owelly
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Mar 14, 2008 23:41:24 GMT
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Not sure if you guys areinterested in such a car but I'll post some piccies anyhoooo! I bought this on Ebay for £102  Then I bought this Alfa 164 for £50(ish!)  And stuck the engine onto this Ford Type 9.  And plopped it into the Plastic car.  And here is the car on it's first outing. Well, the first time it was driven. It's somewhere in the middle of the clip and the first attempt ended in a bust throttle cable. The very last run ended in a smashed diff. One of the runs ended in a field.....
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1985? Plastic Car.....BenzBoy
@benzboy
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That's fantastic! Those Alfa engines have THE best looking headers ever! (There's a joke in there somewhere about good looking Italian girls and giving head I'm sure...) What make of "plastic car" is it? Looks like a cross between a Lotus 7 kit and a beach buggy! ;D I like it! My kinda build! Great stuff  |
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Last Edit: Mar 15, 2008 0:30:11 GMT by BenzBoy
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HahA ace I actually Lollo Lolled! You should win the challenge IMO for keeping the spirit very real .  |
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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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I though that bell housing looked familiar(ppc wasn't it?), then i clocked your name, hello!
Retro Rides is a very broad church, just lower it and you'll fit right in! or raise it that also works...
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That looks pretty woeful, like something Raymanboy would build.
Still, it has sleeper skillz with that Alfa V6 in there!
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cool video
maserati 'bee' turbo FTW !
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cool!!! but £999 performance challenge, wish i could find where you can get a running pulsar tubby for under a grand!!
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Its not broken, its resting!
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Mar 15, 2008 12:01:24 GMT
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Yeah this kind of contest isn't about the winners IMO, its about taking part, and if you can actually bring a dead fast car back from the grave, or make some mad machine, that's cool, as is taking part in something cooking and giving it some wellie! There's another 999 day in the summer it said in my PPC. 14June 2008 York dragway, see ya there
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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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MrT
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Just who did Mr Hitler REALLY think he was kidding?
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Mar 15, 2008 14:09:03 GMT
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Hahaha! A Magenta with added oomph |
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Mar 15, 2008 15:49:02 GMT
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What wheels are those? Got any close up pics?
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owelly
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Mar 15, 2008 16:16:28 GMT
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Crikey!
Thanks for (most of) the comments!!
There will be a bit of a do on the Friday night before the next PPC£999 Challenge. It's at York raceway and there will be beer and pies and everything!
I have no idea what the wheels are. Some guy over on Locost Builders got all excited when he saw them but I have forgotten what he told me they were. They are things to hold the tyres near the car as far as I'm concerned.
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Mar 15, 2008 17:47:56 GMT
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looks really cool will look mint with them 7 spokes you got me today on ive seen them alloys on something before i reckon there pretty rare
get them on ebay could get a good price for them
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Tim
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Mar 15, 2008 18:00:58 GMT
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cool!!! but £999 performance challenge, wish I could find where you can get a running pulsar tubby for under a grand!! bah, friends just got rid of one, i think he wanted a grand for it. Swapped it for a rotten RX7 and a blown up celica GT4 :-) |
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owelly
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Mar 15, 2008 18:46:46 GMT
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I'm hoping the seven spokes will clean up with a sprinkle of paint and look the dogs danglies.
The pepperpots will live on the Magenta Pick-up.
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Mar 15, 2008 23:17:42 GMT
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I have no idea what the wheels are. Some guy over on Locost Builders got all excited when he saw them but I have forgotten what he told me they were. They are things to hold the tyres near the car as far as I'm concerned. Bung em on ebay!! You should get some decent money for them, they're rare  |
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Mar 23, 2008 18:07:49 GMT
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LOL, I could enter the Saab I just bought in the next 999.
Might need to go spectate though.
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owelly
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Here's one of the the crusty old wheels. They're in pretty good nick when they are clean but I don't do clean....  |
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owelly
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And the collection of wheels ready for a rub and paint.  |
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owelly
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And the tyres ready to go on...  |
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bazzateer
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Imping along sans Vogue
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Aren't they the same wheels on Mrs Seth's Herald?
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