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Re: Cars you don't forget
« Reply #15 on: 20 November 2011, 00:58:52 »
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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Re: Cars you don't forget
« Reply #16 on: 20 November 2011, 01:40:58 »
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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Re: Cars you don't forget
« Reply #17 on: 20 November 2011, 06:30:33 »
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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« Reply #18 on: 20 November 2011, 08:28:31 »
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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Re: Cars you don't forget
« Reply #19 on: 20 November 2011, 08:35:53 »
For me it was my second car - a BMW 200Tii, just the thing for a young man about town. :-*





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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Re: Cars you don't forget
« Reply #20 on: 20 November 2011, 10:11:50 »
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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Re: Cars you don't forget
« Reply #21 on: 20 November 2011, 12:56:24 »
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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Re: Cars you don't forget
« Reply #22 on: 20 November 2011, 16:00:22 »
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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Re: Cars you don't forget
« Reply #23 on: 22 November 2011, 01:38:05 »
bmw 728 sport e38 and the beast
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Re: Cars you don't forget
« Reply #24 on: 22 November 2011, 01:47:28 »
the beast
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Re: Cars you don't forget
« Reply #25 on: 22 November 2011, 01:50:03 »
Quote from: VXL V6 on 19 November 2011, 22:45:30
Quote from: Pete. on 19 November 2011, 22:40:55
Quote from: VXL V6 on 19 November 2011, 21:34:25
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



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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Re: Cars you don't forget
« Reply #26 on: 22 November 2011, 17:20:26 »
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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Re: Cars you don't forget
« Reply #27 on: 22 November 2011, 17:31:37 »
Quote from: 2woody on 22 November 2011, 17:20:26
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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Re: Cars you don't forget
« Reply #28 on: 22 November 2011, 18:08:02 »
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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Re: Cars you don't forget
« Reply #29 on: 22 November 2011, 18:23:36 »
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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