The 3000M has arrived!!!!!!!!!!!
The 3000M has arrived!!!!!!!!!!!
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Corin Denton

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8,762 posts

297 months

Sunday 8th May 2005
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Well, back in December I bought a 3000M from a friend of mine and today we finally got it home!!

Pics from today..



James bouught this car from David Gerald fifteen years ago and during his time as director for Swift Motorsport rebuilt the beauty (chassis, diff engine etc etc) before leaving it outside his house in Noss Mayo for a couple of years!





Feeling guilty he put it into a garage 18 months ago and said do what needs doing! £1,800 later the car was shoved in a barn and since then hasn't turned a wheel since!

Today we pumped up the tyres, connected the battery and drove away a beaut!

SOOO MUCH FUN!!!

Corin Denton

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8,762 posts

297 months

Tuesday 10th May 2005
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Anyone know of any nicer alloys for it?
Something like Revolutions in either 14 or 15 inch?

Tripps

5,814 posts

301 months

Tuesday 10th May 2005
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Corin Denton said:
Well, back in December I bought a 3000M from a friend of mine and today we finally got it home!!

Pics from today..

Corin, she looks a stunner, congratulations.

pzero64

2,146 posts

270 months

Tuesday 10th May 2005
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Looks very nice (you will now be known to me as ‘the crappy car collector’).

I doubt you’ll be interested, but I put someone’s video on here the other day, and some skanky old Ford appears at about the 3 minute mark. I don’t know if it’s like the one that you’ve got.

www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?t=176496&f=140&h=0



Corin Denton

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Tuesday 10th May 2005
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pzero64 said:
Looks very nice (you will now be known to me as ‘the crappy car collector’).








Just watched the video, yup a lovely Mex at around 3 mins, I had to laugh at the amount of casualties in that clip at the start of the run!

Tyre Smoke

23,018 posts

290 months

Tuesday 10th May 2005
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Corin Denton said:
Anyone know of any nicer alloys for it?
Something like Revolutions in either 14 or 15 inch?



What!

Keep the slots! Sooooooo 1970's. Anything else is just wrong.

unless you're gonna bolt them on the 'Tina

>> Edited by Tyre Smoke on Tuesday 10th May 19:50

wedge girl

4,688 posts

268 months

Tuesday 10th May 2005
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Fantastic, when are you bringing her up to Kent?

Corin Denton

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Tuesday 10th May 2005
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wedge girl said:
Fantastic, when are you bringing her up to Kent?


Taking her up to Thruxton at the end of the month!
Are you going Georgina?

wedge girl

4,688 posts

268 months

Tuesday 10th May 2005
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Corin Denton said:

wedge girl said:
Fantastic, when are you bringing her up to Kent?



Taking her up to Thruxton at the end of the month!
Are you going Georgina?


Undecided.

supaspark

2,105 posts

267 months

Tuesday 10th May 2005
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Corin, put the T-slots back on it...looks real good with the side vents.

Corin Denton

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297 months

Tuesday 10th May 2005
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Do you know of any going Glyn? It would either be those or some period crosswires like the Compomotive CX or the Revos as already mentioned?

DustyC

12,822 posts

283 months

Tuesday 10th May 2005
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funny all the talk about wheels. Ass soon as I sw it i thought "mmmmmm slot mags!"

What PCD and centre bore size are the wheels?

Revos would look good, very good.
Did you see the ones on the very old orange S1Griff in sprint about a year ago with the massie offset? They were the best, get them!
(or failing a lotto win, Revos!)

Nice find mate, well done.

supaspark

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267 months

Tuesday 10th May 2005
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Corin
Have you tried the usual suspects: AV SR DG....Terminator may have some to swap I think he likes the wolfrace style wheels..shout him up in the classics forum cos I think he's having a clear out!

Your car is probably a late 1974 early 1975 car with those side vents, mines 1975 post factory fire without the side vents, both cars probably sat in showrooms for a while to get the P reg.

Cheers, Glyn.

davidy

4,492 posts

313 months

Tuesday 10th May 2005
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5 spoke Revolutions are cool (15x7 front, 15x9 rear!)

My old car






davidy

>> Edited by davidy on Tuesday 10th May 22:42

supaspark

2,105 posts

267 months

Tuesday 10th May 2005
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I'm glad you posted a pic davidy, always wondered what your car looked like.
(I have it on good authority that this car was well sorted!)

>> Edited by supaspark on Tuesday 10th May 22:42

Corin Denton

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Wednesday 11th May 2005
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DustyC said:
funny all the talk about wheels. Ass soon as I sw it i thought "mmmmmm slot mags!"

What PCD and centre bore size are the wheels?




I should imagine it will be the Ford 108 PCD, I'll measure the centre bore mate. It's funny lots of people have commented on the wheels but I can't stand them!

Any news on your new toy Adam??



supaspark said:
Corin
Have you tried the usual suspects: AV SR DG....Terminator may have some to swap I think he likes the wolfrace style wheels..shout him up in the classics forum cos I think he's having a clear out!

Your car is probably a late 1974 early 1975 car with those side vents, mines 1975 post factory fire without the side vents, both cars probably sat in showrooms for a while to get the P reg.

Cheers, Glyn.



Thanks for that I'll put up a post, interesting about the side vents, when did they stop making the model with those???
Oh , by the way confession time I lifted your badge photo for my desktop background - hope you don't mind!
Also, that is one luverlee 3000M you have sir!



davidy said:
5 spoke Revolutions are cool (15x7 front, 15x9 rear!)

My old car







Now that's what I'm talking about!!! Superb!!!

Terminator

2,421 posts

313 months

Wednesday 11th May 2005
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Corin Denton said:

I should imagine it will be the Ford 108 PCD, I'll measure the centre bore mate. It's funny lots of people have commented on the wheels but I can't stand them!
PCD is the same as MGB/Triumph TR4,5 & 6, not Ford!

Wolfrace are very 1970s but give the car a degree of class, however, I had the same thoughts as you and switched to 15" Compomotives