north east .. show us your motor then

[JeffC]

new family bus for us.. Its like going back to the first post in this thread! but soon as I drove one again remembered what I liked about them

Edited by JeffC on Saturday 19th October 21:43

[JeffC]

hawk 427 said:

picked this up last friday

where abouts are you in the North east ? I havnt seen many other Caterhams kicking around this year when I have been out and about in mine.

[JeffC]

Me Again! bought myself an Old Mk2 Escort Mexico Last September to stop myself getting bored over the winter , has been a challenge and a half I can tell you! was in pretty poor condition and have had to strip it right back to a shell and replace/weld up pretty much everything except for the roof!

pics of it the day I collected it, didnt look too bad til I stripped it then



4 months later and 220 hours spent welding and 400 hours squaring up the body and then a nut and bolt full on rebuild after replacing, 2 front wings, both inner wings, front panel, hinge panel, inner hinge panel, inner sill, outer sill , front floor pans, door skins , scuttle panel, bulkhead , screen pillars , wheel arches, inner wheel arches, back panel , inner lower quarter panels, both front chassis rails and one rail front to back, rear spring hangers , Its pretty much finished!

there is a build thread if anyone is interested in having a look over on turbosport , link http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=45772...

[JeffC]

small world,when did you own it?? and what condition was it in back then ? any pics of it ? will drop you a pm

I had a bloke came to my house to buy an Audi I was selling 2 month ago and as we got talking I mentioned the Mexico and turns out he owned it around 1978/79 and part exchanged it for an rs2000, he was from redcar, looking at the history it had 3 owners around that area

[JeffC]

bought this couple weeks ago to replace my Gen 2 Box gone from PDK to manual and much happier.

[JeffC]

few shots from the cracking sunsets the other night when was out in the car over Crawleyside.

[JeffC]

Took some finding but managed to get myself a Spyder !

[JeffC]

cheers Chaps, looking forward to the weather changing so I can get some miles on it , seems to have been the longest winter I have ever known !

[JeffC]

old and new together !

[JeffC]

bought myself another Crx couple months ago , was a local car, done a few bits do it to tidy it up and its coming together nicely.








parked with my Race Crx.

[JeffC]

Bought this earlier in the year, after a succession of modern performance cars boring the life out of me to drive, I was looking for something as a quick road car and decided was going to get a cheap S1 Elise and do a Honda engine conversion, However since I last looked, S1 prices had pretty much doubled ! while looking I got wind of a mint S1 coming up for sale that had already had the conversion done and was exactly what I was after so I saved myself the hassle and bought it.
Since I bought it I have just changed the wheels , fitted some track tyres and swapped the K20 engine for one with a set of Skunk cams and Rbc intake ect dynod at 262bhp. I am an old skool fan so it sits nicely with my other stuff, bit of a 90's theme going on !


IMG_2157 by jeff cooper, on Flickr


The Elise the day I bought it.

DSC_1290-3 by jeff cooper, on Flickr

Edited by JeffC on Monday 16th April 08:38

[JeffC]

ads v6 said:

Jeff very nice S1, pop over to www.lotusownersnortheast.co.uk along with other local lotus owners

Cheers I have just registered awaiting confirmation.

Heaveho said:

Oooh, I'd be very happy to have that CRX road car off you, they're lovely.

Ha Thanks and you are not the first to suggest that , I am a big Honda fan and love the old Crx's and Civics. I really want a Civic SB1 but they are like hens teeth now !

any excuse to post a pic of the Road Rex

IMG_1373 by jeff cooper, on Flickr


20157574_10155646230724645_7048189619250592105_o by jeff cooper, on Flickr

[JeffC]

Aye it makes some racket

and yeh would have been me or my son at the barn, he was driving the Road Rex its the only time I let him drive it and I was in the Z3M I cant get him insured on that and not sure I would trust his heavy right foot in that !

[JeffC]

Stonefly said:

It should be automatic, but you're fully registered now.
Is that the Scotts old car?

looks like I am in now.

No it belonged to a retired Dr over Kendal way, he had owned it for 18 years, Do you know if there is any other K20 Elise in the North East ?