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Aug 20, 2020 16:16:22 GMT
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I know a few folk on here have old street machine magazines. At some point in the 90s there was a car featured but I can't remember what it was. Pretty sure it was a singer or a humber. Edit, might have been a sunbeam rapier? It was 2 tone silver. Was I think only a few pages in and I think it may have been a double feature with 2 cars. Looked pretty stock but was lowered and tweaked. Seem to remember the article saying it had some rare rootes sporty bits on it. Does this ring any bells? Anyone got that issue? Writing this has just made me remember another car in a 90s street machine. It was a purple PC cresta. I had the colour matched to that pic when I painted my first beetle (didn't go according to plan, but never mind). If anyone has any scans, or could take photos of these, I'd love to see them. Oh!! One more 😂 The dark blue beetle with radius wheel arches and multi coloured frog interior! I'm feeling all nostalgic for this era of street machine and the cars of that time. British classics, stock ish looking, lowered, faster (basically what most of us like here). I'm really feeling the need for a new project along these lines, which reminds me of the first car I tried to buy. I'd seen it for years and one dag a for sale sign went in the window. £500. It was a A55 cambridge, lowered, bright mint green, tinted windows, chrome 10 spoke steels, no interior and apparently a spitfire engine (How true that was is debatable, might have just had twin carbs on the stock motor). I was talked out of buying it by my mechanic step dad who said the shocks were shot. I thought that was a much bigger deal than I later found out it to be 😂 25 years later I'm still gutted I didn't buy that. Maybe time to build a replica! Pic content... A55, really do still fancy a missed one  bank teller near meAnd what my first car ended up being  synovus atm near meWhat my first car looked like when i got it. Coincidently, the same kind of chrome 10 spokes that were on the A55!  m&t bank hours near me |
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stealthstylz
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Aug 20, 2020 17:01:13 GMT
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This is the only cool Sceptre I can remember. Guy went onto build my favourite UK car ever iirc (dark purple Fordson Woody) but I can't find any pics). There was also a awesome blue Rapier with targa converted roof.  |
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stealthstylz
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Aug 20, 2020 17:03:03 GMT
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This one.  |
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Aug 20, 2020 17:03:59 GMT
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That's nice!
I think it may have been smaller, hence maybe a rapier. And as i say, 2 tone silver.
I really liked it so I've always kept a bit of an eye on this style of car, even though they are something I know little about.
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Aug 20, 2020 17:05:01 GMT
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This one. I think I remember that one too. Probably a little later? I think the one I saw would have been around 1995, give or take a year. |
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stealthstylz
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Aug 20, 2020 17:13:52 GMT
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That's nice! I think it may have been smaller, hence maybe a rapier. And as i say, 2 tone silver. I really liked it so I've always kept a bit of an eye on this style of car, even though they are something I know little about. I'm pretty sure it's the same car, the blue came after the feature. The targa one was probably 2000-ish |
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stealthstylz
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Aug 20, 2020 17:21:40 GMT
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Aug 20, 2020 17:22:38 GMT
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I know a few folk on here have old street machine magazines. At some point in the 90s there was a car featured but I can't remember what it was. Pretty sure it was a singer or a humber. Edit, might have been a sunbeam rapier? It was 2 tone silver. Was I think only a few pages in and I think it may have been a double feature with 2 cars. Looked pretty stock but was lowered and tweaked. Seem to remember the article saying it had some rare rootes sporty bits on it. Does this ring any bells? Anyone got that issue? Writing this has just made me remember another car in a 90s street machine. It was a purple PC cresta. I had the colour matched to that pic when I painted my first beetle (didn't go according to plan, but never mind). If anyone has any scans, or could take photos of these, I'd love to see them. Oh!! One more 😂 The dark blue beetle with radius wheel arches and multi coloured frog interior! I'm feeling all nostalgic for this era of street machine and the cars of that time. British classics, stock ish looking, lowered, faster (basically what most of us like here). I'm really feeling the need for a