Retro age

[daverapid]

I realise there isn't an actual age limit as such, but what is generally the newest age of car that is "accepted" on here?

[BenzBoy]

Bit of a can of worms that! I don't think it's necessarily the age of the vehicle, it's how it's done. I know the word "Retro" has age connotations but I think this board transcends that.

[CR500Dom]

To coin a Phrase ;D

"Retro Rides is an Attitude ................Not a Genre"

;D ;D

[DarrenW]

What they say...

For me, anything up to a "J" reg, really. Ish. I dunno.

Difficult innit ;D

[goaferboy]

for me its not when it was made, its more when it was designed. beetles, campers and 7 style kit cars are still being made brand new today and they're all retro imho

[daverapid]

:)Reason I asked is cos I started a thread about my K reg Favorit. I've removed it now, it didn't quite fell retro enough to me, and there wasn't really anyone interested. Was that the right thing to do? Is a K reg Favorit considered retro?

[BenzBoy]

Everything has potential. MrSigma posted up his Skoda Felicia last week!

Here's one I Photoshopped ages ago...

[Mark]

I dunno - cars that look retro I suppose..

My cars a K reg Mini, but it looks very similar to the original that came out in 59!

[Hirst]

I scrape by with two late 90s cars, they're a bit cheesy and oddball so I haven't had my head kicked in for it yet.

As said above I think it's more of an attitude but due to the nature of what people do to their cars, I'd say it gets up to mid 90's tops. I'm here as an outcast because the Japanese performance scene couldn't care less about Daihatsus, plus I love a good old Laurel or Cedric.

[penski]

cr500dom said:

To coin a Phrase ;D

"Retro Rides is an Attitude ................Not a Genre"

;D ;D

*cough*

*n

[gotwood]

Mines a K reg so not that old really,don't worry about it,everyone on here is really tidy and not bitchy like a lot of forums

[daverapid]

:)I agree, deffo no-one bitchy that I've seen on here. I just didn't wanna put stuff on here that people found uninteresting. That's why I removed the Fav thread after getting no replies. This is deffo one of the friendliest and coolest forums that I've seen,don't wanna change anything.

[Deleted]

Definitely a tricky one this one, but a good reason to mass debate

We were just this discussing on another group, Uk-Hotrods, about where other cars fit into the scene. After you have vintage cars there is classic British tin but after that it doesn't fit into the classic car genre and isn't accepted in the hotrod scene. So where do you go? A Mk1 Escort is just about accepted at rod runs, but a Mk2 no way.

This is where the 'retro' label comes in in my opinion. Take my Anglia for instance, there's no doubt that that is a 'classic car'. Say I owned an 80's or early 90's vehicle there is no scene that I can fit into. The Max Pants crowd don't accept it and neither do the classic car brigade. It's simply not a classic, so that's where retro fits in quite nicely. It's not new, but it's not a classic.

Anyway, if you have any doubt whether your car is old enough, make it look older! But it's interesting to see what older folk see as retro cars, it seems to be a sliding scale and the older you are the older a car is to be retro.

[penski]

That's the thing...If forced, I'd say '75-'95. :/

*n

[akku]

I don't even know what a classic is anymore.

Someone was laughing about Carltons being considered classics the other day and I mentioned that a lot of Carltons are now older than my Ventora was when I got that and I was calling that a classic back then. And people laughed I think. But hey.

What ever Retro is I don't think our Celica is it.

[CR500Dom]

penski said:

cr500dom said:

To coin a Phrase ;D

"Retro Rides is an Attitude ................Not a Genre"

;D ;D

*cough*

*n

I was actually Thinking about something from "Lippy Dave" over on the Supermoto list who said:

"Supermoto is an attitude not a wheel size"

But Great minds and all that ;D

[TwincamGTi]

I enjoy this forum because I like diversity and styles of ALL vehicles (providing it's not a 'maccie D's Krooze' type of vehicle ;D!).

I openly admit I do not understand/know about all the 'retro scene' type of things ...so I ask .

Also the fact this forum actually assists/helps people keep a vehicle on the road/find parts is another great asset.

Finally do I class my cars as 'Retro' ......NO

...But I enjoy keeping 'em running.

[BenzBoy]

I think the important thing to remember is that there isn't a retro style council deciding what is and what is'nt cool / acceptable. Some of our members are 16 / 17 years old, born after stuff like the Renner Clio and Ford Mondeo was launched, so their view of "retro" is bound to be different to someone older.

I think you should have put your Fav up - I'm sure you'd be swamped with ideas on how to mod it!