So I thought I would post some of my car history here.
When I was 18 I bought my first car. A 1967 Volkswagen Beetle 1500. Nice and safe. I can't believe my parents let me buy that car. The only thing in the front of a Beetle is a spare wheel (this was missing on mine) and a fuel tank.
It was actually very clean. It had a little bit of surface rust, but as far as I could tell had not been welded before. The lowering job at the front had been done on the original crossmember, so it would eat pavement on speed bumps. It had brown go-faster stripes, "US-spec" (Taiwan made) chrome/rust bumpers with tractor headlights serving as foglights on the front, widened rear wheels, a roof rack, and some stickers.
I still like how it looks, and it was a really fun car to start off my driving career.
My second car was a lovely, original 1976 Toyota Corolla 1.2 Deluxe in that special shade of mustard only the '70s could have spawned. It had done around 80 000 miles, and had absolutely no rust at all. These cars are renown for reliability, and run great. That is until the running gear falls out of the Swiss cheese remains of the body. There are very few of these left. Even though they were made before my time I still faintly remember seeing these in my early years, which is a large part of the attraction I have for them.
It didn't really want for anything, but I managed to source a set of original hubcaps for it. I have a weird affinity for ugly hubcaps. These are top-tier ugly, but have great character. The car grabbed lots of attention. Even my mother loved it because it was so clean.
I sold it back to the previous owner because I needed a winter car. Norway winters are merciless and the roads get seasoned with mountains of salt.
I bought a dirty but solid 1978 Volvo 244DL 1.9. I had some good times in that car, most og them in empty, snowy parking lots. The good thing about old these old tanks is that if you lose a slide, then it just leaves Volvo-shaped imprints in snowbanks with no damage to the car.
In the summer I bought a set of Gotti wheels for it. I never got around to lowering the car, so it looked stupid. But the wheels were nice. I sold the car when I moved to England. I kept the Gottis, and I am looking for candidates to put them on. It might have to be another Volvo seeing as the alternative is Ferrari (5x108 PCD).
This is a photoshop of how the car would have looked if it was lowered quite a lot at the front and with a stripe down the side of it. I am too ashamed to post pictures of it unedited. So, actual car and wheels, not actual lows.
There is also a 1987 BMW 325i in the garage. My father bought this new. It has covered 65 000 miles, and it's completely stock (and will be kept that way). This is a car I will never sell.
It has a few choice bits from the factory: sports suspension, sports interior, LSD, OBC, ABS, and mudguards. And headrest covers.
This picture was taken a few winters ago. And a few good washes ago.
When I was 18 I bought my first car. A 1967 Volkswagen Beetle 1500. Nice and safe. I can't believe my parents let me buy that car. The only thing in the front of a Beetle is a spare wheel (this was missing on mine) and a fuel tank.
It was actually very clean. It had a little bit of surface rust, but as far as I could tell had not been welded before. The lowering job at the front had been done on the original crossmember, so it would eat pavement on speed bumps. It had brown go-faster stripes, "US-spec" (Taiwan made) chrome/rust bumpers with tractor headlights serving as foglights on the front, widened rear wheels, a roof rack, and some stickers.
I still like how it looks, and it was a really fun car to start off my driving career.
My second car was a lovely, original 1976 Toyota Corolla 1.2 Deluxe in that special shade of mustard only the '70s could have spawned. It had done around 80 000 miles, and had absolutely no rust at all. These cars are renown for reliability, and run great. That is until the running gear falls out of the Swiss cheese remains of the body. There are very few of these left. Even though they were made before my time I still faintly remember seeing these in my early years, which is a large part of the attraction I have for them.
It didn't really want for anything, but I managed to source a set of original hubcaps for it. I have a weird affinity for ugly hubcaps. These are top-tier ugly, but have great character. The car grabbed lots of attention. Even my mother loved it because it was so clean.
I sold it back to the previous owner because I needed a winter car. Norway winters are merciless and the roads get seasoned with mountains of salt.
I bought a dirty but solid 1978 Volvo 244DL 1.9. I had some good times in that car, most og them in empty, snowy parking lots. The good thing about old these old tanks is that if you lose a slide, then it just leaves Volvo-shaped imprints in snowbanks with no damage to the car.
In the summer I bought a set of Gotti wheels for it. I never got around to lowering the car, so it looked stupid. But the wheels were nice. I sold the car when I moved to England. I kept the Gottis, and I am looking for candidates to put them on. It might have to be another Volvo seeing as the alternative is Ferrari (5x108 PCD).
This is a photoshop of how the car would have looked if it was lowered quite a lot at the front and with a stripe down the side of it. I am too ashamed to post pictures of it unedited. So, actual car and wheels, not actual lows.
There is also a 1987 BMW 325i in the garage. My father bought this new. It has covered 65 000 miles, and it's completely stock (and will be kept that way). This is a car I will never sell.
It has a few choice bits from the factory: sports suspension, sports interior, LSD, OBC, ABS, and mudguards. And headrest covers.
This picture was taken a few winters ago. And a few good washes ago.
Not that I need any, but it's nice to dream a little. 
