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By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
This morning I saw a Peugeot 205 GT in mint condition in red racing trim....awesome looking little car even 30+ years on.
Anyone else admire great 80's vintage wheels or are proud owners of one?  |
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By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"In it’s time, the Sierra Sapphire Cosworth was a beast. In comparison with the plastic high-performance cars of today, perhaps it still is.
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Ooooh..that was a good one. Lovely car.  |
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"This morning I saw a Peugeot 205 GT in mint condition in red racing trim....awesome looking little car even 30+ years on.
Anyone else admire great 80's vintage wheels or are proud owners of one? "
Oh they are awesome little cars.. don't ask me to choose just one though. Personally have a soft spot for the metros but I don't think there are any of the hot hatches from that era I don't like.
Saw a mint Renault 5 turbo not so long back and a proper old quattro. Also love the Alfas of the 80s...
A fast Ford fan too so of course the 80s are heaven
Oh proper car porn thread |
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By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"This morning I saw a Peugeot 205 GT in mint condition in red racing trim....awesome looking little car even 30+ years on.
Anyone else admire great 80's vintage wheels or are proud owners of one? Oh they are awesome little cars.. don't ask me to choose just one though. Personally have a soft spot for the metros but I don't think there are any of the hot hatches from that era I don't like.
Saw a mint Renault 5 turbo not so long back and a proper old quattro. Also love the Alfas of the 80s...
A fast Ford fan too so of course the 80s are heaven
Oh proper car porn thread "
A decked out Alfa 33 cloverleaf, a Lancia Delta Hf Integrale. The italians had some very sexy cars back in the day |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Ford Capri Mk II
Although might have been cusp of 70s/80s. "
Mk II came along in 74.
It was facelifted in 78 and though never officially designated Mk3, that's what it became known as until it was killed off in 87 |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"In it’s time, the Sierra Sapphire Cosworth was a beast. In comparison with the plastic high-performance cars of today, perhaps it still is.
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3 Door Sierra Cosworths are now worth a pretty penny. Good ones are changing hands for £40K plus.
A RS500 Cosworth recently sold at auction for around £105,000
Sapphire Cosworths start at around £15,000, but for a good one you're looking at paying at least £20K
How about a Series 1 Escort RS Turbo (Mk3 Escort)
Well, that'll be £40K plus then |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My dream car is a ford sierra rs500 cosworth in moonstone blue
The 80s car i miss the most is my sierra Xr4x4 2.8
There are several cars iv owned that i miss including
87 escort rs turbo
89 jag xjs
91 escort rs 2000
Mondeo st24
88 xr3i
Im looking to buy a late 80s saab 900 carlsson next year |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Bmw E30 M3
But for me it has to be the Mercedes-Benz 190 evoII.
Epic in every way
Very nice indeed. The E34 M5 was a winner also.
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Great shout, with the V8 |
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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago
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"Ford Capri Mk II
Although might have been cusp of 70s/80s.
Mk II came along in 74.
It was facelifted in 78 and though never officially designated Mk3, that's what it became known as until it was killed off in 87"
Alright Wikipedia!!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Ford Capri Mk II
Although might have been cusp of 70s/80s.
Mk II came along in 74.
It was facelifted in 78 and though never officially designated Mk3, that's what it became known as until it was killed off in 87"
Bollocks. It may have been face lifted but the mark 3 was front wheel drive and totally different to the mark 2. The mark four was a “rounded off” version of the mark three |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ford Capri Mk II
Although might have been cusp of 70s/80s.
Mk II came along in 74.
It was facelifted in 78 and though never officially designated Mk3, that's what it became known as until it was killed off in 87
Bollocks. It may have been face lifted but the mark 3 was front wheel drive and totally different to the mark 2. The mark four was a “rounded off” version of the mark three "
No UK Ford capri was front wheel drive!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ford Capri Mk II
Although might have been cusp of 70s/80s.
Mk II came along in 74.
It was facelifted in 78 and though never officially designated Mk3, that's what it became known as until it was killed off in 87
Bollocks. It may have been face lifted but the mark 3 was front wheel drive and totally different to the mark 2. The mark four was a “rounded off” version of the mark three "
You are thinking escort!!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Ford Capri Mk II
Although might have been cusp of 70s/80s. "
Always loved the Capri until I drove one, terrible steering in corners, too light on front end. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I don't think it's quite 80s but my dream car is a duck egg blue Nissan Figaro with a cream roof and cream leather interior.
