Audi All-Roads' Ancestor

[Bush Tucker Man]

The other day I was tidying out some old boxes in the loft from under eaves & found a pile of a 1980's American magazine.
It's called 'Truckin', and was dedicated to the pick-up/van/custom 4x4's of the time.
There's quite a few nice motors throughout the issues I have, including a couple of superb 1940's Ford F100's converted to 4x4 with a step-side body.

Plus this anomoly, it's a predeccesor of the Audi All-Road, Lexus RX, Volvo, etc.....

It's 1980 AMC Eagle wagon, which was also available as a 2 & 4-door saloon (sorry, sedan)

[si_guru]

This must be a contender? 1975 by the way!

[Bush Tucker Man]

Aah the original Subaru estate unveiled in the UK in 1978.
It cost £3,990 when new.
A part time 4x4 layout, with an awkward stretch to the selector lever as it angled at the passengers knees.

A ground clearance of 7.9inches, coupled with mud & snow tyres & very little weight gave it good off-road capacity (if it wasn't too steep - or rough)

4wd could engaged at up to 50mph .
The brakes & steering were criticised as lacking in feel.

How do I know this??
As I type I'm looking at another skip item, a copy of 'Motor' dated 3rd June 1978.
The cost?, an exhorbitant 25p!!!!!! (yes, really!)

It also has the Range Rover on the cover in a twin-test with the Cherokee S.
Inside there are the Lada Niva, Daihatsu F20, Unimog (yayy!!!), Stonefield & the Matra-Simca Rancho(who's seen one of those recently??)

By the way; a Range Rover then cost £8,528!!!
As a comparison, the dearest Ford was a Granada 2.8i Ghia and that cost £7,315!!

[Hector]

Originally posted by Bush Tucker Man

A gound clearance of 97.9inches, coupled with mud & snow tyres & very little weight gave it good off-road capacity (if it wasn't too steep - or rough)


97.9 inches :yikes:

I'm not surprised it was good off road. :p

Cheers

Jamie

[Bush Tucker Man]

Oops, a slip of the fingers. It should read 7.9inches

[callum]

how can you throw hese gems away...

the amc looks pretty ace

thanks for entertaining uswith these snippets