Car nostalgia

Posted by: Cbr600 on 14 January 2013

So folks, we have started the motorbike thread, so how about a thread of pictures of all your old or present car favourites, nice memories, horror stories, etc
Posted on: 17 January 2013 by MDS

I learnt to drive in one of them. Not the Mexico version, unfortunately.  Lovely gear-boxes as I recall. 

Posted on: 17 January 2013 by Cbr600
Originally Posted by Steve C:

 

What we could afford.

 

 

What we wanted and tried to recreate  

Is that the Mexico model?

Complete with the 6 clock dashboard!

Posted on: 17 January 2013 by Steve C
Originally Posted by Cbr600:
Originally Posted by Steve C:

 

What we could afford.

 

 

What we wanted and tried to recreate  

Is that the Mexico model?

Complete with the 6 clock dashboard!

RS2000 well thats what picture said

Posted on: 17 January 2013 by Paper Plane
Originally Posted by Phil Harris:
Originally Posted by Steve C:

The joy of dropping a 1600 engine in a 1100 escort mk1 with drum brakes then trying to stop at the first corner .

Great Fun

 

Ah yes ... did that too ...

+1

 

Although mine was an Estate.

 

steve

Posted on: 17 January 2013 by Cbr600

Steve,

  that may well be right. My recollection was that the RS models actually had the RS2000 or the RS1600 logo on the use of the car as well, but maybe there were variants. The rest of the livery looks ok

Posted on: 17 January 2013 by Fabio 1
Originally Posted by Cbr600:

Steve,

  Nthat may well be right. My recollection was that the RS models actually had the RS2000 or the RS1600 logo on the use of the car as well, but maybe there were variants. The rest of the livery looks ok

 

Posted on: 17 January 2013 by Fabio 1

Paul,this is my actual and she's your car's daughter...pardon,your BEAST's daughter.

Posted on: 17 January 2013 by Fabio 1

Sorry,made a mistake.Paul this is your car's daughter...pardon.your beats's daughter.

Posted on: 17 January 2013 by Cbr600



All this talk of RS cars made me thinK of the super beast, the RS200, a mid engined car produced for rally use. Don't suppose anyone on here has driven one ?

Posted on: 17 January 2013 by Tony Lockhart
I've never driven one, but I was fortunate enough to passenger ride in an RS200 back in 1985. It was at Snetterton, during the BHF/Lord Taverners charity event. Driven by John Taylor. A truly great experience. I also rode in an Esprit, Nissan 240RS, Supra thing, and some others I've forgotten. Tony
Posted on: 17 January 2013 by Cbr600
Originally Posted by Fabio 1:

Sorry,made a mistake.Paul this is your car's daughter...pardon.your beats's daughter.

Fabio, and tasty she is too. Obviously takes after her dad 

LOL

Posted on: 17 January 2013 by Cbr600
Originally Posted by Frank F:

That reminds me, I had a Green Escort Mexico Mk1 and then a Genuine Black one - very rare and it had  AVO Black in the original registration and on the Type plate in the engine bay.

 

Later I had a couple of Reliant Scimitars SE 5a and SE 6a and this gives another memory jog - Reliant actually made the bodies for the RS200 near Lichfield where they were also assembled!!

 

FF

Very interesting Frank. Don't know the models details of the scimitar, only that they were great.

 

Reliant RS200---- now that's novel

Posted on: 17 January 2013 by james n

Two of my faves over the years. 

 

My old TT225. A tad lower than standard, slightly bigger tailpipes from a Miltek exhaust and 100 cell cats, Porsche 993 brake conversion and an AMD remap. 

 

 

My Z4 Coupe. Looked great, sounded great but had to go when we got a dog, so i got the sensible car (a 123d) and my other half kept her Z4 roadster. 

 

Posted on: 17 January 2013 by Cbr600

James, the Z4 is stunning. Would love to drive one, I am told they are great cars.

Posted on: 18 January 2013 by Bruce Woodhouse

I like that Z4 too, perhaps the only BMW past or present that really floats my boat. Maybe an old 'Batmobile CSL' but that is about it.

