north east .. show us your motor then

[Darranu]

Sticking with Porsche.
Had it 4 years now and I still don't know what I'd replace it with without a significant additional chunk of cash.

[loko]

newestie said:

My new toy getting detailed a couple of months before I bought it

getting a bit common on here now these things, thats 2 i,ve seen in this thread this year seriously though mate nice car, i would have loved to have got my hands one of these but my wife says i,m a bit old now

Edited by loko on Thursday 28th November 19:43

[newestie]

loko said:

i would have loved to have got my hands one of these but i think i,m a bit old now

Nonsense, you can never be too old. I know they are desirable to spotty oiks, but the owner demographic is quite different on the ownership forum. Many are 3rd/ 4th cars, sharing a garage with some other true exotica. Not mine sadly, it's purely a second car to a more mundane daily driver.

Edited by newestie on Tuesday 26th November 08:58

[MuZiZZle]

peterattheboro said:

Had my car on a dyno at the weekend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoNZKKxqano

207.7bhp / 144 lbs ft

Not bad from a stock engine.

Time to start fiddling

Saxo fodder

;p

[loko]

newestie said:

Nonsense, you can never be too old. I know they are desirable to spotty oiks, but the owner demographic is quite different on the ownership forum. Many are 3rd/ 4th cars, sharing a garage with some other true exotica. Not mine sadly, it's purely a second car to a more mundane daily driver.

Edited by newestie on Tuesday 26th November 08:58

ok, edited my origanol post to say what i really meant

[newestie]

loko said:

newestie said:

Nonsense, you can never be too old. I know they are desirable to spotty oiks, but the owner demographic is quite different on the ownership forum. Many are 3rd/ 4th cars, sharing a garage with some other true exotica. Not mine sadly, it's purely a second car to a more mundane daily driver.

Edited by newestie on Tuesday 26th November 08:58

ok, edited my origanol post to say what i really meant

Ha ha. Yes, I lost my entire bank of brownie points buying the Vee. My wife hates it

[Mieran]

This was my daily up until recently.



And this is my weekend toy that I'm currently trying to sell.

[Baryonyx]

You don't see many Astra Coupes in that sort of condition! The toy looks fantastic, where have you had it for sale?

[Hemingway]

Baryonyx said:

You don't see many Astra Coupes in that sort of condition! The toy looks fantastic, where have you had it for sale?

Errrr... http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/v...

[Mieran]

Cheers Baryonyx, I love the astra coupes that was my 6th one! Its somewhere around the Teesside area now.

[Baryonyx]

Just read through the advert for that Nova, it's fking class! Were it not for my current car fitting my hot hatch needs, I'd snap that right up. It looks like something from a tarmac rally, and the build job on it sounds second to none!

[train01]

[quote=JM5]

Although still camera phone specials here are some slightly better pics


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Could not resist playing with your photo, hope you don't mind

[sootyvrs]

Current car




previous car

Edited by sootyvrs on Tuesday 17th December 15:52

[ol]

• double post

Edited by ol on Sunday 2nd March 09:47

[ol]

Got a new car yesterday, I've had the R32 for years now and fancied a change. We had a baby in December so needed a practical family car. Nailed it.

Edited by ol on Sunday 2nd March 18:22

[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...

[heightswitch]

JeffC said:

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...

The last one I built was as rotten 25 years ago when I rebuilt it so god only knows how bad they are these days..
Hats off to you.. A proper Pistonhead car.
N.

[froggie]

Oh my god i cant beleive my old Mexico has shown up yet again ````, More lives than a litter of cats, I baught her from a mate and sold to another after torturing her and the local plod for a couple of years,lots of work done and battle scars back in those days,Some stories to be told there, Hope you enjoy her as mutch as i did .PS I painted her the first time round

JeffC said:

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

[poj]

107,000 miles,13 previous owners........what could possibly go wrong?