Memories from 1985

[STEVE BURNS]

Blast from the past just posted on facebook today

 

[uk66fastback]

When Basildon was small enough to only have five digits ... moved from there in 1976, remember it well ... !

Museums eh? Always knew the Z Club was classy ...

 

[Paul_S]

I remember when phone numbers were that short!

 

[Paul_S]

When Basildon was small enough to only have five digits ... moved from there in 1976, remember it well ... !

Museums eh? Always knew the Z Club was classy ...

Haha, I replied not seeing your post!

 

[SeanDezart]

Thanks Steve.

Cross-breeds and not hybridZ

 

[Alphabettispaghetti]

I was 4

 

[SeanDezart]

I was 4

.....newbie !

 

[Matt Berry]

Found this under my customers floor this morning, no Z’s for sale though. The paper is from November 1977

 

[toopy]

In 1985 i was 15, so a couple of years away from starting driving lessons, on one of which i saw my first Z..... and the rest as they say, is history!

 

[SeanDezart]

Found this under my customers floor this morning, no Z’s for sale though. The paper is from November 1977

Fiat 500 : £165, today selling for £7k !

 

[Matt Berry]

Fiat 500 : £165, today selling for £7k !

There was a Mazda RX3 in there somewhere as well for £650!

 

[uk66fastback]

In 1985 I was 23 and rolling around in a '71 K-reg MGB which I'd rebuilt from a rusty wreck ... I sold it the next year for this shocking thing ... in fairness, a great idea, but VERY badly executed.

 

[jonbills]

That 71 MGB was only 14 yo in 85. I was in a similarly young car that was rusty and felt old.
Now many people have dailies that are 20 yo that really don't feel old. Car Manufacturing got good in the late 90s.

 

[jonbills]

I don't think it was a UK only problem. I've seen some evidence that Datsuns from the 70s rusted a bit too. French cars, German cars, Italian cars all guaranteed to be rusty wrecks in a decade or so until late nineties.

 

[SeanDezart]

I don't mean the quality of the metal, the whole world suffered with rubbish steel in the 70's.

Not true and no Japan bashing please !

Japans' steel industries invested VERY heavily not merely in volume making but the quality of their steel and consequently were leading the way with ship-building, metallic domestic goods and the motorcycle/moped and automotive industry.

That Zs rusted is down to the limited/poor/non-existant anti-rust treatment and waiting on the docks to oload, transported in a salty, wet environment and waiting in the ships to be unloaded then on the docks after loading......they were rusting before arriving in the showrooms.
But every car rusted badly in those days...only we saw Datsuns running around rusty long after the other makes had broken down !

 

[cosworth415]

Remember being on a site years ago with a load of skates they used to call us Londoners "O Woners"

 

[Rob Gaskin]

I remember when phone numbers were that short!

My Dad worked for Joules brewery in Stone - telephone number Stone 1 !!!!!!!!!

Anyway another Thread that has ended up being dominated by the few.

 

[Rob Gaskin]

I was 4

In 1985 I was married with a family!

 

[Mr Tenno]

Yep this thread got out of hand. I've cleaned it up a bit.

 

[STEVE BURNS]

An old member was having a clear out and posted these on Face book