Wow lots of amazing cars can't really knock a good 80s car can you with the likes of a Astra gte, nova or classic Ford. That DC5 tho 😜 It's lush. Them TE37s will look lush are they getting wrapped in Yokos ?
Blimey more than I can remember is the short answer !!
Had at least 15 classic mini's over the years along with many many others.
Lets see what pictures I can find!
An even earlier Mini that I had a slight bump in that put me in intensive care for a week but never put me off Minis!
Nice Toyota that somebody thought was invisible !
Puma and a Mini kit car I'll come to later !
Another estate that never got finished!
I reckon it's not even half! It's just the pictures I can find in a rush !
Wow lots of amazing cars can't really knock a good 80s car can you with the likes of a Astra gte, nova or classic Ford. That DC5 tho It's lush. Them TE37s will look lush are they getting wrapped in Yokos ?
yes tyres are already on, just waiting for my brake kit. best road friendly track tyre ive had.
My old 200sx S14a , would have this back in a heartbeat, really wish I never sold it.
Mine was the lime green clubman.
Love the Kouki. My 14 was a pearl white one and it was mint and on 69k. I was gutted when I pranged it. Didn't have the time to repair it as I wasaid in the process of moving house.
Sold it to a guy in Ireland and it became a drift car.
Would love another, or a PS13, but all silly money now because people like smashing them up drifting.
Was an awful lot of fun in the day. Too much money led now !!!
Yeah. Really appears that way.
A lot of money being spent on the likes of £50k class 7s to be the fastest unknown person to do this laps of a small field.
Even back then (1997ish) my dad and I put an £85 motor in a £35 clubman, built a cage, ditched the alternator, bought 2 Colways and went racing.
Everyone else had blueprinted 'standard' motors back then.
Now I'm dreaming of when I used to buy solid minis for under £50 again.
Edited by Goodluckmonkey, 23 February 2017 - 04:58 PM.
Yeah I as lucky enough to qualify for the National Finals in my first year and when I turned up with my home built well bashed Class 1 and then parked up next to brand new cars with £1500 blueprinted engines !!
Suffice to say I didn't get past the heats !!!
Love the roof number plate!
Funnily enough I had the exact same oil warning light in mine!
I had nothing else at all in there though. Seat was from a mk2 golf as it was all foam so there was no risk of getting rear ended with a spring, and poached a Willans harness from my father's trials landrover.
Think we had about £400 in it and the majority of that was tyres, fire extinguisher, and CDS to build the cage with.
Class 1 was fantastic racing when you weren't getting turned round on the way into corners by people with faster cars but less corner speed.
Edited by Goodluckmonkey, 23 February 2017 - 07:43 PM.
Loved heading into a corner with somebody on the outside of you....lean lean lean !!
Gives you great appreciation of exactly how close you can run too another car without actually touching it. Really good for the road as well !!
I remember watching club races and seeing Mini's tear around corners on full throttle with the inside rear wheel a foot up in the air..
My last four cars have been Alfa Romeo's, 156 pre facelift (1.8 TS, 2.0TS), 147 2.0TS and a 156 facelift 2.0JTS which i pxed for a very japanese Accord. .
Don't believe the negativity surrounding Alfa Romeo 156/147, they are excellent cars in my experience and reliable as long as you look after them, just like any other make of car.
Then replaced the vectra with a 2.5 v6 sri vectra B saloon,then replaced with a 2.2 vectra B.when i was 17 i was a vectra B fan boy.loved the looks of the saloons.i thought they were great cars until i brought a 18 month old alfa 156 jts will 11k miles for £7600.i thought i got a bargain.the alfa really should up how bad the vectra was in every way.the first good handling car i had.then a newer shape saab 93 aero.in black tinted window and powder coated oem wheels black,looked very gangster, nice car,went very well but didnt handle very well.sold for ep3 that i had for only a mater of weeks.as i couldn't really afford to own it at the time,sold it.then brought a corsa for 200£ saved for a few months and brought a 99 saab 93 viggen.and put on most of the parts available for it from abbott racing.had 320 lbft from 2000 rpm and was pushing 2 bar of boost.was quick but poor handling and big repair bill made me sell it.next up integra dc5.nice fun car,amazing handling.sold it for cl9 as baby on the way.spent a lot on the cl9 in mods. But always wanted a cl7 euro r.even when i had my dc5.i think i love 4 door saloons.
Edited by ukcl9, 24 February 2017 - 01:03 PM.
2001 Milano Red, Eibach springs, VtecDirect Mani, downpipe, decat and zorst, ported and polished head, K+N panel filter, VtecDirect oil cooler, lightweight pullies, XTD lightweight flywheel, Full new set of valves retainers and springs, DS250 pads, Bremtech disks, throttle body coolant bypass, New standard ATR cams and a re-built head, balance belt removed, Volk TE37 - resprayed in Anthracite. Light Tints, K+N Long Ram Typhoon.
1997 Impreza 555 RA - New Cosworth forged pistons and matching piston rings *.50 oversize.**Rebore block to suit New Crankshaft. New race quality crank bearing set. APi uprated oil pump.STi 2003 year model con rods.STi gasket and seal set, baffeled sump.* Stage 2 organic clutch, lightweight competition spec. Flywheel and balance, TD05G20 Turbo, Standalone ECU, 650cc injectors. HDi Hybrid racing front mount intercooler.
Learned in my Mum's 1988 Mini. That car was a lot of fun and brilliant to learn in. I then shared her 2003 Skoda Fabia for a time.
I then bought the Accord, love it, want it to work forever, and it will work for ever. It will, I tell you!!!
Lol you fitted that clutch and coilovers yet Steve?
Coil overs are due to arrive on Monday, but as I have self levelling headlamps, I'm going to wait until after my MOT at the end of March to get them fitted as I'll have to meddle with the self levelling system . Clutch hasn't gone yet but I'm confident it's not got long left so will be likely be replacing it later in the year. In the mean time I have the pressing issue of the split intake pipe (replacement on its way) and what I think is a worn rear bearing, but I need to jack up the car and spin the wheels to be sure. Other than that, just some blown interior bulbs and shoddy paintwork .