How about a 'period' classics pictures thread
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MrMoonyMan said:
mikial said:
Saab 99 Turbo, Devils Dyke near Brighton, thats Jason the Alsation !! Saab had water injection, Konis, lower ride height , Revolutions and P7`s and an altered exhaust system.
think they were available in '81/82 on the turbo 99's. drove up into darkest norfolk to salvage one of the injection kits from a dead 99 many years ago. pretty rare find...
ceriw said:
was that a saab spec water injection kit?
think they were available in '81/82 on the turbo 99's. drove up into darkest norfolk to salvage one of the injection kits from a dead 99 many years ago. pretty rare find...
I made one myself, as I recall it went something like this : a window washer reservoir , with electric motor.... a small bore pipe leading to somewhere after the wastegate that dumped water, when switched on manually ,into the pressurised airflow....I think !! It was nearly 30 years ago.think they were available in '81/82 on the turbo 99's. drove up into darkest norfolk to salvage one of the injection kits from a dead 99 many years ago. pretty rare find...
I'm not sure if the pic is old enough or if the car is classic enough, but here it is anyway.
Dad's 3.6 manual XJS on my wedding day sixteen years ago.
I remember being all dressed and ready to go about an hour early.
I was suitably nervous and fidgety so I went out, all dressed up in morning suit, shirt and tie and washed the Jag, sponge in one hand and large gin and tonic in the other.
It was pretty theraputic and took my mind off my impending doom.
About 5 minutes after this photo was taken, Mum, Dad, best man and I managed to squeeze in and off we went to the church.
Dad's 3.6 manual XJS on my wedding day sixteen years ago.
I remember being all dressed and ready to go about an hour early.
I was suitably nervous and fidgety so I went out, all dressed up in morning suit, shirt and tie and washed the Jag, sponge in one hand and large gin and tonic in the other.
It was pretty theraputic and took my mind off my impending doom.
About 5 minutes after this photo was taken, Mum, Dad, best man and I managed to squeeze in and off we went to the church.
Pat H said:
I'm not sure if the pic is old enough or if the car is classic enough, but here it is anyway.
Dad's 3.6 manual XJS on my wedding day sixteen years ago.
I remember being all dressed and ready to go about an hour early.
I was suitably nervous and fidgety so I went out, all dressed up in morning suit, shirt and tie and washed the Jag, sponge in one hand and large gin and tonic in the other.
It was pretty theraputic and took my mind off my impending doom.
About 5 minutes after this photo was taken, Mum, Dad, best man and I managed to squeeze in and off we went to the church.
So which lasted longer, the marriage or the car? Dad's 3.6 manual XJS on my wedding day sixteen years ago.
I remember being all dressed and ready to go about an hour early.
I was suitably nervous and fidgety so I went out, all dressed up in morning suit, shirt and tie and washed the Jag, sponge in one hand and large gin and tonic in the other.
It was pretty theraputic and took my mind off my impending doom.
About 5 minutes after this photo was taken, Mum, Dad, best man and I managed to squeeze in and off we went to the church.
A couple of photos. First the SRi which I bought in 1983 while the Merc SL was being repaired after a rather serios accident which required a new shell. Lovely car to drive but boy did it need power steering!
The family liked it so much I sold the SL and kept it a while. Secondly the Beemer 323i which replaced it. I had a 325 sport 2 years later but can't find the photo at the moment.
The family liked it so much I sold the SL and kept it a while. Secondly the Beemer 323i which replaced it. I had a 325 sport 2 years later but can't find the photo at the moment.
Wow, looking at that E30 BMW and Cavalier SRi reminds me of the huge gap that there was in those days between BMW and "normal" makes like Vauxhall, Ford, Volkswagen etc. The likes of Merc, BMW were just so much more desirable and (in some cases) capable. Now that a cooking turbodiesel can do 50-90 quicker than a 911 of that era, and even budget cars have "sporty" styling and pseudo-flame surfacing (just look at the Honda Civic!) much of the excitement of modern cars is gone.
