I knew I'd seen the Delta somewhere. Just been flicking through some old photo albums and sure enough! This picture was taken over 20 years ago when it was just hitting the road. If I remember rightly, Terry was a school headmaster and lived at Blackwood.
Very similar to the Ikara in execution, the body is just a different sort of ugly.
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ReplyDeleteI don't see it as ugly at all. The Delta has a pleasing waistline and overall balance. If it were mine, I'd maybe tweek the roof and window lines with a little more curve, but that's about it. I prefer the look of the (earlier?) front on the car when it was red. The rectangular lights look a bit odd now but they were the style at the time.
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Hi all,
ReplyDeleteAs John is away & not making any new posts, I thought It might be fun to list my wish list of 10 cars ‘Money No Object’, feel free to comment or add your own list, my list is mostly comprised of Hybrids – It appeals to me to fit a large American V8 into a nimble Sportscar – a Hot Rod I suppose!
1/. Bolwell Nagari Coupe (original series)
2/. Bolwell Nagari Sports
3/. McLaren F1
4/. Maserati Tipo 61 (Birdcage)
5/. Kurtis 500S
6/. Lamborghini Miura SV or Jota
7/. DeTomaso Mangusta
8/. Cobra 427SC
9/. Cheetah (Bill Thomas USA)
10/. Iso Grifo 7lt OR Bizzarini OR Monterverdi Hai 450SS
Sorry I couldn’t make up my mind on the last one, and I didn’t worry about anything practical, if I could afford all these cars surely I could afford a ‘practical’ commuter.
Wishing Everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
Peter G
Well you've set a fine garage there Pete and I would probably have some in mine as well. But to be a bit different I went for some different machinery apart from your last pick where I made my choice from your 3. Aslo your first two choices are givens so I have not put them in. But they are there (in my dreams).
ReplyDeleteI have listed 5 classics and 5 recent super cars which I believe will eventually become classics.
1. 1955 Ferrari 121LM
2. 1957 Aston Martin DB1
3. 1967 Chevrolet Corvette 427
4. 1967 Bizzarrini 5300 Strada
5. 1972 Ferrari 365 Sypder Caifornia
6. 2007 Bugatti Veynron
7. 2007 Pagani Zonda C12 Roadster
8. 2008 Ferrari F430 P1
9. 2008 Aston Martin DBS9
10. 2008 Jaguar XKR-S Roadster (Only because it looks like a modern, updated Bolwell MkVII,
My normal everyday drive would be a HSV 427.
Happy New Year All.
As a PS
ReplyDeleteMy real #10 if it ever became a production model would be a GTbyCitreon. (That's how it's spelt)
And my effort in alphabetical order-
ReplyDeleteAston Martin DB4GT
Austin-Healey 100M
Bolwell Nagari
Cateram 7
Cobra Daytona Coupe
DeTomaso Mangusta
Jaguar E Type 3.8 Roadster
Lamborghini Miura
McLaren F1
MGA Twin Cam
and daily driver
Porsche Cayman
It looks like the Muira and the Mangusta are popular choices. I agree with one of those, not necessarily the other. I guess it was at least 40 years ago I had a drive of a Muira up the Mount Barker Road and back and, not having much to do with "V12 Supercars", I was in love with Lamborghini immediately. It wasn't to last forever. When Chris Clearihan got his Countach and I had so much trouble getting into it, it started to change my mind. When I get back to SA I'll write a post about an Adelaide Muira if somebody reminds me.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I don't seem to really consider the Mangusta with the same reverence. When we Mitcham kids were just getting into cars, the doctor at the top of Springbank Road, Andy McCombe, who used to race an E-type, and a Cooper S when they came out, had a red Mangusta as his road car. We were suitably impressed, it had a bit of power and made all the right noises. Later, I became acquainted with a black one in Tasmania that was reputed to have Cassius Clay as its first owner. Meanwhile, Ken Messenger started driving a red Mangusta. I'm certain it was Andy's old one. Anyway, I think Ken may back me on this, if I said that despite the power of the Ford V8 and the very interesting van doors on the back, they were a bit rattley and didn't handle all that well. De Tomaso did get it right with the Pantera though.
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ReplyDeletePeter G has added a daily driver to his list too. "I would select a Tesla Roadster (US electric), if you squint your eyes you could imagine it being a Nagari Targa (70's series)." Funny, I was thinking about an electric car as well. I was looking at this bare Ikara chassis and thinking I could make another one of these and try electric power.
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