Car adverts from years gone by !

[Huzee4]

Came across the attached ads when browsing the net and thought I’d share, I owned them all at one stage

[flimper]

[clarker63]

wow, the spitfire does 0-50 before others get into first. Must have been real quick unless the "others" were having a cup of tea or powdering their noses....

Looking at the stats, a stock spitfire from the 70s could do 0-60 in about 15 seconds (yaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnn)

[IRD]

Fitting the rubber bumpers to comply with American safety legislation spoiled the MGB.The handling was affected adversely. I believe they had less power than their predecessors too. I had 2 with the rubber bumpers but much preferred the earlier models both for looks and driving. My dad had a Wedgewood Blue Spitfire and the handling on that was dire too. The rear suspension was such that if you lifted a wheel when cornering it would then tuck right under the car as he found out when doing a track day at Croft Autodrome. He wasn’t hurt but the car was a right-off.

[Huzee4]

I

Fitting the rubber bumpers to comply with American safety legislation spoiled the MGB.The handling was affected adversely. I believe they had less power than their predecessors too. I had 2 with the rubber bumpers but much preferred the earlier models both for looks and driving. My dad had a Wedgewood Blue Spitfire and the handling on that was dire too. The rear suspension was such that if you lifted a wheel when cornering it would then tuck right under the car as he found out when doing a track day at Croft Autodrome. He wasn’t hurt but the car was a right-off.

I had a few from the Morris Garage, unfortunately I only have two photos on the iCloud, I loved them, my midget wouldn’t go over 50 but it was still loads of fun

[IRD]

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Fitting the rubber bumpers to comply with American safety legislation spoiled the MGB.The handling was affected adversely. I believe they had less power than their predecessors too. I had 2 with the rubber bumpers but much preferred the earlier models both for looks and driving. My dad had a Wedgewood Blue Spitfire and the handling on that was dire too. The rear suspension was such that if you lifted a wheel when cornering it would then tuck right under the car as he found out when doing a track day at Croft Autodrome. He wasn’t hurt but the car was a right-off.

I had a few from the Morris Garage, unfortunately I only have two photos on the iCloud, I loved them, my midget wouldn’t go over 50 but it was still loads of fun

I had a green 1500 Midget and 2 1250 ones. We towed our first caravan with a Damask red one and went through two clutches. But we went all over the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District too. The last B I had was a restored chrome bumper one with a Downton Stage 11 conversion. Loved it and sold it after three years use for the same as I paid for it. Happy memories. The only photos I have are the old fashioned paper ones.