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PhilW
04-06-2017, 10:00
Slightly off topic here as no Williams involvement - but still Renault.
Did a road trip to Wales yesterday with my Dad, me in the 172 Cup and my Dad in his immaculate Carlton GSi 3000.

Some fantastic well surfaced roads in Wales, great early morning when the roads were quiet, not as good once all the meandering morons came out.
Got over to Bala and Blaenau Ffestiniog, did a great loop, my new front suspension is definitely bedded in now 😉
http://williamsclio.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8473&stc=1
ianbirch
04-06-2017, 10:19
Sounds great Phil...unfortunately the general condition of the roads in my area is RUBBISH!! :roll:

Cheers E
Coops
04-06-2017, 10:56
nice, that carlton is epic, pimped Vauxhall's were always on my radar as a kit, Dad's mates grey mk2 Sri 130 Cav was car I always coveted
PhilW
04-06-2017, 13:05
Sounds great Phil...unfortunately the general condition of the roads in my area is RUBBISH!! :roll:

Cheers E
You need a road trip to Wales Ian. If you time it right, you get epic roads with light traffic and the Welsh police dont seem to be anything like as anti car/bike as they used to be.
PhilW
04-06-2017, 13:10
nice, that carlton is epic, pimped Vauxhall's were always on my radar as a kit, Dad's mates grey mk2 Sri 130 Cav was car I always coveted

Cheers Coops, My Dads GSi is really a lovely bit of kit, its a totally original car, 68k on the clock and having been rustproofed since it was 3 years old its in rot free condition. Although it gets used regularly, its never out in winter! I reckon that it would do really well in a concours event.
There are very few of these left in the UK now, there certainly wont be many in this condition.
Winters01
05-06-2017, 12:10
Brilliant mate ... loving the Carlton
PhilW
05-06-2017, 19:11
Brilliant mate ... loving the Carlton
👍 Cheers, looks even better in real life
white16valver
22-11-2017, 11:16
Just seen this - love the Carltons!

Plod used to use them round here - IIRC they were good for oversteer... lol
PhilW
22-11-2017, 21:23
Just seen this - love the Carltons!

Plod used to use them round here - IIRC they were good for oversteer... lol

Thanks, its tucked away for the winter now.
Yea, handles nicely for a big car, lovely straight 6 👍
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28-05-2019, 11:52
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Wobba
14-07-2019, 16:40
Where I live in Hants there is still a dark green Carlton 3000 undercover cop car. I saw it twice, once in my M5 as I slowly cruised past it in my M5 (he pulled in front of me and put the POLICE SLOW back LED's on). And again shortly after in town with a load of marked vehicles pushing through rush hour traffic, Southampton.