My Mk2 Orion zetec turbo

[AlmostUseful]

Slammedorion said:

AlmostUseful said:

I’m not sure the wheels are to my taste but the rest of the car is perfect. My parents had one, G470 GKG if I recall, I’m what I remember to be the same colour.

That was replaced with a rounder one on an L plate when they came out. The grey one came with us to Jersey in 1990 on holiday, great memories!

Thanks
I love my Borbet’s very period wheel and look perfect in the flesh imo…
Gotta have a retro wheel on a retro car

Don’t get me wrong, love the wheels they just look a bit big. I’m only 38 so not old enough to have lost my marbles but I don’t recall escorts or Orion’s running around on 17’s back in the day.

[Slammedorion]

AlmostUseful said:

Don’t get me wrong, love the wheels they just look a bit big. I’m only 38 so not old enough to have lost my marbles but I don’t recall escorts or Orion’s running around on 17’s back in the day.

I’m 39… you had to have 17’s on back then

[Slammedorion]

Orion Sold …
And a couple of weeks back I collected it’s replacement, I’ve bought my old Impreza Type R back …

[Slammedorion]

[finlo]

Is that really a Velvet/flock dashboard?

[Slammedorion]

Pics of when I owned it back in 2005-2007





And a pic rebuilding the EJ22t 2.35 up

[Slammedorion]

finlo said:

Is that really a Velvet/flock dashboard?

Flocked yes… I need to source a replacement due to this one being damaged/ worn, if I can find a mint standard dash I’ll be going back to standard

[emmetb]

Slammedorion said:

That picture should be shown under the dictionary definition of petrolhead! Absolutely awesome pic

[Slammedorion]

emmetb said:

Slammedorion said:

That picture should be shown under the dictionary definition of petrolhead! Absolutely awesome pic

Definitely that was back at my parents house in 2006-2007

[emmetb]

Slammedorion said:

Definitely that was back at my parents house in 2006-2007

Cool car too, I have had 5 Imprezas, UK Turbos, UK STI, JDM STi, but never a Type R... could never find the right one. Yours looks well cared for ... truly epic cars! One of my biggest mistakes was not buying a two year old 22B for £19K as I thought it was too expensive at the time... doh!

[trails]

Slammedorion said:

Definitely that was back at my parents house in 2006-2007

Glad you got it back after all the work you did way back then…what’s it like having it back after all this time?,

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trails said:

Slammedorion said:

Definitely that was back at my parents house in 2006-2007

Glad you got it back after all the work you did way back then…what’s it like having it back after all this time?,

Tbh not really sunk in yet… it’s aged well, I’ll make in perfect in time
It’s so quick, and handles unbelievably well
It’s had so much time and money thrown at it, I’m just looking forward to getting on with it

[trails]

Slammedorion said:

Tbh not really sunk in yet… it’s aged well, I’ll make in perfect in time
It’s so quick, and handles unbelievably well
It’s had so much time and money thrown at it, I’m just looking forward to getting on with it

Just don't sell it this time around, looking forward to seeing a thread on it

[Slammedorion]

trails said:

Slammedorion said:

Tbh not really sunk in yet… it’s aged well, I’ll make in perfect in time
It’s so quick, and handles unbelievably well
It’s had so much time and money thrown at it, I’m just looking forward to getting on with it

Just don't sell it this time around, looking forward to seeing a thread on it

Thanks, it’s going nowhere now…

Edited by Slammedorion on Sunday 26th September 21:05