i was reading

[Posse]

in a mag today and what is the south london look?

 

 

slammed on 7's

[marky4]

 

have'nt a clue

[Twinkle]

yes m8 clean lines on 7's with rubber band tyres no spots etc

[johnny_h]

Deffo, It's all about smooth flowing lines, period pastel paint and superlites.

[antz]

why is it called the SAAF LANDAN look though?

 

you never hear of anythign like the NORTHERN MANCHESTER look

[ExotronGammaPlusSequencer]

where i live its breeze blocks under the axles & wires hanging out of the stereo hole with some broken glass on the carpet ..

The REAL South london look

[johnny_h]

lol that's what happens if you actually have the missfortune to stop or break down in south london!

[coddy]

Sounds funny that, 'coz that's exactly what the south manchester look is like !!!

[escortmad79]

You've never heard of the Sarf London look Darren?

[Posse]

yeah but i wanted other peoples opinions

[orionmojo]

why is it called the SAAF LANDAN look though?

 

you never hear of anythign like the NORTHERN MANCHESTER look

 

bricks dont look as good as superlites

 

the birmingham look seems to be honda civics on 18" chrome wheels, kurbed to f**k, no lowering springs and some lex-arse lights with a 12" sub and lots of distortion.

[Doc]

I read an article once that said that the south london look was about clean stock looking cars slammed on 13s x 7s Big power tuned engines and tweaked chassis but retaining original badging and interiors IE: if its a 1300 L escort then let everyone think its a 1300 L by keeping the badging etc ......... Thats what i thought anyway

[tim]

slammed,stretched tyres over wide wheels,clean simple lines,lary engine tho

[Posse]

deffo tim

[BaileyMex]

slammed,stretched tyres over wide wheels,clean simple lines,lary engine tho

 

Low back seats and an inch off the ground Love it!!!

[Anglia68]

I've seen 100E's,105E's,Cortinas and Escorts sporting the Sarf London look but what about Capris???

Are there any running round on 7 x 13"'s scraping the floor with lairy engines? I can't recall seeing any in the mags.

[antz]

that is true. you never see a south london look capri. they are usually sporting huge fook off engines and big fat new skool rims instead

[BIG G]

Ive seen a few essex looking capris fluffy dice,whippy ariels with fox tail,names on the sun visor and fuffy seat covers

[Jimbob-Squarepants ©]

A Capri - that lives in South East London - this is how it should look!

 

[105Nick]

According to Simon Wooley in the classic ford article, which I agree with is

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the car has to look physically stock in a factory colour, though pastels are best and not a metallic shade, retaining the original low back seats or maybe buckets (pref period), oh Mexico arches on MK1s of course and no mexico or RS stripes or badging as its far cooler for impreza drivers to be thinking they jus got whipped by a 1100L shopper like their grandad had tho 1300GT badges look the nuts for me.

 

It can either be looking restored (well from the factory) or be of the rat look, with rust patches here n there and bits of primer, just to make it look even more dismissive.

 

Underneathy however should be top notch with hot full race motor of any description, preferably pinto, xflow, cossie, or XE on carbs.

 

The whole lot should then be slammed by around 3" and sat on a nice period rim, that fits in well; for example lotus steels with or without caps cos those who aren't in the know will think its bog stock, dunlops etc, 13" revolution 4 spokes or supalites upto 7".

[105Nick]

I think what you're saying about there being no true saarf london capris, while there is loads of capris dropped on 7" supalites its all about being well understated; ie whipping someone off the line in what they would assume was something their grandparents would have driven back in the day or an old nail, which is the satisfaction of beating someone in the escorts and anglias that the Harrisses build, the capri was marketed as the working man's GT, and dont have the same effect in the 'true' sense of being a saarf london racer, if you get what I mean, as everyone will be expecting whats coming to happen, unless you find a 1100 badged MK1 slammed on lotus rims n caps with a hot 2.0 in a factory colour

[Jimbob-Squarepants ©]

^^^^ Seconded