Post a photo of a classic vehicle

Been seeing lots of old American classic cars being driven around this holiday weekend. And I was thinking this might be an international behavior of humans in many countries to show off their old classics. Nostalgia may know no bounds, you know?

If you have a photo, please post a picture here of an old classic car or other vehicle in your area of the world. I'm hoping to see cool or interesting vehicles from the past from all over the world!

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room101 · 51-55, M

Triumph Dolomite Sprint. I had one of these in the 19990's, mine was white with the ubiquitous black vinyl covered roof. They had a little switch on the gear lever which activated "overdrive". Super fast in its day (mine was about twenty years old when I got it but could still hold its own against many "modern" cars). Sadly, they were very temperamental. You had to have a bloody degree in automotive engineering just to keep the engine running.

I still loved that car though.

Scribbles · 36-40, F

@room101 Does super fast mean it had fast acceleration or a fast top speed?

What does overdrive do?

Looks like a cool car. :)

room101 · 51-55, M

@Scribbles LOL by modern standards it was a veritable tortoise.

To answer your questions, it had a 2.0litre V4 16 valve engine that produced 130BHP and a top speed of 120mph. In terms of acceleration, on a good day it could, theoretically, produce a 0-60mph in just over 8.0 seconds.

Overdrive was a "sort of" extra gear used for acceleration whilst still in the max high gear. In those days, most cars had a four speed gear box. The idea of overdrive was that one could be cruising in 4th gear, decide that a burst of acceleration was needed and, instead of shifting down to 3rd gear, engage overdrive and, whoosh off you went.

The interior, in my view, was even cooler. Wooden panelling everywhere and an awesome alloy spoked sports steering wheel.

If you look closely at the gear lever, you can just about make out the overdrive switch.

Bloody hell, I loved that car!

Scribbles · 36-40, F

@room101 Ah, thanks for the info.

The interior looks gorgeous btw!