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Title: What other cars have you got?
Post by: ASH on 22 January 2005, 09:26: is everyone just devoted to their golf, or do you have anything else?
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Post by: ASH on 22 January 2005, 09:28: oh yeah heres mine ;)

(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid148/p54194efc432c0c9bfef0d36052187439/f60df76e.jpg)

(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid148/p8425bca2bb8fbc209e37ba5d443d7bfd/f60df777.jpg)

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Title: Re: What other cars have you got?
Post by: vaughn on 22 January 2005, 09:46: have got 3 gti`s a mk1 mk2 mk4, and a bay window camper (currently under restoration) :wink:
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Post by: VR6_ROB on 22 January 2005, 09:56: I have 1 mk2 gti and a polo squareback should be gone soon as i want a mk1 to replace the polo
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Post by: mrwotto on 22 January 2005, 11:02: I have a mk3 gti 16v, a mk2 gl, and a astra (which is for sale!)
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Post by: AdamB on 22 January 2005, 12:44: I've got the MK1 Sportline Cabriolet (less than 500 made), and A Corrado VR6 Storm (the last 500 Corrados ever built). Both of which get equal love and devotion!
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Post by: ...joe on 22 January 2005, 12:47: i can top all that, i've got an amazing peugeot 307 estate as well as my golf!!! its a 1.6, done too many miles and sucks big time, but its a company car and i don't really get to chose what i get. and as such i dont give a rats ass about it.
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Post by: eyeletboy on 22 January 2005, 13:06: i have got a mk1 cab sportline as in my sig and a mk2 golf 16v :smiley:
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Post by: G6dub on 22 January 2005, 13:22: this is two of us btw

we have a mk1 20vt, a mk2 Golf Limited, a mk1 Caddy (soon to be 20v) a Polo GT and a tipper transit.

(and the awfull hire ford focus)
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Post by: tinman on 22 January 2005, 13:34: Mk2 16v Campaign, Rover 827SLi for S2N, and an MGTF as my day to day car.
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Post by: Rain on 22 January 2005, 13:59: got the mk2 8v, a vectra and white tranny for work all paid for thank god as it eats rubber like its going out of fashion.
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Post by: Vee.Dubster on 22 January 2005, 14:06: My everyday motor is a mk4 130 Tdi, the missus has a Lupo SDi. My pampered babies are a '90 mk2 8v GTi and a '76 Beetle
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Post by: carrie on 22 January 2005, 17:10: talbot samba pininfarina cabrio.
rover p6 1972
bmw 628csi (1of200 manuals built)
3 motorbikes
and obviuosly my golf
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Post by: piggy on 22 January 2005, 19:12: Been told I can't have another car, even though she told me I could have a project a few months ago :cry:

Got a mk2 8v GTi with 72K on the clock along with the wifes Rav4 :tongue:
Might end up selling the Mk2 and getting something a bit faster :grin:
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Post by: kniterider on 22 January 2005, 19:31: have got me scirocco and im on the look out for a vw beetle, i luv that pic of your bug ash................

:smiley:
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Post by: Dizzie on 23 January 2005, 13:34: I've just got the mk2 20vT
would like a 1.1 mk1 though so I can do things to the mk2 without having to drive it again for a while.
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Post by: frosticles on 23 January 2005, 17:03: I have a MK2 RS Mexico as my toy (see sig) also have a works van as the daily hack.
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Post by: G40 caddy on 23 January 2005, 17:47: as well as the caddy i have a '89 golf gti 8v in tornado pink :grin: as my runaround/parts storage facility, and have picked up a '90 golf gl from which i have removed the entire wiring loom so i can bring the caddys electrics a little more up to date. :cool:
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Post by: mk2Ben on 24 January 2005, 05:01: R reg Mk6b Escort TD. :embarassed:
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Post by: gibby on 24 January 2005, 09:45: I've got a mk1 Rivage cab in Green, only 500 made in blue or green and the blue are supposed to outnumber the green by 2 to 1 so I reckon they only ever did about 200 green ones :undecided:. Also got a bay window camper as modelled in my sig below :grin: :grin:
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Post by: S11EPS on 24 January 2005, 09:51: 54 Plate WRX scoob is my daily driver, complimented by Ferrari 348ts in the garage for fair-weather fun (and crucifying the credit card)
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Post by: gibby on 24 January 2005, 11:48: Quote from: S11EPS on 24 January 2005, 09:51
Ferrari 348ts in the garage for fair-weather fun

