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Nov 29, 2009 23:12:23 GMT
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Well, Jay Leno has a hot-rodded twin-turbo Bentley with an eight-litre Bentley engine. There were only 100 Bentley eight-litre engines produced and he has at least five of them in his cars! This was a 3-litre Bentley, now with an eight-litre Bentley engine and two turbochargers blowing through triple SUs. And this is his Speed Six, a modified ex-Brooklands racer. This also has an eight-litre engine in it. Doesn't get much rarer than an original race car from 70+ years ago, surely?!
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Nov 29, 2009 23:30:31 GMT
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Doesn't get much rarer than an original race car from 70+ years ago, surely?! really?! my 7 must be very rare then Oh but wait, it isn' t when we go racing, we're up against another 5-10 of them
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Nov 29, 2009 23:41:24 GMT
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i have a mk1 escort, well rare ;D
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Nov 29, 2009 23:46:05 GMT
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owners clubs can find out how many are currently taxed, or have had logbooks applied for recently or since the new logbooks were made current.... hence any knowledge of how many left is purely a rough guess... same as any car... and plenty that turn up on here every week or so... theres loads of everything left rotting around the country... its only a matter of time untill these lists grow
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i've always wanted to do this to a genuine geoff uren savage mk3 2 door. sadly the closest i got was to get a genuine savage bonnet and use that on a modded mk3 2door
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Simca P60 Aronde Wagon, 1 of 1350 odd built (Aus built from sedans)
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Remade In Australia thereimaginarium.com.au
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craig
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This thread is fatally flawed. "There are only 2 left on the road from the original 18 million made." C'mon. ;D It's not the rarest but there were about 3500 made worldwide in 1936 not 18 million. There is a number you can call for an outside company from the DVLA who can give information out regarding how many of a certain car are left on the road. It's a free service but i fear it wont be for long if the number was put up here.
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^^My comments were not directed at any post or person, Craig. But as regards to the topic. "Rare-ness" coupled with "modified/customized" is defacto "rare". Once I install an aftermarket air filter into my Tedium-Mobile, it just got modified from factory, and it's likely to be the only one on the road with a cig burn on the 6th pleat from offside, and a nodding Tin Man figurine on the parcel shelf, in beige paint, with a Halford's lazer stripe kit affixed at rocker height. I mean, really.
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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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Andy Saunders' customised Cord 812 would certainly be up there with the rarest I guess.
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henry hirise is my favourite followed by pinball wizard lol, I don't think you've quite got the jist of this thread! ;D
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Mine's listed as one of 8 on the road...of which all bar about 2 are customised
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Your car is not 'epic', this thread is not 'epic'....the OCEAN is epic, the UNIVERSE is epic.... please stop misusing this word!! It would appear Hotrods are the new VWs - aint fashion funny! '69 BUICK LESABRE 350
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ThePollitt
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Fix up, look... at that car on eBay!
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My Dad's '55 Thunderbird is rare in the UK, but I'm confident it's the only modified one on our shores (happy to be proven otherwise). Mods include: *Edelbrock tri-carb set-up *Bored out to 295 (a huge increase from 292!) *Lowered front *All overriders removed, exhaust re-routed *pinstriped *Chrome smoothies *58 Dodge taillights *tow bar and bespoke teardrop trailer! Have some pictures.... Chris
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skinnylew
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oooooooffffffffffffffffffff to that chris!!!
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Chris, yur Dad haz taste ;D
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miaspa
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Nov 30, 2009 11:07:55 GMT
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The only image I have on my PC of this....last on the road about 11 years ago, old man can't drive it anymore as the clutch is to heavy for him. 5th RHD 911 built, and would be hit with the stick if I got my grubby hands on it. My old midget next to it.
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Found my flashing Pao again.
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Nov 30, 2009 13:57:03 GMT
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This Was made from the only one made of this.
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194? Willys Jeep MB 1965 Volvo 544 Special 1968 Opel Rekord 1975 Opel Kadett Estate 1985 Mercedes-Benz 230E 1985 Datsun 720 King Cab 4x4 diesel 1997 Volvo S70 2.5SE (ex. "Volvo544special65" - changed to more reader friendly username. )
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Nov 30, 2009 15:09:27 GMT
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Last Edit: Nov 30, 2009 15:10:55 GMT by rmad
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Nov 30, 2009 15:31:21 GMT
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This might sound stupid but what would be classed as rare? What i mean is, if only 8 of a certain car is made and 8 survive would that be classed as rarer than one of the last 30 in existance of another car of which millions were made??
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v8ian
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Nov 30, 2009 16:52:55 GMT
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Ther rarest custom I can think of is possibly a 36 LaSalle LaFayette?? convertable, one of 1 known to exist, Rodded in this country, and IMO not the most photogenic car, and I cant find any pics at the moment, but I fairly certain its the same car thats used in a Rex Harrison Film, "Blythe Spirit"
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style. Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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Nov 30, 2009 17:59:34 GMT
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Ian, I believe the LaSalles were built on bespoke truck (lorry) chassis. They are gigantic cars. A high school chum once drove his grandfather's LaSalle to school for a day. It was like a locomotive, with the passengers 6 feet up in the sky. Amazing. And agree, not too photogenic, remember thinking "how plain"** at the time, when I was a mere tadpole.
**Er, maybe better word is "utilitarian".
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Last Edit: Nov 30, 2009 18:00:48 GMT by Team Blitz
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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