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james_tigerwoods

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198 months

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What no Delorean?

(Is that classed as a supercar?)






LHDisbest

17,001 posts

188 months

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Le TVR said:
Unloved? I'll give you unloved:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C40253?pt=pf
Dear god that's fugly! yuck

Nic Jones

7,066 posts

221 months

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LHDisbest said:
NAS said:
Mannginger said:


Venturi Atlantique
yes Love these.
I'll expect elle along in a minute with her only RHD Venturi 400GT... wink
I saw one of these looking decidedly worse for wear on the back of flatbed on the M25 earlier in the year frown

G'kar

3,728 posts

187 months

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james_tigerwoods said:
What no Delorean?

(Is that classed as a supercar?)

What have they done to you? You poor, poor, thing.

nervous

24,050 posts

231 months

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Thursday 4th December 2008
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the kindest thing to do to that would be to torch it.

people can be so cruel.

elle

2,056 posts

213 months

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Mark-C said:
to Elle .... seen you on the occasional thread and absolutely love the Venturi (saw a few at Le Mans in the early 90s ... Jacques Laffite?) which is kinda related to the Alpine

wavey
The link being the PRV engine
Have a bit of a soft spot for the Renault Alpine, but my personal favourite has to be the Berlinette cloud9







vpr

3,711 posts

239 months

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Wacky Racer said:
Not many purists rate the Mk3 "E" type, preferring the Mk 1 or 2, but I think the Mk 3 V12 is cloud9



Will be worth an absolute fotune in another 25 years.........
I hope you're right. I've just bought one of these, a commemoratve, one of the last 50 prduced. smokin

LHDisbest

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elle said:
Mark-C said:
to Elle .... seen you on the occasional thread and absolutely love the Venturi (saw a few at Le Mans in the early 90s ... Jacques Laffite?) which is kinda related to the Alpine

wavey
The link being the PRV engine
Have a bit of a soft spot for the Renault Alpine, but my personal favourite has to be the Berlinette cloud9

wavey

Good taste wink

Jean Ragnotti would be proud!

G'kar

3,728 posts

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vpr said:
I hope you're right. I've just bought one of these, a commemoratve, one of the last 50 prduced. smokin
I thought they were.

Wasn't one of those being touted around 90K last year? Was in Octane IIRC.

clonmult

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210 months

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DBSV8 said:


Marcos 3 litre
An uncle had one of these for restoration many MANY years back (well, 80s). It went from a disgusting yellow to one of the most beautiful deep shades of red that I've ever seen (with some gold flakes in the top coat to add some shine). He took me out for a blast down the M55 in it once it was up and running. I must have been in my early teens, and I absolutely adored it.

Utterly stunning.

But unloved as a whole, because people just don't know about them.

DJC

23,563 posts

237 months

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G'kar said:
vpr said:
I hope you're right. I've just bought one of these, a commemoratve, one of the last 50 prduced. smokin
I thought they were.

Wasn't one of those being touted around 90K last year? Was in Octane IIRC.
Yep. Black thing, subject of a restoration.

LHDisbest

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DJC said:
G'kar said:
vpr said:
I hope you're right. I've just bought one of these, a commemoratve, one of the last 50 prduced. smokin
I thought they were.

Wasn't one of those being touted around 90K last year? Was in Octane IIRC.
Yep. Black thing, subject of a restoration.
O/T slightly, but what ever happened to the V12 E-Type that was built out of parts a few years ago? I'm sure that was in Octane as well.

Has the guy that built it still got it or did he sell it?

DBSV8

5,958 posts

239 months

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clonmult said:
DBSV8 said:


Marcos 3 litre
An uncle had one of these for restoration many MANY years back (well, 80s). It went from a disgusting yellow to one of the most beautiful deep shades of red that I've ever seen (with some gold flakes in the top coat to add some shine). He took me out for a blast down the M55 in it once it was up and running. I must have been in my early teens, and I absolutely adored it.

Utterly stunning.

But unloved as a whole, because people just don't know about them.
A friend had a 3 litre essex engined 69 Marcos , back in the 80s we raced it against our mk1 3 litre Capris , at a little over 115 mph , he suddenly slowed down !!!

We stopped to investigate aparently the front end was lifting at those speeds that it gave him some brown trouser ""moments"".

Yoshiwaan

322 posts

191 months

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In terms of today's supercars, I'm not sure if I'm the only one but I find these horrid.



They're just as bad in the flesh.

Ludicrously fast though.


jimmyb

12,254 posts

217 months

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DJC said:
jimmyb said:
speaking of testarossa's what an awesome colour scheme on this one

So different from the usual red and it looks right too.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/799145.htm
Christ that is in good nick and at a good price!
3 people at 10k a piece you 4 months use out of it each over a year. or
4 at 8k only 3 months each.

Mmm maybe PH should start its very own supercar club. Each member donates a certain amount and ph buys a load of cars like the testarossa, merak etc .

DJC

23,563 posts

237 months

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jimmyb said:
DJC said:
jimmyb said:
speaking of testarossa's what an awesome colour scheme on this one

So different from the usual red and it looks right too.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/799145.htm
Christ that is in good nick and at a good price!
3 people at 10k a piece you 4 months use out of it each over a year. or
4 at 8k only 3 months each.

Mmm maybe PH should start its very own supercar club. Each member donates a certain amount and ph buys a load of cars like the testarossa, merak etc .
Oh trust me, Ive had discussion with a cpl of good friends very recently about doing *exactly* that! There is a very good argument for it within a small closed circle.

vz-r_dave

3,469 posts

219 months

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Thursday 4th December 2008
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DJC said:
jimmyb said:
DJC said:
jimmyb said:
speaking of testarossa's what an awesome colour scheme on this one

So different from the usual red and it looks right too.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/799145.htm
Christ that is in good nick and at a good price!
3 people at 10k a piece you 4 months use out of it each over a year. or
4 at 8k only 3 months each.

Mmm maybe PH should start its very own supercar club. Each member donates a certain amount and ph buys a load of cars like the testarossa, merak etc .
Oh trust me, Ive had discussion with a cpl of good friends very recently about doing *exactly* that! There is a very good argument for it within a small closed circle.
Better get a good lawyer and hope that its not your turn come winter smile

Garlick

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40,601 posts

241 months

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Thursday 4th December 2008
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Back on topic, what about this?


nervous

24,050 posts

231 months

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Garlick said:
Back on topic, what about this?

wasnt there a link on here a month or so ago about the last one of them being flogged off for about 10k? or did I dream that?

if so, my dreams are more depressing than I thought.

G'kar

3,728 posts

187 months

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Thursday 4th December 2008
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Garlick said:
Back on topic, what about this?

I was at Longbridge in the final hours, and talking to a couple of people, the grand total of those sold outside of the dealer network and management was, at the time, 0.

Think Rowan Atkinson had one on a demo/lease arrangement though..
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