Pictures of decently Modified cars

[Davi]

Streetrod said:

Davi said:

Well its a small world - we've met before, some time in the early 90's!!!

actually could be late 80's...

Edited by Davi on Wednesday 3rd June 15:11

Can you remember where and how would I remember you?????

unfortunately not, I'll see if I can find a photo to jog my memory. I used to go to anything and everything VW / Custom / Kit orientated from 15 to about 24 (so '88 to '97) but vividly remember your car - I had recently been up to see the company that made your kit (I presume it's a Wizard? ) as I was considering one.

If it was early 90's I had several distinctive VW's I could have been in - a Lilac & purple flamed 6" Carson top beetle, a rat look 63 (IIRC) notchback in peeling primer grey with <50mm ground clearance, Red and black sandrail... if any of those ring a bell LOL

[stephen300o]

Bit of guilty pleasure out of the matt Cadillac too

[nsmith1180]

Love the Matt 300C, made me all excited!!! Was that other one a Passatt CC? If so, they have made a bland car look good!

[Streetrod]

Davi said:

Streetrod said:

Davi said:

Well its a small world - we've met before, some time in the early 90's!!!

actually could be late 80's...

Edited by Davi on Wednesday 3rd June 15:11

Can you remember where and how would I remember you?????

unfortunately not, I'll see if I can find a photo to jog my memory. I used to go to anything and everything VW / Custom / Kit orientated from 15 to about 24 (so '88 to '97) but vividly remember your car - I had recently been up to see the company that made your kit (I presume it's a Wizard? ) as I was considering one.

If it was early 90's I had several distinctive VW's I could have been in - a Lilac & purple flamed 6" Carson top beetle, a rat look 63 (IIRC) notchback in peeling primer grey with <50mm ground clearance, Red and black sandrail... if any of those ring a bell LOL

Ahhhhh.. The Carson topped beetle sounds familiar; I think I have some old pics of that.
You are right my car is based on a Wizard but little of the original exists now. The four inch chop required the roof to be cut into 12 pieces. The rear window was only chopped two inches and then repositioned in the roof. The door frames were re-angled and rounded off and the gutters were removed. I also took the swage line into the rear three quarters and added the louvers in the rear deck, bonnet and filler flap. As I mentioned the arches were widened, running boards hand built indicators and aerial frenched and the door handles removed. I built my own solenoid operated openers as they were not available off the shelf at the time. The interior was also custom built with an over head console carrying four ex Ferrari dials and the stereo plus a centre console. I also built my own fibre optic interior lighting system which I have to say was way ahead of its time
The engine was a built 1835 with twin Webbers.

Future planes call for a complete rebuild, I am going to re-profile the roof to make it look lower and give it a two tone paint job plus new interior and wheels, that is once the garage refurb is finished...

[Mr Gear]

vz-r_dave said:

papercup said:

SMKurt. Please leave.

We've had japanese ricers, now we get german ones

The Sirroco looks good imo

Its down to personal taste, asking someone to leave is just being ignorant.

I agree. I don't like 'em all, but this tickles my biscuit. I don't expect everyone to agree, nor should I care.

[Davi]

Streetrod said:

Ahhhhh.. The Carson topped beetle sounds familiar; I think I have some old pics of that.
You are right my car is based on a Wizard but little of the original exists now. The four inch chop required the roof to be cut into 12 pieces. The rear window was only chopped two inches and then repositioned in the roof. The door frames were re-angled and rounded off and the gutters were removed. I also took the swage line into the rear three quarters and added the louvers in the rear deck, bonnet and filler flap. As I mentioned the arches were widened, running boards hand built indicators and aerial frenched and the door handles removed. I built my own solenoid operated openers as they were not available off the shelf at the time. The interior was also custom built with an over head console carrying four ex Ferrari dials and the stereo plus a centre console. I also built my own fibre optic interior lighting system which I have to say was way ahead of its time
The engine was a built 1835 with twin Webbers.

