Car mods no one seems to do any more

[ncbbmw]

Rear wiper kit on the Capri

[Janesy B]

Thre's only so much you can do to a lease car.

[j44esd]

divetheworld said:

Or the Carnoisseur catalogue. these days we're a bit more Demon-tweeks.

Oi! I used to work for Carnoisseur! Stop making me feel old

[poing]

Spare tyre said:

Zerotonine said:

Crikey I remember those, my dad wouldn't get one for his car

That's me officially old then, I had one on my car!

I never did the fury dice, the dice lock knobs or dual name sun strip though. Younger members might need to look those up

j44esd said:

divetheworld said:

Or the Carnoisseur catalogue. these days we're a bit more Demon-tweeks.

Oi! I used to work for Carnoisseur! Stop making me feel old

I genuinely looked into setting up a franchise for one of those, this is why I'd be a crap business man.

Edited by poing on Friday 12th August 22:16

[Evanivitch]

Undercar neons. Used to be a huge thing, but you'd consider it even easier with LED lights but you just don't see it.

[HIAO]

Converting the autochoke to a manual one on my monster Capri 1.6 laser.

[RyanOPlasty]

Before his current job with AC/DC, Brian Johnson used to fit vinyl roofs.

[MattS5]

Hella must have made a killing on these grille lights in the 80's

[Trabi601]

Amazingly, you can still get these... but you don't see many people fitting them these days.

[Aus90]

What about a Garfield stuck to the window? And maybe half a Garfield trapped half in the boot.

[Stickyfinger]

HerrSchnell said:

DoctorX said:

Those louvre things on the rear screens.

Thank god for that

Like a SAAB on 3 spokes, I have to disagree with some

[TooMany2cvs]

Stickyfinger said:

Like a SAAB on 3 spokes, I have to disagree with some

God, not the plant-pot shelf...

[j44esd]

poing said:

Spare tyre said:

Zerotonine said:

Crikey I remember those, my dad wouldn't get one for his car

That's me officially old then, I had one on my car!

I never did the fury dice, the dice lock knobs or dual name sun strip though. Younger members might need to look those up

j44esd said:

divetheworld said:

Or the Carnoisseur catalogue. these days we're a bit more Demon-tweeks.

Oi! I used to work for Carnoisseur! Stop making me feel old

I genuinely looked into setting up a franchise for one of those, this is why I'd be a crap business man.

Edited by poing on Friday 12th August 22:16

To be fair, when I worked there (1997/1998/1999) they were doing great (I actually worked for Elmgrade Ltd. the people who operated the 'Elf' brand as was in the UK and they had 3 franchises). My best mate (still is) got a job at head office at Dunstable and had a whale of a time - i think mainstream Internet killed their mail order business model - but at the time they were petrol heads through and through - with some cool solus products too (Hartge mail order, Carlsson etc.). Plus I loved it at the time, selling cool car parts to other enthusiasts, 'them were the days' shame reality and a mortgage caught up...

[micky metro]

Stick on rear screen heaters, tiger tail hanging from fuel filler (put a tiger in your tank Esso i think) and cheqeured tape.

[J4CKO]

Fat Willys Surf Shack Stickers

[Basil Brush]

Aus90 said:

What about a Garfield stuck to the window? And maybe half a Garfield trapped half in the boot.

Or the guy pulling a moonie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzCwF_Bqrjw

Edited by Basil Brush on Friday 12th August 22:40

[Basil Brush]

ncbbmw said:

Jacked, Vinyl Roof, Pipes and Square Plates

Those were the days..

I realise the Vinyl was std on a Mk3 'E'

And a four door no less.

[KM666]

oilydan said:

AdamIndy said:

TSW venoms!

3 spokes

haha my old astra in 2014, it had 6x9s in the parcel shelf and everything, plus the interior from an sxi, mine was a lowly 1.8 sport. I lowered it after that picture but don't have many pictures of it.

My current car has wind deflectors, tango'd indicator lenses, a sound system banger style crude speaker install but ive been going for a more 90s look. I'd stick a hekenblende on it if I could find one too.

Edited by KM666 on Friday 12th August 22:51

[Crafty_]

J4CKO said:

Crafty, where is that second picture, is it near Manchester I seem to remember being taken to some car meet there by my dad back in the late seventies, remember the big industrial building, somewhere Stockport way ?

No idea, found it here : http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/history-archive/s... there are loads of 70s pictures on that thread and various other ones there, all you 70s weirdos can go reminisce over those dodgy interiors and the rough top less birds in custom car

Actaully there are some good threads on Rodsnsods that document the early years of hot rodding and drag racing in the UK. All way before my time but if doesn't hurt to know your history.

Edited by Crafty_ on Saturday 13th August 17:57

[Clivey]

Spot lights, wind deflectors, aftermarket heaunit...got them all on my Discovery!