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Oh, and I have something of a hankering for a late 80's M6 as well.
My old S2.
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Found some pics of the Mini 🙂
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Some in progress pics and some near completion.
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hands down the worst, most gutless, piece of crap engine ever to be put in a car, ever.
It wasn't great but I've driven worse. Had several normally aspirated 1.9D Fiestas as company cars, utterly dreadful, couldn't cope with slight inclines.
hands down the worst, most gutless, piece of crap engine ever to be put in a car, ever.
Someone's never driven a Hyundai Acc[s]id[/s]ent then!
Owned - 306gti6, 406v6 estate and my 11 year old diesel Mondeo
I have a soft spot for the Honda Integra and the bread van Civic Type R and the NSX
Also...
Saabs generally except soft tops
Mk1-3 golfs
205gti
106 rallye
E30 M3
Mk1 impreza
In fact a huge number of cars but nearly every one of the cars that peek my interest is based on a pre 2000 platform.
I know tech has moved on but there's something satisfying/more appealing about a simpler car that doesn't disconnect you from the outside world in quite the same way as boatloads of power and 200kg of sound insulation.
Having said that for chewing up endless tedious motorway miles a few modern comforts don't hurt.
I always thought these were a bit neat:
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and that there were incredible:
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Lot of things I like posted up there, anything with round headlights is a good start. And the Honda NSX.
I had one of these,
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& one of these,
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Though neither were that tidy.
Given enough money, I'd have something like this,
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The General Mayhem.
Cougar - ModeratorWalked past the newsstand today and spotted 'Classic Car' or something are doing an article on the Cavalier.
My dad had a couple as company cars when I was a kid, 2 mk2s but it was the mk3s I loved... One was badged as a GLS 1.6 but inexplicably had a redtop in it, my dad used to just go around torching hot hatches in his repmobile 😆 Basically looked like this, all the time
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And the other a CDX with the V6. That one had lovely greeny blue pearl paint with just a hint of flip... We were going to buy it at the end of its fleet life but it got written off in its last week of service by a truck, I remember when we went to the garage to get the new car it was sat round the back under a sheet and covered in dust and scrapes, all the shine had gone out of the paint, I'd never realised cars were alive, and could be killed, til then 🙁
As a teenager, desired all the 911s, F40s, Countachs, Lotus 7's, Esprits, etc, then all the above as kit cars, etc, but half burried somewhere in the back of my mind was a small fragment of something a bit closer to reality
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posted it on the last car thread, but always have had a hankering over old car-based pick-ups, especially caddy's
a lot (compared to my income anyway) of credit card action later, and i've got myself one... (wheels are the next pricey project...)
just in the process of building a checker-plate bike rack for it 8)
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If someone pinches the center caps for those p slot wheels (like they did one of mine) give me a shout cos I've got the rest in the shed.
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Saab 9000 Carlsson - mine had been breathed on by Abbott Racing - only car I wish I'd never sold!
bigrich > A Vanden Plas?
bigrich > A Vanden Plas?
executive luxury
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I grew up near longbridge, so you could tell who was the management from the dogshit brown vanden plas.
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!
This one is almost identical.
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This was my last car. Cosworth V6, Gaz suspension, discs all round. About as sorted as a Capri gets. Gutted that I don't still have it.
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Also has this Opel Manta for a while. 16v XE engine with bike carbs. Used to go like the clappers and spit fire
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I agree with the OP about disinterest in supercars and 'car culture'. I do love awesome machinery and driving though. I've only had daft cars when I could commute by foot or bike.
No interest in having a fast car on the road again. Really want something to use on a track or drifing or something.
Currently at the top of the wishlist;
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you could tell who was the management from the dogshit brown vanden plas.
I'm slightly embarrassed to admitting to knowing this, but that colour was "Russet Brown." (You'd have thought the Allegro marketing typsetters would have spotted the superfluous 's' and 'e' there...)
Nice one Surfer, I'll add a Safari and an SM.
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Recently I've been quite partial to Skylines and Celica's too
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I drove a lot of cars in the 80s.
The silva turbo was the only one that had acceleration like my motorbike.
Even the supra above never felt that quick.
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Oh god, an SM followed by a Skyline and Celica...
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80's J-Tin:
AE86 Levin or Trueno, I wouldn't fuss but it will be hard to find a minter that's not been rallied or latterly drifted to death.
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N12 Nissan Pulsar or Cherry to you and me. Sentimental more than anything else, was my dads favourite car which he replaced with one of his most hated, an N13 Pulsar sedan, or a Sunny Saloon. Hateful.
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When he went shopping for the abomination I fell in love with its younger and infinitely more attractive cousin.
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People rave about 200's, Skylines and Silvias but NOTHING has ever come close to the 300ZX in looks. It's not even too hard to find a better engine to drop in if that's what you're after. Yes it's heavy, no it's not the best performing but as a package it's stunning IMO.
Bigrick those Leylands look in just about factory condition, don't look a day over three years old...
People rave about 200's, Skylines and Silvias but NOTHING has ever come close to the 300ZX in looks.
I was besotted by 300ZX's right up until the point I drove one. My mate had an S13 at the time and it could run rings around it. I'm glad it was on stock at a mates garage and I didn't have to spend the cash to come to that realisation. Got it out of my system pretty quickly. I went and spent £400 on a Volvo 240 estate instead which was hilarious.
The fastest Jap car I ever went in was an R33 with 520bhp. It was absolutely alarming. I decided not to bother with anything else until I could afford a Skyline but I got over them and never bothered.
Yeah, I would never actually buy one unless I could afford to do it justice which would pretty much involve a rebuild from the ground up. Much like a Delorean really...
Just had a look on howmanyleft for Cherry's. 😥
There is an SM on Autotrader .....................
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always liked this one
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I had one of these in Oz. Leyland P76 with a 4.4 litre Rover V8.
Nice car let down by poor build quality, but brilliant on dirt roads.
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Followed by one of these. Valiant VJ coupe with a Hemi engine and huge wide tyres to keep it all straight. 🙂
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SAAB 99 Turbo... my granny is up for sale if anyone has one.
Good shout Stoner, a V8 Vitesse would be a real laugh.
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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.....
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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.