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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: JamesV6CDX on 19 November 2011, 21:29:14
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One of my most memorable cars, is my first V8 Rangie...
It had the usual issue of saggy headlining inside. I got fed up with it, so replaced it with something "custom". Bear in mind I was 21, and crazy as a bottle of chips.
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I loved that Lazy old V8 :y
Sadly, she failed her MOT miserable on Rot, Rot, and more Rot.... ended up being scrapped :'( :'(
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Good looking Rangie that, always fancied one for winter use
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Ah yes the burble of a V8! My first car was an SD1 V8, it was rather rough to say the least!
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Ive only ever driven one once. A late L plate V8 and I loved it. A few prods of the accelerator and the whole thing moved and sounded great. :y mind you took me a bit of time to adjust my driving style in the corners. ;D
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My 24v Senator ..................... and I don't even have a photo of it - my pc went t1ts up & I lost all my photo's. :'( :'(
And my Mk1 Cavalier Coupe.
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a thread heading like
"cars you want to forget" is more suitable for me imo ;D
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a thread heading like
"cars you want to forget" is more suitable for me imo ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D
That'd be my diseasal Astra estate ............. I never did get rid of the smell of the dog that must've lived in it before I bought it. ??? ??? ???
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Ive only ever driven one once. A late L plate V8 and I loved it. A few prods of the accelerator and the whole thing moved and sounded great. :y mind you took me a bit of time to adjust my driving style in the corners. ;D
LOL can be a bit alarming the first time you take a corner at speed.... :y
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a thread heading like
"cars you want to forget" is more suitable for me imo ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D
That'd be my diseasal Astra estate ............. I never did get rid of the smell of the dog that must've lived in it before I bought it. ??? ??? ???
;D ;D ;D ;D :y
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Ah yes the burble of a V8! My first car was an SD1 V8, it was rather rough to say the least!
Like you Andy I had quite a few V8 Rovers :) :) As for the V8 sound it's never gone away ;D
Rover SD1 V8S would be the one for me, I had a gold one many years ago :) :) :)
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Ah yes the burble of a V8! My first car was an SD1 V8, it was rather rough to say the least!
Like you Andy I had quite a few V8 Rovers :) :) As for the V8 sound it's never gone away ;D
Rover SD1 V8S would be the one for me, I had a gold one many years ago :) :) :)
Twin Plenum Vitesse with that nice big airdam and painted in Moonraker blue for me please. :y
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Rover_sd1_club.jpg/800px-Rover_sd1_club.jpg)
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My Calibra...I had a lot of girlfriend :y untill I sold it but nobody after that. :( Possibly I wasn't sexy but the calibra... :-\ :-\ :-\
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The 2 cars i can't forget and really miss (going back 25 odd years) were my Cavalier SRi "B reg" & Astra GTE MK1 "A reg". Both were cracking cars with the 115Bhp 1.8i lump. Both went like bats out of hell, handled great, and was always a good laugh against a 2.8I Capri or XR4i. Best race i had was the GTE against an RS2000 Mk2 going up the A130 to Chelmsford from the A127 (before they added bollards & crap). Won against the RS2000 on the final straight from the A12 Jct up to the Army & Navy roundabout on the sweeping bends. Those were the days.... :'(
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Chevtte HS and later my 24v Senator. :)
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my mk 2 3litre capri.....square headlights type...loved it...wrote it of.....but best of all was my 1988 vauxhall senator ex old bill straight six went like the wind and glued itself to the road like sh..e to a blanket.......good old days..what ever happended to them distant memories just as the price of petrol was back then.. :y
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My last Mig, bought with fsh, old owner, everything spot one, turned out to be a dog, cost me loads before I got rid... :( :(
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my second motor in life.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=mk1capri+facelift&view=detail&id=AD43465BA2AAED5264449961ECCDD727892BDE8B&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR
very similar to the one i had.
looked the same, old but modified. scared the crap out of me and the passenger as we raced along the a45(well known airway strip) at nearly 100mph !!
