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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #75 on: August 28, 2009, 06:57:30 AM »
A quite vivid history on cars, though I don't agree with every remark you made...
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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #76 on: August 28, 2009, 07:06:34 AM »
Cars are such subjective personal things, that I don't expect everyone to subscribe to my views, but at least it has provoked a response.  It wouldn't do if we all liked the same things would it, as otherwise we would all be driving Kia Rios!  ;)
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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #77 on: August 28, 2009, 10:27:29 AM »
.....otherwise we would all be driving Kia Rios!  ;)

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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #78 on: September 10, 2009, 04:29:18 PM »
Currently my daily driver:  ;) (terrible on-road, but off-road without competition)
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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #79 on: September 26, 2009, 03:34:49 PM »
Heeeeey! I'm pretty amazed with your choice. No wonder there's no comfort on the road, but, as you said, in a cross country it works wonders. Sad thing is that AvtoVAZ can't use the Niva trademark anymore - it now belongs to GM, so the car is now called Lada 4x4  >:( I know it's business, but Niva is a legend for many people - it's just wrong to act like this.

As for me, in my 20 and with my mad love to cars I have to say that I'm only learning to drive, and the only car I drove yet was my friend's VAZ 2104 (Shiguli estate) ::)

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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #80 on: September 26, 2009, 04:32:16 PM »
Unfortunately it's not my choice, but my duty...

Actually I like the car very much, but what makes me wonder is that in thirty years of production they weren't capable to get rid off those ridiculous drawbacks.

For instance: you have to pull a little handle in the rear side panel to open the tailgate, but this handle is undersized and it gets broken from time to time. You can't open the trunk anymore as it has no key lock...

The Lada mechanic told me that this part has never been changed for 25 years!  :hah:
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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #81 on: September 26, 2009, 05:27:05 PM »
That's the problem of all our cars...

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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #82 on: September 28, 2009, 03:09:12 PM »
Here is the stuff I've owned since I last posted to this topic

1988 Ford Tempo bought for $50



A 1962 Volkswagen Beetle I bought and will be fixing up over the coming months. Its a Canadian Standard model which means less chrome, no gas gauge, old style steering column and wheel among a few other things. Now sold sadly.



1989 Toyota Hilux SURF - a right hand drive import from Japan. Like a 4Runner.



Some sort of MG based kit car


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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #83 on: September 28, 2009, 05:28:19 PM »
You seem not to come with any conclusion about this kit car yet? Are there any news on it?

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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #84 on: September 28, 2009, 05:45:55 PM »
Nope. I had one guy who figured it was some sort of dune buggy body work modified into a MG like shape. No real ideas. Getting close to having it running though.

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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #85 on: September 29, 2009, 07:36:23 AM »
Have you tried any MG registers? You should have an engine serial number at least.

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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #86 on: September 29, 2009, 11:26:55 AM »
I've tried a kit car forum, British car forum, and a TD replica forum - nothing so far. The running gear is a mix of MG B stuff but mostly from an early one - probably a 64-65. The VIN is an assigned VIN issued by the province so its just a generic number unfortunately. May remain a mystery.

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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #87 on: November 06, 2009, 05:26:40 PM »
I've just bought this......

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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #88 on: November 06, 2009, 05:33:42 PM »
Cool!  :thumbsup:

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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #89 on: November 07, 2009, 03:17:23 AM »
I've just bought this......
Nice! How many BHP are lurking under the hood?

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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #90 on: November 10, 2009, 03:48:55 PM »
It's a 1.6 K-series Supersport engine, so it should have 138bhp. While I'd love a VHPD engine (190bhp!), they don't have a reputation for lasting very long. Still, the 21 weighs under 700kg so even with a mere 138bhp, its power-to-weight ratio is pretty healthy

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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #91 on: November 10, 2009, 04:48:50 PM »
That is a darn cool ride. Congrats. I sold my Beetle Hilux a while ago. The MG kit car is gone too. Bought this beauty for $160 though. Bringing it home tonight.



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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #92 on: November 10, 2009, 05:02:54 PM »
A few things I have or have had:
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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #93 on: November 17, 2009, 04:35:37 AM »
From my memory and assured to be accurate the Vin # is JH23G4B170271 





These two shots were paper photos that I reshot with my Iphone in order to have some pics to post.  I will dig out others of the car and post them in the next day or so.  The car was a real labor of love.  When I originally got it in August of 1994 it was a California car with a solid body.  The paint was oxidized to the point of Ralleye Red look more of a GoManGo orange.  The 318 had a rod knock and the carb wasn't stock.  Headliner was gone, seats were torn, carpet pulled up, etc.  I paid $3,500 dollars for it, drove it 70 or so miles home with brakes that pulled to the right and due to the gas gauge not working ran out of fuel about 3 miles from home.  Not the most auspicious of beginnings for me and my Challenger but things only got better from there.  Within two years the car looked as you see it here.  A quick list of what I did to it.

