Does any one remember this era

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https://www.google.com/search?q=cars+do ... Eb2FoJ2cbM

[steve_k]

there will be some old timers on here who remember it well,

some of those pics remind me of being a lil kid in nottingham walking down mansfield road & looking longingly in the windows of sytners bmw in the early 80's.

[Cloggy Saint]

Sadly yes, I remember.

[brutus]

, yeah interesting pics,,


…. ahhh yes ,, ,when we were kids !

[Foe]

I too, remember, yuppies and Filofaxes,!

[martauto]

there will be some old timers on here who remember it well,

Yes I do and this was my era so to speak but never had decent cars only old shaggers due to a mortgage and kids but it learnt you how to maintain cars

Mart.

[steve_k]

there will be some old timers on here who remember it well,

Yes I do and this was my era so to speak but never had decent cars only old shaggers due to a mortgage and kids but it learnt you how to maintain cars

Mart.

showing your age there mart

went to a local car show on sunday & most of the cars there took me back to being a lil kid in the 80's, mk1 escort mexico, mk2 fiesta's, vauxhall (saturday night) viva's etc.

two that really stood out were a B reg 316 which looked like it had just come from the dealership & a 1953 allard j2x open top 2 seater V8 (made a right racket as it pulled in) worth close to £350K++

as for learning to work on cars, well i grew up on a council estate so it kinds follows.

[martauto]

Yeah, cant do what I used to do any more plus dont really want to do any more .lol
A bit too much Arthur Rightus

Mart.

[flybynite]

Never thought I'd hear myself saying this but yes I remember both the time and the place

Mine was sold by Park Lane in '84, probably the closest dealer to the Kings Road and I bought it a few years later when I was still around that neck of the woods from time to time.

I couldn't afford a 325 at the time, still too new, but when I saw the 323 it ticked most boxes. I remember the E30 being one of the cars to have if you couldn't afford a Porsche and straight sixes were a step up from the GTis by sound alone.

[steve_k]

Yeah, cant do what I used to do any more plus dont really want to do any more .lol
A bit too much Arthur Rightus

Mart.

i know what you mean about mr rightus, got the starings in my left hand & elbow & shoulder & right hand & wrist,

though i still do as much as possible because tramadol is a wonderful thing.

[Satan]

My old stomping ground the Kings Road and Worlds End, the Bluebird was Campbell's old garage and I also shopped in the The Great Gear Market in the early 80's