 

I have driven a first gen Z3, and a last gen 3 and 5 series but they did not cause a flicker of car-lust.

 

Bruce

Posted on: 18 January 2013 by Cbr600


Watch out its the sweeney!
Posted on: 18 January 2013 by tonym

Another one of my sports cars, a TVR Griffith 500, at a TVR race day at Snetterton. A lovely brute; I made the mistake of ordering it without the optional power steering so it was a bit of a struggle to park. We kept it for three years/24,000 miles until one day it developed an unhealthy attraction to the Armco in the central reservation of the A12.

 

Despite TVR's reputation for flaky build ours was very reliable and never let us down. I visited the TVR factory & spent a happy three hours being shown round. It's really sad that such a fine company bit the dust but I suspect Peter Wheeler, the owner, saw the writing on the wall for big hairy-chested sports cars & sold out at the right time. -

 

Posted on: 18 January 2013 by Cbr600
Originally Posted by tonym:

Another one of my sports cars, a TVR Griffith 500, at a TVR race day at Snetterton. A lovely brute; I made the mistake of ordering it without the optional power steering so it was a bit of a struggle to park. We kept it for three years/24,000 miles until one day it developed an unhealthy attraction to the Armco in the central reservation of the A12.

 

Despite TVR's reputation for flaky build ours was very reliable and never let us down. I visited the TVR factory & spent a happy three hours being shown round. It's really sad that such a fine company bit the dust but I suspect Peter Wheeler, the owner, saw the writing on the wall for big hairy-chested sports cars & sold out at the right time. -

 

Tony,

   nice looking car. Am i right in thinking that Tuvvers are now in the hands of the Russians?

 

Was yours from the pre sale days or a more recent version under the new owners?

 

Hope no one was injured (apart from pride) with the close encounter to the flexi rail !

Posted on: 18 January 2013 by james n

Thanks CBR / Bruce. The coupe is quite rare too. 

 

Tony - lovely car. A real icon of the time. It's such a shame that TVR went the way it did. A brave move developing the AJP engine too for the later models. 

 

James

Posted on: 18 January 2013 by Tony Lockhart
From what I remember, the Rover V8 based, and Ford V6 based TVRs were good for build quality and reliability. It was the advent of the AJP6 engines that caused horror stories, I think. A friend has a 1996 ish, Chimaera and has had no problems in his two years of ownership. Lovely sounds! Tony
Posted on: 18 January 2013 by Phil Harris
Originally Posted by Tony Lockhart:
From what I remember, the Rover V8 based, and Ford V6 based TVRs were good for build quality and reliability. It was the advent of the AJP6 engines that caused horror stories, I think. A friend has a 1996 ish, Chimaera and has had no problems in his two years of ownership. Lovely sounds! Tony

 

*cough*

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SthbMswkef4

 

Posted on: 18 January 2013 by Tony Lockhart
Posted on: 18 January 2013 by Phil Harris
Originally Posted by Tony Lockhart:

 

She was "fun" this morning coming into work and I haven't a hope in hell of getting up the hill to my house later...

Posted on: 18 January 2013 by Bananahead
Originally Posted by james n:

Two of my faves over the years. 

 

My old TT225. A tad lower than standard, slightly bigger tailpipes from a Miltek exhaust and 100 cell cats, Porsche 993 brake conversion and an AMD remap. 

 

 

Through a twist of fate I ended up with one of the first TTs to arrive in the UK. My dealer owed me a big favour and one of the things that I got was position 43 on the order list. Considering that half of the orders were for soft tops that didn't arrive till much later. For months wherever I went people would stop and stare. If I parked it anywhere it would have finger marks on the windows when I came back.

 

This was my second ever car.

 

Posted on: 18 January 2013 by tonym
Originally Posted by Phil Harris:
Originally Posted by Tony Lockhart:

 

She was "fun" this morning coming into work and I haven't a hope in hell of getting up the hill to my house later...

A TVR and snow,

Just don't go!