Anyone miss the mad mods from the 1990s?
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Urban Sports said:
dean350z said:
Great thread, it's bringing back so many memories.
Anyone remember the model Olivia who was in it all the time?
Saggy tits, she's probably a grandmother now!Anyone remember the model Olivia who was in it all the time?
Shaw Tarse said:
Urban Sports said:
dean350z said:
Great thread, it's bringing back so many memories.
Anyone remember the model Olivia who was in it all the time?
Saggy tits, she's probably a grandmother now!Anyone remember the model Olivia who was in it all the time?
My first issue of max power was a yellow escort cosworth with "Top Banana" the headline. May 96 that was and i was hooked for probably 8 years. Missed about half a dozen issues in that time. Some that stood out were a white rs500 that had everything chromed, an orange Fiesta RS "Tango" because it was from up here in the north east and various stuff from Carisma! A young Jakki Degg, Olivia, Jo Guest and a Massive chested Jordan were the other interesting bits! Looking back at the Max Power live photos I have some of the stuff really was quite erm different!
Edited by md. on Saturday 6th October 21:28
On the subject of Jamie Shaw & Carisma cars it seems they still exist - www.carismaautodesign.com - albeit they now seem to specialise in custom luxury van conversions on the Mercedes Viano.
Funnily enough reading through the company history link on the website it doesn't seem to mention their flirtation with the Max Power scene anywhere
Also , if anyone wants a chuckle have a read of the company profile link about how the company started out, especially the "written in the third person" blurb
For the TVR lot there's also this archive thread on here - http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=13&...
Didn't he also get a jail sentence for a drink & drug fuelled binge a few years back?
Funnily enough reading through the company history link on the website it doesn't seem to mention their flirtation with the Max Power scene anywhere
Also , if anyone wants a chuckle have a read of the company profile link about how the company started out, especially the "written in the third person" blurb
For the TVR lot there's also this archive thread on here - http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=13&...
Didn't he also get a jail sentence for a drink & drug fuelled binge a few years back?
Edited by AlexRS2782 on Saturday 6th October 22:10
I used to run a music shop in Colchester in the mid to late 90s and every Saturday Jamie from carisma would drive past my shop (about a dozen times doing the Colchester circuit) in this pale green and leathered R5, very nice car that had a mag feature, i think he was working for rolls royce at the time and shortly after set up carisma...regardless of what people think of some of his later, wilder 'max power' creations and the dreadful pimp my ride uk program his firm featured in he was very influential in the 90s scene...not a bad legacy for a young fella from the mean streets of north essex.
aka_kerrly said:
SonicHedgeHog said:
In fact, when I think about it, the thought of sourcing a something modest from the classifieds and having a bit of fun with it is miles more appealing than spending a fortune on the kind of boring German efficency-mobile some people on this site rave about.
Quite right.I just don't understand some of the ridiculous views from people on this thread who I assume are either <20 and are too young to remember when car modifying was popular and you didn't have to put up with a bunch of t
ts on a forum calling you a chav for changing alloys or are over 50 and have forgotten what life in their late teens early twenties was like!As a teenager in the 90s I read my fair share of Max Power magazines, I had big plans for what I wanted from my first car. I knew which wheels i would fit, which seats, I'd even bought a cassette head unit with 10 disc CD changer, a set of 6x9s, some Hella spot lights and a few other bits before I even had a car.
It seems like a lot of people have forgotten what the world before the internet was like. There were no build threads, no way of finding out that someone the other end of the country had a set of wheels you want or that rare Ford RS part.
I remember being excited when each new copy of MP came out as it was the first opportunity to see what new ideas there were, who had managed to fit component X to car Y and modifying culture was far more individual than todays' trends.
So yes, I miss the 90s!
