A thing rarely seen

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 10/01/2016 at 13:11 • Filed to: MG F, BL, Maxi

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A brace of them in fact:

The Maxi seems original and unrestored - faded paint, some rust. How it’s survived this long I’ve no idea.

fintail > Cé hé sin 10/01/2016 at 13:44

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Ooh a Maxi, star of a classic movie:

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Cé hé sin 10/01/2016 at 14:39

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I actually remember those MG F’s being a pretty common sight in England back around 2004. Not surprised that they have mostly disappeared, though.

duurtlang > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 10/01/2016 at 14:51

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Are they that bad?

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > duurtlang 10/01/2016 at 15:36

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I don’t think they are that bad. The problem is that a lot of MG/Rover products from that era were garbage and the reputation drove F resale values down. The bankruptcy certainly didn’t help values either. As far as I can tell a lot of them got picked up by people who wanted a cheap fun convertible car but didn’t really have any interest in paying to maintain a mid-engine car and ran them into the ground.

Cé hé sin > fintail 10/01/2016 at 16:11

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Oooh, a Chrysler Alpine in the background!

And an Escort 1.3L from an era when it was important so show the exact spec of the car you had so that owners of say a 1.6GL could see what a cheapskate you were.

Autoeccentric > Cé hé sin 10/01/2016 at 16:30

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Ghia for the win.

fintail > Cé hé sin 10/02/2016 at 01:24

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Plenty of now-extinct models to be seen:

http://www.imcdb.org/movie_89670-European-Vacation.html

If you have an “i”, you’re nothing.

Cé hé sin > fintail 10/02/2016 at 08:02

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This is one of the few I don’t recognise, because Italian

RT > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 10/03/2016 at 08:26

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Exactly this, although MG did seem to keep selling the (T)F for a while, even after the Chinese takeover. Sales were dead by then though.

But either way, I never really thought of it as ‘a thing rarely seen’ until now.