The car I wish I hadnt sold!
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Come on chaps lets have a reminiss about cars we wish we still had financialy or emotionally,I'll kick off I actually have two regrets,
1/ mk1 (66) Lotus Cortina ,dry sump L2 cams,45s,minilites,ect ect,I do remember it breaking down a lot though!I loved that car.
2/ 993 (94) 911 lhd 3.8 engine,guards red,black leather ,a/c no sun roof or rear wiper,18" anteras,sorted suspension,bit of both on that one just a fine car sticks in my mind,
Sorry if this has been done to death but better than moaning about the credit crunch!
1/ mk1 (66) Lotus Cortina ,dry sump L2 cams,45s,minilites,ect ect,I do remember it breaking down a lot though!I loved that car.
2/ 993 (94) 911 lhd 3.8 engine,guards red,black leather ,a/c no sun roof or rear wiper,18" anteras,sorted suspension,bit of both on that one just a fine car sticks in my mind,
Sorry if this has been done to death but better than moaning about the credit crunch!
speed_monkey said:
wargriff said:
my mk1 escort..was not only my first car but also fun to drive..
and have you seen the price of them now ????
Id love a MK1 Mexico and have you seen the price of them now ????
aeropilot said:
gary11 said:
aeropilot said:
CPX 70G......my Escort Twin Cam......
Spookily enough my stepfather moved from Ford averly to dunton research and design centre and the escort twin cam was his first project he actually helped design it.
some of those names are familiar by the way.
DJC said:
Both the TVRs.
4.3Griff and the Sag.
With regards to the posts above about Tuscans on ice, try it in a Griff across Snake on Xmass Eve around 1am when you only find out that its suddenly snowing with the white stuff on the ground when you pull out to overtake somebody and suddenly go sideways. That was an interesting journey home!
I regret selling those cars everyday.
I know the feeling hence the post Ive owned,4.3Griff and the Sag.
With regards to the posts above about Tuscans on ice, try it in a Griff across Snake on Xmass Eve around 1am when you only find out that its suddenly snowing with the white stuff on the ground when you pull out to overtake somebody and suddenly go sideways. That was an interesting journey home!
I regret selling those cars everyday.
Couple of chimeras 4/5 ltr,
2 griffs 430bv and a 5ltr far better IMO,
1 rr cerb 4.5,
1 rr tusc in bright de walt yellow! actually a citroen colour,
great cars superb performance per pound!
aeropilot said:
gary11 said:
aeropilot said:
gary11 said:
aeropilot said:
CPX 70G......my Escort Twin Cam......
Spookily enough my stepfather moved from Ford averly to dunton research and design centre and the escort twin cam was his first project he actually helped design it.some of those names are familiar by the way.
So, more likely it was the RS1600 (with the 16v Cosworth BDA engine instead of the Lotus-Ford engine) he was involved with along with the Mexico and RS2000…..and probably the RS3100 Capri too. He might have been involved with the Twin Cam earlier than Aveley though, which maybe how he ended up working at AVO..??
Ford put together the production plant at Aveley in 1969 and the first car, an RS1600, was driven off the line in Jan 1970 by Graham Hill. There is a famous Ford publicity shot of this in lots of RS books with Hill surrounded by some of the AVO workforce. Maybe you step Dad is one of those..?
The AVO plant shut down at the end of Jan 1975.
Edited by aeropilot on Wednesday 29th October 10:03
he was a gifted draughtsman and designer mum still has some of his pencil drawings,these cad desingners have it easy these days.
I'm sure it was the lotus escort though and not the rs1600 I remember them too i had a powder blue 1700bda mk2 that I rescued from death and repaired in the 80s worth big money now.
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