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May 26, 2008 19:21:06 GMT
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I'm going to be honest; I hate Hyundai Accents with a passion. However, you are doing something different! And different is good, sometimes. Each to their own. Good luck with the project. I'll second that... thinking outside the box... nicely thought out street sleeper.
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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May 26, 2008 18:09:40 GMT
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you can get 175/50 R14s by Pirelli and Goodyear... that's what's on my seicento... pricey though...
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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May 23, 2008 18:35:18 GMT
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Ah... Best stress relief ever...! take one axe, one 4ft long breaker bar and one rotten nova sprinkle over with a subtle blend of extreme violence and anger for best results:
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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May 23, 2008 11:09:53 GMT
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:fingers crossed: Please say turbo, Please say turbo, Please say turbo, Please say turbo, Please say turbo, Please say turbo :fingers crossed:
That'd make an already sweet project into a totally mental one ;D
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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May 22, 2008 20:22:36 GMT
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congrats dad type dude...
got me one of them on order... due in august ;D...
not sure if ours is a Doris or Morris yet... leaving it as a surprise!
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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May 21, 2008 18:13:18 GMT
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The same happened to my mates 205GTi some years ago, he pulled up at the lights trying to look cool for some girls who were crossing, as he stopped dead the glass fell out of the headlamp and smashed on the road... cue much pointing and laughing from the girls...
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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May 19, 2008 19:40:52 GMT
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Mr Swollen, I have seen you run there several times I think! Might even have a photo or two of you around somewhere Sweet, love to see them. i seem to only have pics of the boss doing his runs, no one seemed interested in taking pics of my run. The boss aint that good a driver so he didn't like the hillclimb format, too much scenery to avoid, and expensive if you get it wrong. we've since been doing sprints on coned marked tracks on airfields... if you get it wrong there you just hit more tarmac, no fences/trees/banks/etc pic of the boss charging around St Eval airfield in Cornwall...
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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May 19, 2008 18:39:00 GMT
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I've been going to Gurston for years and have done a few hillclimbs at there. I did the school day a few years ago with the boss and he caught the bug. so we got a mini and ran it a few times there. it is good fun and a great atmosphere, but alas the boss got bored very quickly, we now do sprints mainly in Cornwall. pic of me onboard the mini... it looked great until the boss (who's a bit of a sticker gromet) loaded it up... would love to do it again soon but i can't afford it on my own. I'll look out some pics of the mini and get them on readers rides... got loads of the scooby to put up as well...right off to mope around sainsburys now on SWMBOs orders...
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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May 16, 2008 16:35:50 GMT
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when you get numpties like that giving you flack I usually look at 'em blankly and say "Is this the face of a man who gives a s**t"... usually kills the conversation dead... ;D
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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May 15, 2008 14:05:04 GMT
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I've got a legacy with the turbo lump, same as imprezza. it's a beast of an engine nigh on 200bhp as standard from new. may be a squeeze into a minor though. you can pick up legacys for scrap value... and the engines go on and on if looked after. if you require any measurements then i'd be glad to help... pic of what hides under the bonnet of my legacy..
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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May 15, 2008 13:36:52 GMT
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My mates parents had a 216 vitesse, we used to smoke around in it. would match a xr3i off the line. had leather and leccy bits aplenty...
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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Me tooling up Gurston Hill Climb in the legacy on a school day a few years back...
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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May 10, 2008 19:45:40 GMT
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Eek... Alert: upscale desire level from 'WANT' to 'NEED'...
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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Couldn't find an appropriate place for these motoring travestees... I'm not sure if the labour government have been skimping on care in the community at all, but surely there must have been someone out there who could have put a caring hand on shoulder to the creators of these and said 'put down the filler/stickers and step away from the car'... ;D
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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No way, I lived there for a short time a few years ago! ;D Small world eh? Were you about for work or summit? Well as requested I'm gonna stick up a picture of my "project"... i'm sure there'll be a lot of boo-hiss/not another/ etc etc... but there are reasons! again I suppose if you have to ask why? then... it's my re-shelled 1985 Nova 1.3 SR...[with cool brown interior] pic is of it in daylight after a few years hiding in the garage, whilst between houses. it's now under a tarp, under furniture in the new garage... just waiting till my holiday next week when I can unearth it again. the car is lowered!... it doesn't have an engine/gearbox at moment, that's in a million peices in boxes all around my workshop. plans are to get it running again, and on the road and use it for some sprints. longer term plans are for strip out, roll cage and turn it into a 80's esq tarmac stage rally car... I love the whole spit and shine thing, and the rat look... this will probably end up somewhere in between... just a nice usable cheap road/sprint car that I can then improve on speed wise. keep it in the 1400cc and under category for racing. I've been collecting boxes and boxes of parts ready to throw at it... all will be revealed soon enough though. I'm still looking for a few odds and ends though... a nice set of old school mk2 cav sri alloys would be cool...among other tat! Think i got off on the right foot with this my first car... way back in 1991... bought it for £100 when i was a wee nipper... well 16 actually... did the usual with it... loaded it with filler to cover the myriad of holes and dents, must have kept isopon in business for a year or so! sprayed it, stuck an mk2 xr2 interior in it... holed the pistons in the throbbing 957cc lump in no time so got another lump and polished and ported the head, stuck a bigger carb on etc etc... anyhoo enjoy.... i'm off for a few jars down the pub in the sun...
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Last Edit: May 8, 2008 18:05:18 GMT by swollen
Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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welcome swollen where in summerzet are you to then? Dude, I'm in Street... can't believe you have THREE Cherrys and have the nerve to live in Weston... surely that must keep you awake at night hearing them rust in the salty air ... Turbo is pretty cool BTW... I always had at thing for the Arna used to be one local to me unfortuate that they made those things so biodegradable, so it didn't hang around long.
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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Thanks... so it's probably all down hill from here on in then...! ;D
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit: 1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
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