Samage
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Oct 18, 2007 22:21:22 GMT
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If it still existed, I'd buy back the Lada estate my mum had when I was a child - it was the Fiat 124 based round-headlight type, in beige. Brown plastic interior.  It was shonky as hell, but we loved it! Sadly it was scrapped in the mid 90s and is unlikely to have been rescued.  Although sometimes I like to think it's out there somewhere, in someone's garage or in a barn.....but it's almost certainly bean cans. |
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Last Edit: Oct 18, 2007 22:21:58 GMT by Samage
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Oct 18, 2007 22:29:39 GMT
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Oh Yeah My dads old Scimitar! 'BOY16H'! the plate last seen locally on a Vectra  not a good sign.  |
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts  |
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Oct 18, 2007 22:43:05 GMT
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still looking for our old cars. a stolen morris oxford in off white. an illinois sheriff rep olds cutlass diesel. a 2 tone beige/brown coupe de ville. a blue minivan. would have any of them in a second, and all should be out there somewhere... |
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JEC 54N - a 1975 Audi 100 Coupe S
My first car and when i was posted out to Germany in 1983 i scrapped it because the engine was nackered (raced an Aston Martin at 02:00AM on the A40 near Oxford and lost!!)
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darren lewis
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heaven wont have me and hell knows i'll take over
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my first mk1 capri, bought it from the scrappers for £25, totally rebuilt it with my late dads help then wrote it off when a mate ran into the back of me in his citroen cx slugfest, or my dads old cortina 2.3 ghia, dpa 414t, had it from new but last taxed in the 80's so i fear dead,
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v8lee
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There have been plenty of cars that I've wanted, but when they come up for sale I've not had the money/space/whatever.
Loads of cars I wish I'd hung on to - Mk5 Cortina 2.3 Ghia, Rover SD1 3.5VP, Mk2 Escort 1.6 Ghia (2 door), Mk4 Cortina 2.0S, Mk1 Granada 3.0 Ghia, Mk1 Escort 2 door shell, RS1600i, Mitsubishi Celeste - but you can't keep them all, can you!
There was a car in Street Machine about a hundred years ago which I vowed I would own someday - a Mk2 Zodiac with a blown Chevy V8. Apparently its still owned by the same guy and has been in a lock up, unused for years. One day!
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No more old cars
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qwerty
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 52
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Oct 19, 2007 11:33:53 GMT
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I would buy my Polo Coupe S back in a flash but its more than likely dead. D592AUY Was my first car after I passed my test and I loved it. If I got it back it would be completely restored regardless of cost and would gain a GT engine. I keep trying to get in contact with the owner now because apparently its languishing out side his mams house but to no avail.
Also My 9 turbo. Should never have bought it but shouldn't have sold it either!! Other bonus is I know its roadworthy now!
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Oct 19, 2007 11:55:28 GMT
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Nightmares, was that the old Baldachinno van you used to own? That beast was one of the iconic cars of it's era and influenced so many young car modifiers at the time. It was the cause of me owning a J4 van at the tender age of 17, I even did my driving test in it which caused the tester a bit of a worry;D Aah, the memories! |
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Aircooled is cool.......
But V8 is great!!!!!!
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scimmie
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1969 Reliant Scimitar GTE
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Oct 19, 2007 12:39:26 GMT
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Oh Yeah My dads old Scimitar! 'BOY16H'! the plate last seen locally on a Vectra not a good sign. Do you have any pics of your dads old Scimitar? Scimmie |
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Oct 19, 2007 14:27:22 GMT
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Deff. the Beardsmore Kitten! everything about that car is just right IMHO... the guy who has it now is on my most envied list ;D
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ILIKELURKINGME
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Oct 19, 2007 15:40:27 GMT
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This Marina coupe is for sale at £150, but its had a destruction order put on it, back window smashed, hiabed and a truck smashed into it whilst it was on film location at Pinewood Studios ;D  Wolseley next to it far tastier but not for sale and rotten as  |
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Ed
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Oct 19, 2007 16:50:19 GMT
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i treat my old cars ive sold like ex-girlfriends. if i really wanted it i wouldnt have got rid ;D hence i don't go back, apart from one who was cwazy filth and i was fool to lose ;D ...bryns old 5 series i coveted though, tasty fish but out of my affordable league,.... meh  |
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Oct 19, 2007 17:41:37 GMT
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the old street machine project skoda rapid,project bottle rocket, would be the one car id go into debt again for. long dead now apperently any one care to scan in a piccy from street machine? i havnt seen one for years and i miss it. |
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"quote hairnet"
I'm not paying nine pound for a pi$$!
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ImpManiac
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Imps... Imps... Imps...
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Oct 19, 2007 21:44:11 GMT
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I want my ol' Bimmer back. My first car (ya, rly  ) was a 735i, October 1979, reg. LPP 440 V. Anyone seen it? It was an auto and smoked like a tramp with a 60-a-day habit, it had rotten wings and the sunroof (steel Webasto FTW) didn't work. But it went like STINK and was the envy of my school mates! I had the Bimmer when I was 17. I had to get rid of it in the days before I knew better... but BOY do I miss it!  Wish list? Well, since you ask... Ford Capri Mk. 1 with X-Pack and a 331 cu. in. V8... Rover SD1 with a few, err, mods... AC Cobra 427 Mk. 3, oh yeah baby ... Aston Martin DBS... BMW 3.0 CSL Batmobile... A nasty Escort with a silly YB one day... Blimey - there are soooo many more too! Wake up at the back...  "I'm" |
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Last Edit: Oct 19, 2007 21:46:08 GMT by ImpManiac
1966 Singer Chamois sprint/hillclimb car in white over blue two tone
1975 Triumph Stag long term project (over 20 years so far) in colour TBA
2003 Vauxhall Vectra GSi 3.2 in black sapphire
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spacekadett
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F*cking take that Hans Brrix!!
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Oct 19, 2007 21:45:48 GMT
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Pukka E21 Alpina 335 BnD offered me, but it was in bits and I couldn't face another project. Likewise a very pimp bright orange 6 series (blown engine, but second car for engine and spares) when there was no room at the inn . A HS chevette also springs to mind but I never did get hold of the owner, then it disappeared. Oh, and half the stuff me and JS used to see council ticketed when we were kids ( 1.8 TC Marina Coupe, various Escorts etc)! Can't think of any of my own I'd like back, but I would love either my dads Daytona yellow (with black vinyl roof, naturally) Mk3 Tincorner or the 2.5 manual V6 Mk1 Granny in Jack Regan gold. Seriously . The one I did actually get is the Mini. Used to see it in the shed when I was a kid and say I wanted it, to be told they'd never sell it. Oh and even if they did I'd never be able to use it on the road, cos it was a race car. I make that two up to me! ;D |
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Mechanic's rule #1... If the car works, anything left on the floor after you finished wasn't needed in the first place |
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Oct 22, 2007 16:17:58 GMT
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Hi, just seen this post, where was the marina coupe for sale?!
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not a good sign. 
) was a 735i, October 1979, reg. LPP 440 V. Anyone seen it? It was an auto and smoked like a tramp with a 60-a-day habit, it had rotten wings and the sunroof (steel Webasto FTW) didn't work. But it went like STINK and was the envy of my school mates! I had the Bimmer when I was 17. I had to get rid of it in the days before I knew better... but BOY do I miss it! 
