hello all in retro land,ive been digging around in the loft and found a few pics of the retro motors that ive had over the past 15 yrs,these were the beginings of the nitrous jag, before that it was two wheels only, it would be good to see if any are in your hands now and if they are still giving as much fun, hope you like them victhejag
this was a chevy monticarlo that had a 270 bhp rover 3.5 lump stitched into it, the car was painted in this lovley shade of satin black @ least once every month because it didnt clean up very well
this was a 1963 chrysler imperial that had a 413 cubic inch engine approx 6.9 ltr and it weighed over 2.5 tons,good for getting it through the mot every year because it couldnt fit on the ramp and was usually roadside inspected, it had a boot that you could put a body in and both seats were benches that could easily hold 6 blokes, people go on about modern gadgets on euro boxes today but this old girl had central locking,electric windows,self searching radio,push button automatic,cruise control,air con and 8 way electric seats notbad for a car that was built in 1963
1985 Toyota celica supra, after having a string of the people wagons ( vw beetles ) and being let down by rust, unreliable mechanics and over heating this was a dream car,it had the 2.8 ltr straight six engine with auto box and digital dash, I felt like knight rider driving this and what an excellent motor it was, the only downside was servicing it due to the price of spares and very few patten items.
after a few years of driving nissan blue birds, nissan stanzas, a renault 25, triumph 1500 dolimite,rover P6,rover sdi, austin allegro estate and 1976 pontiac firebird I brought this tractor and it was just in time for the snow, what fun we had, the early 2 door models were the most basic and with a 3.5 V8 would drag the tank out of any muddy hole that I managed to get into, this was used through out the winter and when a newer vouge was offered at a good price the old girl was sold and now I have this one, its a 1992 3.9 fully loaded vouge and has taken me all the way to Norway where I now live and is perfect for the weather here
park up and go fishing while I think of the next projct
over half ton of house makes an ideal lowering kit
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this was a chevy monticarlo that had a 270 bhp rover 3.5 lump stitched into it, the car was painted in this lovley shade of satin black @ least once every month because it didnt clean up very well
this was a 1963 chrysler imperial that had a 413 cubic inch engine approx 6.9 ltr and it weighed over 2.5 tons,good for getting it through the mot every year because it couldnt fit on the ramp and was usually roadside inspected, it had a boot that you could put a body in and both seats were benches that could easily hold 6 blokes, people go on about modern gadgets on euro boxes today but this old girl had central locking,electric windows,self searching radio,push button automatic,cruise control,air con and 8 way electric seats notbad for a car that was built in 1963
1985 Toyota celica supra, after having a string of the people wagons ( vw beetles ) and being let down by rust, unreliable mechanics and over heating this was a dream car,it had the 2.8 ltr straight six engine with auto box and digital dash, I felt like knight rider driving this and what an excellent motor it was, the only downside was servicing it due to the price of spares and very few patten items.
after a few years of driving nissan blue birds, nissan stanzas, a renault 25, triumph 1500 dolimite,rover P6,rover sdi, austin allegro estate and 1976 pontiac firebird I brought this tractor and it was just in time for the snow, what fun we had, the early 2 door models were the most basic and with a 3.5 V8 would drag the tank out of any muddy hole that I managed to get into, this was used through out the winter and when a newer vouge was offered at a good price the old girl was sold and now I have this one, its a 1992 3.9 fully loaded vouge and has taken me all the way to Norway where I now live and is perfect for the weather here
park up and go fishing while I think of the next projct
over half ton of house makes an ideal lowering kit
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