Turbo2

Would a REALLY good one be worth having as a garaged classic car for weekend use only, or would you expect to spend the rest of your life repairing/regretting it?

Does anyone have any experience of owning one? As a schoolboy I always remember them being a cut above the typical 2.8i Capri brigade and winning the ETCC in the mid-80's in TWR guise.

what would scooby do

Power steering is way to light - you end up zig zagging down the road. Horrid interiors and rust like a biatch.

Worth keeping as a classic - nope, worth for the novelty factory - oh yes!

falkster

My dad had a moonraker blue twin plenum when it was 6 months old.....although I was only about 10 I remember him always moaning about the amount it cost him! I know it had a new gearbox and several steering issues.

Looked and sounded ace though!!!

Jimpreza

Lovely cars to drop the baby sitter off in.










Especially if they are called Rita and Sue.

beef-on-the-bone

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remember my dad having a couple a red one and a blue one, was around 20 odd years ago though.

they were definately v8's though, remember the noise

falkster

wasn't that a Vanden Plas?

nick172sport

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rita bob and sue

bioforger

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Drop a tuned tvr lump in, cage it n track it. Drifting heaven.

Timwinner

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My Dad had a white one years ago, I remember it had a trip computer that for the day was almost space age. I am not sure if they will ever be really sort after but a clean one would be nice to own just to keep a cool car alive.

I also remember that you can break into them with a tennis ball so dont leave any valuables in them

ALi-B

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I have a few engines out of them. Presumably the chassis turned to brown dust long ago.

500

hmmmm http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...QP4ZI&rclk=pt1

NotoriousREV

I'm pretty sure it was a 2600SE.

Reffro

Rita Sue and Bob too. Great film, though probably less well received today.

Bob drove a burgundy 3500SE with tan/brown interior.

codie247

when i was 10, my dad had the SD1 V8-S model, W reg. Loved that car, 145mph(indicated on speedo) thought it was the fastest car ever. used to start it up and it would blow dust off the pathway when u revved it.
I had a 2yr old SD1 2000 when i was 17. Learnt to drift in it, rally, race you name it. used to blow the clutch resevoir every week wheelspinning! Was like a double bed in the back good times Ended up blowing second gear out of the box, sprayed it black and sold it to a guy who was gonna race it. all in the 9mths i had it.

Lee