Autosport 2008 (grab a cuppa* lengthy write up warning)

ScoobieWRX · Post by **ScoobieWRX** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:47 am

Cracking write up, excellent pics up and very much enjoyed.

Well done for getting the pic of that Vauxhall Firenza, absolute magic and lots of happy memories for me. :thumb:

Post by **Stuart** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:51 am

As soon as I saw the names on the side, that was it. Legends the pair of them :notworthy:

ScoobieWRX · Post by **ScoobieWRX** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:36 pm

That was back in the days when they used to make proper cars

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:51 pm

ScoobieWRX wrote:That was back in the days when they used to make proper cars

Wha!!!!!!!!!! Firenza, Viva, Victor, Cresta, Chevette etc. were utter rust trap shite. I had an FD Victor with overdrive on fourth that could only be used downhill.

ScoobieWRX · Post by **ScoobieWRX** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 1:10 pm

I had two Victors, an 1800 and a 2300. they were very relaible and took us all around the UK without breaking down. Sounds to me like whoever sold you the car saw you coming :P

My Firenza had the 2300 engine out of a VX 4/90, a PECO exhaust and twin 40 DCOE Webers. Bilsteins all round and 185/60/13's on Weller rims. The whole car was white with white wheels. It used to go like stink and looked the biz lowered!! I was only 18 at the time and i thought it was the beeez balzzzzz!!

What i mean by proper cars is......cars that were purely mechanical, no electronics whatsoever in sight, no ABS, ECU's, YAW sensors or any of that malarky!! They were dead easy to work on and mostly RWD. Loads of fun to drive and taught you a thing or two about car control. MKI and II Escorts, Mini's, etc... Proper cars!!

Sorry to momentarily hijack the thread...i'll shut up now :lol:

turbomart · Post by **turbomart** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:00 pm

Those were the days huh, balancing twin carbs, messing with dwell angles and feel like you actually made a difference

....Had plenty of old rusty Vauxhall's myself

.... Viva's, Magnum 2.3, Victor's and do you remember the Ventora 3.3 straight six? had one of those as well, thirsty old bugger tho :lol: must say, I was more of a Ford man personally... loved 3.0 Capri's, had my first when I was 20 and went on to own no less than six.

Martyn

Bladerider · Post by **Bladerider** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:36 am

Thanks for the pics write up and phnoecalls Stu - GIT !!!

Gutted Im too busy to fart let alone go to a show. Made even worse when that night Bob and the guys asked me if I was still coming on the Friday as they had a ticket for me -

Thanks for getting a pic of the Ascari - truly awesome thing, I love it.

Luc-Michel's skyline is a 6.7litre Merc V12 with 4 turbos, a couple of years ago it was running towards 1000bhp and 1000kg's so I expect its done that now, its been banned from every race series he's tried to get it entered into that I know of !!! lol

Shame there werent any Murci or GT pics

Interesting Top Gear repeat on TV today too btw !!

J.

blackskygtr · Post by **blackskygtr** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:06 am

great thread and gutted i never went !!!
Top tips seem to be front and rear aero kit Splitter/diffusers undertrays seem to have taken off too.
Some lovely examples of true super cars and for me alomg with some others love the firenza and the mk2 escort from chris.
That cage in the scooby also looked very familiar

Jay

mike-payne · Post by **mike-payne** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:45 am

Aewsome right up and some lovely looking motor's.... looks like i missed another great automotive show!

323ian · Post by **323ian** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:51 pm

Some truly stunning cars there!
The Ascari is my personal favourite at the moment and would definitley be my lottery winning car! The sequencial gearbox does it for me!

Whats the details on that stunning V8 Skyline?!!