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Jan 22, 2013 12:28:21 GMT
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This is my first post on RR so not to sure of the format etc ...However this is one of my cars  |
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Jan 22, 2013 13:48:31 GMT
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gbs100
Part of things
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Jan 22, 2013 14:01:16 GMT
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Is this the same car that raced at york dragstrip back in the 80s in the rover v8 challange.
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Jan 22, 2013 14:03:12 GMT
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Putting 2 & 2 together, are you the same Phil that used to race a Sprite in Street Machine's RV8 championship in the 80s when I was but a lad and, if so, is that the same car?
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Jaguar S-Type 3.0 SE
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75nut
Part of things
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Jan 22, 2013 14:41:45 GMT
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NUTS!!! More info!!!
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90 Alfa 75 3.0 V6 Cloverleaf
79 MGB Roadster
88 Saab 900i Convertible
94 MK1 MX5 1.6
05 Volvo V70
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Jan 22, 2013 17:45:03 GMT
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Yes it is the Rover V8 Championship car and Yes I am the same driver/owner - just a lot older and greyer - and not much wiser! But the origins of the car go back to when I bought it as a damaged car back in 1973 - as spares for my 58 Sprite. However I rebuilt it to drag race with a full race 970 cc engine  Then it was rebuilt round a straight six Alfa engine as a Comp Altered  |
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Jan 22, 2013 18:01:36 GMT
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Then a Rover V8 replaced the Alfa engine  and in 1985 the body panels went onto this  Which had been modified so  |
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Jan 22, 2013 18:11:46 GMT
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And now I could fit this.......  To go drag racing again.......  and then back onto the street for a few more years  |
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Jan 22, 2013 18:43:49 GMT
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Wow, thats some really cool history.Nice work.What sort of times does it run?
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markbognor
South East
 
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Club RR Member Number: 56
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Jan 22, 2013 19:33:59 GMT
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Fabulous!
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Jan 22, 2013 23:47:57 GMT
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Excellent! You must really love the car to have had it this long and been through so much together.
Anymore information/pictures of its history and evolution?
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Living the dream. Restore's classic car's for a living!
Project Racer: '99 Arosa
Project Touge Outlaw: '87 Porsche 924S
Project Street sleeper: '95 BMW E34 540i/A Touring
Project Mafia: '04 BMW E53 3.0d
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those old shots of santapod are amazing  |
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Amazing to see the evolution of the car, awesomeness!
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Jan 23, 2013 16:22:21 GMT
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The best time the car ran "back in the day" was 12.9 at 113mph. However last year at a RWYB it ran 14.1 at 99mph. Later in the year I changed the 36 IDF carbs to these 40 IDFs and have bought some new Toyo R333 tyres to replace the 25 year old ones....So I hope to get back in the 13's in 2013. Now you can see why I needed a bigger bulge in my bonnet!   |
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Last Edit: Jan 23, 2013 16:25:31 GMT by flyingphil
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Steve
Posted a lot
Making progress in small, easy to handle chunks of awesome
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Jan 23, 2013 20:51:42 GMT
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I love the history this car carries and the combo seems perfect in my eyes
British Cobra ;D (yea I know the engine is/was a Buick design)
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Jan 23, 2013 21:12:31 GMT
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Hero!
Thanks for posting info on here, would love to see more.....
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Jan 24, 2013 23:03:21 GMT
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Hero! Thanks for posting info on here, would love to see more..... Here you go - one showing the old body panels on the new chassis  |
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mk14dr
Yorkshire and The Humber
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Incredible bit of history, really, honestly, incredible. I've seen this picture before: But I never imagined that it would not only still be with the same owner, but that the complete racing history of the car would be with you also. I do hope you can bring it along to RRG this year for us history freaks to perv over. |
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For any other "History Freaks" this is probably the first picture of the car when I started to rebuild it for drag racing - Easter 1974.  And yes - it was built in our back garden with no garage........ |
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Fantastic car, and so great to read about the history of it! Seeing this really brightened my morning!
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;D 
