What makes a good feature car?

[Morley]

So chaps and chapesseseseseessss

What makes a feature car? Stunning build quality, all out wallet buster? A car thats a bit scabby but has something different under the bonnet? An interesting story? Loads of Hp?

What do you like to read about?

[Wessie]

bit of everything but i love the proper old skool motors crossflows, banded steels and lower then you grans nipples etc but then again i like some of the big money cossy powered cars

[mk2_escort_chick]

Personally I like cars that have been done on a small budget. I feel that more people can relate to them and gives them the enthusiasm to continue with their projects.

[Alan G]

I'd like to see a realistic everyday driver, with a nice engine & mods for reasonable £! Something that someone may be inspired to work at for their own OSF!

[Vista]

I like to read about cars that are used. I'm less fussed about their specification, model type or whether they were built on a large or small budget. I know of a number of cars in my own locality that spend almost their entire lives hidden away. What's the point I ask myself?

[Morley]

Do you not find that perhaps the larger budget cars (that have been built by normal people like you and I) are something to aspire to? I know when i build cars, i like to be different, try new things and i love to see cars of a similar nature.

I'm also hugely inspired by things that can be achieved on a budget. Money isn't everything and some wicked cars can be put together using a little bit of thought and a few additional hours in the workshop.

[antz]

I'd like to see a realistic everyday driver, with a nice engine & mods for reasonable £! Something that someone may be inspired to work at for their own OSF!

 

YFKT!

[MightySprocket]

I think to make a complete mag you need a good mix of both High-spend (cheque book cars) to give inspiration and some street level built motors to make it feel the like the readers mag.

I like cars built with attention to detail, the factory type build quality achieved by some of the none professional mechanics/fabricators always amazes me, but on the otrher hand I like some of the everyday cars that you can tell the drivers have proper fun in.

 

Oh and not lets forget innovation... a car with that something diffent is always gonna hold my attention... not Lambo doors on a mk1 but you know...

[Morley]

 

Oh and not lets forget innovation... a car with that something diffent is always gonna hold my attention... not Lambo doors on a mk1 but you know...

 

Project Anglia should take care of that

 

Oh and we might have a particularly cranky Mk2 Escort four door in the pipe line... I love it because its madder than a pickled egg!

[mk2_escort_chick]

I feel that the majority of us can relate to the cars built with a smaller budget- but like Sprocket said "...to make a complete mag you need a good mix of both High-spend (cheque book cars) to give inspiration and some street level built motors to make it feel the like the readers mag. "

 

I also like cars to have something a bit different about them- just like me i guess

[MightySprocket]

oh and.... I reckon a ultra clean sebring red mk1 would make an awesome cover car, id definatley buy a copy

[Mk2Jo]

I think it's nice to read about cars that have been done on a smaller budget and cars where a lot of the work has been done by the owner or the owners mates .... ie, not sent away to one of the larger fabrication companies.

 

I also like to read about the car's that are a little different from the norm .... adventurous transplants or mods

[Rich Sav]

I think it's nice to read about cars that have been done on a smaller budget and cars where a lot of the work has been done by the owner or the owners mates .... ie, not sent away to one of the larger fabrication companies.

 

I also like to read about the car's that are a little different from the norm .... adventurous transplants or mods

 

i agree jo i respect a person who has done all ther work them selves makes the car more personal 2 the owner as well i should know me and my dad have done everythin on my car apart from the engine and paint

[RETRO_AL]

i just wanan see pics of them going sideways and trashing the fook out of them and beating new crap

[Posse]

i just wanan see pics of them going sideways and trashing the fook out of them and beating new crap

 

ykt al And some rubbings racing

[marky4]

i like to read about cars done on a smaller rather than bigger budgets

also when something differant is done or tried and also when abit of thought has gone into it and how problems are got over like making something to fit or altering something to fit as marty did when building his anglia

 

but don't get me wrong i do like the big money motors as some are just stunning

[Super Sh1te Box]

Has to be a mix to inspire and to help us all try and achieve the best that we can (be it ability or £'s)

 

You all know the cars they just seem to stand out, you cant quite put your finger on why, stance, wheels, tyre combo, attention to detail, engine (bike carbs) something that bit special from the rest.

 

Sometimes not just to follow the crowd but dare to be different & pray that it comes off. Think most of these stand out cars have been planned out with a good idea of whats was to be the end result.

