Car mods no one seems to do any more
Discussion
The car manufacturers have caught up and can offer all the tat you used to have to buy separately.
When I was at college, if you wanted a Corsa with a body kit you either had to buy an SRI (too expensive) or tack a fibreglass abomination on to a 1.2. Now you can get one pre-chavved from Vauxhall. Look at the new Type-R Civic, festooned with tat that would make a Ripspeed catalogue look tame.
When I was at college, if you wanted a Corsa with a body kit you either had to buy an SRI (too expensive) or tack a fibreglass abomination on to a 1.2. Now you can get one pre-chavved from Vauxhall. Look at the new Type-R Civic, festooned with tat that would make a Ripspeed catalogue look tame.
My first car was a Morris Mini Minor 850 De Lux which I bought in 1969.
It had 3" wheel spacers which knackered the wheel bearings several times.
Wheel arch extensions not painted to match, attached with self tappers into little holes I drilled straight through the wings with no protection which then rusted.
A straight through Peco twin back box, for an 850 :hehe;
Double yellow insulating tape racing stickers/lines which ran from from the rear to front bumper. The car was maroon
Black insulating tape crosses over the front headlights.
A steering wheel the size of a six pence piece with no horn button which I could hardly turn, no power steering in those days.
I fitted a full dashboard with about 6 extra instruments, none of which were ever connected.
I put a Mini Cooper S sticker on the back made with dyno tape, remember dyno tape.
I extended the hole in the floor where the 6 foot gear stick came through because the rear engine mounts were knackered which dropped the engine back so it wouldn't go into 2nd or 4th gear. Don't know why I didn't just renew the engine mounts.
I loved that car
It had 3" wheel spacers which knackered the wheel bearings several times.
Wheel arch extensions not painted to match, attached with self tappers into little holes I drilled straight through the wings with no protection which then rusted.
A straight through Peco twin back box, for an 850 :hehe;
Double yellow insulating tape racing stickers/lines which ran from from the rear to front bumper. The car was maroon
Black insulating tape crosses over the front headlights.
A steering wheel the size of a six pence piece with no horn button which I could hardly turn, no power steering in those days.
I fitted a full dashboard with about 6 extra instruments, none of which were ever connected.
I put a Mini Cooper S sticker on the back made with dyno tape, remember dyno tape.
I extended the hole in the floor where the 6 foot gear stick came through because the rear engine mounts were knackered which dropped the engine back so it wouldn't go into 2nd or 4th gear. Don't know why I didn't just renew the engine mounts.
I loved that car
)God I feel old.
Amazing how much of this stuff is now back in vogue on the retro car scene. Last year I sold an Autoplas rear window louvre for an e21 BMW for £450!!
As a 17/18 year old I lusted after a jack-up kit for my Capri, wolfrace slots and a red light on the diff. I even had a MK3 Cortina with black perspex windows (whilst those around me had to suffer that awful mirror finish film that never stuck properly). The perspex was great unless it rained, when the scratches from opening meant you couldn't see a bloody thing.
Good times though, despite the awful taste.
ETA - I see white tyre lettering is also coming back.
Amazing how much of this stuff is now back in vogue on the retro car scene. Last year I sold an Autoplas rear window louvre for an e21 BMW for £450!!
As a 17/18 year old I lusted after a jack-up kit for my Capri, wolfrace slots and a red light on the diff. I even had a MK3 Cortina with black perspex windows (whilst those around me had to suffer that awful mirror finish film that never stuck properly). The perspex was great unless it rained, when the scratches from opening meant you couldn't see a bloody thing.
Good times though, despite the awful taste.
ETA - I see white tyre lettering is also coming back.
Matt Black Bonnets
Go Faster Stripes
Colonel Bogey air horns.....other tunes available at lower prices
Ammeters in a pod at knee level
Map reading lights
Wooden Gear knobs
Reflective tape strips
Badge bars
Windscreen visors
And for those as old as me
Flashing indicator sets to replace the semaphores
And those new fangled reflective number plates
Go Faster Stripes
Colonel Bogey air horns.....other tunes available at lower prices
Ammeters in a pod at knee level
Map reading lights
Wooden Gear knobs
Reflective tape strips
Badge bars
Windscreen visors
And for those as old as me
Flashing indicator sets to replace the semaphores
And those new fangled reflective number plates
Spare tyre said:
Doug Phillips said:
So that you could show off the jag IRS diff, that you had grafted onto your motor 
I have once seen one on a Vaxhall Rascle van, with a Perspex rear door and a rover V8 in the back 
Kerwality I have once seen one on a Vaxhall Rascle van, with a Perspex rear door and a rover V8 in the back Incidentally I'm after a bit swish camper van, sadly the only thing in my budget seems to be rascal campers
Monkeylegend said:
My first car was a Morris Mini Minor 850 De Lux which I bought in 1969.
It had 3" wheel spacers which knackered the wheel bearings several times.
Wheel arch extensions not painted to match, attached with self tappers into little holes I drilled straight through the wings with no protection which then rusted.
A straight through Peco twin back box, for an 850 :hehe;
Double yellow insulating tape racing stickers/lines which ran from from the rear to front bumper. The car was maroon
Black insulating tape crosses over the front headlights.
A steering wheel the size of a six pence piece with no horn button which I could hardly turn, no power steering in those days.
I fitted a full dashboard with about 6 extra instruments, none of which were ever connected.
I put a Mini Cooper S sticker on the back made with dyno tape, remember dyno tape.
I extended the hole in the floor where the 6 foot gear stick came through because the rear engine mounts were knackered which dropped the engine back so it wouldn't go into 2nd or 4th gear. Don't know why I didn't just renew the engine mounts.
I loved that car
Think the cool kids would now call it oem+It had 3" wheel spacers which knackered the wheel bearings several times.
Wheel arch extensions not painted to match, attached with self tappers into little holes I drilled straight through the wings with no protection which then rusted.
A straight through Peco twin back box, for an 850 :hehe;
Double yellow insulating tape racing stickers/lines which ran from from the rear to front bumper. The car was maroon
Black insulating tape crosses over the front headlights.
A steering wheel the size of a six pence piece with no horn button which I could hardly turn, no power steering in those days.
I fitted a full dashboard with about 6 extra instruments, none of which were ever connected.
I put a Mini Cooper S sticker on the back made with dyno tape, remember dyno tape.
I extended the hole in the floor where the 6 foot gear stick came through because the rear engine mounts were knackered which dropped the engine back so it wouldn't go into 2nd or 4th gear. Don't know why I didn't just renew the engine mounts.
I loved that car
33q said:
Matt Black Bonnets
Go Faster Stripes
Colonel Bogey air horns.....other tunes available at lower prices
Ammeters in a pod at knee level
Map reading lights
Wooden Gear knobs
Reflective tape strips
Badge bars
Windscreen visors
And for those as old as me
Flashing indicator sets to replace the semaphores
And those new fangled reflective number plates
If you are that old you'll remember add-on fly deflectors on the radiator cap (?). This one is an American version but you'll get the idea...Go Faster Stripes
Colonel Bogey air horns.....other tunes available at lower prices
Ammeters in a pod at knee level
Map reading lights
Wooden Gear knobs
Reflective tape strips
Badge bars
Windscreen visors
And for those as old as me
Flashing indicator sets to replace the semaphores
And those new fangled reflective number plates
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