All new brakes, polyurethane bushings, torsion bars and leaf springs.  New headliner, carpet and seat covers. 
440 w/forged TRW 10.5/1, Six Pack rods and forged crank.  3/4 Crane race cam and springs.  Holley 750 on a Edelbrock intake with 1 7/8 inch Ceramic coated Hookers dumping into 3 inch collectors and finishing out a pair of 3 chamber Flowmasters out back.  A 727 with slapstick shifter and manual/automatic valvebody on a TCI streetfighter with a Saturday Night Special Torque converter finishing iin a 8 3/4 inch SureGrip with a 3.55 ring.   

The car was stripped to the uni-body and resprayed at Alpena Community College by the guys in the autobody classes there.  The instructor is known for his fabulous work and though the car took nine months the students had to keep doing it until it was perfect.  All it cost me was the cost of the materials. 
 
Car ran in the high 12's.  Motor came on the power at about 3000 rpm and the heads were all in by 6000.  Torquiest monster I have ever driven. In first gear at about 20 miles an hour going down the street you could drop the throttle and people would just see air under the front tires.  Could never get it to hook well enough to do those shenanigans at lower speeds.  Finally sold it when I realized that the last two years I owned it I had drove it 3 times and the car was going to start need brakes and everything all over again.  Though to myself I had been there, done that and I wanted to accomplish more and invest my time in other things.
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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #94 on: April 11, 2010, 01:19:37 AM »
That is a darn cool ride. Congrats. I sold my Beetle Hilux a while ago. The MG kit car is gone too. Bought this beauty for $160 though. Bringing it home tonight.




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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #95 on: January 03, 2011, 10:41:50 PM »
Presenting, Large and in charge, Sgt. Few-So-Large
'71 Imperial LeBaron, standard w/440 4barrel, dual exh. Optional Sure-Grip rear.
Only 1440 2drs in '71.



More of my big pigs to come soon!  :)
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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #96 on: January 04, 2011, 02:23:45 PM »
You ever get rid of that Imperial, I want it.  Seriously, let me know.
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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #97 on: January 04, 2011, 02:33:08 PM »
Added another pic above....just to rub it in.  ;)
The cars I pick to buy are usually well thought out and it takes years for me to sell.
I love this one sumptin wicked!
I'll show ya some pics with '57 Lincoln Premere caps soon.
Thanks for the offer though!

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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #98 on: February 01, 2011, 09:07:32 AM »
I've never actually sat down and listed all the cars I've had before, but looking at Djetset's list made me think I perhaps should before I forget.

So here they all are in chronologial order, starting with my first car when I was 17:

Austin Mini
VW Beetle (oval window)
Morris Mini-Cooper
Austin 1100 Mk 1
Austin 1100 Mk 2
Morris 1300
Triumph Toledo (worst car by a long way..)
TVR Vixen
Austin Allegro (yes, really!)
Alfasud Sprint
Alfasud Sprint Veloce
Ferrari Dino 246GT
VW Scirocco GTI
Trident Venturer
Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT
Ford Escort Mexico
TVR Trident prototype No. 3 (I still have this one)
Audi 80 quattro
Audi 90
BMW 320i
Alfa Romeo 164
Alfa Romeo 166
Alfa Romeo 156
VW Eos 2.0 Turbo
Audi A5 2.0 Turbo
Audi S3 Saloon 2.0 TFSI Quattro DSG (new September 2014) Stolen on August 3rd 2017
Audi S5 - to replace the stolen Audi S3

There are plenty of others I wish I'd had, and one or two I wish I hadn't had there...

It also struck me that there are several cars I owned or still own that are not on the list because I have them for others to drive, although some of them I've driven many miles in myself - mainly because I like them!:

Fiat 128 3P
Fiat Panda (original style)
Fiat Panda (another original style one)
VW Polo Coupé
VW Polo
Fiat Panda (2nd style)
Latest style Fiat Panda (I still have this one)
VW Lupo

Another thing struck me just scanning the list to see if I'd forgotten any:

All the cars without exception are either  British, German or Italian!  Nothing French, Swedish, Japanese or anything else!
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Re: Your Cars
« Reply #99 on: February 01, 2011, 09:13:20 AM »
A Dino 246 GT ?   :o
Wow!!!