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Re: Let the pictures (non-elan cars) do the talking 2.
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Wed Aug 06, 2014 11:22 amby robertverhey
Nice one Mark, I do love a Mk 2 LC in Ermine white without the stripe...so much that I'm currrently making a reshell just like that.
Nah the Twink was already 10 years old when I bought it. When I got it, it a rust hole in the floor you could put your foot through (but no other rust anwhere, go figure) Spent a LOT of money on that car, including a full engine rebuild by Bob Holden. Expensive but....magic!
Here's what I sold the TC Escort to buy. Wish I still had 'em both. If only we knew then.....
Re: Let the pictures (non-elan cars) do the talking 2.
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Wed Aug 06, 2014 5:49 pmby nkat
- The much-missed Clockwork Orange at Macau, 2003
Re: Let the pictures (non-elan cars) do the talking 2.
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Wed Aug 06, 2014 9:06 pmby silverlink
My current road car which I've owned for three years
Cheers
Ian
Re: Let the pictures (non-elan cars) do the talking 2.
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Sat Aug 09, 2014 9:40 amby au-yt
Re: Let the pictures (non-elan cars) do the talking 2.
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Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:53 amby AlfaLofa
My 1st car was a Mk1 Consul which was written off when a motor bike came through the windscreen.
2nd car was a Riley RME which cost me ?5 to dump at a scrap yard.
This was my 3rd car which I bought when I was 21 (later sold for ?27 10s)
Re: Let the pictures (non-elan cars) do the talking 2.
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Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:09 amby AlfaLofa
And I bought this when I was 23.
The dealer had an Aston which I wanted to buy (can't remember what variety of DB it was) - but I couldn't afford the ?650 price tag. So I ended up with a red Mk2 with wires instead.
Re: Let the pictures (non-elan cars) do the talking 2.
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Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:44 amby KevJ+2
Almost ashamed to say that my first car was a new 1979 allegro estate (or all agro as they used to be known).
The floor regularly filled with water and when I questioned this, the dealer told my that I must have been parking it on a slope - they all did that
Found a stock photo, can't bear to see myself standing beside it with so much hair
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Re: Let the pictures (non-elan cars) do the talking 2.
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Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:32 amby Elanconvert
Re: Let the pictures (non-elan cars) do the talking 2.
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Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:21 amby oldchieft
Re: Let the pictures (non-elan cars) do the talking 2.
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Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:22 pmby AlfaLofa
Glorious weather - so I took my Italian beauty out for drive this morning.
Covered over 100 miles - including a visit to Loch Etive.
Re: Let the pictures (non-elan cars) do the talking 2.
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Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:31 amby gavk
My weekend car that made way for my Elan+2 Daily Drive
Re: Let the pictures (non-elan cars) do the talking 2.
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Wed Aug 27, 2014 4:23 pmby jimj
Having lent a hand with the route for the AMOC pre-war Derbyshire tour, I was very generously lent this HRG (in the foreground) to go along as the token poor bloke. I`ll settle for that anytime.
Jim
Re: Let the pictures (non-elan cars) do the talking 2.
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Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:29 amby tcsoar
Re: Let the pictures (non-elan cars) do the talking 2.
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Mon Oct 06, 2014 5:04 pmby Elanintheforest
I don't think that you guys in the US would have seen these...so a little introduction.
Take a small family Renault Clio 1.2, front engine and front wheel drive, throw away the engine and transmission, the back seats and the back half of the floorpan / chassis. Make up new subframes front and rear, and fit a quad cam 3 litre V6 with 6 speed box behind the front seats, with rear wheel drive.
Add a straight through exhaust without the cats, some trick suspension and brakes, and it goes, handles and sounds like a race Ferrari. It was produced by RenaultSport (Dieppe) and TWR (Oxford) between 1999 and 2005, with about 1800 produced .
It's so much fun, but very expensive on the licence points!!
Mark
Re: Let the pictures (non-elan cars) do the talking 2.
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Tue Oct 07, 2014 10:37 amby adigra
Some amazing cars in here! So great to see such variety.
Mark, I've just been looking at the Clio V6 last night thinking whether I could make a case for it as I've always wanted to try one. Heart says YES!, but the head keeps saying that it looks so impractical it would make the Elan look like a family saloon. Love the colour, it's perfect for it.
