The Roaring Season

AMCO72 wrote:Boys, the title 'Classic Car' has been bandied around since Auntie fell off the tram. But there is a sure way to tell whether a car deserves to be called a Classic or not, and it doesnt matter whether it came from Australaia, Italy, Japan, or indeed Czechoslovakia!!!!!!

The vehicle in question is NOT a classic........unless IT LEAKS OIL.........

'Laughter is the best medicine, but if you are laughing without any reason......you need medicine'.

seaqnmac27 wrote:Ok so Datsun 240Z, Toyota 2000GT and Mazda RX3 are NOT classic cars? sorry are not GREAT Classic Cars? Then what about the Honda S600 or the Prince Skyline or Datsun 510/1600 and that is just some of the late 60's early 70s classics, without going into the more modern classics. It is a little narrow minded just palm off of a certain countries cars without taking a closer look at what is underneath.

Steve Holmes wrote:Gee, call me crazy but I'm a big fan of several late '60s and early-mid '70s Japanese cars, especially some of the rear wheel drive coupes they produced. Much of it was never sold outside Japan, or if it was, in quite small numbers. Even some of the more widely available cars like the 240Z, 510, early rear wheel drive Celica's, Galants etc are nice looking, well proportioned cars, and in my opinion deserved to be considered classics. Also, some of the '60s Japanese prototype sports racing cars are stunning!

To my mind, as much as anything, what the Japanese car industry has brought to the world is build quality, which is something previously lacking from several more established car building countries.

AMCO72 wrote:Fortunately rogered, I will not be around to see such a thing........I would be 113 years OLD. There probably wont be any fuel to run these things on anyway, and they will all be static displays in some museum. But yes, perish the thought.