Future planes call for a complete rebuild, I am going to re-profile the roof to make it look lower and give it a two tone paint job plus new interior and wheels, that is once the garage refurb is finished...

it was when I realised how many pieces I was going to have to chop a standard beetle roof into to get it down near 6" high that I decided to go for a carson top! I used a Cortina estate roof to start the buck former for the Carson, so as to provide a very subtle compound contour. I always felt that carson tops, though flat, actually looked concave!

It's a lovely job you did - glad you kept it too, I certainly wish I'd kept a few of mine from the past. Funny you should mention the solenoids, I'm thinking that may be something we had a discussion about as I built my own as well.

[DBSV8]

Red Firecracker said:

papercup said:

absolutely said:

DBSV8 said:

Lotus Type 22 With Kawasaki ZX9R engine

Cars like this upset and anger me at the same time, why wasn't it left as a 22? It'd be worth twice as much as it at the moment.

Maybe he wanted it to be usable? I'm all for it. The engine would be the bit that would be either unimpressive or ridiculously expensive to use (or both).

He may well have the original motor sat in a corner, ready to re-fit for sale.

I can see the logic of it.

Indeed, absolutely fantastic. I'd rather a car is used than stuffed & mounted. What has monetary value got to do with it when the owner is getting more personal worth by using and enjoying it? Fair play to the owner.

The cars been fantastic to drive , originally I was looking at Caterham / Lotus 7 , Then a few years back I found the Lotus , It already had the Kawasaki engine fitted , I have considered fitting a Lotus twin cam , but have too many projects ongoing at the moment the most interesting is shoe horning a 7 litre LS7 into the Cologne Capri.

The Lotus is in France and fits very well with the open roads and the locals love it, the acceleration is silly 400kg with 6 speed sequential gears 150bhp and a rev limit over 12k , had her a tad over 150mph on an open country road , then the front started to lift , and scared the bejesus out of a local onion seller passing on his bicycle.
trouble is the missus is putting the pressure on to trade in for a 4 seater sports car with a little one on the way !!
for the time being its a great excuse for nipping down to the boulangerie in the next village to get the croissants ......wedged behind the petrol tank ....for extra flavour.

[Don1]

Mr Gear said:

vz-r_dave said:

papercup said:

SMKurt. Please leave.

We've had japanese ricers, now we get german ones

The Sirroco looks good imo

Its down to personal taste, asking someone to leave is just being ignorant.

I agree. I don't like 'em all, but this tickles my biscuit. I don't expect everyone to agree, nor should I care.

The paint is doing funny things to my eyes...

[Benten]

Maroon Jetta is so good.

[stephen300o]

DBSV8 said:

had her a tad over 150mph on an open country road , then the front started to lift , and scared the bejesus out of a local onion seller passing on his bicycle.

Holy cow he must have been pedaling hard! he must have given you quite a start too.

[SMKurt]

I like it





http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1073177.htm

[EDLT]

The wing is a bit naff, and I'm not sure its just a case of bleeding the brakes or he would have done it surely?

[interloper]

Undecided about the wing but I love the wide arch look and the colour, very Cadburys! As for the brake issue, even if its needing more than just a bleed, its a Fiesta, its not going to be that hard to fix.

[Gompo]

The listing says it has 'X-pack' body styling. While that might be true to some extent, isnt it a Panique bodykit?

[Blib]

That Fiesta's horrendous, IMO. It has no redeeming features looks wise.

Horrid, horrid, horrid.

[Davi]

Blib said:

It has no redeeming features looks wise.

The greatest redeeming feature it has been endowed with is that it's in Lanc's, so I'm very unlikely to every have the misfortune to see it in the flesh.

[Red Firecracker]

Gompo said:

The listing says it has 'X-pack' body styling. While that might be true to some extent, isnt it a Panique bodykit?

I believe it is. However, that does not, unfortunately, change what it actually is, which is a travesty.

[crofty1984]

Red Firecracker said:

papercup said:

SMKurt. Please leave.

We've had japanese ricers, now we get german ones

There are some atrocities there.

I do rather like this one though, for some reason;

yup. New background thanks.

[Stu R]

That's a lovely Supra

[Beyond Rational]

The Supra looks like it is shoving its arse in the air.