Which car from your past do you wished you could have stored
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Peugeot 306 1.9dt, heavily tuned.
I loved the reassuring rumble of the big diesel, especially when I had ran it dry of fuel and then had to go on a long walk to the petrol station to buy some diesel and then drive it to the petrol pump on a cold winter's night.
It ran on vegetable oil beautifully.
I knew without having somewhere to work on it that would be the end of it, the larger turbo charger finally put a hole in the engine lump.
The handling was sublime, it had great looks, I do so miss it:
I loved the reassuring rumble of the big diesel, especially when I had ran it dry of fuel and then had to go on a long walk to the petrol station to buy some diesel and then drive it to the petrol pump on a cold winter's night.
It ran on vegetable oil beautifully.
I knew without having somewhere to work on it that would be the end of it, the larger turbo charger finally put a hole in the engine lump.
The handling was sublime, it had great looks, I do so miss it:
And yes, it's going to be restored to original.Wish I stored my MX3 V6, don't quite know why but I've never connected to a car so much, now they are becoming extinct and hard to come by in V6 form, will try and buy one later this year if I can convince the OH to use it as a daily or buy some storage, just not enough space at home.
Escortlover1 said:
Peugeot 306 1.9dt, heavily tuned.
I loved the reassuring rumble of the big diesel, especially when I had ran it dry of fuel and then had to go on a long walk to the petrol station to buy some diesel and then drive it to the petrol pump on a cold winter's night.
It ran on vegetable oil beautifully.
I knew without having somewhere to work on it that would be the end of it, the larger turbo charger finally put a hole in the engine lump.
The handling was sublime, it had great looks, I do so miss it:
I think you, my friend, need to drive some more cars. Wishing you could have stored and cherished a rattly old Pug diesel with a boat anchor of an engine because it ran on veg oil is a sign of madness. Do you have hairy palms too??I loved the reassuring rumble of the big diesel, especially when I had ran it dry of fuel and then had to go on a long walk to the petrol station to buy some diesel and then drive it to the petrol pump on a cold winter's night.
It ran on vegetable oil beautifully.
I knew without having somewhere to work on it that would be the end of it, the larger turbo charger finally put a hole in the engine lump.
The handling was sublime, it had great looks, I do so miss it:
My 355 Spider. Sold 4yrs ago for £32.5k. Now worth £100-125k. 
Or my Bianca Perla Evo 2 Integrale. That went to a collector in Singapore 18 months ago and has now doubled in value. Try finding another one of those!
Or my Bianca Perla Evo 2 Integrale. That went to a collector in Singapore 18 months ago and has now doubled in value. Try finding another one of those!
Edited by gilbo on Friday 20th May 10:57
Edited by gilbo on Friday 20th May 10:58
Great thread - but where to start? ...
Frogeye Sprite with an ex-works Sebring motor (it was only 15 years old when I had it in 1974!)... 1965 Dove GTR4, Dolly Sprint, Stag, - my Triumph period - 1966 Mk1 Cortina GT, Assorted Capris ( the Mk1 2000GT was the best), Lancia Beta Coupe, MGBGT, Assorted MGAs (from Arizona), Either of my Alfa 3.0 GTVs (916-type)
...probably the one I miss most is my dear old Alfa 164 3.0 Lusso chipped with Cloverleaf cams... a gorgeous road rocket...
Frogeye Sprite with an ex-works Sebring motor (it was only 15 years old when I had it in 1974!)... 1965 Dove GTR4, Dolly Sprint, Stag, - my Triumph period - 1966 Mk1 Cortina GT, Assorted Capris ( the Mk1 2000GT was the best), Lancia Beta Coupe, MGBGT, Assorted MGAs (from Arizona), Either of my Alfa 3.0 GTVs (916-type)
...probably the one I miss most is my dear old Alfa 164 3.0 Lusso chipped with Cloverleaf cams... a gorgeous road rocket...
s m said:
I would have liked to have had the space to keep mine as well ( G-reg burgundy )
It went on to have a successful career in road rallying and has just been taxed though till May 2017 so maybe one day ....
Ha ha! Mine was a G-reg burgundy one too. I remember that car phones were just coming into existence back then and my work gave me a huge car phone (it was the size of about 4 house bricks) that plugged into the cigarette lighter socket. The power cable was frayed and blew a fuse that blanked out the dash. I drove it for several weeks not knowing what the fuel level was, or what speed I was doing. I also managed to rear-end another car with it when I forgot to use the brake pedal. Those were the days...It went on to have a successful career in road rallying and has just been taxed though till May 2017 so maybe one day ....
Mr2Mike said:
Escortlover1 said:
Peugeot 306 1.9dt, heavily tuned.
I loved the reassuring rumble of the big diesel,
I loved the reassuring rumble of the big diesel,
Rumble? The XUD knocks and clatters as much as any mechanically injected diesel did back then, and it certainly wasn't a "big" engine.
Gotta admit, my own XU19TD (ZX) is anything but a "rumble". Definitely on the "TAXI!" scale.
I always secretly wanted a ZX 1.9 Volcane diesel. The Xud must surely be the most fondly remembered diesel lump in the general populace.
Car I wish I'd kept would be my Dads 2.0 turbo Prelude with 4WS and pop up lights. Was my first car and I couldn't afford insurance so I traded it in for a 1.2 Punto.
Car I wish I'd kept would be my Dads 2.0 turbo Prelude with 4WS and pop up lights. Was my first car and I couldn't afford insurance so I traded it in for a 1.2 Punto.
Ones I should have kept:
1977 Ferrari 308 GTB. Bought to fix and flip. I think I drove it no more than 60 miles - it was just a money making scheme. In all honesty there was no way I could keep it, too valuable and too much invested in it.
1968 Opel GT, I loved it, wife hated it. PXed for a Vectra baby carriage.
1971 Hillman Imp club rally car. Battered, tired and disreputable looking; sold to a father and son who were going rallying for the first time. I had to buy a "shiny" car to get to work.
1989 Vauxhall Nova GTE with Chris Courtney turbo conversion and water injection. Silly fast and a bit unruly. Late 80s/early 90s period piece, sold for a Morgan 4/4 I still own.
1977 Ferrari 308 GTB. Bought to fix and flip. I think I drove it no more than 60 miles - it was just a money making scheme. In all honesty there was no way I could keep it, too valuable and too much invested in it.
1968 Opel GT, I loved it, wife hated it. PXed for a Vectra baby carriage.
1971 Hillman Imp club rally car. Battered, tired and disreputable looking; sold to a father and son who were going rallying for the first time. I had to buy a "shiny" car to get to work.
1989 Vauxhall Nova GTE with Chris Courtney turbo conversion and water injection. Silly fast and a bit unruly. Late 80s/early 90s period piece, sold for a Morgan 4/4 I still own.
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