[steve mk2]

i like to read about freequent show attenders cars ones that we all see at the ace that we all feel we have some kind of conection with. not the ones that sitt in a garrage for years and only see the light when wheeled out the garrage for a photoshoot.

 

and more 4 doors

[MightySprocket]

I think it's nice to read about cars that have been done on a smaller budget and cars where a lot of the work has been done by the owner or the owners mates .... ie, not sent away to one of the larger fabrication companies.

 

I also like to read about the car's that are a little different from the norm .... adventurous transplants or mods

 

i agree jo i respect a person who has done all ther work them selves makes the car more personal 2 the owner as well i should know me and my dad have done everythin on my car apart from the engine and paint

 

I agree to what you are both saying.... but.... not all home builders are professional mechanics/fabricators and if a builder knows there own limits then it is common sense to inlist the help of a professional to do the work they are not capable of, especially if they want it done to a high standard. Obviously for example: you haven't painted the car or built your own engine but have put massive amounts of work into the build (an all credit to you coz its awesome). I havn't done the fabricating but will prepare for paint (I could paint it but don't have the facilities to achieve the results I am after), I have built the engine and will complete the build with help from friends. Some people aren't capable of any of the above so have to pay the Pro's, and sometimes its nice to see what the experts can achieve plus it's how we all learn

[bobmk1]

i like reading about cars that have been built with a purpose....i dont mind if they are big money or on a budget as long as it has a pupose. ie budget track day car...lairy xflow, panhard rod, princess brakes, stripped and caged

or

street sleeper...you know standard interior, clean exterior, lowered and a xe or zetec slung under the bonnet

 

 

[Mrp]

At the end of the day you cant please everyone all the time, I am caught in the middle realy im Jelious of the big money builds coz i havent got much, but im also jelious of the man who locks himself in his shed and comes out with something special, because im not a highly skilled spanner man either. The turbo crossflow artical is the first Feature i have realy looked forward to month on month for a long time. I think it would be nice to see a bit more variety in the tech Q&A sections there is only so many times you can read 'How do i fit a 5 speed in my escort' and 'how do i put a pinto in my escort'

 

On the whole i think you are getting the ballance about right Ben & Ben

 

P.S My favorite car i have seen in the last 12 months maybe even 2 years is Oldskoolgeezers 100E, Just something so right about it, and it was done on a budget outside on a driveway!! FEATURE PLEASE

[antz]

 

and more 4 doors

 

ohhh yes YKT!

[johnny_h]

Pristine big money build motors are lovely to look at and what we all would love to have in our own garage while at the same time they make us sick with jealousy at thier perfectness. I love reading about them but then I spy a not so clean but totally cool car built on a budget and it's something I can relate to. I don't think a project has to be perfect to make it a feature car. If the car is built and driven with passion and has a certain something that is just right then why can't it be on the front cover.

[X-pack-Glyn]

Il have to say i preffer propper street cars that are driven on the street, im sick to death of only high dollar top end show cars cars getting in to mags and a lot of the time the owner has never had any real input into the car appart from telling the paintshop what colour, the engine builder what engine he wants fitted etc etc...

Give me a real street driven OSF, scars and all but with sorted engine, transmission brakes whatever etc etc...

[Rich Sav]

I think it's nice to read about cars that have been done on a smaller budget and cars where a lot of the work has been done by the owner or the owners mates .... ie, not sent away to one of the larger fabrication companies.

 

I also like to read about the car's that are a little different from the norm .... adventurous transplants or mods

 

i agree jo i respect a person who has done all ther work them selves makes the car more personal 2 the owner as well i should know me and my dad have done everythin on my car apart from the engine and paint

 

I agree to what you are both saying.... but.... not all home builders are professional mechanics/fabricators and if a builder knows there own limits then it is common sense to inlist the help of a professional to do the work they are not capable of, especially if they want it done to a high standard. Obviously for example: you haven't painted the car or built your own engine but have put massive amounts of work into the build (an all credit to you coz its awesome). I havn't done the fabricating but will prepare for paint (I could paint it but don't have the facilities to achieve the results I am after), I have built the engine and will complete the build with help from friends. Some people aren't capable of any of the above so have to pay the Pro's, and sometimes its nice to see what the experts can achieve plus it's how we all learn

 

yea i know exactly what u mean i originaly brought my car 2 learn about cars and how they work and everythin that goes in 2 them i preped and primered my car as well i had never don it b4 just thought ide have a go and see how it turns out and im well pleased i supprised myself yea i had a bit of help from some body work blokes but thats how u learn i think