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I also had a red Mk1 Crapi - truely awful car apart from the fact it just wouldnt give up and die. ;D
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Tough one. I suppose for me it was my facelift R reg citroen xantia 2.0 16v sx auto in emerald green. At 17 for my first car it was great. Comfortable 138 bhp so was quick and in 2002 still looked a modern ish car. Best part about it were the alcantara seats. On a par with omegas for comfort. 8)
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For me it was my second car - a BMW 200Tii, just the thing for a young man about town. :-*
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Many years later I quite liked the Granada 2.8 Ghia I bought after going into a fuel station (with a Ford dealership attached) to fill the Volvo 240 I had at the time. ???
I actually filled the Volvo but drove off in the Granada. ;D ;D I would have kept that car for a while but a security situation meant that it had to go after only a few months. :(
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(Actual vehicles)
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I don't get emotionally attached to cars I'm afraid, although I was quite sad when my MkII GTE went. Additionally, it was really odd when Project TB2 went :o
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I loved and miss my TR7 3.9 V8 which had been mildly tuned, had about 240bhp and had an erection stirring sound ;)
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For me it would have to be my Sunbeam Tiger 4.2, it was incredible, 125mph at 4500revs, had a few over the years that I can think of all v8's though. A few sd1 the best being a Vanded Plas. three Range Rovers, e type jag(that was a six cyclinder) and a pontiac trans-am.
Wish i could aford to run them these days, plus a few would be worth a bob or to.
Old memories from an old git.
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bmw 728 sport e38 and the beast
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the beast
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Ah yes the burble of a V8! My first car was an SD1 V8, it was rather rough to say the least!
Like you Andy I had quite a few V8 Rovers :) :) As for the V8 sound it's never gone away ;D
Rover SD1 V8S would be the one for me, I had a gold one many years ago :) :) :)
Twin Plenum Vitesse with that nice big airdam and painted in Moonraker blue for me please. :y
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Rover_sd1_club.jpg/800px-Rover_sd1_club.jpg)
lovely motor i had one for 30 minutes once saved and saved drove out the garage 30 minutes later the engine siezed :'( fourtunatley i got my money back
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My three most memorable cars :-
BMW M535i '78 vintage. The first really big powerful car.
Lancia Y10 turbo. Completely outdid my expectations
Honda NS-X. Again, just the opposite of what I expected.
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Honda NS-X. Again, just the opposite of what I expected.
A mate of mine had one of them. Sold it and had a succession of sevens of varying degrees of silliness, then an S2000, all sorts of other stuff. Not sure what he's got at the moment, but he's still pining for the NS-X.
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where do i start
mk 1 escort works rally car used in 73 east africa safari
lotus cortina mk 2
crayford cortina mk 2
mk 1 mk2 mk3 capris
corsair with a 3.1 ltr rs eng on triple webbers
range rover with 3 inch lift
xr4i with mustang 5 ltr v8 under bonnet
you name it ive prob restored it
split screen camper 1960 bullet indicator- think these go for about £30.000 now
and afew drag cars forgotten more 1969 porshe 2.2 s le man like steve mcqueens in film
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The car I had the biggest lurch selling was, of all things, a wolsley 18/85s. For those not familiar, it was the badge engineered Austin/Morris 1800 landcrab. Big brother of the mini of the era.
Full width leather(ette) seats with magic wand style gear lever and handbrake out the dashboard. Fully reclining seats and no headrests meant it went flush with the rear seat base creating a large enough 'lying down' area for a young gad about town.
It could shift ok as well, for the time. Same engine as the mgbgt with twin su carbs - inch and half or bigger?
It was a wrench when I traded it in for a mk 2 escort, ex swan national hire car- but that's another story.....
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The car I had the biggest lurch selling was, of all things, a wolsley 18/85s. For those not familiar, it was the badge engineered Austin/Morris 1800 landcrab. Big brother of the mini of the era.
