Bitter

Post Mon Aug 18, 2014 11:46 am

...spotted this down in Shirley at the weekend

Post Mon Aug 18, 2014 12:01 pm

Nice tow bar

Post Mon Aug 18, 2014 4:19 pm

Always liked these!

Post Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:12 pm

I'm a bit embarrassed to say I've never heard of Bitter.

Time for some Googling ......

Post Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:41 pm

The SC (which is what is shown above I think) was based around the Senator / Royal base. The 3.0 straight six was a superb engine, but having owned an 83 Senator, I have to say that it was a great chassis and running gear, surrounded by a shite quality build. The Bitter was a great solution. And a good looking one at that.

Early cars (the 70's ones) had a Chevy V8 I believe.

Erich Bitter is still at it I think.

Post Wed Aug 20, 2014 7:00 pm

That looks like an E24 door mirror - were you cruising in style?

Post Wed Aug 20, 2014 7:24 pm

Andyboy wrote:That looks like an E24 door mirror - were you cruising in style?

..picking up a couple of these:

so was using the E36 'van'. Took some snaps of the E24 at the weekend It's still awaiting a proper peado session though

https://www.flickr.com/photos/9087475@N ... 311910899/

..pics in Notts

Post Wed Aug 20, 2014 7:56 pm

B7 wrote:The SC (which is what is shown above I think) was based around the Senator / Royal base. The 3.0 straight six was a superb engine, but having owned an 83 Senator, I have to say that it was a great chassis and running gear, surrounded by a shite quality build. The Bitter was a great solution. And a good looking one at that.

Early cars (the 70's ones) had a Chevy V8 I believe.

Erich Bitter is still at it I think.

I was part owner of a Senator 3.0E about 12yrs ago, was an "upgrade" from the Mk2 2.3 Ghia which we used to cruise about in. The Mk2 was always the nicer car for me.

Post Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:10 pm

CaesarBob wrote:
B7 wrote:The SC (which is what is shown above I think) was based around the Senator / Royal base. The 3.0 straight six was a superb engine, but having owned an 83 Senator, I have to say that it was a great chassis and running gear, surrounded by a shite quality build. The Bitter was a great solution. And a good looking one at that.

Early cars (the 70's ones) had a Chevy V8 I believe.

Erich Bitter is still at it I think.
I was part owner of a Senator 3.0E about 12yrs ago, was an "upgrade" from the Mk2 2.3 Ghia which we used to cruise about in. The Mk2 was always the nicer car for me.

Coincidence there. I used to have 2.8 Ghia's. I fancied a change and moved to the Senator 3.0E CD. Regretted it. Had mine in 1989 and it was a late 83 on the A. And it was going rusty already.

Post Mon Sep 01, 2014 12:58 pm

rh306 wrote:
Andyboy wrote:That looks like an E24 door mirror - were you cruising in style?
..picking up a couple of these:

so was using the E36 'van'. Took some snaps of the E24 at the weekend It's still awaiting a proper peado session though

https://www.flickr.com/photos/9087475@N ... 311910899/

pity its a self shifter

..pics in Notts