wot was your 1st car?
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13 August 2003, 01:45 PM
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1965 Mk1 Morris Mini Super de Luxe. 848cc's of pure power & drums all round.
I passed it on to an enthusiast group in wolverhampton, and it's now being restored (again)
Steve
I passed it on to an enthusiast group in wolverhampton, and it's now being restored (again)
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13 August 2003, 02:13 PM
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Fiat Strada Super 85 DRK 187Y "Derk" or "Dork if it was being a pig" was one or two below the arbath went like stink too 
[Edited by Krade - 8/13/2003 2:35:53 PM]
[Edited by Krade - 8/13/2003 2:35:53 PM]
13 August 2003, 02:55 PM
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First car bought in 1985 was a 1970 Mk1 Escort 1100 popular.
Cost me £150 with 12 months MOT. Sold it for £150 six months later.
Have owned 25 cars since then and never got back what I paid for any of them.
Lee
[Edited by logiclee - 8/13/2003 2:57:28 PM]
Cost me £150 with 12 months MOT. Sold it for £150 six months later.
Have owned 25 cars since then and never got back what I paid for any of them.
Lee
[Edited by logiclee - 8/13/2003 2:57:28 PM]
13 August 2003, 03:54 PM
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Mk1 Escort 1100cc YWA 347M
White with a black roof. It was an ex police car, even had a zip in the roof lining they put in on the production line so it's easy to put the lights in !!
Put a twin choke nikki carb on it (any one remember those) . it had a clear float chamber and a pancake filter...grrrrrrr and I made a centre console out of wood to hold the 4” diameter smiths tacho (it seemed sensible in 1980 honest !!!)
Anyway the rings went and I duly purchased another set only to find they wouldn’t fit, took the piston into the motor place only to find the engine was in fact 1300cc + 40 thou. !!!!! and this car came straight from the police !! tut tut tut
Then three weeks after having it re-sprayed some lowlife from Mexborough nicked it from Rotherham town centre and dumped it four days later in a ditch at the back of his housing estate.
White with a black roof. It was an ex police car, even had a zip in the roof lining they put in on the production line so it's easy to put the lights in !!
Put a twin choke nikki carb on it (any one remember those) . it had a clear float chamber and a pancake filter...grrrrrrr and I made a centre console out of wood to hold the 4” diameter smiths tacho (it seemed sensible in 1980 honest !!!)
Anyway the rings went and I duly purchased another set only to find they wouldn’t fit, took the piston into the motor place only to find the engine was in fact 1300cc + 40 thou. !!!!! and this car came straight from the police !! tut tut tut
Then three weeks after having it re-sprayed some lowlife from Mexborough nicked it from Rotherham town centre and dumped it four days later in a ditch at the back of his housing estate.
13 August 2003, 04:05 PM
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1969 Fiat 850 Coupe
903 engine
double valve springs
piper 1/2 race cam
no power below 5000
could pin the rev counter on 8000 and it still wanted more
wouldn't idle
no synchro (failed) in 2nd - had to learn to double declutch
In its day, nearly as much grin factor as scooby
903 engine
double valve springs
piper 1/2 race cam
no power below 5000
could pin the rev counter on 8000 and it still wanted more
wouldn't idle
no synchro (failed) in 2nd - had to learn to double declutch
In its day, nearly as much grin factor as scooby
13 August 2003, 04:24 PM
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Krade - you're Super Strada 85 was two below the Abarth 130TC coz one below was the Strada 105TC - my fourth car. You're right about one thing tho', they did go like the proverbial off a shovel !! Well mine did :-)
First car was a Cortina 1600E - boy racers car of the day !!
First car was a Cortina 1600E - boy racers car of the day !!
