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I'll start  :thumbsup:

 

This is my 1978 1.3 GL, im the third owner, and I will be my project for the summer! 

 

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Next is my 1986 VW Caddy GTi Engineering.

 

1 of only 2 known to have ever been built! GTi Engineering were to VW what Superspeed/Savage/Jeff Uren were to Ford. Sadly its probably worth more modified than original, so I will be modifying it when restored this winter/spring.

 

The styling cues are very 80s (most of which will be removed)

 

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This 1988 Caddy I built 12 years ago, and was used daily until around 4 years ago, I took it off the road to freshen it up a bit, and thats where its been ever since due to working on customers cars instead.

 

It started life as a 1.6 diesel and is currently fitted with a 2.8 VR6 Turbo and has been run to just under 400hp & its fooking scary to sat the least!

 

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This is my 1984 Yamaha IT490 its had very little use from new, and its probably one of the best un-restored ones in existance.

 

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And finally I have 2 Raleigh Grifters, a very early 1976 and a 1982 custom

 

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I have had to scale down a lot of the cars I own due to space, but I regretfully sold these 2 last year

 

A 1992 Caddy Sport (only 250 built by VW), totally original and had never been painted apart from the body kit. I should never had sold it, Im still not sure why I did!?!?

 

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And a 1986 Chevy S10, was burgandy red when I bought it

 

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Sorry, not much OSF content at the moment, but im always on the lookout  :ykt:

 

Whos next?

 

 

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I loved those Yamahas in the day.

I went from a DT50 at 16 to a MTX125 at 17, then had my eye on one of those in the bike shop the week I had my test. I passed and went straight round to the bike shop, but was gutted as someone had put a deposit on it.

Ended up riding home on a Maico440. Now that thing was just a mental case.

Also had a RM250 at the time which I had at the Army Apprentice College with me. Never cost me a penny to run or repair, as they paid for everything when I raced it.

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Current collection...........

1973 Ford F250 Ranger XLT Camper Special

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1973 Ford Capri supercharged V8

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1974 Mercury Capri 2000

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1974 Ford Capri 3.0 GXL ( in build at the moment )

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1975 Ford Capri 1600 GT

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1978 Suzuki GS1000 with Yoshimura engine ( Ex GP bike)

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1979 Ford Capri 3000 RS Special ( German version of the X-Pack) one of the first 50 build at Zakspeed ( 50 build in '79 and 50 build in '80 )

As we didn't know it when it arrived as an empty shell we made it to this ( now we know but are still satisfied )

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1980 Ford Capri 2.0 S ( Spanish edtion ) ( unrestored ).

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1983 Ford Fiesta L ( 940cc kent ) ( unrestored )

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1987 Honda VT1100 ( home build ) ( my daily )

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Another Honda VT1100 ( home build ) ( Wifes daily )

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Old Skool enough...??....... by the way, its all we have. No modern stuff at all. The Fezzy is the latest four wheeled technology we have..... ( on breaker points....tiny carb, nooooo horsepower )( L base model no luxury at all ).

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'74 Mk1 running 2.1 on DCOEs, crap paint but goes very well!! Bought as a stocker in '99 for £300 just needing the headlight and indicator wiring needing attention for an MoT. Pretty much everything has been rebuilt or replaced or uprated since. Type 9, RS struts, poly bushes and adjusable dampers all round, anti tramp bars and panhard rod, Quaife ATB LSD, buckets, harnesses, half cage, rally cam, vented discs, ally rad and leccy fan, linelock, fuel cell and Facet pump!

 

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'64 Morris Minor, custom chassis and suspension, stock drivetrain, 4" roof chop and 4" ground clearance.

 

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My Collection

72 MK1 4 door Escort, Just purchased, Has a worked 2L and a few other mods with more to come.

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70 MK2 Cortina, GT look alike, T5 Borgwarner box and worked 2L motor with twin 45 DCOEs, MK2 escort brakes and english rear axle.

 

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74 Chevrolet LUV, 1.6 G161 Isuzu motor, lowered, ratty, pin striping etc. This is the daily driver

 

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60 Volkswagen Baja bug, 1835cc engine with Zenith 32NDIX carb, too many mods to list, currently in 1000 pieces and wont looks anywhere near the same when it is finished but here is a old pic from when I was driving it a few years ago. Sorry about the instagram picture.

 

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80 Honda CB250, Did a cafe racer build on this thing, sold it recently

 

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Harley Sportster, Lots of go fast bits and pieces and some cosmetic stuff, This is the newest vehicle I have.

 

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79 Yamaha RX125 2 Stroke, Bit of a dirt tracker build on this thing. has been put on hold to get things done on the cortina and escort. I should get back into it.

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And then I also have a bit of an oil can collection. Here is a few items.

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Nick

 

 

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Here goes, i have few bits and bobs, not all ford, my mk2, fully stripped and rebuilt by me, its not mint,and there are things i would like to do better,but i want to use it not be frightened of a bird crapping on it, it goes like some mad thing and makes me smile like some sort of idiot.post-9896-0-68808300-1423861879_thumb.jpg

I have an Audi ur quattro, which is in the queue to be done,post-9896-0-56954000-1423862158_thumb.jpg 

Thats an old picture thats shows my old fleet, 

A mini 30, technically i bought it for the misses, but that is at the moment on a rollover jig having cills, and the underside made pretty.post-9896-0-52191100-1423862464_thumb.jpg

Finally my bike, tl1000r, hardly get on it now, but its there just in case?post-9896-0-99251600-1423862603_thumb.jpg

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One of the few pictures of my favourite cars owned, 1600 sport, 1690 all steel, loads of trick bits, moments latter much to my mums discust,i drove it out of there,superb car,

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Originally a 1300 sport, it ended up with 2 litre pinto, 5 speed, it was always my fall back car, regular car broke, jump leads, fire up and use, bought for 100 quid in about 1989, had new doors,wings, arches, about everything really, sold it to help a mate out for £250 in about 2004? Saw it on ebay about a year ago for £6500, Doh........ Next to it another ur quattro that some thieving tinker lol stole and wrote off trying to out run a police montego in the wet, still not sure what worst, steeling my car or not being able to out run a montego? apple pie!!!

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Mum,brother and me, with family triumph 2000, next to a nice mk1, Hunstanton, about 35 years ago i guess, anyway, not quite what the post wanted but hey?

 

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Here's my Mini Cooper running a Vauxhall 1600 16v on Jenveys. Approx 150bhp. Took me about 5 years on n off to get it sorted. Hoping the mk2 is done much more pronto

 

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Here's my mk2 which was a 1.1 L owned from new by some old chap who died, left it to his missus who drove for a few years then parked it up. According to mots it's done 23 miles in last 7 years!

 

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And this was what my daily driver looked like before all the speed bumps around here pissed me off and made me put it back to standard

 

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My "classic" Mini. Albeit powered by a Yamaha R1 bike engine. It's fast as fook but the torque steer is mental. 0 to 60 in about 3 seconds with 145mph top speed

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This is my 1965 Split Screen VW. Full Porsche running gear [944Turbo discs all round, remote control independent airride, T3 Turbo, Porsche 912 2776cc charge-cooled engine, [342BHP]

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This is the Mrs' 1380 Classic Mini

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Finally my 1968 Mk1 3litre Apache Escort converted by Jeff Uren in 1972. Currently still being overhauled but set to [hopefully] be a stunner once complete. It's up and running so not a great deal left to do before a strip and dip before paint

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