a few pic's of my old cars.

[kwak zzr]

my mk1 astra gte-
http://upload4.postimage.org/898707/astragte.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/898707/photo_hosting.html)
this little beauty is a 1.2l
http://upload4.postimage.org/898600/nova.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/898600/photo_hosting.html)
this is a 1.4SR
http://upload4.postimage.org/898679/nova2.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/898679/photo_hosting.html)
another 1.4SR
http://upload4.postimage.org/898685/nova3.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/898685/photo_hosting.html)

[kwak zzr]

:oops: ok so i was i my teens! :roll:

[Skip]

Didnt grow up in Essex perchance did you Kwak?! :wink: :lol:

My first car was a 1969 Mini 1000 - I thought it was the bees knees as it was 1995 when I passed and cool to have something "different" - trouble was a 75mph top speed wasnt great when you are 17! :lol:

Loved it tho.... :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/skip665/redmini.jpg

[Skip]

My favourite cars I have owned have been the last "fast cars" I owned before getting into bikes... bought the 1990 5.0 Mustang when I finished college in 2001 - replaced it with the Skyline two years later...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/skip665/500hp.jpg

Skyline had a few tweaks and sported GTR wheels and a TRUST exhaust when I sold it 18 months later....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/skip665/Skyline_sold.jpg

It was replaced with a Mitsubishi Evo II which I imported from Japan.... Always secretly missed the Skyline tho....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/skip665/cleanevo.jpg

Sold this to fund getting into bikes - I do look back with fond memories and would love to get an R32 Skyline at some point - looks like house purchase will have to come first tho... :(

[Saint Matt]

Gorgeous '33 there skip, would really love to afford one of those one day!

First car, Mini 1000 "Studio 2". It was a bit pants, blew it's head gasket on the 3rd day I had it, then the exhaust had a habit of falling off. Bought it for £500, sold it for £550 and all I'd done is make the exhaust blow worse and break the speedo!

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/Saint_Matt/PICT0745.jpg

Then bought the pug for £550, spent the £50 change on a decent head unit. The exhaust blows, and its coolant temp sensor ****ed up, meaning it was running really rich for ages before I could figure out what the problem was (damn auto choke!). For the money though, I am very happy, and miles better than the mini! Will do me for a while!

With me bike:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/Saint_Matt/DCP01760.jpg

When my mate ran into the back of it outside my house lol

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/Saint_Matt/Mineandsams2.jpg

Ideal next car:

http://www.crxclubholland.nl/forumfotos/crx-vtec.jpg

[Skip]

Gorgeous '33 there skip, would really love to afford one of those one day!
Cheers mate - couldnt quite stretch to a GTR but the GTS25T still pulled 290hp after a few mods and was far too easy to get sideways! :twisted: Worst thing about them is the blinking insurance - I was 25 and with full no claims and no points (at the time) it was still £1100 a year, it was no better the next year and when I switched the Evo the insurance company said "no change"!! :shock: :(

I now insure the bike and an E30 325i for less than half that! :roll:

[kwak zzr]

i also had a mini 1000 (FOF 810V) that was my first car but i got not pictures of it.

[nickj]

This post got me thinking about my old cars, i didn't know but you can go onto DVLA and click on vehicle info, then type in the reg and make of car and it will tell you if it is taxed or not or the last time it was due.

I looked for my first ever car, an XR2 (yep i'm an essex lad) and it was last taxed in 2002.

I would love to get my hands on that and restore it, anyone know how you can find out who the current keeper is.

[Skip]

I would love to get my hands on that and restore it, anyone know how you can find out who the current keeper is.
IIRC you can find out by paying them some cash (surprise! :roll: ) - perhaps try contacting them to ask?

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/foi_how_i_make_a_request.htm

[Saint Matt]

I was 25 and with full no claims and no points (at the time) it was still £1100 a year
My pug is about £1150 a year lol, now that's harsh :( For a CRX 1.6i 16v they wanted about £2600, but it will drop to about £1500 with 1 years ncb. If i didn't love my bike so much, I'd have one in an instant!

[Andy Lewis]

This is my, well once was a dialy driver. But is now in pieces awiting a full restoration for the second time, but she is over 41 years old. I might sell her as I/m loosing heart!http://upload4.postimage.org/905235/vw2.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/905235/photo_hosting.html)

[tricky]

I seem to have lost all my digital pic of my old cars.

