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1996rustingdeathtrap
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I started 1996 in a mark 3 capri bought for 200 notes from a mates breakers yard. Blew the engine up in about april and bought a written off 2 litre laser from the same breakers for another £100. Swapped all the running gear and interior over on the drive over easter weekend, painted it matt black with aerosol cans and ragged the off it untill i broke the camshaft and flogged it to a mate for 50 quid. Finished the year in a F reg saphire that my then g/f's dad paid £2000 for as he was sick of me taking his daughter out in old poopers. Saphire met a tree in early 97 and i then bought my first BX 16V. I guess if i could go back and do anything different i'd tell him to stick that sierra somewhere uncomfortable and hang on to the capri but i was young and in love and the old man was loaded ;D ;D
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kevfromwales
Posted a lot
the conrod's REALLY out the block now!
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love that look of absolute disgust on the face of the guy walking past - akku motor's - p*ssing off nottingham since 1996 ;D - kev
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Almost on the road: b11 sunny breadvan, e36 tds, 325i skidcar,
nearly there: ford f250 tathauler, suzuki alto, u11 bluey
not for a while: ford pop, 32 rails,
not in this lifetime: ruby, '29 hillman
''unfortanatly I'm quite old and scruffy and in need of some loving. my drive shaft needs a new boot....''
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Nev
Part of things
Dugong fanclub member
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I was 6.
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1967 Chevrolet El Camino
1984 Honda C50
1985 VW Polo 16v
1989 Ford Escort Popular Plus (Ex Hirst cabs)
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in 1996 I was busy accumulating Cortinas and Granadas - daily driver was a curse word mud brown pinto Mk5 Cortina GL auto, I think I bought a Fiat 127 Sport that year too the last mk2 escort I owned was back in 1993 - a green 4 door that had been rolled into a field before I bought it (for 30 quid) it was a low milage minter before the roll
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Last Edit: Dec 5, 2008 2:21:29 GMT by Autofive
Someone just shot the elephant in the room.
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Nice ride! Unfortunate number plate! ;D
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Team Blitz Ford Capri parts worldwide: Restoration, Road, or Race. Used, Repro, and NOS, ranging from scabby to perfect. Itching your Capri jones since 1979! Buy, sell, trade. www.teamblitz.com blitz@teamblitz.com
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Feature ska tonight, dear? or a Brian Setzer concert?
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Team Blitz Ford Capri parts worldwide: Restoration, Road, or Race. Used, Repro, and NOS, ranging from scabby to perfect. Itching your Capri jones since 1979! Buy, sell, trade. www.teamblitz.com blitz@teamblitz.com
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Damn! This whole time I thought you were the guy who didn't them up in 'em from your avatar! Turns out you were kind of "gothy" in a cheerful spunky sort of way. A happy goth, as it were.
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Team Blitz Ford Capri parts worldwide: Restoration, Road, or Race. Used, Repro, and NOS, ranging from scabby to perfect. Itching your Capri jones since 1979! Buy, sell, trade. www.teamblitz.com blitz@teamblitz.com
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What an Adonis, no wonder the missus wanted to marry me. ;D You're still a Hunka Burnin' Love, Pilgrim! ;D
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Team Blitz Ford Capri parts worldwide: Restoration, Road, or Race. Used, Repro, and NOS, ranging from scabby to perfect. Itching your Capri jones since 1979! Buy, sell, trade. www.teamblitz.com blitz@teamblitz.com
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RA40tony
Europe
Rollin' rollin' rollin'
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1996... I was 19, in my second year at newcastle uni, my daily transport was a 46 inch longboard and I was taking driving lessons. My dad had his modded 1986 E30 (which he kept till 2003) and my mum was driving a citroen LN.
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1979 Toyota Celica GT. Currently Gone.
1975 Toyota Celica ST. 13x7 Allycats, "the stick" applied. 100kW 4AGE... Sold
1963 Karmann Ghia - Lo & Slo, Sold.
1965 VW Fastback - cruising
1953 Oval Ragtop, work in progress...
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Loxlee
Part of things
Ford Capri with 1600cc's of pure power!........
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I havn't had a mk1 or mk2 escort since about 1990. In 1996 I had 2 kids under 10 and a green 12 year old Montego estate. Seems wierd that that's 12 years ago already i was 8 and getting shipped around by my mum in a montego as well!
