Friday LOLs. A drive down memory lane

[luzribeiro.livejournal.com]

They're beautiful little metal beasts. And we love'm so much. Vintage cars. They're like a drive down memory lane, and remind us of the good times of old.

Do you have any? Or have you had and old car at some point? What kind of car was it? Which fave places did it bring you to? GOT PICS???

This baby over here is my hubby's old Ford Capri 1971. He finally managed to renovate it a few months ago, and so this little baby is shining in front of home once again. It's Bordeaux-wine red, has a vinyl roof and original rostyle wheel rims (very rare). 3-gear automatic transmission still in perfect condition and the engine ticks over beautifully. Fave place it has brought me to? Simons Town on the Cape Peninsula - a very Mediterranean-looking place, and quite fitting for a Ford Capri, IMO. :)

Comments

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

First we used to have a Trabi. Not this Trabi, but similar.



Then we had a Lada.



Now I have a VW Golf 3, but it ain't exactly "vintage".

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

As for favestest places, the Trabi showed a tremendous ability to climb all sorts of mountains. The Rhodope mountains for example.



^ The Batak dam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak_Reservoir).

[brother-dour.livejournal.com]

the Trabi showed a tremendous ability to climb all sorts of mountains.

I'm guessing a low-geared transmission with a lot of torque? Was it a front-wheel drive?

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

Indeed, it was. It was also so light that two people could lift it.

[brother-dour.livejournal.com]

Wow. I thought that was just a myth

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

They were strong dudes.

[comeonyouspurs.livejournal.com]

I don't drive, but I love the Lada.

& the Yugo.

[comeonyouspurs.livejournal.com]

Some harsh old jokes from the comments section below the video:

How do you double the value of a Yugo? Put a gallon of milk in the back seat.
What do Yugos have in common with Ferraris? A Ferrari goes from 0 to 60 in 4 seconds. A Yugo goes from 0 to 4 in 60 seconds.
A friend went to a dealer the other day and said, "I'd like a gas cap for my Yugo." The dealer replied, "Okay. Sounds like a fair trade."
How do you make a Yugo go faster? Throw out the passenger.
What is the difference between a golf ball and a Yugo? You can drive a golf ball 200 yards."

[brother-dour.livejournal.com]

A co-worker of mine once had a Yugo. I made the joke that when it broke down we could just set it in the bed of my F-150 and haul it ourselves. One day coming back from lunch the engineers decided to measure the Yugo and my truck bed- turns out, it would indeed fit if the tailgate were dropped down!

[comeonyouspurs.livejournal.com]

:D

Your poor co-worker, driving a Yugo. I still want one, though.

htpcl's comment about the Trabi reminded me of 1) watching goats climb the High Atlas mountains (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPc41a9MJsc) (& trees (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJAQ12N16i8)), & 2), this other old joke about the Yugo: What do you call a Yugo at the top of a hill? A miracle. (What do you call 2 Yugos at the top of a hill? A mirage.) But my favourite might be this one: What's on pages 4-5 of the Yugo user's manual? The bus & train schedules.

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

My first car was a Golf 1. And my grandpa once had a Trabi. A blue one, I think. Now I drive a Toyota Hi-lux.

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

I want a trabi or a lada :P

Not to drive of course, it'll have it's special place in the sheds with oil pans built in :P