Seen on the M6 in north west England last week, as the inner lane moved more quickly than the outer lane in thick traffic. The slogan appealed more than the car!
So, are you noting the number or remembering when you did exactly what the slogan suggests?
Is that rust on the wheel well? I didn’t know that happening in England.
England can make anything rust, anywhere
That’s not a common way to rust. Usually in Michigan this generation is filled with holes all over the doors and rocker panels, and rear gate gone, probably with similar amount of rust on the wheel well.
Its hard to beat British rust, I have some in my back yard now
My UK car skills are terrible, so what is that? It looks kind of like a Morris to me, but almost all English cars do to me! 😉
The car on the tilttray post is a Chrysler Minivan, the rust bucket being rolled off in my driveway is a 74 Hillman Hunter Estate for me to harvest the mechanicals.
The slogan is great! How odd it’s also carrying a European spec Chrysler minivan. Ateast it looks that way on an iPhone.
It’s very apt, isn’t it?
Gahhh, they’re disappearing off the roads, even overseas! Europe does have a habit of tossing cars while they’re still young (around 10 years old) so at least it survived the odds, as it’s at least 15 years old. I’m glad that they were popular enough that Chrysler went through the trouble to retool for RHD and manuals, diesel engines, etc. Not many other American cars can claim the same.
The third-generation cab-forward Chrysler minivans are a piece of automotive history, as are the LH cars, the Grand Cherokee and 1994 Ram. Right up there with the Ford Mustang. The first Dodge Caravan/Plymouth Voyager are as well, but Chrysler really made the grade when they released the new 1996 models. Very, very different, and for the better.
I adored our 1999 Grand Voyager when my family purchased it new back when I was in second grade. It was state-of-the-art in its look and feel and had every option imaginable except leather.
Europe does have a habit of tossing cars while they’re still young (around 10 years old)
It might appear that way, but they aren’t actually thrown away. Older cars do disappear off the roads quickly alright, but if they’re still running, they just migrate east- or southward. Occasionally in pieces, to be welded together in the place of destination. This Voyager will most likely head to Ukraine or Egypt, too, even though it has the steering wheel on the wrong side (it will affect the price – a reason why many UK cars DO land on the scrap heap early).
Example of cars to be exported to North Africa (photo by Timo van Vuurde)
Yep, to the east or south they go !
My Land Cruiser is now 13 years old. Since about 5 years I regularly get letters from export companies. They want to buy my Land Cruiser, it doesn’t matter in what condition it is. It’s not hard to guess where it will be going after its life in the Netherlands….
Regarding the steering wheel on the wrong side. I’ve read that in the UK a lot of heavy (long distance) trucks are ordered with the steering wheel on the left, so that the price is higher when they trade it in later on. Maybe Roger Carr can tell us more.
Some trucks maybe, but not very many.
I understand that back in the 1950/1960s, many Italian trucks were sold in RHD, to assist visibility of the edge of the road on mountain passes
I believe a lot of UK cars go to African countries where they drive on the left.
These were by far the most attractive generation of Chrysler minivans. One of the few minivans of any brand to actually manage to look good!
I had one of these. Bought new in 97. Sold it in 2010. 3.3l V6. It was a great van. No trans or engine problems. Actually no problems at all. It had the same wheels as this one, but mine was the dark green. Would have bought another but by then Mini vans weren’t mini any more.
One of these days when I buy a 94-95 Voyager I am going to buy Euro Taillights for it so I can have the only Voyager this side of the pond with Orange Turn Signals.
You’ll get amber turn signals and rear fog lamps. Get the repeaters and parking lamps for the full Euro-look.
For the full Euro-experience I can recommend a VM Motori 2.5 turbodiesel engine swap.
And headlamps, too. They are vastly superior to the crappy FMVSS 108 headlamps fitted to the American Caravans, Voyagers, and Town Countries.
I love the slogan on the flatbed. Remind me of some of business names I see down here.
Reading that (great) slogan on the truck’s side, I remembered what I read on the side of a Scania truck, years ago. It was in Dutch, translated it was something like “Here are 450 horses at work. And one jackass”.