Jag! The Ghostly fleet thread

[Junkman]

1850 is arguably the thinking man's Sprint.
Still, is it the right car for Ghosty?
I think not.

[SiC]

Has an autobox, it is older than him and is British. Ticks all the usual boxes he likes.

[Junkman]

That's the problem.

If he were normal, he'd like this.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264424202788


It would match his shirts much better, too.

[Junkman]

If it really must be an auto estate (fuck knows why).

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/202753310027


It'd leave enough change to get a shagpad and has enough space to do the move.

[ghosty]

Ah, but it's the HL that's a thinking man's Sprint. And I hate Pageant Blue, it cheapens the looks.
The GTV is nice and I know how comfy it'd be, but again it's not me somehow. Shame auto Alfas have awful sillyspeed gearboxes.
It doesn't have to be an estate, and having tried one I don't like XMs. I prefer the BX.

[Junkman]

Why are you looking at Granada Ghia estates then?

[SiC]

That's the problem.

If he were normal, he'd like this.

Or he was normal, he'd still have that MX5 and retrofitting a manual box while figuring out how to put a R53 Mini based supercharger kit on it. Then learning how to not interface with the scenery.

[SiC]

Ah, but it's the HL that's a thinking man's Sprint. And I hate Pageant Blue, it cheapens the looks.

HL is only the trim level. All slant-4 Dolomites effectively came as HL (only badged as HL around 1974 on).

[ghosty]

Why are you looking at Granada Ghia estates then?

More prevalent and nicer styling IMO.

[ghosty]

Isn't the point on here that we aren't normal?