My old motors thread - probably done before, but who cares!

[Lightweight_911]

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Nope - not Fiat or Abarth ...

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[hot66]

Really big fan of the 289 HiPo Griffith/Tuscans .....

One of the most hair-raising car journeys I've ever had was being driven by Gerry Marshall in a V8 Tuscan demonstrator back in 1970 (?) when he worked at the Barnet Motor Co (TVR Dealer) ...

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Last year I was taken out around silverstone in this freshly built car ... one of the best passenger rides I’ve ever had . Went like stink in a straight line , had no brakes compared to modern stuff and was wonderful drift cornering on cross plies. Can’t emphasis though how much grunt it had ( bear in mind id been driving a friends Ferrari 488 challenge car and this tvr still felt quick)

[Lightweight_911]

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I didn't mean to take this thread off topic - maybe one of the moderators could move the relevant posts to a new thread called something like 'Can you identify these wheels ?' ...

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[hot66]

When have we ever stuck to the rules or threads ever stayed on track ... I wouldn’t worry about it

[Lightweight_911]

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James - was that car road registered/did it have a registration number ?

Bear in mind my passenger ride with Gerry Marshall was on public roads ...

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[Timo]

My old bug, pretty much my first car and owned for 12 years, there have been others (Audi coupe, 944, mk2 golf and a couple more beetles that never saw the road) but struggling to find any pics sadly.



Bootsy, loving your old vw pics, remember quite a few of those being featured in volksworld back in the day.

[rhd racer]

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I didn't mean to take this thread off topic - maybe one of the moderators could move the relevant posts to a new thread called something like 'Can you identify these wheels ?' ...

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We like a challenge. I failed at that, but did deduce that you had a) just washed it, and b) also had a silver Renault 5 GT Turbo. How was that? I was always tempted, but never committed...

Fabulous car history by the way. There is something about going in the loft and getting out old photos and letting them be seen again in the digital age

[hot66]

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James - was that car road registered/did it have a registration number ?

Bear in mind my passenger ride with Gerry Marshall was on public roads ...

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I can’t remember but think it was... owned by a guy called Graham who it later turned out is on PH and has had some superb Porsche’s .

[Slope330]

That car belongs to Graeme Langford great curry mate and extremely quick.......in his youth drove at Daytona........the car built in last couple of years first completed of potential run of six

[Boydyrs]

My other car favs......Datsun’s still owned, restored or to be and sold in last 10 years!

[Boydyrs]

Final 180b sss

[911hillclimber]

Love this 'TVR Drift'.
At school I had 2 dream cars, a Marcos and a TVR. Asked, Jem Marsh sent me a catalogue of the Marco and Mini Marcos.

Drove a Marcos V6 last year on a hill and it was...disappointing, give me my 911 any day.

Never been in a TVR but still have a yearning, but fear I would be disappointed.
There is a great story of one in this month's Octane which is no help to me!

As to passenger rides, a full balls-out blast in a Datsun 240Z down some Norfolk roads going to an old USA airforce base scrapyard (Hevingham?) at 7 in the morning was memorable.

Always fancied doing a Vixen with a Rover V8.
I also love thread drifts, the best, wheels and all.

[KS]

My first Porsche... Sonauto-supplied 914/6 #9140431172. Now in Germany.

[hot66]

That car belongs to Graeme Langford great curry mate and extremely quick.......in his youth drove at Daytona........the car built in last couple of years first completed of potential run of six

That’ll explain why he was pretty good behind the wheel . Lovely bloke

[hot66]

Boydy.. what’s the pink / red 1st Datsun spec ?