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Pair of Retro Kenwood KSC-404 110W illumination 4Speakers system for rear parcel shelf. Working well when removed. They light up and audio works. Returning my car to stock and aftermarket audio isn’t my thing. Only other pair I can find for sale are in Tokyo and nearly double the price I’m asking £125 Ono plus postage (around £12) or collection Chippenham, Wiltshire
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Wow! Wow! And Wow! This is the perfect Impreza. An Impreza has been my dream since I was 11 and Colin McCrae used to steer one through forests. Its sadly a dream that will never work out looking at the modern day prices! So good to see one like yours that is perfect Thanks very much. Certainly McRae and Burns are part of the reason I love these cars. Its getting close to perfect now I'm nearly happy with it.
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Mar 22, 2022 18:07:03 GMT
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I am supremely jealous sir. I've loved Imprezas since day dot, although as with most of us here the idea of owning a new one (or even one in such condition as that) was always a far off dream. It was an RA that was my first seat time experience in one. My friend had one with launch control and all sorts built into it. Nothing since has ever came close to it for off the line experience. It was akin to being fired out a cannon. Sadly it met is demise when a drugged driver reversed up its bonnet, writing it off good and proper. I've been hooked ever since though, and even now have brought a Turbo 2000 back from the brink. Any classic is worth saving in my humble opinion. Huge respect for you and the effort to keep an RA going. Will be following this thread closely, keep us updated! They are great machines and as you say not much else would touch them down B roads even in near stock form. MY first RA also sadly got written off on a wet roundabout where a lorry pulled out on me one morning. With semi slicks and no ABS i had no hope.
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With the car in such nice condition have you considered a clear wrap or something for further protection? Seems daft for what was a relatively cheap rally tool at the time but times really have changed with opinions to these Yes the clear wrap is called PPFE and I have toyed with the idea. Its very very expensive, I had someone quote me around £3000 just to do the front end. sills and arches. The sort of price you can have a whole respray done. I have a pal who is about to start doing similar stuff but its spray on and much cheaper. I need to have the pas rear quarter and boot lid painted first though as they have some paint missing I'd like sorted.
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Tyred of it all.slipngripross
@slipngripross
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In my eyes your are a bit special if you are sticking budget tyres on any vehicle you cherish or even carry family in. Anyone with any common sense knows it the only point of contact to keep an car on the road so you should be getting the best tyres you can afford.
Being in the motorsport and trackday industry tyres are always a popular topic. Generally speaking the most popular road going tyres that are suitable for all weathers are the Michelin Pilot sport and Uniroyal Rainsport. Although the latter has a softer sidewall so not ideal for cars over 1200KG. I run Michelins on my mrs daily, my road rally civic and my Impreza STi RA they generally work out about £500+ per set but they last well and they handle all conditions with ease. My personal opinion is that budget tyres are terrible and should be outlawed.
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Mar 20, 2022 10:22:04 GMT
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I'm part of a local MSUk club which is Devizes and District Motor Club. I often help out with marshalling on events and we meet once a month for an AGM. Its a great bunch. I just sold my Civic Type R road rally car but on Friday I was invited to take part in the March 12 Car Road Rally. They had an experienced co-driver ready for me so I bit the bullet and decided to take the RA out instead. I was a little nervous due to how clean it is but it was a mostly dry night. For those that don't know what road rallies are they are run by approved car clubs and generally run around 60 miles on b-roads and whites. The tend to start late in the evening after 8pm and you navigate from checkpoint to checkpoint on road open to the public. The aim is to reach each checkpoint within a time limit and in the correct direction whilst noting down code boards during each section. The team closest to there set time with the fewest penalty point is the winner. Most larger road rallies are restricted to NA 4 pot cars but monthly small events called 12 cars you can pretty much run anything that is near stock or modified under road rally regs. A bunch of experienced crews attended using cars such as 205 GTi's, a classic Mini and other hatch backs. The route ran 60miles around the Chippenham and Wiltshire lanes and you are meant to average around 30mph over the route which is quite a challenge on