Car mods no one seems to do any more

[aeropilot]

Just an old porsche fan said:

I had these




And this on my old sunbeam Ti



It barely idled and was a nightmare to drive.

Wow....not only a fellow ex-Ti owner, but a ex-tweeked Ti owner


And yes, mine had, bored out block, proper Webers & K&N's fitted in place of the detuned OEM ones (they were knacked anyway), Kent cam, big valve head, Skip Brown Group A exhaust manifold and system, and Bilsteins/tarmac springs.....oh and a quickshift....115 rampant horses at the rear wheels
Had such fun with that car......happy days.

[aeropilot]

Crafty_ said:

markymarkthree said:

Bring back "deep button draylon" I say.

I saw a late 70s early 80s era hot rodded pop the weekend with a very similar interior, it had worn very well!

I can almost see this coming back when the hipsters discover it...

[anonymous-user]

These were everywhere when I was a youth

[PaulG40]

bony_13 said:

Love this and recognize so much of it!

I'm going to add a couple:
1) Interior neons - gotta love your nike airs glowing away with random light coming from under the glovebox - bonus points if running off an ugly visible ciggy lighter adapter.
2) A-Pillar gauges, proper fast+furious stacks of two or three in a cheap plastic pod - bonus points if the boost gauge in itself causes a minor boost leak!

Haha, you jut reminded me of a Mighty Car Mods episode where Marty wired up some footwell Neons so every time they went on boost or full throttle (something like that) they would light up and flash. Disco Boost! Haha

[austinsmirk]

have we had air horns yet ? Bonus points if they could do the Dixie tune.

[Morningside]

yonex said:

These were everywhere when I was a youth

I had a set of these

coupled with a Pioneer component system. Cassette and amp.

A friend of mine had a complete Audioline system...it sounded st!

[aeropilot]

yonex said:

These were everywhere when I was a youth

I had a pair of those fitted into my Sunbeam Ti back in 1986 and then swapped them over into my Sunbeam-Lotus - they were ace.
Obviously still in demand as late as 2004, as when my garage was broken into, and my Ducati Monster stolen, they broke into the Sunbeam-Lotus and nicked the parcel shelf with the Pioneers fitted into it!!!!

[pits]

Probably 20 pages too late for this, but there is one I do actually miss because on the right car it worked very well.
Not the horrible wheels or body kit on this, but the single wiper conversion

[Europa1]

Morningside said:

I had a set of these

coupled with a Pioneer component system. Cassette and amp.

A friend of mine had a complete Audioline system...it sounded st!

Ah yes, the sound system designed to cause serious head injuries to rear seat passengers in the event of a collision!

[AdeTuono]

pits said:

but there is one I do actually miss because on the right car it worked very well...
the single wiper conversion

If you're going for the split-screen Morris 1000 look.

[Oilchange]

O.M.G.
Everything about that car is dreadful, lol!

pits said:

[DoctorX]

pits said:

Probably 20 pages too late for this, but there is one I do actually miss because on the right car it worked very well.
Not the horrible wheels or body kit on this, but the single wiper conversion

Christ on a bike. Looks like a papier-mâché body kit and the wiper is shocking.

[Turn7]

supertouring said:

Chain link steering wheels and fuzzy dice hanging from the mirror.

Bullet hole stickers

I'll see your chain link wheel and raise you Jack up kits and rear window Louvres...

[anonymous-user]

stickers seems to have done a full circle.

[Starfighter]

austinsmirk said:

have we had air horns yet ? Bonus points if they could do the Dixie tune.

Had these on my 91 Prelude but not playing Dixie. The standard electric units packed up so I fitter a pair of horns and air unit. Whilst I was in there I discovered the car came with 2 horns so I fitted another full set on the other side. Next MOT was a shock for the tester when he leaned in from out side the car to check the horn. As it did not respond to a quick "toot" he held it down and smacked his head on door frame as the compressors got up to speed.

[aeropilot]

Turn7 said:

supertouring said:

Chain link steering wheels and fuzzy dice hanging from the mirror.

Bullet hole stickers

I'll see your chain link wheel and raise you Jack up kits and rear window Louvres...

Back in the late 70's, the lad who lived a few doors down from us, had the full set on his Mk3 Cortina...

Jack up kit, Wolfies, red light over the axle, rear window louvres, chain link steering wheel, furry dice, and something not mentioned yet......a fur trimmed dash top

[Turn7]

aeropilot said:

Turn7 said:

supertouring said:

Chain link steering wheels and fuzzy dice hanging from the mirror.

Bullet hole stickers

I'll see your chain link wheel and raise you Jack up kits and rear window Louvres...

Back in the late 70's, the lad who lived a few doors down from us, had the full set on his Mk3 Cortina...

Jack up kit, Wolfies, red light over the axle, rear window louvres, chain link steering wheel, furry dice, and something not mentioned yet......a fur trimmed dash top

And/or zoomies or sidewinder exhausts....

[aeropilot]

Turn7 said:

aeropilot said:

Turn7 said:

supertouring said:

Chain link steering wheels and fuzzy dice hanging from the mirror.

Bullet hole stickers

I'll see your chain link wheel and raise you Jack up kits and rear window Louvres...

Back in the late 70's, the lad who lived a few doors down from us, had the full set on his Mk3 Cortina...

Jack up kit, Wolfies, red light over the axle, rear window louvres, chain link steering wheel, furry dice, and something not mentioned yet......a fur trimmed dash top

And/or zoomies or sidewinder exhausts....

Hmmmmm.........deffo not zoomies.

I think he did run a set of sidepipes on it for a bit, not long though, they were the ones with the cheese grater type pipe cover.

[AdeTuono]

aeropilot said:

Turn7 said:

aeropilot said:

Turn7 said:

supertouring said:

Chain link steering wheels and fuzzy dice hanging from the mirror.

Bullet hole stickers

I'll see your chain link wheel and raise you Jack up kits and rear window Louvres...

Back in the late 70's, the lad who lived a few doors down from us, had the full set on his Mk3 Cortina...

Jack up kit, Wolfies, red light over the axle, rear window louvres, chain link steering wheel, furry dice, and something not mentioned yet......a fur trimmed dash top

And/or zoomies or sidewinder exhausts....

Hmmmmm.........deffo not zoomies.

I think he did run a set of sidepipes on it for a bit, not long though, they were the ones with the cheese grater type pipe cover.

Thrush sidepipes!

My Escort van had all those mentioned above, back in the 70's. Along with a pedestal boot spoiler (on the roof) and an 8' long whip aerial.

[galro]

Re-bodying to make a car appear more modern/stylish.