Car mods no one seems to do any more

[wildcat45]

Turn7 said:

Got my licence with that little dodge !

What was the dodge? Technically a 3-wheeler? Could they have more powerful engines or something?

[thebraketester]

colonel c said:

Note the sentry box key.

Ive got my grandads old AA key. Do they still open the boxes? I believe there are a few around.

[Mr Snrub]

Metal tax disc holders. Actually used to looks quite nice - if you could ever get them to stick to the screen

[aka_kerrly]

ambuletz said:

I just came across this whilst browsing instagram.

I quite like that

[TooMany2cvs]

aka_kerrly said:

ambuletz said:

I just came across this whilst browsing instagram.

I quite like that

[Turn7]

wildcat45 said:

Turn7 said:

Got my licence with that little dodge !

What was the dodge? Technically a 3-wheeler? Could they have more powerful engines or something?

You could ride upto 250cc with a sidecar on L plates....
The sidewinder was nothing more than a small tray that allowed the bike to lean normally but also to be classified as a sidecar.

Meant not having to buy a learner spec bike to start with.

[Downward]

techguyone said:

You must lose a bit of headlight output with eyebrows etc.?

That's the least of the worries.

[Willy Nilly]

s m said:

Perspex headlamp covers



Although they did save the Cibies being smashed by flying stones during spirited cat-and-mouse down country lanes

( plus the top tint on the screen ......for low winter sun obviously...... )

That van looks like it's liveried up as a Blakemore and Chell service van. They had a branch in Newport when I was a lad in the early 1980's.

[eldar]

Downward said:

That's the least of the worries.

Indeed. Could be worse...

[dfen5]

I once fitted a vinyl roof kit to a MK2 Escort.

[STILLJOE]

Morningside said:

Looking at that reminded me of the twin headlight conversion to some Fords.
Always looked wrong to me.

ah, the good old morrette headlamp conversion

also anodised metal gearknob and matching doorlock pins.
corner splitters and laguna splitters
M3 style mirrors

[Morningside]

dfen5 said:

I once fitted a vinyl roof kit to a MK2 Escort.

My father helped me fit one to my Firenza we did most of the work in the garage and even with the door open we nearly passed out with the fumes.

[AlexRS2782]

djdest said:

I remember all of the mods mentioned!
I've not read the entire thread, but has anyone mentioned Lockwood white dials?
I had them in my Mk2 Orion 1.6i Ghia

The Lockwood dials (in red) were one of the first modifications I made to my Renault 5 GT Turbo when I first bought it back in late '98

[V8RX7]

ambuletz said:

I just came across this whilst browsing instagram.

I think that looks much better than standard.

[anonymous-user]

V8RX7 said:

I think that looks much better than standard.

yes. agreed.

[renmure]

I remember fitting an electric aerial kit to my Capri. It was operated by a toggle switch fitted under the dash rather than with the radio off/on button. I remember feeling really smug and cool at traffic lights making it raise and lower. Cringe a bit now tho.

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

Stickyfinger said:

me too

And me.

[Levin]

What about sun strips running along the top of the windscreen? It's not entirely in the spirit of the thread as I see plenty of cars locally with it done, but does anyone else in the UK do it?

[NJH]

Its a very popular mod for tin top track cars or even those pretending to be. Makes your track slag look race car.

[Yipper]

Saw a UK car with yellow headlights in the Cotswolds today. Think it was a Renault. Like the French ones you used to see often in France in the 1930s to 2000s. Something like this.

http://www.french-cars-in-america.com/why-did-fran...