There's no point trying convine these snottry types who probably had a brand new Merc as their first car, you either 'get' modifying or you don't and if you have to ask why, then you'll never know. It was the golden age of car culture when it didn't matter if you had rusty arches or parking dents, what mattered was that whatever your drove enable you to be part of a scene that didn't spend it's evenings talking s
t on forums or Facebook or Tweeting. You bought a car, you modified it as far as your budget would allow and you got invloved. There was no finance and those who ran about in cars courtesy by Mummy and Daddy were invited to sod off! I started off wnating everything from a 306 to a Nova GSi to an Escort van, basically whatever was in Max Power than month but fate plyed it's hand and I had a 309 GTi. It had rust, it wasn't the best and I couldn't afford to do much to it aside for lower it and get a stainless exhaust but I loved it and I loved what it stood for. It died (doing a massive burnout - it worked, I pulled!) and a Cavalier GSi arrived and ended up lowered 80mm and sat on 18" alloys (I was the boy!) and must have racked up thousands of miles going to Kirkcaldy most nights and Strathcylde Park every weekend. Just awesome times, nobody was full of themself or looked down their nose at your.
To quote Dyewitness 'Growing up we were taught to believe that everyone was created equal in the masterplan' and if you were into Novas and Escort vans in the 90's, chances are you know exactly what I'm talking about.
I'm off to listen to more 90's rave tunes and browse the classifieds!
Lotusevoraboy said:
AdeTuono said:
DubZeus said:
The Nova was & still is how all Nova's should be done
This how all Novas should be done...
http://www.kiddicare.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet...
Davie said:
aka_kerrly said:
SonicHedgeHog said:
In fact, when I think about it, the thought of sourcing a something modest from the classifieds and having a bit of fun with it is miles more appealing than spending a fortune on the kind of boring German efficency-mobile some people on this site rave about.
Quite right.I just don't understand some of the ridiculous views from people on this thread who I assume are either <20 and are too young to remember when car modifying was popular and you didn't have to put up with a bunch of t
ts on a forum calling you a chav for changing alloys or are over 50 and have forgotten what life in their late teens early twenties was like!As a teenager in the 90s I read my fair share of Max Power magazines, I had big plans for what I wanted from my first car. I knew which wheels i would fit, which seats, I'd even bought a cassette head unit with 10 disc CD changer, a set of 6x9s, some Hella spot lights and a few other bits before I even had a car.
It seems like a lot of people have forgotten what the world before the internet was like. There were no build threads, no way of finding out that someone the other end of the country had a set of wheels you want or that rare Ford RS part.
I remember being excited when each new copy of MP came out as it was the first opportunity to see what new ideas there were, who had managed to fit component X to car Y and modifying culture was far more individual than todays' trends.
So yes, I miss the 90s!
There's no point trying convine these snottry types who probably had a brand new Merc as their first car, you either 'get' modifying or you don't and if you have to ask why, then you'll never know. It was the golden age of car culture when it didn't matter if you had rusty arches or parking dents, what mattered was that whatever your drove enable you to be part of a scene that didn't spend it's evenings talking s
t on forums or Facebook or Tweeting. You bought a car, you modified it as far as your budget would allow and you got invloved. There was no finance and those who ran about in cars courtesy by Mummy and Daddy were invited to sod off! I started off wnating everything from a 306 to a Nova GSi to an Escort van, basically whatever was in Max Power than month but fate plyed it's hand and I had a 309 GTi. It had rust, it wasn't the best and I couldn't afford to do much to it aside for lower it and get a stainless exhaust but I loved it and I loved what it stood for. It died (doing a massive burnout - it worked, I pulled!) and a Cavalier GSi arrived and ended up lowered 80mm and sat on 18" alloys (I was the boy!) and must have racked up thousands of miles going to Kirkcaldy most nights and Strathcylde Park every weekend. Just awesome times, nobody was full of themself or looked down their nose at your.
To quote Dyewitness 'Growing up we were taught to believe that everyone was created equal in the masterplan' and if you were into Novas and Escort vans in the 90's, chances are you know exactly what I'm talking about.
I'm off to listen to more 90's rave tunes and browse the classifieds!
A golden age ffs.
DJRC said:
Oh. Sorry, it was about "car culture" was it? Explains a lot.
A golden age ffs.
