Voitures Anciennes

[RobertArthur]

@ Hotrodder: a low roofline is back again I'm afraid and was decades ago also en vogue. The 404 estate: too square cut. Quote from Wikipedia: " The 404 was tested (in Family estate form) by Motor magazine in 1965. The car's quirks (the unusual original column-shift gearbox gate and awkward body roll at low speed) are listed. Build quality was praised and the interior described as "quietly tasteful", although the authors felt that the appeal of the car was limited.
The car was tested again by Motor magazine five years later. The article is critical of the car's styling, calling it "square cut" and "hardly avant garde", but then relents and opts for "mature rather than dated" as its final comment."

[RobertArthur]

Taller passengers will have problems with rear-seat headroom, the engine doesn't have to complain:

[Hotrodder]

Nothing more beautiful has been built, before or after.
If you want to drag more than one passenger you'll have to go for the slightly distorted 2+2 model. And the extra space in the back was reported to be only useful for children.

[RobertArthur]

A modern classic car, an ALFA, not too bad either......

[Hotrodder]

Pardon me good buddy, but that's a Corvette. Trust me. It's a Corvette.

[RobertArthur]

I trust you, Hotrodder. Wallstreet shuffle: my memory shares have fallen.....Being the only shareholder this is a heavy loss. Trying to restore my self-confidence a picture of a classic Reliant Scimitar

[RobertArthur]

And now for something completely similar:

[RobertArthur]

@ Hotrodder, in my defense the only thing I can say is that I made more than one picture of quite impressive cars, exactly in the same spot. In order to correct this temporary (?) memory black-out, or a case of mistaken identity, please let me introduce you to the car I had in mind, this Alfa Romeo:

[Hotrodder]

Very slippery indeed.

[Hotrodder]

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