I intend to purchase one for my midlife crisis
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Glad someone mentioned the Lotus Carlton, I loved those cars.
I’ve just found one for sale on line, a steal at just £125k!
https://www.raccars.co.uk/vauxhall/lotus-carlton/turbo-4-door/52384700/0/sp
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Also your all forgetting the lotus Carlton.
Renault 5 gordini turbo you know the one a GT turbo on steroids.
Carpri 2.8 I what was the special edition one they made right at the end called?"
you mean the turbo2 |
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Guy I work with owns a 1987 ford fiesta XR2 with 2nd manufacture pepperpot alloys (The slightly rounded but better looking and more appreciative cuts on the holes).
Original panels and interiors and on occasion it makes an appearance in the workplace car park when it gets out to give it some air.
Our younger generation we have working there spend a LOT of time staring at it and getting unnecessarily (and quite creepily) aroused over it. |
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By *an_LexaCouple
over a year ago
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My best friend bought a lovely blue 2CV at the end of the 80s when she passed her test.
I always think of the dicks blasting along the seafront in their bright orange capris though. And vinyl roofs, they were pretty big back then.
Also feeling nostalgic, at the very very beginning of the 80s my uncle had a delorean. I remember him picking me up to take me to a birthday party and being really embarrassed when everyone came outside to look.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ford Capri Mk II
Although might have been cusp of 70s/80s.
Mk II came along in 74.
It was facelifted in 78 and though never officially designated Mk3, that's what it became known as until it was killed off in 87
Bollocks. It may have been face lifted but the mark 3 was front wheel drive and totally different to the mark 2. The mark four was a “rounded off” version of the mark three "
I had a 79 Capri and it was NOT front wheel drive.
And there was no Mk4
Unless you're referring to the Australian capri - which was Mazda based. |
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"Ford Capri Mk II
Although might have been cusp of 70s/80s.
Mk II came along in 74.
It was facelifted in 78 and though never officially designated Mk3, that's what it became known as until it was killed off in 87
Bollocks. It may have been face lifted but the mark 3 was front wheel drive and totally different to the mark 2. The mark four was a “rounded off” version of the mark three
I had a 79 Capri and it was NOT front wheel drive.
And there was no Mk4
Unless you're referring to the Australian capri - which was Mazda based."
I knew this wouldn't take long....** Sits back and watches the superior knowledge turn into a heated dispute ** |
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By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"Used to drive a Peugeot 405 MI16, awesome car. Also ex had a SAAB 9000 and I very much coveted the Peugeot 205 1.9GTi or the 309GTi, the Renault 5 GT Turbo or the Vauxhall Calibra. "
I had a serious crush on the 405MI16 especially black with black leather trim.
I drove a Renault 5 GT turbo once. The kick in the back when the boost came in was phenomenal |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ford Capri Mk II
Although might have been cusp of 70s/80s.
Always loved the Capri until I drove one, terrible steering in corners, too light on front end."
was my first car and they are a lot of fun but hard to handle unless you stick a bag of sand in the boot lol |
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By *andonmessMan
over a year ago
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"I saw a pristine, white 1983 Lotus Esprite in Tescos car park this afternoon, it did look rather special 
Ohhhhh lovely. X"
Honestly can't remember the last time I saw one, let alone one so old. It looked so bloody cool, the shape has stood the test of time very well |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Also your all forgetting the lotus Carlton.
Renault 5 gordini turbo you know the one a GT turbo on steroids.
Carpri 2.8 I what was the special edition one they made right at the end called? you mean the turbo2 "
The very last one was the Brooklands 280. |
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By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"I saw a pristine, white 1983 Lotus Esprite in Tescos car park this afternoon, it did look rather special
Ohhhhh lovely. X"
The Esprite had very sexy bodywork indeed |
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By *andonmessMan
over a year ago
A world all of his own |
A guy who I work with has a series 1 RST that he's had for about 20 years. He's in the (long) process of restoring it and managed to get a stack of original spares before they went out of manufacture, dashboard, wings, all sorts. The spares alone are worth a kings ransom. I've tried to get him to sell it to me a few times but I have a feeling I'll have to pry the keys from his cold dead hands lol, and I don't bloody blame him! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Escorts seem to still be popular, but I dont know if they are 30 years old."
