Retro Car Thread

[John Bennett]

Ok, as suggested in a thread elsewhere, who likes old cars and who’s got or had what?

 

[trev1976]

I love cars from the 80s and early 90s

Still have my escort rs turbo

 

[John Bennett]

Any pics? I’ll stick something up later.

 

[yorkshire_spam]

I have a 1978 Triumph Spitfire 1500 and a 1973 Triumph Dolomite

We've done round Britain endurance rallies, 10 Countries in 4 days across Europe (including passes like the Timmelsjoch and Stelvio

 

[trev1976]

This was just before I put it into storage about 12 years ago

225bhp

https://www.flickr.com/gp/149040145@N03/0R9KT6

Im itching to fully restore it but need somewhere to work on it.trev19762018-11-10 19:55:45

 

[bonehead]

I always wanted an RS Turbo Escort.
Test drive one but the torque steer was terrible.
Almost bought a ford Orion gear instead.

Ended up with an almost new 1.4L Astra.

Loved it and thought I was the best thing since slice bread. I had 5 gears and could drive round town in 5th gear.
Oh how I thought I was cool.

 

[Chopper79]

I sold this 2 years ago. My 1275 GT.

 

[Chopper79]

Another one I shouldn't have sold.

 

[trev1976]

Mini looks mint

 

[John Bennett]

180SX Type-X.
I stuck in an S15 drivetrain and 6-speed box and a few 300zx bits, but cosmetically it's standard.

It's not just arcade games with obsolete parts and silly prices - try maintaining one of (the last) of these.

Love it though, we'll never part.

Also got a red 1992 MX-5 I'll fix one day and drive around with the Ridge Racer soundtrack blasting out

edit: Some sweet cars listed so far

John Bennett2018-11-10 21:17:20

 

[strykr]

Always wanted a GT Turbo bitd.... too old for one now tho! Hardly ever see them around these days.

 

[Shinydaz]

Had a nice 944 porsche 15 years ago, thought it was the only time I'd be able to afford a half decent sports car, had it 5 years, never let me down once, great times.

2 great cars there Simon.Shinydaz2018-11-11 03:28:48

 

[grobda]

Had a 944 as well, great cars - so good to drive.

9 years of reliable motoring, took it to France, Belgium Orkney and Knockhill

Can still pick em up cheaper than a ford crapi in equivalent condition.

 

[trev1976]

I always liked 944s but for some reason they have a bad rep.. price on them is rising too.

I also had a R5 GT Turbo a Clio Williams and a Nova SR.

Loved them all especially the GT Turbo which I spent a fortune on ,shame it was so unreliable but when it was going it was so fun to drive.trev19762018-11-11 09:10:11

 

[MatteeP]

My old Escort now buried in the garage somewhere......

 

[Chopper79]

I had an xr3i, just like this one. Nice BMX as Well!

 

[robotech]

This was just before I put it into storage about 12 years ago

225bhp

https://www.flickr.com/gp/149040145@N03/0R9KT6

Im itching to fully restore it but need somewhere to work on it.

Nice s2 rs turbo
Had my fair share of performance fords over the years built a few up from bare shells allways wanted a series 1 rs turbo or a thrèe door sierra cosworth
No chance now they are both going for close to 20k

But both would be quite slow by todays standards escort unmodified 1.6 cvh 130bhp unmodified sierra cosworth 2.0 about 205 bhp

I will try and find some photos out
Ive built some nice stuff

 

[robotech]

I had an 850 mini in the same colour as your clubman
I put a 1100 cc metro engine in it
It was pretty cool until i got a mini cooper replica with all the add ons
Great car but the misses wouldent want to ride in it
So i bought a fiesta xr2irobotech2018-11-11 09:59:38

 

[Zektor]

Cool thread !

I've got a few....A 1994 850 Csi, 1982 911 SC and a newly acquired 1989 190e that I'm turning into an M3 V8 engine monster.

 

[robotech]

Loving the 190e