Now you're just showing off :laugh: :laugh: :wink:
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Post by: S11EPS on 24 January 2005, 12:04: LOL - I thought for ages about what I should type without trying to sound like a smug tw4t, but no matter what I typed, it sounded all the same!! :grin:
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Post by: tinman on 24 January 2005, 12:49: 348s arent that expensive, and i still think they have an ageless look about them.

ferraris are only expensive to run if you run them every day - then they will bite your hand off. however, if you do low mileage you can keep the costs down to around 4-5k a year i would of thought.
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Post by: mrwotto on 24 January 2005, 13:04: 4-5k is still a lot of money tho!
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Post by: gibby on 24 January 2005, 13:23: Quote from: S11EPS on 24 January 2005, 12:04
LOL - I thought for ages about what I should type without trying to sound like a smug tw4t, but no matter what I typed, it sounded all the same!! :grin:

lmao, :laugh: I can just imagine you sat there Si wondering how you were going to word it. :laugh:
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Post by: tinman on 24 January 2005, 13:29: there are quite a few people here who spend that much on their P&J every year already.
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Post by: topher on 24 January 2005, 13:33: Quote
What other cars have you got?

Mk4 1.8T gti and a rallye. Did I mention I have a rallye ? Well, i've got a rallye :laugh:

ps. don't worry I'm sure the excitement will wear off in a few weeks :grin:
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Post by: mk2Ben on 24 January 2005, 15:54: R reg Escort TD for day to day. :embarassed:
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Post by: LPG'd Oakie on 24 January 2005, 15:58: Got the Golf..

and a Land Rover Defender 90, fully kitted out for fast off road and faster on road fun.

I love the Golf but the landies my Baby!
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Post by: JasonGTD on 06 April 2018, 13:53: My 470 BHP E92 V8 BMW M3

Recently sold :sad:

(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/10733970_814234008633871_8601700806230490887_n.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/10733970_814234008633871_8601700806230490887_n.jpg.html)

(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/10845895_814233905300548_3943803837833568266_n.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/10845895_814233905300548_3943803837833568266_n.jpg.html)

(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/10730819_814233928633879_3488346478959400106_n.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/10730819_814233928633879_3488346478959400106_n.jpg.html)

I removed the Apollo Cades and put on the Black Avantgarde 359's, they set the car off.

(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/M3.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/M3.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What other cars have you got?
Post by: cossiegaz82 on 06 April 2018, 21:03: M3 looks nice :smiley:

My everyday car is a 2016 mk7 GTI Performance Pack but my pride and joy is my 1988 Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth which I built from scratch from a brand new shell.

I would put up some pics but I can't work out how to do it! :sad:
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Post by: Guzzle on 06 April 2018, 22:34: Please get some pics up cossiegaz82, would love to see that :smiley:
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Post by: cossiegaz82 on 06 April 2018, 22:38: Quote from: Guzzle on 06 April 2018, 22:34
Please get some pics up cossiegaz82, would love to see that :smiley:

I would but I just can't for the life of me work out how to do it :sad:

What's the best way to do it?
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Post by: cossiegaz82 on 07 April 2018, 08:18: I think I've worked out how to do it! :grin:

It started its life with me like this:

(http://i63.tinypic.com/dmfrcn.jpg)

(http://i67.tinypic.com/33mv3pw.jpg)

(http://i67.tinypic.com/2i082yo.jpg)

2 1/2 months later this was the result! 😊

(http://i65.tinypic.com/2zdvfht.jpg)

(http://i67.tinypic.com/6t1qn8.jpg)

(http://i63.tinypic.com/4g0tjs.jpg)

(http://i66.tinypic.com/vfjva.jpg)
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Post by: Guzzle on 07 April 2018, 11:04: Wow that looks fantastic, great job!

Thanks for sharing :smiley:
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Post by: SRGTD on 07 April 2018, 13:34: @Cossiegaz82, that’s fantastic for two and a half months graft - from shell to finished car.

Always had a soft spot for 1980’s fast Fords and owned a few warm-ish ones (XR3 and XR3i’s), but unfortunately, I never had a Cosworth.
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Post by: cossiegaz82 on 07 April 2018, 18:56: Quote from: Guzzle on 07 April 2018, 11:04
Wow that looks fantastic, great job!