They are still very popular, bloody expensive now though. But with every panel being reproduced now for the Mk1s and Mk2s its easy to fix up even the most rotten examples. The 80's was when they switched over to the front wheel drive Mk3. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"A guy who I work with has a series 1 RST that he's had for about 20 years. He's in the (long) process of restoring it and managed to get a stack of original spares before they went out of manufacture, dashboard, wings, all sorts. The spares alone are worth a kings ransom. I've tried to get him to sell it to me a few times but I have a feeling I'll have to pry the keys from his cold dead hands lol, and I don't bloody blame him! "
He did well to find and store the spares, some bits are virtually impossible to buy now. Luckily with 3D printing getting popular, those parts are starting to be reproduced. |
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By *andonmessMan
over a year ago
A world all of his own |
"A guy who I work with has a series 1 RST that he's had for about 20 years. He's in the (long) process of restoring it and managed to get a stack of original spares before they went out of manufacture, dashboard, wings, all sorts. The spares alone are worth a kings ransom. I've tried to get him to sell it to me a few times but I have a feeling I'll have to pry the keys from his cold dead hands lol, and I don't bloody blame him!
He did well to find and store the spares, some bits are virtually impossible to buy now. Luckily with 3D printing getting popular, those parts are starting to be reproduced."
Exactly. I think he even has the little black trim pieces that go between the front wings and the scuttle panel  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"A guy who I work with has a series 1 RST that he's had for about 20 years. He's in the (long) process of restoring it and managed to get a stack of original spares before they went out of manufacture, dashboard, wings, all sorts. The spares alone are worth a kings ransom. I've tried to get him to sell it to me a few times but I have a feeling I'll have to pry the keys from his cold dead hands lol, and I don't bloody blame him!
He did well to find and store the spares, some bits are virtually impossible to buy now. Luckily with 3D printing getting popular, those parts are starting to be reproduced.
Exactly. I think he even has the little black trim pieces that go between the front wings and the scuttle panel "
Blimey, its those random little plastic bits on a car that can make or break a restoration. Towing eye covers seems to be the biggest headache. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Also your all forgetting the lotus Carlton.
Renault 5 gordini turbo you know the one a GT turbo on steroids.
Carpri 2.8 I what was the special edition one they made right at the end called? you mean the turbo2 "
Think they meant a Tickford capri |
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The last of the Capris was the 280... also known as 'Brooklands' but in truth that was just the colour
The Tickford Capri was v. Nice  and that was an Aston Martin project I believe, the creme de la creme .
As it happens... over time we probably had over a dozen capris that we, bought, ran, restored etc. Some just cut up and used for spares  and none of which we've got anymore ?? gutting considering the asking price of them now though!
Claim to fame being though is that pictures of one that we restored, took to Blackpool for a capri run and thought nothing of but the images have since been used by the Viz, Cole of groups on Facebook use it as cover image and for ages it was main pic on wikipedia and first off in Google as well |
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"Mercedes 190 with cosworth lump in it classier version of the sierra for the slightly more refined nutter of the time and I liked the Saab 900 turbo lil different "
but the Cossie was much faster than the merc |
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Bizzarely i loved the fiat 131 supermirafiori too.
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I think your the only person I've ever known to like these. I had one in the early 80's and loved that car. Handled like an MKII Escort but had that glorious Fiat twin cam engine. Before that I had a 124 Sport Coupe which sadly rusted to death
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"Ford Capri Mk II
Although might have been cusp of 70s/80s.
Mk II came along in 74.
It was facelifted in 78 and though never officially designated Mk3, that's what it became known as until it was killed off in 87
Bollocks. It may have been face lifted but the mark 3 was front wheel drive and totally different to the mark 2. The mark four was a “rounded off” version of the mark three "
Lol, he is talking about the Capri and you appear to be talking about the Escort, I think you owe an apology! |
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By *omvampmMan
over a year ago
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"Mercedes 190 with cosworth lump in it classier version of the sierra for the slightly more refined nutter of the time and I liked the Saab 900 turbo lil different but the Cossie was much faster than the merc "
indeed it was but the merc wasn't slow by no means with some tweaks by rude mercs in Essex comfier than the ford thou wish still had it be worth a fortune now mind you so is a decent cossie sierra lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Corolla GT rwd best fun pound for pound..... simple rwd unburstable engine lsd .... fun fun fun ..... hence the GT86 25 years later
Dream cars lancia delta intergrale evo3
Ford rs200
Metro 6r4
Manta 400
Ford rs500 |
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