Full width leather(ette) seats with magic wand style gear lever and handbrake out the dashboard. Fully reclining seats and no headrests meant it went flush with the rear seat base creating a large enough 'lying down' area for a young gad about town.
It could shift ok as well, for the time. Same engine as the mgbgt with twin su carbs - inch and half or bigger?
It was a wrench when I traded it in for a mk 2 escort, ex swan national hire car- but that's another story.....
big brother of the mini blimey they were like tanks, mate had one when we were at building school we all had push bikes and hatch backs and he had the landcrab ;D ;D got it handed down i think .it was bloody masive looked like it had 2 sofas in it ;D
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my first love was a caverlier sportch hatch 2000 gls in bright red always wanted the manta
i was 19 and and loved it sister cleaned it for me one day found a good way of getting dead flies of the bonnet a bloody brillo pad >:( >:( :'(
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The car I had the biggest lurch selling was, of all things, a wolsley 18/85s. For those not familiar, it was the badge engineered Austin/Morris 1800 landcrab. Big brother of the mini of the era.
Full width leather(ette) seats with magic wand style gear lever and handbrake out the dashboard. Fully reclining seats and no headrests meant it went flush with the rear seat base creating a large enough 'lying down' area for a young gad about town.
It could shift ok as well, for the time. Same engine as the mgbgt with twin su carbs - inch and half or bigger?
It was a wrench when I traded it in for a mk 2 escort, ex swan national hire car- but that's another story.....
big brother of the mini blimey they were like tanks, mate had one when we were at building school we all had push bikes and hatch backs and he had the landcrab ;D ;D got it handed down i think .it was bloody masive looked like it had 2 sofas in it ;D
A mate of mine had an Austin 3litre,that was even rear wheel drive but based on the Austin 1800,straight six and sounded lovely.
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1.1. Fiesta Pop aka the chicken shed.
I will never forget it because it was a horrible rotten heap of shite with the worst engine still being manufactured at the time in the world under the bonnet
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1.1. Fiesta Pop aka the chicken shed.
I will never forget it because it was a horrible rotten heap of shite with the worst engine still being manufactured at the time in the world under the bonnet
If we are including horrible cars, I'd like to put in a vote for my 1986 1.8GLSi Belmont. Truely awful. And gay.
Hated it before I bought it, now idea why I did. I would conceed the first engine went like the clappers, the replacement engine was rubbish.
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1.1. Fiesta Pop aka the chicken shed.
I will never forget it because it was a horrible rotten heap of shite with the worst engine still being manufactured at the time in the world under the bonnet
If we are including horrible cars, I'd like to put in a vote for my 1986 1.8GLSi Belmont. Truely awful. And gay.
Hated it before I bought it, now idea why I did. I would conceed the first engine went like the clappers, the replacement engine was rubbish.
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lmao forgot to say something ;D
i had a belmont 1.8gls (said in a very deep and manly voice) no one thought i was gay..maybe its the way you walk sweetie ;D
but yes went like the clappers had some fun in that would take out the xr3i which is what i wanted except fords were on bloody strike at the time and as it was a company car only thing i could get was the belmont
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no one thought i was gay..
To quote one of my gay friends...
"Oh you are, you just don't know it yet"
:o :o
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My last Mig, bought with fsh, old owner, everything spot one, turned out to be a dog, cost me loads before I got rid... :( :(
What did you do with the old owner Vamps?? ??? :D ;D
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Mine was 'Yolanda' a 1980 Ford Cortina 2.2 Auto Wagon with approx 300,000 kms on the clock bought in Sydney for A$500 (about £250 at the time) and that included camping equipment! :y. She had Western Australia plates so had already done the trip across Australia, probably more than once and also meant that she didn't need an MOT!! :y :y. Yolanda however didn't have a second gear, so the trick was to give her some in first before she slid into third which was fine on the long, straight, and flat outback roads, but a little tricky in cities or on hills.... ::)
Apart from the odd tantrum Yolanda took me and a few Welsh blokes all the way round Oz, and when I left I sold her on for A$800!! :y Yolanda and I had a lovely time together, and she was usually very forgiving of my generally inattentive behaviour and occasional infidelity :-[ So there was definatly a tear in my eye upon the parting of our ways..... :'( :'( :'(
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Ah yes the burble of a V8! My first car was an SD1 V8, it was rather rough to say the least!