You can scoff if you like, but the ratio of positive to negative replies on this thread suggests you're wrong. No one is trying to say that these cars were the last word in engineering. Heck, we haven't even had one of the Pistonheads sheep tell us we could have bought a used Porsche Boxster for the same money as a modified hot hatch which shows there is a different purpose to these cars. Yes, it was about the social side of cars, but also a chance to be individual. Most of us didn't have the kind of car that could make it onto the cover of Max Power. But we could look at the cover cars, take inspiration from them and create a new variation of a theme. In today's world where cars are designed by marketing men and Eurocrats this individuality is needed more than ever. It's just unfortunate that the complexity of today's Max-able cars makes modifications more complicated and more expensive. Despite that I'm still enjoying planning a little project of my own.A golden age ffs.
SonicHedgeHog said:
DJRC said:
Oh. Sorry, it was about "car culture" was it? Explains a lot.
A golden age ffs.
You can scoff if you like, but the ratio of positive to negative replies on this thread suggests you're wrong. No one is trying to say that these cars were the last word in engineering. Heck, we haven't even had one of the Pistonheads sheep tell us we could have bought a used Porsche Boxster for the same money as a modified hot hatch which shows there is a different purpose to these cars. Yes, it was about the social side of cars, but also a chance to be individual. Most of us didn't have the kind of car that could make it onto the cover of Max Power. But we could look at the cover cars, take inspiration from them and create a new variation of a theme. In today's world where cars are designed by marketing men and Eurocrats this individuality is needed more than ever. It's just unfortunate that the complexity of today's Max-able cars makes modifications more complicated and more expensive. Despite that I'm still enjoying planning a little project of my own.A golden age ffs.
DJRC said:
This is the breakdown. The supporters on here are about the social and cultural side. Those of us laughing at you care about actual cars. And they were and are POS.
I disagree. Yes, there were some horrors, but most people didn't make their cars that extreme. Most people had a warm hatchback with some nice wheels, a good stereo with a fun headunit and an exhaust/air filter combo. That was inexpensive fun and the cars looked good and made the owner feel good. And they were all different. If you had the cash you could venture into the world of bodykits, resprays and engine upgrades, but these were a 'nice to have' and not a necessity.Now compare that to what's around at the moment. Every new BMW/Audi/Merc/Porsche looks exactly the same as the model it replaces, costs more money and is loaded with technology you're not even aware of until it goes wrong and costs a fortune to repair. All the hot hatches are now enormous, knocking on 30 grand and have the 'same' yawn-tastic 2.0 litre eco-turbo engine. There is nothing interesting out there any more.
I remember this well, I was in my teens in the late 90's early 00's and that period seemed to be a huge, everybody wanted a Skyline, Evo or a 'Scoobie' with the latest mods on it (whatever was the FoTM in Max Power) which I bought a few copies of as did my younger brother.
I remember loving to have a giggle at some of the god awful creations that were booling about the roads of Hull at the time, though there were some surprises too.
The modding bug bit again, and I did end up acting on it, with a pair of OEM black backed headlights (replacing the silver ones that came with it) having the wheels powder coated Anthracite gray and all of the gray plastic trim parts were replaced with the GGR carbon parts.
Then I sold it and bought a Mustang - is that stock - is it hell. But that is more modified for making it into the perfect street and strip car rather than to impress 'the boyz'.
The only cruse ins I have ever been to in recent times are the American ones as they are great fun and you meet good people in general (there are a few exceptions as always) the problem with a lot of the 'modified scene' is the hangers on rather than the drivers of the cars themselves.
I remember loving to have a giggle at some of the god awful creations that were booling about the roads of Hull at the time, though there were some surprises too.
The modding bug bit again, and I did end up acting on it, with a pair of OEM black backed headlights (replacing the silver ones that came with it) having the wheels powder coated Anthracite gray and all of the gray plastic trim parts were replaced with the GGR carbon parts.
Then I sold it and bought a Mustang - is that stock - is it hell. But that is more modified for making it into the perfect street and strip car rather than to impress 'the boyz'.
The only cruse ins I have ever been to in recent times are the American ones as they are great fun and you meet good people in general (there are a few exceptions as always) the problem with a lot of the 'modified scene' is the hangers on rather than the drivers of the cars themselves.
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