My cars - The early years.

ENZ525

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Dont have any photos of my very early ones, will have to get photos another time...
Here are a few I found so far...

Fiesta and Escort, both having a wash...found a friend to help...and is that a 2 bucket method I see...
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Rover...had a nice set of OZ wheels on this (not sure where my trousers have gone)...
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One guess what this engine belongs to...
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Thats it for tonight, bedtime :D...will scan and post more tomorrow, nite all.
 
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lovely cars andy....love the M3, also the escort......

a good thread already on 6th page and its few hrs old......
 
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i like the "6 months at work" line and he goes from a mk3 golf to an M3.......

i said it once ill say it again.....lets get together dan.....
 
Andyk

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ENZ525 said:
Dont have any photos of my very early ones, will have to get photos another time...
Here are a few I found so far...

Fiesta and Escort, both having a wash...found a friend to help...and is that a 2 bucket method I see...
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Rover...had a nice set of OZ wheels on this (not sure where my trousers have gone)...
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One guess what this engine belongs to...
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Thats it for tonight, bedtime :D...will scan and post more tomorrow, nite all.
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Enzo I dont' believe thats you my man..............I just doesn't look like you....
 
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Here are 3 more...I can assure you Andy / Dem...definately me in the other pics and these :D

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Andyk

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That looks more like the good looking Enzo we know and love....Anyway......Is that a Lancia Gamma......When I bought my X19 the garage had one there for sale. I thought it looked a million dollars...I was 17 at the time. 924...and underated car Enz...
 
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Yep, loved the gamma Andy...boxer engine, fabulous when it ran well!
needed tuning every couple of months :D
Here is a better pic of the 924, without the hood ornament!
and last one for now, my 350i, blueprinted rover V8, sports filters & exhaust...

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sibradbury

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Enz,

Respect for the TVR 350 - may mate used to have one as a daily driver. He would drive it in the day and fix it in the night. Nearly made him bankrupt in just under 6 months. He let me have a go just before he sold it and I'd never driven a rear engined car before - let alone one with a bit of poke. You should have seen my mate's face as I was power sliding round corners :)

BTW - what is that pose you are striking in front of the 924? Is that "Blue Steel", "Le Tigre" or "Ferrari"? (http://www.wikihow.com/Do-the-"Blue-Steel"-Pose-from-Zoolander)
 
sibradbury

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Now the 420 SEAC was the one which would kill you I think!

Here are my last two:

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Loved that 968 - current owner said he call me if he ever came to sell it.... Nearly 200k on the clock when I sold it.

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996 broke down in Italy (water pump - should have got a 993!) - it was never going to last after that...
 
ENZ525

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Thanks Dem, Andy and Adam...:D

Si - the 350 was great fun...lots of poke and a plastic body...
big heavy lump at the front and no weight over the rear wheels made it quite twitchy,
but I loved it like that...I bought her new from Giles Cooper in Barnet,
I can still remember as if it was yesterday driving out of the showroom in Oct '87,
roof down, big grin on my face.
I did have a few issues, mainly with the pop-up headlights, and I had the wilton carpets
replaced at least twice due to ingress of water...
I would have another one without hesitation :D
Regards,
Enzo.
 
sibradbury

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Enzo,

My mate's 350 also had problems with the pop up headlights. He had to drive it for a week or so with one headlight up and the other at half mast - so it looked like his car was either winking or acting all coy.... Water ingress - all part of owning a soft top. Lots of parts for the car were from Fords / Citrons etc if I recall. However, the Rover v8 was so loud! Awesome cars. I don't think you would be able to sell a car like that anymore due to EU safety regs...... such a shame about TVR!
 
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