Like you Andy I had quite a few V8 Rovers :) :) As for the V8 sound it's never gone away ;D
Rover SD1 V8S would be the one for me, I had a gold one many years ago :) :) :)
this looks a lovely motor.... this was the one styled to look like a ferrari daytona :y
Twin Plenum Vitesse with that nice big airdam and painted in Moonraker blue for me please. :y
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Rover_sd1_club.jpg/800px-Rover_sd1_club.jpg)
lovely motor i had one for 30 minutes once saved and saved drove out the garage 30 minutes later the engine siezed :'( fourtunatley i got my money back
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The car I had the biggest lurch selling was, of all things, a wolsley 18/85s. For those not familiar, it was the badge engineered Austin/Morris 1800 landcrab. Big brother of the mini of the era.
Full width leather(ette) seats with magic wand style gear lever and handbrake out the dashboard. Fully reclining seats and no headrests meant it went flush with the rear seat base creating a large enough 'lying down' area for a young gad about town.
I loved the crabs. 8) :y
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sorry meant to say this was styled to look like a ferrari daytona :)
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sorry meant to say this was styled to look like a ferrari daytona :)
Indeed, they even had a Daytona in the design studio at the time ........
( reckon the lights were off, tho )
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The cars that I most remember are a jaguar xk120 roadster (1 red & 1br green) a ford thunderbird 1958. a ford v8 pilot. 2 mk 9 jags & a rover 3.5 v8 coupe. & petrol 5 galls for a pound. happy days. mel
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The cars that I most remember are a jaguar xk120 roadster (1 red & 1br green) a ford thunderbird 1958. a ford v8 pilot. 2 mk 9 jags & a rover 3.5 v8 coupe. & petrol 5 galls for a pound. happy days. mel
;D ;D Happy days indeed Big M - I remember putting £1 worth of fuel into that BMW in the photo above and getting sufficient for several days of 'motoring'. 8)
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The cars that I most remember are a jaguar xk120 roadster (1 red & 1br green) a ford thunderbird 1958. a ford v8 pilot. 2 mk 9 jags & a rover 3.5 v8 coupe. & petrol 5 galls for a pound. happy days. mel
;D ;D Happy days indeed Big M - I remember putting £1 worth of fuel into that BMW in the photo above and getting sufficient for several days of 'motoring'. 8)
And a few ration coupons as well I'd imagine..... ;D ::) :-X
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Lancia 2.0 HPE (factory supercharged) what a cracking engine (Lancia tuned Fiat twin cam). used to leave the XR boys for dead.
Thinking about it thats probably cause it weighed nothing due to the amount of missing metal, go to bed at night and the car would be half pound slimmer in the morning, if you looked at it long enough you could watch the rust forming. Big Big negative I know such a shame on a motor that was otherwise a smashing car.
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My old datsun sunny sms268x with 368000 on the clock was like a tank went everywhere although I had to be carful closing the doors as if I slammed the door something else fell off :D ;D.
Also my Manta 1.8 berlaneta,shovvette & 3 senators
I'd love to get a P6 3.5v8 but the sennyA will do for now :y
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The car I never forget, is my Opel Commodore GS Coupe 1970. Bought it when I was 18 back in 1987. It was white, with something called "mirra" mixed in the clear coat, and a black vinyl roof.
The engine was a tuned and balanced straight six 2,5 litre with two 34/36 weber carbs on it. It was in mint condition, with only 70K miles on the clock.
It was a GTi killer, at least on the straights ;D
Have no photo of it, but google have ;)