Thanks for sharing :smiley:

Thanks mate :smiley:
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Post by: cossiegaz82 on 07 April 2018, 20:11: Quote from: SRGTD on 07 April 2018, 13:34
@Cossiegaz82, that’s fantastic for two and a half months graft - from shell to finished car.

Always had a soft spot for 1980’s fast Fords and owned a few warm-ish ones (XR3 and XR3i’s), but unfortunately, I never had a Cosworth.

Cheers mate, I picked the shell up and left it my garage while I stripped my old one so it was a couple of months sitting doing nothing. Finally got round to getting it to the body shop to have the underneath painted, the day after I got back from dropping it off (it was bloody miles away!), I hear the dreaded words 'I'm pregnant!' so time was a bit of an issue! I started building it the day after getting it back, if I wasn't in my van at work, I was in the garage beavering away! I'd have liked to have taken a bit more time but hey ho! Luckily I'm a mechanic by trade and been playing with Cossie's for donkeys years so that helped! Lol!

The engine is currently in my dining room (pretty good place to keep it I think! Lol!) after I melted no.4 piston due to an engine fault (I didn't build the engine, wish I bloody well had now! :angry:). Never mind, it'll be back better and faster! :laugh:

I do like an old skool Ford, something about them! Can't believe what they and most other old skool cars are going for these days!
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Post by: JasonGTD on 08 April 2018, 12:40: Here is a build that I did in 2004, pardon the quality of the photos, a bit of nostalgia here, and if you are a car nut here is where it began for me. We all remember the movie Smokey and the Bandit, one day I vowed to own one of these cars and in 2004 I managed to find one in disrepair ( not the T Top though).

It was owned by an old couple in South Africa who had it from brand new and brought it with them from New York. Sadly the couple repainted the car (God knows why).

The car originally had a 6.6 Ltr Turbo motor but that had long since expired, so I replaced it with a Chevy 350, 5.7 LTR V8 with some major modifications. Balanced and cut crank, lighter flywheel, forged weiseco pistons, stage 2 cams, lighter con rods, Edlebrock intake manifold, Edlebrock 750Cfm 4 barrel downdraught carb, and gas flowed head which resulted in 650 BHP. I fitted it with a 350 Turbo 3 speed box and torque convertor, it was a beast ! We also retrofitted Brembo 4 pot brakes to the front.

I had to buy the full detail kit with the Flaming phoenix and all the body stripes, not an easy task and not cheap either.

Here is my former 1980 V8 Trans Am.

(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/IMAGE_191.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/IMAGE_191.jpg.html)

(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/IMAGE_192.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/IMAGE_192.jpg.html)

(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/IMAGE_195.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/IMAGE_195.jpg.html)

(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/IMAGE_193.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/IMAGE_193.jpg.html)

(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/IMAGE_211.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/IMAGE_211.jpg.html)

(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/IMAGE_206.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/IMAGE_206.jpg.html)

(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/IMAGE_207.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/IMAGE_207.jpg.html)

(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/IMAGE_209.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/IMAGE_209.jpg.html)

(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/IMAGE_210.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/IMAGE_210.jpg.html)

And now the finished article complete with Decals.
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/TransAm1.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/TransAm1.jpg.html)

(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/TransAm3.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/TransAm3.jpg.html)

The Motor all sorted.
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/IMAGE_168.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/IMAGE_168.jpg.html)

I hope you guy's enjoyed, it was a labour of love for me, I did all the painting and decal work, the mechanical work was carried out by a garage.
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Post by: Guzzle on 08 April 2018, 13:21: Good effort Jason. When you say 'former', what happened to it?
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Post by: JasonGTD on 08 April 2018, 13:32: Quote from: Guzzle on 08 April 2018, 13:21
Good effort Jason. When you say 'former', what happened to it?

I sold it when I moved to the UK mate, also owned this but didn't get the chance to rebuild it so that went too.

(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/GTO.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/GTO.jpg.html)

(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab181/Jasonza3/GTOSide.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/Jasonza3/media/GTOSide.jpg.html)

This is a 1972 GTO Judge fitted with a 400 Ram Air motor. The cars in the background were mine too, 3x 1969 Pontiac Firebirds, sold too.