THis is the only one I can find, my old V6 Galant, fairly quick in a straight line but enthusicatic cornering was out of the question. Lovely engine though.

http://upload4.postimage.org/923304/galfan.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/923304/photo_hosting.html)

This is my current cage, which is ace :D

http://upload4.postimage.org/923296/cage001.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/923296/photo_hosting.html)

[gettin2dizzy]

i thought i'd resurrect this thread!
this is my old set of wheels!
http://upload4.postimage.org/1599068/IMGP0569.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1599068/photo_hosting.html)

http://upload4.postimage.org/1599105/IMGP0568.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1599105/photo_hosting.html)
3 door '76 range rover. Lower fairings taken off, king spring jacked up suspensions, silencer removed- just 2 straight pipes from its 3.5 v8 :twisted: i lived in it for months, miss it now, don't miss the bills. Anyone else got a cage?

[kwak zzr]

my mates got a 1994 vouge sim to that, its always costing him a small fortune.

[hovis]

http://upload4.postimage.org/1599215/imagesjjjjjjjjjjjjj.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1599215/photo_hosting.html)
trimph dolomite 1st

austin alegro 2nd
http://upload4.postimage.org/1599218/imagesllllllllll.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1599218/photo_hosting.html)

downhill from here

[Horney]

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l37/SJHorne01/Fiesta2.jpg

This is my first cage, Love it when it's p1ssing down and windy as hell! Still slow, even nature is faster!

[Quiff Wichard]

nice cars kwak.. were they all kept clean as a whistle?

[kwak zzr]

clean'ish mate, i didnt get OCD untill i got into bikes.

[busasean]

This is my, well once was a dialy driver. But is now in pieces awiting a full restoration for the second time, but she is over 41 years old. I might sell her as I/m loosing heart!http://upload4.postimage.org/905235/vw2.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/905235/photo_hosting.html)

brilliant cars!

[northwind]

url=http://upload4.postimage.org/905235/photo_hosting.html]http://upload4.postimage.org/905235/vw2.jpg[/url]

Lovely that... It's the rack that makes it. I've a hankering for a rat bug that just won't go away, resto's too much like hard work. Though I'm also obsessed with Scimitars and Corrados, and I can't afford a Lada, or drive, so I'll stick with the bike :)

[Kylie]

After a Volvo 340 (dire), Sierra 1.8 (rear wheel drive :)), jap import toyota celica (fell apart) and a mondeo 1.6 (popular with the ladies, bizarrely) I finally got a nice car. Turbo-tastic. Not quite this shiny anymore...
http://upload4.postimage.org/1621569/NewCar1Crop.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1621569/photo_hosting.html)

[Andy Lewis]

the rack is the only thing that does'nt need any work, at the moment I have stripped the car down to the shell for the second time.... that was last year and it still remains like that... one day she will be back on theroad again.

[northwind]

That seems to be the natural state of the classic Beetle ;) The editor of Volksworld admitted in this issue he's not had a drivable VW for 6 months havign taken them all to bits...

[Treacle]

This is my, well once was a dialy driver. But is now in pieces awiting a full restoration for the second time, but she is over 41 years old. I might sell her as I/m loosing heart!http://upload4.postimage.org/905235/vw2.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/905235/photo_hosting.html)

Very very nice Andy Iv always loved them.

This is my 66 bug it hardly used now coz of a work van.
http://upload4.postimage.org/1625910/2005_0409Image0017.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1625910/photo_hosting.html)


It used to be my brother but I swoped it for my old 56 oval. :cry:

[Andy Lewis]

treacle... I know my beetles and can see by the removable arches and roll cage that will push a little more than 75mph?? what under the popes nose?

[tricky]

Giving my very first car a wash in 1972, I still have the hat :lol: :lol: :lol:

http://upload4.postimage.org/1652845/firstcar.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1652845/photo_hosting.html)

[Treacle]

treacle... I know my beetles and can see by the removable arches and roll cage that will push a little more than 75mph?? what under the popes nose?

Sorry to disappoint you Andy but its only 1700 with twin 40's but hay it will do.

[Heed]

Not got any pics of my actual first car but it was a burgandy one of these:

http://img.osta.ee/i/objects/resized/y06/w33/d3/1744950.jpg

Then moved to Gibraltar and got one of these:

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/948/dscn1185px6.jpg
only pic I've got of her.

A 1.5 Seat Ibiza. If I did 140-150km/h the dash shook so much the CD skipped. Above this she was fine though :)

Then:

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/3968/img0224an6.jpg

First car with luxuries such as power steering and working electric windows.

