Fuzz

You all must of had cars when you first learnt to drive that you now are ashamed to have owned. the typical nova shed with a 5" exhaust type thing.
So let this thread be a tribute to those **** boxes and that we all now know better, I hope .
shall I start the ball rolling.
I cringe at the sight of this now, believe you me.

catflap

Never did the boy racer thing thought it was daft then, still do , my first car was a 1.3 escort, bought it to get me back and forth to university, it do the job well.

Bought a bike for thrills

D Brown

It was more of a Boy Rally-er. That's how it ended it's life anyway, around a telegraph pole on a night rally.

Simmo2

First off is my Saphire 2.0 GL Which was lowered 1 1/2 inch, K&N Filters, Big Bore 4" Pipe Sold this Four Years Ago and bought my Current car a Mondildo 2.0 GHIA No Mods but was an ex demonstrator so had loads standard, A/C Electic Mirrors,windows, sunroof and seats, Leather interior, Traction Control, Adaptive Damping.Now has 153,000 miles on the clock.

Now iam looking for my first Scooby.

I also Have photo some where of a car i used to own and moded and scared a lot of sales reps. If i find it i will post it, It was a Fiat Panda (stop it!) but Had professional Sponsership stickers on and a huge whip mag mount on roof, set of four Cibie oscars and would chew up the outside lane towards all the Rep mobiles of early nineties Cavs and so forth.

jonny gav

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look at this bag of ****!!!

it had a whopping 105 bhp and just look at the way i grafted the mk4 bumpers onto the mk3 body,chopped down springs with an angle grinder,chopped out air box to make it sound like it was fast and of course a cherrybomb exhaust to make as much noise as possible

the ultimate boyracers car,makes me shudder to think i thought it was cool.

Dream Weaver

Well mine was far from a ****box, and I still miss it a bit these days.

It was boy racer'd up though:







DW

Adam Kindness

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hehhe

a wee 1.4 corsa...
did 1/4 in 16.2 had 115bhp
Cams/ECU/GpA exhaust blah blah

Its the silver one ....



it has now been wrecked by it new owner but i now have a 2.0 corsa along side the supra

MJW

Like Jonny Gav, I too thought I was the mutt's nuts pulling handbrake turns in supermarket car parks in one of these ...



.. but loved every minute

Mark Jackson

I still have mine !!!!

1988 Golf GTI 8 Valve with Magnex exhaust, k and n, lowered, 15 inch wheels

Won it in 1988 (daily Mirror), my dad had it for 13 years and gave it me, I am NEVER going to sell it, I have driven loads of stuff and I still love it, will be getting a Scoob or Supra as daily driver and keep the Golf (73 k miles) but do an engine conversion, cant do it at the mo as I need it for work !

I sold my first proper boy racer car, a mint MK1 1.6 GTI to a **** who wrecked it, it was like new, makes me want to cry.

LG John

ianc I've seen that picture before recently (of the VT*) I'm sure it was on the saxosportsclub site. I think your saxo heart still beats quite strong

ianc

lol, never used that site, sorry. Do I have a soft spot for it? Hell yes, it was a go-kart, but did all things very well, more grip than power, but that power was low down enough to be fun.

Always said I'd have another (VTR) as a project car and slap a GMC supercharger on it, but then I saw the crash tests, scared me silly, very doubtfull I'll ever have another. In '98 they were just a fun small hatch, nowadays there are too many arrogant drivers giving them a bad name, shame really.

dhorwich

LOL@jonnyGav,

That is one machine... but some how i cant imagine you in it....

My **** box was a nova 1.2... i then put a 1.3 engine in it WOW what a difference in power..NOT..!!

Dan

LG John

What crash tests and how bad was it?

ianc

NCAP I think, saw the video footage at 30mph hitting a solid object front on, very scary, the passenger area just crumpled, I'll see if I can dig it up.

ianc

it was the video that this still was taken from I think:



.basically the dash and seat base were pushed together.

Not surprising it got two stars.

Gavin G

I still have a Nova GSi along with a MY98 UK Turbo

sasman

Fuzz i love the 6R4 bonnet lets keep this thread going im gonna find a picture that'll mean I will never show my user name on this BBS again, hope i can't find it

LG John

That is nasty!!!! There is nothing left of the front of the car at just 30mph!!! Thank fluck I never crashed the VTS

ianc

Exactly, and I'm sure we both drove at over 30mph, so like I said, it scared me!

NotoriousREV

I've had lads of ****boxes, but never had any photos. The only one that was a boy racer **** box was my A reg Mini Sprite. It was an orangey red with black bonnet, doors and boot lid, very rare Alcan 10" alloys, Corbeau seats, the smallest steering wheel ever and a cut down gear shift. The engine was a 1430 with Stage 2 head and 1 3/4" SU on a standard exhaust. 0 - 80 is would keep up with a Cavalier GSi 2000, then it ran out of gears Still had the standard drum brakes that used to ignite if used heavily.

Got nicked in Manchester and stripped. Shame I never got chance to finish it

Fuzz

I soon learn't the joys of power over looks.
Perhaps this is where I got my taste for 4WD

MysoScooby

Heres my first baby.... 998cc of pure horses! seemed like it at the time....




The bonet stripes seemed to make it faster back then? strange?

[Edited by MysoScooby - 8/20/2002 9:41:52 PM]

dnb

The go faster stripe didn't work, along with the air blower on anything other than "screen" and the black paint never stayed on the bumpers for longer than a week. The stereo had an annoying hum from the altenator, so Nic. called the car "Buzz"...

I still loved the car though. It did good service for me - I got it when I weas 18, and sold it when I was 23.

The sharp eyed among you will spot my Scoob in the background. It was a bit of a step up

[Edited by dnb - 8/20/2002 11:15:02 PM]

snowcrash

dunno if i have a piccy of the old rusty beast (C reg mk2 astra ) glad i have a scoob instead

FLAT ERIC

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Tavia will like this one.I hope.



Mark

tony1979

Dream Weaver. What's wrong with your old motor??? Very subtle... I don't think it deserves a post in the "boy racer sh*t box" thread!

Fuzz

I think I am winning at the mo (not sure if thats good thou )

Andy

BTTT

scoob_dood

- Jon

Fuzz

looks standard to me ????
only counts if it's MAX'd
or to put it another way,
got to look like it ram raided Halfords and all the bits stuck to it

scoob_dood

fair comment ... though it did have upgraded (!) 14" wheels, Yokohama tyres and a de-badged grill

Maybe ...



An Astra GTE with Stage 1 head, DTM pipes, SPAX suspension and a K&N ?

Sorry if they're all a bit too tasteful ... sadly (!) it wasn't mine and belonged to a friend.

- Jon

[Edited by scoob_dood - 8/25/2002 5:32:23 PM]