2" and using it as a daily driver, I can confirm that mr issigonis did a prettty good job of making it a 4 adult car...

Current daily driver is a 2001 Mitsubishi eclipse spyder that I picked up 15 months ago with only 7200 miles on the clock, previously owned by a little old lady who only drove it on sunny days... No really... Currently has just over 30k on the clock though...



Sadly as am engineer I should remember that water is to all intents and purposes an incompressable fluid... Especially when it gets sucked into the engine of this which it replaced...

[Tobus]

She's not much to look at, but this is my '65 Chevy truck that one day I intend to restore to original. I have a small horse trailer from the same time period that I want to restore as well, and make them a matching set.

[sydnie7]

My screen name reflects ownership of a first-generation Mazda RX-7, purchased 10/79 and sold just last year, 4/11, to the mechanic who had previously restored it for me. Alas, I was just not able to keep it on the road any more (mostly due to Calif smog regulations. . .). I currently drive a very nice 2010 Mazda3 5-door, but the 7 will always be "my car"! Here she is right after the restoration, with 300K miles on the clock.

[Nick the DSM]

She's not much to look at, but this is my '65 Chevy truck that one day I intend to restore to original. I have a small horse trailer from the same time period that I want to restore as well, and make them a matching set.

I kinda like it how it is. Can you drive it like that?

[Maclachlan]

Our rolling project, a 1976 Firebird we bought for Jake.

[Rob, ClanMacMillan, NM]

My daily commuter - weather permitting. It's 22 miles from driveway to parking lot.

Rob.
P.S. It color coordinates very nicely with both my MacMillan Ancient and Gordon Red kilts -- but I haven't actually ridden it to work while kilted .

[English Bloke]

I have two cars. A silver one for running the family about in and going on hols and a blue one to get me to work and back (a 550 mile [880Km] round trip).

They are both diesel...

Really, you don't want to know. Suffice to say my mid life crisis is probably Kilts, not cars.

[Macman]

I'm sure liking the vehicles on this thread so far! Here is my brace of 2002 XJR's at the Jaguars On The Island show. The license plate is "LIVET".

[Dale-of-Cedars]

Here's mine; whats in your garage?



JT

Brings back memories. We had a brand-new 1983 Mini as the family car for a number of years, and during that time the missus and I also restored a crashed/rolled 997cc 1967 Mini Cooper (cornered like a squirrel in a drainpipe - the rubber suspension had softened and it felt like your butt was 6 inches off the road - which it was!)

Also used the 997cc Cooper for a holiday in the Rockies, towing a 4'x6' tent-trailer, with a 6 week-old baby, + rain, + mosquitoes, and the main crankshaft-seal leaking oil onto the clutch so our uphill pulling had a built-in governor... good times.

[Scout]

Some very nice (and no doubt speedy) wheels posted! But if they're too speedy, there's always my car to contend with:



Yes, it's unmarked but it's a Crown Victoria with a spotlight and 3 antennas so I don't think I'm fooling anyone!

No worries though as I'm probably likely to let a man in a kilt off with just a warning !