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[robfenn]

Clio 1.2 16v. Had FK Automotive coilovers, 4 pot Hi-Spec brakes, strut braces, Speedline Turinis 16", 50bhp shot of N20 and i always had the back seats out to make the most of all 75bhp! A real giant killer, actually took it on a track day once and i made a mockery of a few cars with triple the power. The only bad thing was that it cost a whopping £3k to insure.






-Rob

Edited by robfenn, 10 August 2005 - 12:30 PM.

[SPLAM]

An applejack (greeny) Mini 1000 V reg. 8 spoke wellers and a mountney steering wheel. I was so cool.

[nat]

Mine was a Metro 1.3 city X (the city x is all important i can tell you) C reg . I even put go faster stripes down the side and updated the stereo by putting speakers off my hi fi in the boot and speakers under the two front seats! ps. i do have a picture, but i look seriously bad (bad hair do ), so i'm not!

[SPLAM]

OH go on!

[nat]

SamH, on Aug 10 2005, 16:57 , said:

OH go on!

Seriously, you would be scared!

In those days, we didn't posses my god send (hair straighteners) and as i have naturally curly hair i had obviously attempted to straighten it. Thats not the half of it, i seem to be wearing some sort of leggins tucked into some boots - oh the shame

So my statement still stands - no!

[SPLAM]

Going by your description I think your right, I don't want to see it!

[nat]

SamH, on Aug 10 2005, 17:15 , said:

Going by your description I think your right, I don't want to see it!

I'm upset now, i did think i was quite attractive with a cool set of wheels and sound system back then!

[iceman]

nat, on Aug 10 2005, 17:54 , said:

ps.  i do have a picture, but i look seriously bad (bad hair do  ), so i'm not!

can't imagine you looking anything but lovely nat must have been a cr@p camera

[nat]

iceman, on Aug 10 2005, 17:33 , said:

can't imagine you looking anything but lovely nat must have been a cr@p camera

charm will get you everywhere Julian

[iceman]

nat, on Aug 10 2005, 18:34 , said:

iceman, on Aug 10 2005, 17:33 , said:

can't imagine you looking anything but lovely nat     must have been a cr@p camera

charm will get you everywhere Julian

got me nowhere in forty three years life's not so easy..if only it was

[caleebra]

This thread has just made me realise that I have no pictures of my first car A C-reg Astra 1.3L. Was L supposed to mean Lux? Mine was extra Lux, I put SRi seats in And big speakers! It was that horrific 80s vauxhall blue colour - was it "china blue?" It even had... wait for it... big round spotters on the grille sh*t, it was only 7 years ago! Did I really want to admit that??? Anyway, I loved that car! Stood up to a lot of abuse when I think about it

[danyeates]

How much did the 2B cost to build? Always wanted to build one of those! Dan Looks

[BornAgain]

A Maestro 1.3L Iceberg white (that's beige to everyone else) with obligitory go faster "swooshes", driving lights (that didn't work) and a large exhaust pipe. God what an awful car but at the time..I was still out there every Sunday polishing it.

[fatbaldbloke]

Triumph Herald 12/50, no pictures as photography hadn't been invented.

[kipper]

fatbaldbloke, on Aug 11 2005, 07:11 , said:

Triumph Herald 12/50, no pictures as photography hadn't been invented.

You flash git

My first was a MOT failed, Triumph Herald 1200 estate. However, new outriggers, a Spitfire engine, spax coil overs and 5" J rims didn't make it a giant killer

[rabidh]

Cheers. The 2B kit cost £3700, but we needed to buy a load of extra stuff to finish it properly so it was nearing 6 grand. We tried to do everything as well as we could though - it is possible to do it with the kit contents, but it just won't be very nice. tbh, if you were going to buy a kit car, don't make it a Robin Hood - the whole thing had so much stuff wrong with it (for instance the chassis is miss-jigged, so one front wheel is an inch infront oif the other). I know 3 people who bought the kit at the same time, and only one has finished so far - and it took him 3 years. - Gordon

[danyeates]

oh dear! Was looking at one last year. I want an Ultima GTR thingy, oh if only funds permitted!

[rabidh]

I think most people do. There is a good kit from MK engineering (or tiger i think) that you can get for about £3-4k all in, and they seem to be pretty good from what i've heard. Saw one being built and all the parts were Also lighter than the RH.

[Ozzig]

OMG ! - Don't have a piccie of mine to hand, but found this one .... Mine was a 14TS - it had twin carbs ! (About as technical a term I ever got at 17 .) In the end I put bigger wheels on the rears (tried the same on the fronts but they were a little too big - oops) - So carried 2 spares just incase - luckily one sat onto of the engine - really !!!!

[nonterraquous]

TGA233W - MK2 Escort 1.6 Ghia



Fear the vinyl roof.

Scott.

Edited by nonterraquous, 11 August 2005 - 08:53 PM.