So futuristic, go 1980!!!!!

Love the quirkiness, the interior reminds me of the Citroen CX:





Not really my cup of tea though!

Nick

Also the Citroën maseratti sm

No!

can not beat this color for an SM

that the color that every car should be.

another great car but Fiat are remaking it next year which will take away some magic

if i could afford one of these i would be a happy guy

surely they are giving those away now Dino?

no over 7000 us dollars.

i drove one and i didn't make it up a steep hill. You are ok if you put your foot down at the bottom but if there is traffic on the hill or a car infront of you slows down - thats it. You have to turn back down the hill and try again.

Omg Dino! Your taste in cars is classic! That hill story is great!

the noise in the cab is crazy loud too. You can update it from 600cc with a 126 BIS engine which as 704cc from this car and you can just make the hill usually.

I think no car has ever been sold in the states with an engine under one litre in size.

wow, just notices that is the 126 Personal model. Damn thats good. I have a Regatta in Brown in my drive as we speak.

So where does this appeal for obscure europen cars from the 70's come from?

Like the look and most are cheap . A lot recently got scrapped in Europe sadly because governments gave you credit to scrape them valued at around $4000 usd towards a new car even if only worth $100 .
I think they made good money shipping them to China to recycle.

LOL LOL LOL.........i've owned a 126, went all the way to Greece with it(and i came back too .....so many stories to tell!).Btw, because of the way the engine was working( and the engine cooling was air based, instead of water based, in fact the 126 bis was a failure because of this), you could go uphill no matter how steep it was.The baggage section was good just to bring pizzas, no more than that.But it was a great city car, no problem in parking.When the tank was full you could go on for a while.It didn't even required a ny filter when the unleaded fule became the only availble one in Europe.

The 600 in your Av was very popular in the 60's, it was a sort of a symbol of good wealth for families with normal or limited income.

this one, instead:


Became sort of famous because of a very comical and successful movie, "Fantozzi"(later it had many sequels, and the car was a also a staple)

Fantozzi fantozzi.. yeah.
I like the 126 and 127 plus the normal 600 .

You two guys are classic with your vintage talk

"he's talking about us?"
"well,he doesn't know the difference between 126 and 127, he can't"

Two of the best!

those guys are brilliant.

btw , 126 I have to take out the front seat and sit on the back one to fit in.. 127 I have only the problem of the gear stick in my crotch.

i understand the problem, believe me ,it was difficult to fit into the front seat.......... no mention do other things..........

the citroen had some futuristic features for the times,shame they didn't keep being in the forefront......

Ace should've done a photo session with the Karin in 1980...

pink wiz.. send that to Ace's webmaster. he will love that. That car is ace all the way.

Ankh, I like pain and agony when i drive. no pain .. no gain. and no gain even more pain.

Ankh again, yes I hate current Citroens, so safe. The last Citroen that was ok (but why too comfortable) was the XM. [youtube][/youtube]

funny how for that futuristic shot they used a 1918 pistol.

Yeah, sometimes drivin the 126 was a struggle.Once i was drivin my entire band plus three guitars.

One nice car from the 70's was this one:





just three seats, and typical strange steering wheel:

man ankh You know me, this car and the 80s Matra Murena were my favourites. I used to own a Murena but cost me too much.

I also have 3 of these

this one i have in front on my house now (and that is the place it is now)

i got to say when i take it out i am very scared. Things fly of it after 40km.

as much as they are more safe now, cars form the past had a bit more personality...



another version:

nice and uncomfortable but too fast for me.

ankh this is more my style . In the UK its the Fiat Regata , not sure I remember the Italian name unless its Croma

This car has to be BROWN

the italian name was the same of the UK one

Before there was this one:

ankh, you blow my mind. an all time great. Jesus. . the brown with red interior. Blows my mind!!!!!


i also love the Simca 1100

Autobianchi a110

and the Rover SD1

now this is a car ad
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i've owned this one:



the color of the column in the center was switching from yellow to red according to the speed you drive,the engine started with pulling the lever on the right and waiting until a burning spot was appearing in the grill with a yellow spot around it in the image:

Awesome. Love ya cars and ya amps. What's more to love?

That Rover police car is cool!

A side note since we are talking about cars.

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i heard about that. hahah

back on track................

i bet the seats are full of asbestos - thats what you want from a car.

How's the girl in that pic! Oooh yeah 70's glam queen

always cracks me up they put a chick in the pictures. some old guy thinks he is going to buy this car - get a chick and divorce his wife. I think thats how it kind of reads. haha

no citroen thread can go wihtout this one:





some citoren from now...





a peugeot-citoren hybrid