new project along these lines, which reminds me of the first car I tried to buy. I'd seen it for years and one dag a for sale sign went in the window. £500. It was a A55 cambridge, lowered, bright mint green, tinted windows, chrome 10 spoke steels, no interior and apparently a spitfire engine (How true that was is debatable, might have just had twin carbs on the stock motor). I was talked out of buying it by my mechanic step dad who said the shocks were shot. I thought that was a much bigger deal than I later found out it to be 😂 25 years later I'm still gutted I didn't buy that. Maybe time to build a replica! Pic content... A55, really do still fancy a missed one bank teller near meAnd what my first car ended up being synovus atm near meWhat my first car looked like when i got it. Coincidently, the same kind of chrome 10 spokes that were on the A55! m&t bank hours near me Hi, What's with the bank links after the pics? Have you been hacked or are you starting an advertising agency?   Colin |
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Aug 20, 2020 17:29:36 GMT
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That's nice! I think it may have been smaller, hence maybe a rapier. And as i say, 2 tone silver. I really liked it so I've always kept a bit of an eye on this style of car, even though they are something I know little about. I'm pretty sure it's the same car, the blue came after the feature. The targa one was probably 2000-ish Could be. Different wheels too then. I remember the woody too! |
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Aug 20, 2020 17:31:38 GMT
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Hi, What's with the bank links after the pics? Have you been hacked or are you starting an advertising agency? Colin Using post image to host the pics, sometimes it likes to stick a little advertising link on the bottom. I can edit them out but it can be a pain on my phone so don't always bother. |
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Aug 20, 2020 17:32:26 GMT
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This was the beetle, best image I could get, had to screenshot it!! 😂  |
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Aug 20, 2020 17:34:13 GMT
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Hi, What's with the bank links after the pics? Have you been hacked or are you starting an advertising agency? Colin Using post image to host the pics, sometimes it likes to stick a little advertising link on the bottom. I can edit them out but it can be a pain on my phone so don't always bother. Hi, OK, as long as you're aware. Didn't want our overlord spotting it and taking drastic action.  Colin |
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stealthstylz
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Aug 20, 2020 17:36:54 GMT
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I'm pretty sure it's the same car, the blue came after the feature. The targa one was probably 2000-ish Could be. Different wheels too then. I remember the woody too! It was on steelies with hubcaps iirc in the feature. |
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Aug 20, 2020 17:41:13 GMT
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Could be. Different wheels too then. I remember the woody too! It was on steelies with hubcaps iirc in the feature. Yes! Seem to remember vented trim rings? I sooooooo want to find that picture! |
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Aug 20, 2020 17:42:19 GMT
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Using post image to host the pics, sometimes it likes to stick a little advertising link on the bottom. I can edit them out but it can be a pain on my phone so don't always bother. Hi, OK, as long as you're aware. Didn't want our overlord spotting it and taking drastic action. Colin If the sites image uploaded worked I wouldn't have to use external hosting 😂 |
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stealthstylz
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Aug 20, 2020 17:44:14 GMT
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It was on steelies with hubcaps iirc in the feature. Yes! Seem to remember vented trim rings? I sooooooo want to find that picture! Yeah that's the one. rmad might remember. |
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Aug 20, 2020 17:58:35 GMT
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This one. I used to see this car every day on the industrial estate where I worked, parked outside the unit opposite me. Id sit and stare at it on many a lunch time. Never saw anyone with it, and never worked out what it was at the time, other than insanley cool. I think the wheels may have been different, |
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I suspect the car you remember is the Sceptre pictured early on in this thread. When it was first featured it was still a four door and painted a greenish gray and white I think and fitted with a Holbay engine. Later it got a Vauxhall engine then later still two doored with alloys and the blue and white paint. It remains the coolest Sceptre ever
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Does anyone know what issue it might have been in?
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