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Re: Overpriced? Sprints, & Register of Dodgy Stripes and Doo

PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 12:11 pm
by garyeanderson
Pete is never off topic and he is always on his point

and I never trash talk (as the nose grows)

Gary

Re: Overpriced? Sprints, & Register of Dodgy Stripes and Doo

PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 12:22 pm
by GrUmPyBoDgEr
piss-ant wrote:Pete is never off topic and he is always on his point

and I never trash talk (as the nose grows)

Gary


:lol: :lol: :lol:
John

Re: Overpriced? Sprints, & Register of Dodgy Stripes and Doo

PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:44 pm
by elansprint71
elj221c wrote:
elansprint71 wrote:
Now, about the Jon Fletcher 26/R... :wink:


OK, so what about it...........?

Bad boy Pete. OT! :wink:


It had some dodgy stripes, Officer!

Re: Overpriced? Sprints, & Register of Dodgy Stripes and Doo

PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:46 pm
by elansprint71
piss-ant wrote:Pete is never off topic and he is always on his point

and I never trash talk (as the nose grows)

Gary



Damn right, Gary. :wink:

This thread has already had one change of title to suit the postings, which is not a bad idea sometimes. :lol:

Re: Overpriced? Sprints, & Register of Dodgy Stripes and Doo

PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:03 pm
by garyeanderson
All stripes suck, they are there to hide a problem that does not exist. Same with two tone, not my thing at all.

36/5520
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It got its yellow colour was picked out of a bag of Skittles.
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Yes I was bored at work again but its a great colour (Nissan Solar Yellow) to be seen and with todays moron drivers, you need all the help you can provide for yourself. I was going to stripe the Coupe like the corral snake

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sweet
one more day of rain...

Re: Overpriced? Sprints, & Register of Dodgy Stripes and Doo

PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:25 am
by ardee_selby
Elanintheforest wrote: There's no flow or continuity, so for me it breaks up the symmetry of the overall shape of the Elan somehow. Mark

+1 on that!

Elanintheforest wrote:I?m sure that someone with an artistic eye would be able to articulate this a lot better! Mark

Been thinking about who that might me. I imagine that the "noted aficionado of classic automobiles", Brian Sewell, would have something to say, albeit with a plum up his ****...or maybe "Swiss Toni" could sum it up! :)

However, I think Shakespeare may have said it best..."Gilding the Lily"

Re: Overpriced? Sprints, & Register of Dodgy Stripes and Doo

PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:06 am
by elansprint71
ardee_selby wrote:.................

However, I think Shakespeare may have said it best..."Gilding the Lily"


Point of pedantry, your worship, that woz not wot the Bard writ:

Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp,
To guard a title that was rich before,
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.

Re: Overpriced? Sprints, & Register of Dodgy Stripes and Doo

PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:23 am
by ardee_selby
elansprint71 wrote:
ardee_selby wrote:.................

However, I think Shakespeare may have said it best..."Gilding the Lily"


Point of pedantry, your worship, that woz not wot the Bard writ:


"Pedantry"? Look again...I didn't say he wrote it...I said he said it!

Re: Overpriced? Sprints, & Register of Dodgy Stripes and Doo

PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:25 am
by Spyder fan
Oh God no! Now you are all telling me that no one likes two tone paint and I have gone and had mine painted two tone :lol:

Perhaps 'Now will be the winter of my dis-content'

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079 (2).jpg and

Re: Overpriced? Sprints, & Register of Dodgy Stripes and Doo

PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:34 am
by trw99
I like it Alan! Looking good.

Tim

Re: Overpriced? Sprints, & Register of Dodgy Stripes and Doo

PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:39 am
by ardee_selby
Spyder fan wrote:Oh God no! Now you are all telling me that no one likes two tone paint and I have gone and had mine painted two tone :lol:

Perhaps 'Now will be the winter of my dis-content'

073 (2).jpg

079 (2).jpg


Nice job! Ignore all the green-eyed monsters!

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/166600.html :wink:

Re: Overpriced? Sprints, & Register of Dodgy Stripes and Doo

PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:30 pm
by garyeanderson
ANY Elan brought back from the dead is a good one. To buy an Elan that no one else would, bring it back in any form and share it is great.To do so that ALL of us would have a bit of fun over the last couple of years that the project has been stewing for is a generous and gracious thing. LOOK at all of the other restorations that we have missed out on because most of us don't think of presenting your plans to the public before its is even started. I think Alan's DuraLAN has benefited from the discussions on this forum too. Lots of positive talk with some genuine and sincere questions about if it was still an Elan and the ability to go OffFFFFFFFFF at any time. Whether you think this is a great idea or an abomination one thing for sure is it makes for good discussion.

Thank You Alan for footing the bills on this one.

So who is going to be the next DuraLAN owner?

Gary

Re: Overpriced? Sprints, & Register of Dodgy Stripes and Doo

PostPosted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:30 am
by elansprint71
ardee_selby wrote:
elansprint71 wrote:
ardee_selby wrote:.................

However, I think Shakespeare may have said it best..."Gilding the Lily"


Point of pedantry, your worship, that woz not wot the Bard writ:


"Pedantry"? Look again...I didn't say he wrote it...I said he said it!


I didn't hear you say that but I saw that you typed it. :wink:

Re: Overpriced? Sprints, & Register of Dodgy Stripes and Doo

PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:42 am
by Spyder fan
I thought that I would bump this topic back up again with a link to Spyder's rehashed web site Cars For Sale http://spydercars.co.uk/CARS%20FOR%20SALE.htm

There are two zetec engined +2 cars, one twincam engined +2 car and an Evante Vegantune. The Vegantune and Twincam cars look good value, but the zetec's reflect continued interest in the conversion and the original build cost which is south of ?35k especially for the Raceline engined car.

Regards

Re: Overpriced? Sprints, & Register of Dodgy Stripes and Doo

PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:33 am
by trw99
Another really dodgy set of stripes. This snap accompanied a 'Motor World' Elan test by an enthusiastic staff writer, GG

Tim