soft spot for other old skool classics

[stuartp]

My parents used to run Mk1 cavaliers, I nearly bought one years ago, a coupe, missed it by 15mins! Been a long time since I've seen one. Helped a mate with a 126 years ago, we got as far as welding the doors up and cutting the roof off, was going to paint it yellow......not sure about the bedford rascal though.......I had an MG metro which had a disagreement head on with a Renault Master with a printing press in the back, consequently I have a dent in my knee which fits nicely around a Mk1 metro lower dashboard......

 

my dad had several cavaliers, always thought they were nice looking cars but you are right, i haven't seen one on the road for years (had a look on ebay a few times though).

 

first car i ever bought was a fiat 126, i loved that little thing but very glad i never crashed it too badly! and it used to drink about as much oil as it did petrol

 

i always fancied getting a bedford rascal van, nice wheels, lowered, massive sound system in the back - don't know why i'm just weird

 

my metro (brown 4 door 1.3 city x with cream interior i'll have you know) ended up stolen, crashed and in the middle of a field in northfleet with every window smashed, an axe embedded in the windscreen, amp and speakers ripped out and all my favourite techno tapes trampled ;-(

 

so metro's have left their mark on both of us - i'm scarred emotionally

[5.0S-teve]

My parents used to run Mk1 cavaliers, I nearly bought one years ago, a coupe, missed it by 15mins! Been a long time since I've seen one. Helped a mate with a 126 years ago, we got as far as welding the doors up and cutting the roof off, was going to paint it yellow......not sure about the bedford rascal though.......I had an MG metro which had a disagreement head on with a Renault Master with a printing press in the back, consequently I have a dent in my knee which fits nicely around a Mk1 metro lower dashboard......

 

my dad had several cavaliers, always thought they were nice looking cars but you are right, i haven't seen one on the road for years (had a look on ebay a few times though).

 

first car i ever bought was a fiat 126, i loved that little thing but very glad i never crashed it too badly! and it used to drink about as much oil as it did petrol

 

i always fancied getting a bedford rascal van, nice wheels, lowered, massive sound system in the back - don't know why i'm just weird

 

my metro (brown 4 door 1.3 city x with cream interior i'll have you know) ended up stolen, crashed and in the middle of a field in northfleet with every window smashed, an axe embedded in the windscreen, amp and speakers ripped out and all my favourite techno tapes trampled ;-(

 

so metro's have left their mark on both of us - i'm scarred emotionally

 

Did you find that whenever you drove the metro near a puddle, It cutout?? we had 2 and both did this, once while my mum was driving right in the middle of this HUGE puddle

[sampedlar06]

 

 

 

 

 

[Stu_B]

A few of my old cars & some mates old cars:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[5.0S-teve]

A few of my old cars & some mates old cars:

 

 

 

Stu, whats this one??

 

Shape reminds me of a Gran Torino, I like it

[stuartp]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Stu_B]

A few of my old cars & some mates old cars:

 

 

 

Stu, whats this one??

 

Shape reminds me of a Gran Torino, I like it

 

Datsun Skyline My mate sold it now though before I went in it

[5.0S-teve]

Nice

 

Just done a search for Datsuns on ebay, found this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1979-DATSUN-160J- ... 2eaa9b18d5

 

I quite like it

[5.0S-teve]

Probably gunna shoot myself in the foot with this but.............

 

Can MG Montego turbo and MG Maestro Turbo's be classed as old skool

 

Cos I kinda like them too

[stuartp]

Probably gunna shoot myself in the foot with this but.............

 

Can MG Montego turbo and MG Maestro Turbo's be classed as old skool

 

Cos I kinda like them too

 

i agree completely

 

i got excited the other day when a standard old montego drove past, hadn't seen one for years

[sampedlar06]

mg maestro turbos are deffinatly cool someone i know had a metro with the maestro engine it that was craaaaaazy!

[darylc]

mg maestro turbos are deffinatly cool someone i know had a metro with the maestro engine it that was craaaaaazy!

 

Omg, i'd love to see that

[5.0S-teve]

mg maestro turbos are deffinatly cool someone i know had a metro with the maestro engine it that was craaaaaazy!

 

I remember watching a program around 12 years ago about to mates who had both a MG Maestro and Montego, both had tuned motors and were clocked at over 160MPH

[sampedlar06]

mg maestro turbos are deffinatly cool someone i know had a metro with the maestro engine it that was craaaaaazy!

 

Omg, i'd love to see that

 

it was scary trust me i did have a few photos looked totally stock from the outside with just a raised bonnet standard alloys standard paint the lot (propper grandad car) but fookin hell did it move.

 

ill see if i can find them and ill post them up

[sampedlar06]

actually thinking about it wasnt there a turbo metro anyways???

[retrorigg]

yes there sure was a metro turbo, rocking horse shite these days and demanding a good price when they come up for sale,

[zetecmk2]

that's because we all put the engines in mini's!!!

[retrorigg]

that is very true, remember putting one in my mates mini van,

[mexman123]

Old 70's Alfas and Lancias's do it for me, stuff like an Alfasud Ti Green Cloverleaf (ooh yes please) or Lancia Delta, but i couldn't live with the rust...OSF's are bad enough!!

[bomber1]

 

butlins at mine head i do belive! do you spend much time up there?

[darylc]

Quite like old French and Italian cars

[Stu_B]

butlins at mine head i do belive! do you spend much time up there?

 

Yeah it is Minehead. Thats a few years ago now but it's only about 15 miles away from where I live

[Pipster007]

Opel Manta 400

Audi Quattro

Lancia Delta Integrale

Mercedes 500 SEC AMG

Aston Martin V8 (The big old 1970's one, not the poncy new one)

[5.0S-teve]

Aston Martin V8 (The big old 1970's one, not the poncy new one)

 

The original Vantage, like in "The living daylights"?? ( thats my fav bond car ever )

[darylc]

Aston Martin V8 (The big old 1970's one, not the poncy new one)

 

The original Vantage, like in "The living daylights"?? ( thats my fav bond car ever )

 

Mine too