Upper Middle Petrol Head:

Everything that I know about French cars could easily be written on the side of a pack of  Gauloise 20s, still leaving plenty of room for the obligatory health warnings.  Therefore, I've had to resort to Wikipedia to discover that the 203 - as featured here, photographed by our Canberra correspondent - was manufactured in Peugeot's Sochaux  factory between 1948 and 1960, during which period some 700,000 examples were produced.  During the period 1949 to 1955, it was the only model that Peugeot produced, although it was available in four door sedan and wagon, two door coupe and two- and four door cabriolet variants ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_203#:~:text=The%20Peugeot%20203%20is%20a,Peugeot%20between%201948%20and%201960.&text=The%20203%20was%20Peugeot's,assembly%20line%20in%20Sochaux%2C%20France ) .  I was surprised to learn that the 203 is classified as a small car, which, to my mind at least, is at odds with its large car styling, especially when viewed in

  How's this ripper circa-1980 Corolla station wagon?  It comes from a time when Toyota built cars, rather than the soul-less hybrid buckets of pus that they're making now.  It was straight and rust-free, with glossy paint, good chrome and a very tidy interior.  There was a nice set of 13" Hot Wires , a very tasteful 3-spoke sports steering wheel and was fitted with a five-speed 'box.  Other than those few mods - and a roof-mounted bike rack - it looked to be pretty much stock.  U M P H (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.) All iPhone images.