The car I wish I hadnt sold!

[DJC]

Both the TVRs.

4.3Griff and the Sag.

With regards to the posts above about Tuscans on ice, try it in a Griff across Snake on Xmass Eve around 1am when you only find out that its suddenly snowing with the white stuff on the ground when you pull out to overtake somebody and suddenly go sideways. That was an interesting journey home!

I regret selling those cars everyday.

[Pvapour]

jeremyc said:

1st meet we ever attended you were driving this, fell in love with it & always wanted one in that combo, never got around to it thoguh

mine was this for the times me & my wife shared on many road trips

[gary11]

DJC said:

Both the TVRs.

4.3Griff and the Sag.

With regards to the posts above about Tuscans on ice, try it in a Griff across Snake on Xmass Eve around 1am when you only find out that its suddenly snowing with the white stuff on the ground when you pull out to overtake somebody and suddenly go sideways. That was an interesting journey home!

I regret selling those cars everyday.

I know the feeling hence the post Ive owned,
Couple of chimeras 4/5 ltr,
2 griffs 430bv and a 5ltr far better IMO,
1 rr cerb 4.5,
1 rr tusc in bright de walt yellow! actually a citroen colour,
great cars superb performance per pound!

[aeropilot]

gary11 said:

aeropilot said:

gary11 said:

aeropilot said:

CPX 70G......my Escort Twin Cam......

Spookily enough my stepfather moved from Ford averly to dunton research and design centre and the escort twin cam was his first project he actually helped design it.

Are you sure it was the Twin Cam, as the Twink was created before Ford AVO at Aveley existed and in fact was invented in late 1966 by Henry Taylor at a meeting in his house with with Bob Howe of Ford's Product Planning Dept (who later was the man responsible for flogging off all the RS200's in the late 80's) and then a mock-up was hashed together one weekend at Boreham by Bill Meade and Mick Jones......much to the anoyance of the workforce at Dunton...

Hi,yes he was working on the twin cam ,he was in his 80s and has passed away now,so many years ago I thought I may have made a mistake and he worked on the project at averley? dont know if they had avo vin nos though perhaps it was a bit nearer or during production I know it was later than your car though,I remember battery was in the boot and they had the square head lamps IIRC I'm talking 69-71 and most were white I remember he brought one home mum remembers it keeping him up at night ,also had some involvement on the first capri with a tailgate I remember him saying its like an mgbgt with a tailgate but thats another story!
some of those names are familiar by the way.

If he worked at AVO, it wouldn’t have been the Twin Cam as apart from the first 25 production cars hand built at Boreham by the rally mechanics, all Twin Cams were made at Halewood in Liverpool and AVO had no real involvement with the Twin Cams.
So, more likely it was the RS1600 (with the 16v Cosworth BDA engine instead of the Lotus-Ford engine) he was involved with along with the Mexico and RS2000…..and probably the RS3100 Capri too. He might have been involved with the Twin Cam earlier than Aveley though, which maybe how he ended up working at AVO..??
Ford put together the production plant at Aveley in 1969 and the first car, an RS1600, was driven off the line in Jan 1970 by Graham Hill. There is a famous Ford publicity shot of this in lots of RS books with Hill surrounded by some of the AVO workforce. Maybe you step Dad is one of those..?
The AVO plant shut down at the end of Jan 1975.

Edited by aeropilot on Wednesday 29th October 10:03

[gary11]

aeropilot said:

gary11 said:

aeropilot said:

gary11 said:

aeropilot said:

CPX 70G......my Escort Twin Cam......

Spookily enough my stepfather moved from Ford averly to dunton research and design centre and the escort twin cam was his first project he actually helped design it.

Are you sure it was the Twin Cam, as the Twink was created before Ford AVO at Aveley existed and in fact was invented in late 1966 by Henry Taylor at a meeting in his house with with Bob Howe of Ford's Product Planning Dept (who later was the man responsible for flogging off all the RS200's in the late 80's) and then a mock-up was hashed together one weekend at Boreham by Bill Meade and Mick Jones......much to the anoyance of the workforce at Dunton...

Hi,yes he was working on the twin cam ,he was in his 80s and has passed away now,so many years ago I thought I may have made a mistake and he worked on the project at averley? dont know if they had avo vin nos though perhaps it was a bit nearer or during production I know it was later than your car though,I remember battery was in the boot and they had the square head lamps IIRC I'm talking 69-71 and most were white I remember he brought one home mum remembers it keeping him up at night ,also had some involvement on the first capri with a tailgate I remember him saying its like an mgbgt with a tailgate but thats another story!
some of those names are familiar by the way.

If he worked at AVO, it wouldn’t have been the Twin Cam as apart from the first 25 production cars hand built at Boreham by the rally mechanics, all Twin Cams were made at Halewood in Liverpool and AVO had no real involvement with the Twin Cams.
So, more likely it was the RS1600 (with the 16v Cosworth BDA engine instead of the Lotus-Ford engine) he was involved with along with the Mexico and RS2000…..and probably the RS3100 Capri too. He might have been involved with the Twin Cam earlier than Aveley though, which maybe how he ended up working at AVO..??
Ford put together the production plant at Aveley in 1969 and the first car, an RS1600, was driven off the line in Jan 1970 by Graham Hill. There is a famous Ford publicity shot of this in lots of RS books with Hill surrounded by some of the AVO workforce. Maybe you step Dad is one of those..?
The AVO plant shut down at the end of Jan 1975.