Current cage

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/5671/img3159as3.jpg

Packing a bad boy 90BHP is as slow as hell but returns better MPG than the bike despite having an engine almost 3 times the size. Perhaps it's because it only does 4500RPM and rarely sees that.

[Viper]

Lots of fun, Not as much as the bike though

http://upload4.postimage.org/1739163/lotus.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1739163/photo_hosting.html)

[Heed]

What car is that viper? I know the image is called lotus but I originally assumed it was an MR2.

[Viper]

What car is that viper? I know the image is called lotus but I originally assumed it was an MR2.

Lotus esprit V8 8)

This was at a Trackday at Castle Combe

[kwak zzr]

Giving my very first car a wash in 1972, I still have the hat :lol: :lol: :lol:

http://upload4.postimage.org/1652845/firstcar.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1652845/photo_hosting.html)

what a great year! the kwak was born in the may of that year :lol:

[tricky]

http://upload4.postimage.org/1746126/escort.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1746126/photo_hosting.html)
My first car, 1974 Ford Escort 1.1. Never actually drove it on the road (legally :oops:)
Note the fat wheels and rally tires, looked good but rubbed on the wheel arches whilst cornering.


http://upload4.postimage.org/1746162/chevette.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1746162/photo_hosting.html)
My Chevette, cost me £250. Fantastic car ! :thumbsup:

[BLK SV]

Had a few cars in the past 3-4 years i've been driving...

http://upload4.postimage.org/1746427/d.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1746427/photo_hosting.html)

http://upload4.postimage.org/1746432/a.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1746432/photo_hosting.html)
http://upload4.postimage.org/1746446/c.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1746446/photo_hosting.html)

http://upload4.postimage.org/1746461/b.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1746461/photo_hosting.html)

Also had a fiesta Zetec S and a Mk2 Golf but didn't get pics of them :( .

Don't mind a golf if you hadn't noticed :D

[glade]

http://www.hfp.iap.pl/img/users/8000080/hyundai/images/muzeum/pony0.jpg

Hyundai pony X2 - 1.5i blown headgasket. got it for free. Scrapped it in the end.
(pic off google images)

http://www.rentacarinrajasthan.com/images/fiat_uno.jpg

Fiat Uno Formula 900cc 45bhp madness. Got this for free too. Could slide it pretty nicely though. Would actually get another one for old times sake!!

(pic off google images again)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/gladey/My%20Car/car80x60.jpg

Clio Mk2 1.4i 8v - 75bhp of air conditioned luxury. Sold it after i got the bike. Good car for going shopping.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/gladey/My%20Car/ABCD0011.jpg

Renaultsport Clio 182 - 2.0 16v 182bhp. Cup suspension pack.
Belongs to the Mrs but i get to borrow it occasionally. Corners far better than i will ever be able to on a bike. Its amazing, chuck it in and it just grips and grips.

My next car will either be an Audi A4 for sensible-ness, or an old porsche/tvr because i think i need to own something like that before i get too old and boring to enjoy it!

[kwak zzr]

http://upload4.postimage.org/1746126/escort.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1746126/photo_hosting.html)
My first car, 1974 Ford Escort 1.1. Never actually drove it on the road (legally :oops:)
Note the fat wheels and rally tires, looked good but rubbed on the wheel arches whilst cornering.


http://upload4.postimage.org/1746162/chevette.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1746162/photo_hosting.html)
My Chevette, cost me £250. Fantastic car ! :thumbsup:

ahh the mk1 and the shedvette, brings back happy memorys. :)

[KrZ]

http://www.ajovalo.net/Historia/images/84Solara.jpg
http://www.autoteile-blinker.de/images/NISSAN%20MICRA%200485-0389%20K10.jpg
http://www.conseilachatauto.info/Rover/216gsi.gif
http://www.vw-audi-specialists.co.uk/now_breaking/seat_toledo_tdi.jpg
http://www.mondom.com/auto/ford/fordmondeo.jpg
http://www.vehicleoptionsstaffs.com/specials/images/chrysler-voyager.jpg
http://www.autoclub.com.au/uploaded_images/nissan-x-trail-753899.jpg
http://www.autointell.com/nao_companies/ford/land-rover/discovery-3/DISCOVERY_3_92-300-200.jpg

[Paws]

Cars we have at the mo:

306 turbo show car (for sale)
http://upload4.postimage.org/1817106/04121100.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1817106/photo_hosting.html)

landie
http://upload4.postimage.org/1817116/05120400.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1817116/photo_hosting.html)

306 rallye
http://upload4.postimage.org/1817127/05122803.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1817127/photo_hosting.html)