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love that look of absolute disgust on the face of the guy walking past - akku motor's - p*ssing off nottingham since 1996 ;D oh, been p*ssing them off at that address since 1994. They had 11 years of me. Oddly enough my next door neighbours said I was the best neighbour they ever had when I left. They were sad to see me go. Some of the others were acting as volunteers at the estate agents just to speed up the sale of my house... Here's a typical shot of the place from 1997. The yellow Mk3 was resprayed by me in the street. Panel at a time, amazingly nobody said anything... I think this was 1998 and maybe 1999, like we were going to party like it was or something. Made me laugh, I remember one time I was in bed on a warm summer's eve with the windows open and two women walked past and the conversation went... (I missed the first bit but perked up when they mentioned "junk yard" and "purple painted windows") "You mean someone actually lives in there?" "Yeah, I think so, people come in and out, strange people, I sometimes wonder what sort of thing must go on in there" ;D One Halloween I heard some kids talking about going trick or treating and one said "lets start at the haunted weirdo house on Redland Grove" I was waiting for them.... Norm: You mean Captain Mainwearing or Afrikan Boi?
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Nathan
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 5,649
Club RR Member Number: 1
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1996Nathan
@bgtmidget7476
Club Retro Rides Member 1
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1996 I was 15 years old and all i was doing was ooogllling at MG Midgets and chicks LOL. Ahh how times have changed hummmm ok maybe not
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In 1996 I was 6. Outside my house was a 1988 Estelle 120 and a 1990 Rapid 136. I was a lucky child.
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Nathan
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 5,649
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1996Nathan
@bgtmidget7476
Club Retro Rides Member 1
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Akku you aint aged at all!!!
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MrBen
Part of things
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I remember staring at that very same ad! It was the Mk2 Harrier I was lusting after though. I was driving a Mk2 1.1L at the time, looking cool on it's Revo 4-spokes but immensely slow and I didn't have the ability or facilities to consider an engine swap! Sadly didn't have the cash for it on my salary at the time of £6k per year!
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Toy: 2001 Porsche Boxster S - almost retro! Daily: Modern BMW 435i - less exciting but quick!
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December 1996, I had a subscription to Miniworld, and was mithering the bank of mum and dad for a car to tinker with. 12 months later my old man relented and brought home a rusty Series 2 Land Rover and bought me a haynes manual. 12 months after that I'd passed my test, had the Landy MOT'd, and had acquired 3 other cars to tinker with! The other 3 are doubtless scrap now, but I kept the Landy!
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Akku you aint aged at all!!! But the painting in my attik is about f**ked now! I'd like to say it was all due to healthy diet, excercise and clean living. But that would be a terrible lie. I believe Ian Dury sang... "Sex and drugs and sausage rolls." ;D
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Last Edit: Dec 5, 2008 10:49:26 GMT by akku
1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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rodharris83
Club Retro Rides Member
Day Dreamer...
Posts: 768
Club RR Member Number: 4
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1996rodharris83
@rodharris83
Club Retro Rides Member 4
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1996......The year my non retro polo was registered
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tenman
Part of things
m00000000000
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in 1996... I was hooning around in my parents fiat uno... IIRC I bought my first car (a volvo 480) in 1997... which was funny cos it had the irish plate RJI 9390... got a few people confused thinking it was a brand new car...
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RWD Fanatic...
2003 BMW 320d Wagon (getting old and boring) 1996 Mini Kensington (SWMBO's)
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1996 - all my (and my then girlfriend's) VWs together, for the first, and last time: JHW 326L - as far as I know, this still belongs to my ex, although it's currently SORNED (though the last I heard of her is that she'd been done for drink driving) EJH 960B - written off in January 07 by a taxi driver. I took the payout. It's since been restored, but who knows where it is now SCU 726K. Scrapped, and sent off to the scrappers as a bare shell. Strangely enough though, it shows up as beeing currently on the road...... WGS 408L. Had 200,000 miles on it when I bought it, and I put a further 20,000 on it when I had it. Reached the end of it's useful life in 1999
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Last Edit: Dec 5, 2008 12:43:01 GMT by Rhodrich
1951 Split Window Beetle - SOLD! 1965 Mercedes 230SL 1966 VW Beetle 1968 Mercedes 280SE
1972 VW 412LE Variant - SOLD! err.... 2004 Toyota Corolla
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