80's cars

[Dave]

Dave do you have some affiliation with this particular car (in the photo)?
You may recall the recent FTO for sale in Newbridge -The red one with the white stripes down the side. (Daz suggested it might be one of your project cars). There seems to be a common theme...Red car, white stripes, Dave, Kildare area Just curious.

Rumbled!!!!

[Mustang]

Ok I still can't see the acclaim.

Blocked by company firewall...nevermind!

[Muad_dib77]

Ok I still can't see the acclaim.

Blocked by company firewall...nevermind!

try this here... (click it)

[Myfeckin FTO]

.......As I recall the engine and running gear were by honda taken from the equivalent civic (anyone care to correct me on this?).............

You are quite correct Mr Mustang!

I remember my Dad having a choice between the Acclaim, the Marina and the Renault 18 for a company car. And he had to drive the length and breath of old Ireland's potholed roads in these type of sh1tbuckets.

Needless to say to went with the Renault (same colour as below).

[Mustang]

Ok I still can't see the acclaim.

Blocked by company firewall...nevermind!

try this here...

Thanks Maud I remeber what it looks like alright, ours was navy.

MyfeckinFTO wrote

I remember my Dad having a choice between the Acclaim, the Marina and the Renault 18 for a company car. And he had to drive the length and breath of old Ireland's potholed roads in these type of sh1tbuckets.

That's an odd choice surely the renault was a class above the acclaim, and the manina was a bigger (older) car than the acclaim as well.
The 18 was the natural choice. I actually have a vivid memory of this car. Friends of the family used to own one. Loads of electrics, ew, em, esr. V impressive in the mid 80's

[Myfeckin FTO]

That's an odd choice surely the renault was a class above the acclaim, and the marina was a bigger (older) car than the acclaim as well....:

Agreed - It was what was in the Company pool at the time - they tended to change all the cars at the same time - the Marina and Renault were in the same price bracket - it was towards the end of the Marina's lifecycle and probably at the start of the Acclaims. I doubt there was much of a price difference between the acclaim and the others - it would have been the more modern of that bunch.

[soc]

2nd only to the Morris Marina IMO

We had a white one of these which rusted really badly, I remember helping my dad pin sheets of alluminium over the biggest rust caused holes - in the end he painted the entire bottom section of the car in blue The start of my infatuation with cars....

[chuck]

Looking at all them cars really brings back memories, bit later than the eighties i had this beast....

extras included.....swivel front seats.....double bed...cd player...tv....cooker.....fridge....sink....gas central heating...
toilet....elec hookup...curtains....soft furnishings.....carpets...
and small fan on dash board also custom paint job..

[pergau]

Renault Fuego - hot
Austin Maxi - not
Mini - woman down the road from me had a hippie multicoloured mini - cool
Morris Minor Traveller ( the one with the wood ) - timeless
Sunbeam rapier - 70s?
Red Cortina - Saw Doctors, Sweeney
GT6 - cool