There's nothing left to aspire to. Especially here in London where a 997 is a 10x daily sighting. I suppose Aston Martin maintain some sort of cachet but even they are 2 a penny in the City. Although the Maserati Quattrporte stilll turns heads.
Joel
There's nothing left to aspire to. Especially here in London where a 997 is a 10x daily sighting. I suppose Aston Martin maintain some sort of cachet but even they are 2 a penny in the City. Although the Maserati Quattrporte stilll turns heads.
Joel
barchetta_boy said:
Wow, looking at that E30 BMW and Cavalier SRi reminds me of the huge gap that there was in those days between BMW and "normal" makes like Vauxhall, Ford, Volkswagen etc. The likes of Merc, BMW were just so much more desirable and (in some cases) capable. Now that a cooking turbodiesel can do 50-90 quicker than a 911 of that era, and even budget cars have "sporty" styling and pseudo-flame surfacing (just look at the Honda Civic!) much of the excitement of modern cars is gone.
There's nothing left to aspire to. Especially here in London where a 997 is a 10x daily sighting. I suppose Aston Martin maintain some sort of cachet but even they are 2 a penny in the City. Although the Maserati Quattrporte stilll turns heads.
Joel
I'm trying to work whether you think this is a good thing or a bad thing, especially as it's in the old cars forum.There's nothing left to aspire to. Especially here in London where a 997 is a 10x daily sighting. I suppose Aston Martin maintain some sort of cachet but even they are 2 a penny in the City. Although the Maserati Quattrporte stilll turns heads.
Joel
Surely modern cars getting better and better is just progress and that is a good thing, I'm really not bothered by cachet, what I drive day to day really isn't about c*ck waving, but then I don't work in the city so maybe I just have the "wrong" attitude
If you want to turn heads while driving, drive something that lots of people call "classic", that will always get people looking at you and pointing, (and not thinking what a c*ck, which can happen in modern expensive cars.)
barchetta_boy said:
Wow, looking at that E30 BMW and Cavalier SRi reminds me of the huge gap that there was in those days between BMW and "normal" makes like Vauxhall...
Not to me mate. Don't know how old you are but I was around then and BMW was just a car in my eyes. Perhaps they've gained cachet with age but at the time, comparing like with like, a 1.8 BMW 3 series was just another rep's car. nalaeroom said:
Lamborghini Espada, Bourne End sometime before 1979 (I know cos my 1300E Escort died in 1979 and it is in one of the pics)
He said it belonged to Paul McCartney before he had it.
Alan M
Lovely!!!He said it belonged to Paul McCartney before he had it.
Alan M
I wonder whether there was a joint Fiat/Lambo concession in London in the early seventies, as JLL 837K was a Fiat 128 Estate owned by a friend of my mother
barchetta_boy said:
Wow, looking at that E30 BMW and Cavalier SRi reminds me of the huge gap that there was in those days between BMW and "normal" makes like Vauxhall, Ford, Volkswagen etc. The likes of Merc, BMW were just so much more desirable and (in some cases) capable. Now that a cooking turbodiesel can do 50-90 quicker than a 911 of that era, and even budget cars have "sporty" styling and pseudo-flame surfacing (just look at the Honda Civic!) much of the excitement of modern cars is gone.
There's nothing left to aspire to. Especially here in London where a 997 is a 10x daily sighting. I suppose Aston Martin maintain some sort of cachet but even they are 2 a penny in the City. Although the Maserati Quattrporte stilll turns heads.
Joel
Try coming to the North East then. Up here a new car is a rareity. The only Astons to be found are in the NUFC car park. There's nothing left to aspire to. Especially here in London where a 997 is a 10x daily sighting. I suppose Aston Martin maintain some sort of cachet but even they are 2 a penny in the City. Although the Maserati Quattrporte stilll turns heads.
Joel
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