This brought back memories! You briefly mention the Moscovitch rally car of the early mid 70's. I was around when a certain well known UK tuning firm were engaged to produce a rally capable car from two standard very basic road hacks. Done very hush hush as the Russians clearly wanted to later claim the result was all their own work. When the time came to close the project and present the contract data, the Russians insisted on the cars being returned, which was abnormal. They were told the cars had been trashed in final testing, yet they still insisted. The word went out to ensure that what was returned was as "cosmetically tired" as had been told to them. One was driven so hard it was rolled, but it did take deliberately entering a deep wide field ditch at speed and the right angle to trip it up. They got their two wrecks back as demanded. Possibly they are still in use as tractors today?! Happy now far off days!
The Chrysler 180 was only a development of the original Hillman Avenger which was an in-house design at the Rootes Group head quarters in Coventry! I was in the design studio at the time, working on the Imp Updates and the Arrow models! I Also made minor contributions to the Avenger The future Chrysler Sunbeam was a shortened version of the Avengers floor pan and suspension! The base model having a modified version of the IMP engine. Roy Axe left Rootes to go to Opel in Germany to design the Kadett, prior to moving to Peugeot! Then he moved back to the UK & took control of the BMC/Leyland group design team!
I don't know which is funnier, the fact that you use photos of Alfa Romeo Giulia to illustrate Chrysler, or that you claim low fuel warning light 'an advanced feature' when it's no different than a light switch activated by the very same buoy that allowed the gauge to read the level, and it was a standard feature in many cars at least since the 1960s.
I remember the stunning DAF 555 but didn't know that it had a FWD system based on the Variomatic. As for the Chrysler 160 and 180 they were famous for dissolving in the UK. They were rare as they just couldn't compete with the Ford Cortina and were underpowered. I remember a blue on near my home in the NE of England that disappeared after under a year after being driven in the hard winter we used to have, and I mean that it rotted completely away!
You could have chosen better pictures to go with the commentary. For instance why show an Austin Mini instead of the Rootes Hillman Imp given the context of the video? Poor.
The Lada was only a Fiat 124 with thicker steel in all the panels to lighten them the easiest way was to use Fiat original ones while not loosing any strength due to better quality steel. All the suspension components were as the original 124, which was a very good handling vehicle!
Where did you get all this information as much of it is nothing more than fairy-tails. The Avenger body shell was twice as rigid as that of the Ford Escort and if it had been given the financial backup similar to that of Ford it would have been the best rally car of its day! It was no heavier than the Escort in standard trim! The original Tiger version was to be fitted with the Westlake designed H120 engine boosted with twin Weber carbs as fitted to the Hillman Hunter that win the London to Sydney rally!
The Lada was nothing else than the Fiat 124 produced under licence and the engine was the famous "bialbero" twin cam the will equipe the 124 spider and after the 124 Abarth.
Indeed you're wrong. Lada, even the VFTS used Fiat deveoped single overhead cam, and it was different to Fiat 124 by increased thickness of steel used for making the bodyshell.
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This brought back memories! You briefly mention the Moscovitch rally car of the early mid 70's. I was around when a certain well known UK tuning firm were engaged to produce a rally capable car from two standard very basic road hacks. Done very hush hush as the Russians clearly wanted to later claim the result was all their own work. When the time came to close the project and present the contract data, the Russians insisted on the cars being returned, which was abnormal. They were told the cars had been trashed in final testing, yet they still insisted. The word went out to ensure that what was returned was as "cosmetically tired" as had been told to them. One was driven so hard it was rolled, but it did take deliberately entering a deep wide field ditch at speed and the right angle to trip it up. They got their two wrecks back as demanded. Possibly they are still in use as tractors today?! Happy now far off days!
DAF does not mean Dutch Automobile Factory but Van Doorne’s AanhangwagenFabriek (Van Doorne’s Trailer Factory)
That's what bothers you? Hearing it pronounced D.A.F instead of DAF (Duff) was what killed me 😂
The Chrysler 180 was only a development of the original Hillman Avenger which was an in-house design at the Rootes Group head quarters in Coventry! I was in the design studio at the time, working on the Imp Updates and the Arrow models! I Also made minor contributions to the Avenger The future Chrysler Sunbeam was a shortened version of the Avengers floor pan and suspension! The base model having a modified version of the IMP engine.
Roy Axe left Rootes to go to Opel in Germany to design the Kadett, prior to moving to Peugeot! Then he moved back to the UK & took control of the BMC/Leyland group design team!
I don't know which is funnier, the fact that you use photos of Alfa Romeo Giulia to illustrate Chrysler, or that you claim low fuel warning light 'an advanced feature' when it's no different than a light switch activated by the very same buoy that allowed the gauge to read the level, and it was a standard feature in many cars at least since the 1960s.
Also a Peugeot 504 was pictured as a Chrysler
I remember the stunning DAF 555 but didn't know that it had a FWD system based on the Variomatic. As for the Chrysler 160 and 180 they were famous for dissolving in the UK. They were rare as they just couldn't compete with the Ford Cortina and were underpowered. I remember a blue on near my home in the NE of England that disappeared after under a year after being driven in the hard winter we used to have, and I mean that it rotted completely away!
You could have chosen better pictures to go with the commentary. For instance why show an Austin Mini instead of the Rootes Hillman Imp given the context of the video?
Poor.
The Lada was only a Fiat 124 with thicker steel in all the panels to lighten them the easiest way was to use Fiat original ones while not loosing any strength due to better quality steel. All the suspension components were as the original 124, which was a very good handling vehicle!
I'd daily drive it!
Im Teil über den Chrysler 180 sind einige Bilder eines Peugeot 504
The DAF variomatic was OK on a dry and dust-free sealed road, otherwise...
CVT transmission had problems then.
FSO really?
Where did you get all this information as much of it is nothing more than fairy-tails. The Avenger body shell was twice as rigid as that of the Ford Escort and if it had been given the financial backup similar to that of Ford it would have been the best rally car of its day! It was no heavier than the Escort in standard trim! The original Tiger version was to be fitted with the Westlake designed H120 engine boosted with twin Weber carbs as fitted to the Hillman Hunter that win the London to Sydney rally!
The Lada was nothing else than the Fiat 124 produced under licence and the engine was the famous "bialbero" twin cam the will equipe the 124 spider and after the 124 Abarth.
Indeed you're wrong. Lada, even the VFTS used Fiat deveoped single overhead cam, and it was different to Fiat 124 by increased thickness of steel used for making the bodyshell.