MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
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Got to be the early pure shape before they started sticking spoilers and ducts on.
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Got to be the early pure shape before they started sticking spoilers and ducts on.
Does that comment go with the photo above or below it? 😯
A mate of mine had an A35 with a few midget bits in the rear suspension and brakes. Oh, and a 1275 motor. It was 'interesting' , mostly in a good way
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I had a 1983 Xr3i which was amazing when I was in my late teens but I never could get the RS and would have loved one!
Thats not a DC2, THIS is a DC2:
Are you sure about that? I'm pretty sure it is a DC2 a uk spec one at that, they came with the round headlights unlike the imported ones which came with the rectangular lights
Thats not a DC2, THIS is a DC2:
Are you sure about that? I'm pretty sure it is a DC2 a uk spec one at that, they came with the round headlights unlike the imported ones which came with the rectangular lights
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Merak - Member
Good shout Stoner, a V8 Vitesse would be a real laugh.
there's an excellent condition VP on eBay now for <£6k! I wish I hadnt looked...
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My old S2.
Awesome!
My dad was a car mechanic, one of the lads where he worked had one in the garage; a white one. Absolute beauty - dream car when I was about twelve years old! Think he ended up crashing it and killing himself and his mate though.....
Another goodun
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Merak - Member
Good shout Stoner, a V8 Vitesse would be a real laugh.
I had one. Great when it was working, but a general PITA.
I reckon if you restored one you could iron out all the kinks and have a very rewarding car to own.
My brother is at the NEC CLassic Car Show at the moment. He's just messaged me this pic:
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Always fancied one of these...
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Never owned a decent car, old or not. But I will one day. One of these:
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the list goes on....
I have this which I really like:
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But would also love something even less sensible, like this:
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or this:
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My mum had one of these when I was a kid and after the previous cars (Allegro, Maxi and a Hillman Imp) it was so exotic (although ours had normal mirrors)
I'd love to get one and have it reconditioned if cash was no object
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I'm loving all of the Intregales - I really like them.
I used to have one of these - exactly the same but RHD - and would have one again in a heartbeat. Would prefer a VTEC version though.
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Also a big fan of RS200s as seen earlier in the thread. I had a passenger lap around Knockhill in one that looked the same as this. Felt awesome, but I was suprised how noisy the transmission was when it was idling.
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Amazingly nasty red seat belts and Sierra steering wheel too!
Always fancied one of these...
saw one of those Alfas on the m-way the other month - unbelievably ugly - like a scimitar gone wrong. bit of a shock.
ANY 60's or 70's Toyota or Datsun.
Keep your 'ooo look its a 911' or 'must been seen to like a mk1 Golf'.
The Skyline, Celica's etc (even Crowns etc) of that era were stunning.
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A Nissan Fairlady Z Sir?
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Some really cool cars in this thread, I've even owned a few of them and driven a few more.
The E30 M3 (the first square one for haters of "code words" was the coolest car in the world when I was a kid - but I always liked the Mercedes 190e 16v "Cosworth" (that's the W201 shape for code word fans) especially the Evo models - I sure one once parked by my house, bat-shit wing on the back (too big to be a mere spoiler) big arches and bigger wheels in an age when 16" wheels looked huge.
I can't copy the url to post a pick so you'll have to google if you don't know what I mean.
I also saw a Countach once! But it sounded and looked like shit so I expect it was a home brew kit car.
fell in love with these many years ago when I first saw them at Oulton Park.
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These were quite popular and hit a spot with me back in those days too. They looked like fun hammering around the lanes of Little Budworth.
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So much so that I bought one of these when I was younger for a bit of wind in the hair action.
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I was given one of these as a teenager. It used to belong to a canadian ice hockey player, whose team was sponsored by my grandparents' company.
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It didn't start, didnt have a logbook and I was too young to drive it. The back was massive and very plush. It probably drove like a pig. Ended up getting sold when I moved overseas. I've always regretted losing that and I'd love to get another. For that reason, it's my favourite.
As most will know cos I do go about it a fair bit, this was mine and still remains a dream car for me (life and kids and new houses got in the way of me owning ridiculous cars for a while...):
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For unobtainable older car, it has to be this:
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and this:
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Obtainable-ish, maybe, one day...
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or:
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those would do me .......
Amazingly nasty red seat belts and Sierra steering wheel too!
The doors, bulkhead and central floor were directly from a Sierra so not surprising.
On a Group B theme always wanted one of these:
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purely for being able to say 'I own a Metro' to then see the person's face when they see it 😆
Was offered a non-running one back in the early '00's (needed a new front end and a rear axle) but I was financially tied up rebuilding my Rover SD1 V8 so passed on it. That exact 6R4 is now worth a few quid!
I owned one of these back in 2001 ish. Had to sell it to fund a business start up and with hindsight, should have kept the car!
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Mine - always wanted one, bought one. Just had a back-to-bare-metal, windows-out respray. It's honestly the car I'd have bought if I'd won the lottery along with a Singer Porsche 911 of some sort and a Mk2 GTi and, oddly, a Volvo Amazon.
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A Nissan Fairlady Z Sir?
Always had you down more as the Black and Gold kind of chap Hora (especially during Movember)
hey, I happen to like Mk I / II Golfs (partly as a a mate had a Mk I, and then a Mk II which I bought off him) and 911s, among others. Is that so bad hora ? :0)
In part its driven by what you aspired (or coveted) when growing up or a bit older, or a pleasure in individual design and interior (hence the Saabs and Citroens I think).
I always return, too, to cars like the Alvis TF21 my uncle lent us for our wedding -one like this (in burgundy)
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Take the badges off and it was a very usefull sleeper. Nobody knew what was it was then let alone now, would need a supply of gearboxes and a spare supercharger though.
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I had one of these a silver over grey face lift. By far the best car I've ever owned or driven. Wish I still had it. Had to get rid when my better half became pregnant. They go for silly money now if you can find a good one.
Wow, that Alvis is stunning. My Dad once restored an Alvis, with the help of my future mother - starting to see how that kindled romance!
I used to have Armstrong Siddeleys. Can't find the pic of my Hurricane, so here's my Whitley.
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Take the badges off and it was a very usefull sleeper. Nobody knew what was it was then let alone now, would need a supply of gearboxes and a spare supercharger though.
I have an odd affection for G40s also...
I wish I hadn't opened this thread and seen that corrado. It's a scratch I still haven't managed to itch.
my mum had one of these but got rid shortly before I was 17
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She had a 1.6 escort cabriolet - which I promptly crashed by reversing into my girlfriends car and writing that off!
Would love a good condition one of these now - didn't really like it at the time
G40's were so much fun to drive apart from the brakes, **** me the whole mk2-3 Polo range had the worst brakes I've ever experienced. Woefully under assisted and desperately in need of a bigger servo, master cylinder and golf rear hub swap 😉
Love driving supercharged cars so much nicer than turbo charged.
All ridiculously unobtainable and likely to burst into flames, anyway these for me:
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