backroads when you have to stop for checkpoints and to read code boards. it kicked off at 8pm with us leaving MTC1 at 8:10 being car 10 in the lineup. The roads were wet in places which made for challenging traction in places. But my god did I remember why I love these cars so much. Our pace was so good down the back roads and Matts navigation and plotting so good we were arriving at checkpoint 7-8 minutes early. I was glad to have refitted my option sump guard as it did bottom out once over a yump. I did not manage to fit my larger calipers in time but i was presently surprised how well the 2 pots did with upgraded pads once they had warmed up. The car was in its element smashing down back roads in the dead of night and even with Michelin road tyres the grip and acceleration was frankly baffling. The low ration box and plated diff did an epic job. The final leg of the route was a few miles of By-way so we locked up the diff a tad and went for it as fast as we could whilst trying to prevent any damage, even on the gravel and through the deep puddles she was a gem. We finished around 10:30 pm at a pub in Devizes and had a pint to await the results. Considering were were airing on the side of caution due to the cars value we were very surprised to finish 6th out of 12 cars with 4 fails and 2 minutes late. Safe to say I popped to the jet wash first thing the next morning to give t a clean off before i give it a proper wash and detail today. The ceramic coating has done a great job of making it easy to wash dirt off. I'm very tempted to take it out on the next one too which is April 29th but we also have the Corinium run which is a classic tour in the Cotswolds coming up that my mrs is navigating for me too. Next up on the list of things to do is order a V2 IC Water Spray bottle if anyone can direct me. Some nicer wheels nuts and like an idiot i didn't realise I didn't have any caliper carriers for the four pots so need to find some of those. I was getting quite worried that I wasn't falling for the car and having to cherish it without enjoying the driving but after this event I am so stoked to own it.
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Mar 16, 2022 12:32:34 GMT
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We had private testing on Monday that included this lovely 1970 Hill climb spec Mini. New to the stage and no room for a co-driver but loved the day. I didn't get a picture of the Grp 4 Mk2 Escort you can see next to it which is driven by Oliver Davies. The car has rallied since 2015 in America and the UK with 30 starts in total. Stephen Pritchards lovely club level Nova SR had a few issues miss firing during testing but he has a spare equal spec 1400cc engine to fit prior to his next event, It said the car runs around 200bhp. Car and driver took 3 class wins in three events at the end of 2021. 12 Starts, 5 Class wins and 2 retirements is quite a nice record. For those who may follow rallying we had a number of special drivers attend the test day. This year Jason Pritchard is taking on the British Rally Championship, however he can't compete in his usual Ford Focus WRC due to regulations. He has instead hired an R5 VW Polo from Melvyn Evans Motorsport. Jason text me to book last minute testing and when they turned up on the day both Melvyn and his son Meirion Evans attended too. That's a lot of rally knowledge testing one car! Melvyn is well known for building and looking after some of the best machines and crews in rallying with his company. That's before you even get to his 30 years as a driver competing in some of the worlds top spec cars. He holds a massive 154 starts, 37 class wins and 35 total victories. Melvyn Evans Motorsport according to EWRC own 8 rally cars currently which include a Fabia R5 WRC, no less than 5 Polo R5 WRC's, Chassis 3 S9 WRC Impreza originally driven by none other than Tommi Makinen and an 06 Impreza WRC previously driven by Petter Solberg and Colin McRae. Mierion Evans, his son is still under 30 and catching his father already at 84 starts and already gathering 14 class wins. Jason Pritchard holds just as many accolades as those looking after him this season with 3x Asphalt championships to his name in his 2005 Focus WRC. He also has 2x British Historic tittles to his name in a Mk2 Escort RS1800. The Focus was never actually used as a works car but interestingly M Sport had enough parts to build one last machine. It was sold to a Jamaican who used it in 2011. The car was then sold to the Pritchard family in 2012. the RS1800 I Don't have a picture of but prior to Jasons ownership it had been used by Gwyndaf Evans and Stig Blomqvist. Anyhow that background is my excuse for sticking up a few images of the Polo R5 that Jason is using for the BRC season. His main sponsor is their family company NRG but hes also has a Jerky sponsor....sounds tasty.
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Wow that would have been late 90's then i expect as it was tarmacked early 00's. Would be cool if you have some pics to share.
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Mar 10, 2022 13:08:05 GMT
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Mar 10, 2022 12:47:46 GMT
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