Edited by aeropilot on Wednesday 29th October 10:03

Thanks for the informative reply,I was only 7/8 then!
he was a gifted draughtsman and designer mum still has some of his pencil drawings,these cad desingners have it easy these days.
I'm sure it was the lotus escort though and not the rs1600 I remember them too i had a powder blue 1700bda mk2 that I rescued from death and repaired in the 80s worth big money now.

[YZF600R]

Nothing that special, but in my first year of Uni at 19 years of age I purchased a 1995 Volvo 850 T5 Estate. It was the top of the range, specced up by an ex Everton Chairman so it had absolutely every single option box ticked. It was dark purple with tinted windows, dark grey leather and lots of wood.

It broke down on me in Germany (at 140mph), so I had a low-mileage engine, turbo and ECU fitted from a written of S70R at a high cost to me.

I fitted it with a few discreet toys such as a hidden radar jammer etc.

Cost me £4k to buy, £1k on 'bits' and another £2k for a new engine. I had other plans for it but on a whim stupidly sold it for a more modern diesel Volvo.



I really miss it. I am always browsing for the T5-R model now they are silly cheap money.

[Dino D]

Callan.T89 said:

Dino D said:

Callan.T89 said:

My biggest regret thugh is elling my mint Jetta 16V GTi loved it but wanted RWD, sold it to a mate who loved it as well hoping he would look after it. He wrote it off 6 months later, pr1ck.
It went from this:

Soory about the Jetta-it was nice looking one especially with those wheels. I'm actually trying to locate a set of those wheels-you don't by any chance remember who made them and what the name of those wheels were?

They are ATS Cups, you can still buy them new, look awesome but the lacker is prone to peeling in winter conditions. For Summer and show use really. I think they only come in 7X15 for 4 stud VW fitment.

What are you going to put them on?

I'm still looking for another Jetta, looking at a mint white 1.3 on ebay as a project start.

Cheers. Actually was thinking of these for a Clio vut they are best suited to VW. I like the old school look and how wide they are.

White Jettas are coolest....especially if you drop in a VR6 lump....

[ferg]

jeremyc said:

Stroke of luck that Parking Meter was out of use.
Can't even park in the country these days.......

[pies1981]

my mercury grey 1990 escort rs turbo

[stuttgartmetal]

gary11 said:

Come on chaps lets have a reminiss about cars we wish we still had financialy or emotionally,I'll kick off I actually have two regrets,
1/ mk1 (66) Lotus Cortina ,dry sump L2 cams,45s,minilites,ect ect,I do remember it breaking down a lot though!I loved that car.

2/ 993 (94) 911 lhd 3.8 engine,guards red,black leather ,a/c no sun roof or rear wiper,18" anteras,sorted suspension,bit of both on that one just a fine car sticks in my mind,

I went the Ford Lotus route, just before Leyland then VW.
I had a Cortina 1600GT 2 door as my first car.
I stuck a 1558 TC lump in it.
What fun, it used to fly.

I bought An Escort Twin Cam, and had that and a Ford Red Lotus Cortina 70/J at the same time! Still repeating myself I suppose with the two same model Ive got now.

The Escort TC was LTW4J if anyone from Harrow remembers it. Black with Works arches and 7 inch minilites. There were a few about Harrow early 80's. A friend had a mint Lotus Cortina Mk1 66/D. One of the few Indianapolis 500 celebrations. He sold it for £1100, two months later pre 73 racing started.
and they were all worth at least £3k.

aeropilot said:

CPX 70G......my Escort Twin Cam......

Me too LTW4J

Pat H said:

I sold my Esprit in a moment of madness.

And I really missed it.

So when I saw it for sale again a few years later, I bought it back.

Now thats some crazy st right there.


That's proper love Pat.

LOTUS, once quoted to me when I had two.
Lots of trouble, usually serious.
ROFL

[PurelyRetro]

pies1981 said:

my mercury grey 1990 escort rs turbo

Bring out the pictures of it

[Bretts]

Waynester said:

I had a mint diamond white Escort RS turbo S2 back in '95. It was stunning, and was never driven in rain. Someone offered my 3k for it... so i sold it. Immediately regretted it.
I used to see it occasionally out and about. Now considering it was in showroom mint condition, the last time i saw it the rear bumper had a huge split in it, it was filthy, and for God knows what reason the rear seats & boot was covered in straw!! It was a mess. I felt really guilty about it, still do. Sorry F79 TEL.
No
Recently sold my EO Focus ST-3. Again it was pampered and never went out in rain. Only put a few thousand on it - then sold it as i got itchy feet for something else. Got that 'something else' a TVR 450 SEAC... just wish i'd kept the ST. I really liked it.

Oh well..

Edited by Waynester on Tuesday 28th October 22:48

Are you still active on here waynester? Just seen this about F79tel which I now own! No straw in her now, she’s doing really well tbh!

[Kinky]

Bretts said:

Waynester said:

I had a mint diamond white Escort RS turbo S2 back in '95. It was stunning, and was never driven in rain. Someone offered my 3k for it... so i sold it. Immediately regretted it.
I used to see it occasionally out and about. Now considering it was in showroom mint condition, the last time i saw it the rear bumper had a huge split in it, it was filthy, and for God knows what reason the rear seats & boot was covered in straw!! It was a mess. I felt really guilty about it, still do. Sorry F79 TEL.
No
Recently sold my EO Focus ST-3. Again it was pampered and never went out in rain. Only put a few thousand on it - then sold it as i got itchy feet for something else. Got that 'something else' a TVR 450 SEAC... just wish i'd kept the ST. I really liked it.

Oh well..

Edited by Waynester on Tuesday 28th October 22:48

Are you still active on here waynester? Just seen this about F79tel which I now own! No straw in her now, she’s doing really well tbh!

Indeed he is