News_Stig Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 From the News Section. http://www.tyresmoke.net/forum/tsn-motor-news/140192-name-old-timers-might-remember.html#post1675250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 A Monza 3.0GSE would be one of my ultimate 18-30 smokers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 They're like finding hens teeth these days though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Me three Garcon, always lusted after a white or silver 3.0 GSE Monza . . . . 24v 3.0 lump wasn't it ? (when 4 valves per cylinder was restricted to 'performance cars' ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Yep. I had the same lump in a Senator back in the day. It was superb (back then). Would probably feel slow and wheezy now! (And a 4 speed auto box!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Yep. I had the same lump in a Senator back in the day. It was superb (back then). Would probably feel slow and wheezy now! (And a 4 speed auto box!) Oooooooh... Fancy ! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Have they run out of names so they're having to rehash old ones or are we saying the Monza was such a classic that what it represented should be brought back in 2013? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Have they run out of names so they're having to rehash old ones or are we saying the Monza was such a classic that what it represented should be brought back in 2013? To me, the Monza was a classic. Preferred it to ANY Capri of the time. Shame they were rare. Had 2 Senators - the old boxy one (1985) and a newer one with the egg cutter grille. Both with the 3.0 straight six. Only the 12 valve with (only) 177 bhp & 177 ft lb. Happy days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisg Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 I think there's one of these in an unadopted road ( backing onto the dunes by the sea) in Hemsby ( Norfolk)... generally populated by 'old' folk... with old cars! I'll be near there again inn a couple of weeks and i'll take a walk and see if it's still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Have they run out of names so they're having to rehash old ones Don't know if that's the case here, but it is really difficult for a multinational business to come up with a name that is available, protectable, and not rude in any of their markets. That's why you get dull names like Focus and weird ones like Ghibli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Remember? Too right. Friend of mine had a Fiesta Supersport (Mark I) and he kept it in pristine condition. This was largely due to his Father having drummed car care into him from a very early age - and he had... ..an Irmscher Monza! A very rare thing indeed and I never got a go in it. But I do recall watching it disappear over the top of Lythe Bank exiting Sandsend as if it was about to take off and fly back to where he lived! It was white and a truly wonderful thing. His Dad still had that car in 1996 when I lost touch with him, and it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if they still had it now. It looked a bit like the car in the link below (it was white too) except for the silly stickers on the front. It had the side stickers. Like a 1980's Atari video game. It seemed so cool at the time. Irmscher Opel Monza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 It seemed so cool at the time. That's because it was, and still is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 That's when car interiors were proper and manly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 it is really difficult for a multinational business to come up with a name that is available, protectable, and not rude in any of their markets A totally unbiased opinion of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 A totally unbiased opinion of course Just talking from experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Opel Monza versus the Vauxhall Senator in jam sandwich guise :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 The Senator was the most effective car I've ever had for clearing lane 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 The Senator was the most effective car I've ever had for clearing lane 3. Pretty well the only car I'd order in white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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