From our 30,000 square foot purpose designed venue we are able to present a fantastic site for classic enthusiasts, we will be hosting regular Cars and Coffee meets and events and are delighted to offer our venue for car clubs and launches. In line with our commitment to compliance with the COVID-19 guidelines, we are unable to offer a full range of events at this time. Working closely with our Health & Safety consultancy we are able to offer bespoke, COVID-19 friendly options and can discuss any requirements.
Based in Runcorn, Cheshire, five minutes from the M56 and dead centre for the UK, we are uniquely positioned to offer a broad range of services for the classic car community from our purpose designed building, delivered by experienced and credible ‘classic car people’.
Ikon House, Tudor Road, Manor Park, Runcorn, Cheshire. WA7 1TA
I had a mini in the late '90's. It was my first car. Even the brown colour couldn't cover up all the rust. And when you braked you couldn't 'brace yourself' one way or the other, because you could never tell which side it was going to pull you. It never knew what braking in a straight line was! At least it worked I suppose. Got rid of it for a Polo which had almost as much rust, it was just very craftily covered up by the spray-shop of the place I bought it - for about 5 minutes. Then it all blew through the paint. Ah the joys of rutsbuckets.
I had forgotten MOST of what he said by now! However, I do remember 2 "sport' -related titles they had for special editions, in the glorious 80's. One was WHITE, with a green graphic of a tennis net along the side - called the Mini Advantage. Then in the 90's came a cool British Racing Green one, where the group of companies pioneered having a type of modernised British Racing Green - by making it slightly METALLUC. SO slightly metallic, that you didn't actually NOTICE it was metallic, till you got close up! A "twin" look -"solid" paintwork from a distance, then metallic, from close up! Genius! This version had a full length sunroof, and was called the BRITISH OPEN OPEN CLASSIC.
Fiat 127 Sport is a cool first car! I came close to buying one before I could drive but ended up getting a mk1 fiesta instead. Wouldn't mind trying a Rover 75, I've had an 820 which was lovely to drive. Thanks for sharing Tim :)
I hated the front end look of the Carlton the way the bonnet drooped down on to the front bumper, I worked for a Vauxhall dealership from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s and until the mk1 Astra came out the cars were absolute shit
Only 250 right hand drive? Where else did they sell these? Mainland Europe? They didn’t have them in the USA. Although I believe General Motors (an American company) owned Vauxhall at the time. So just curious, where else did they sell them? They were built in Britain right?
The saddest part... This isn't even a MKI (Mark 1). It's a MKII (Mark 2). This is immediately evident due to the welded handlebar stem. "A sucker born every minute...."
I picked up a friend from a garage in Newton Abbot a few weeks ago and one of these pocket rockets was parked up in the staff car park . I knew it had to be something special . Your feature confirmed my suspicions ! I bought a Mitsubishi Colt 1500 turbo in the 1980's . No where near the Nissan in performance but nonetheless an absolute hoot to drive ! My wifes favourite car ! Have a great weekend !
One suggestion about the videos guys - Paul makes a point of showing the interior of every vehicle and you need to as well. I know there are interior pics of every vehicle on the website, but that just adds extra steps to what should be shown here.
Yes it’s a business that promotes what it does. This video wasn’t massively interesting to me but it would be to vendors. I just watch the sale previews.
