My first car was a '54 EIP Vauxhall, put Y branch on front pipe, then straight pipes to the rear with 2 cooper mufflers. Also added, remember the aerials about 14 foot long, on both front guards and 2 racing mirrors for good measure.
were showing our age now, 52 Prefectwith the big arials
jeffqv,
Nov 11, 9:02am
1957 Morris minor. 1600 ford lump, four into two header, side ext pipe. Discs up front, wide tyres with the wings taken off and extended so that you couldn't see and flares, painted a vile green with red leather interior. Huge cassette system (cool in those days) with real Hi Fi speakers bolted to the rear doors. Oh and the 6 ft whip aerial from the rear centre of the roof! Name writen in the sun visor until Plod called me by first name for speeding.
jmma,
Nov 11, 9:06am
Did you have ribbons or plastic drink bottles on them (o:
trogedon,
Nov 11, 9:06am
Morris Marina Van. Some soft fitted squads in the back so I could nail my girlfriend without it being too hard on my knees!
jeffqv,
Nov 11, 9:12am
Had a marina pickup and shoved a rover V8 in it.t'was fun!
m16d,
Nov 11, 9:13am
61 mini that I kept polished up like new. and sold it to buy my Greeves Silverstone.
motorway,
Nov 11, 9:16am
Mk 1 Cortina, "Peco" twin outlet rear muffler, radiator blind controlled on a chain through to the cabin, Lucas square 8 spotlights cut into the grille, all the interior vinyl (red) sprayed black, 2 x 5 .5 J steelies on the back, home made extended spring hangers, imitiation "Lake" pipes down each side, as many guages I could find a space to fit them. 28/36 dcd Weber carb on an adaptor with a Pancake filter (improved top gear acceleration, it said on the box)
motorway,
Nov 11, 9:20am
There used to be a 105E Angliarunning around our neighbourhood with a sunvisor name on it.Whaddock-Hunt, took a while til the penny dropped.
jmma,
Nov 11, 9:21am
Oh weren't the pre cert days fun (o:
saki,
Nov 11, 9:23am
Cortina GT took the hubcaps and wheel trims off
motorway,
Nov 11, 9:25am
Oh yes and an 8 track mounted on the cardboard parcel shelf under the glove box as it negated the need to change it over to negative earth, which shook and vibrated a lot as the U/Js were poked.
saxman99,
Nov 11, 9:27am
.is somebody able to let trog know that his students have hacked his account!Ta.
a18a,
Nov 11, 9:28am
i made some hub caps out of cardboard and tin foil for my accord
jmma,
Nov 11, 9:29am
Did you add the chrome plastic wheel nut covers!
magicmat,
Nov 11, 9:35am
Rx2 with 12A taken to 'stage 2' ports, hot wire mags with sf330 eager tyres that scraped on all guards lol. Unfortunately revving the poor engine off the clock meant it didnt last too long.
socram,
Nov 11, 9:49am
1963 Beige Minivan and had the roof sprayed maroon.
Got a 1961 part restored Greeves in my garage (not a Silverstone!) which may have to go back to the UK, as the numberplate is worth far more than the bike!
stevexc,
Nov 11, 9:57am
1982 Honda Accord.Put some 13 inch mag wheels on it and installed a tape deck as the existing one didn't work.
extrayda,
Nov 11, 10:14am
1973 XA 302C V8 Fairmont.Bought in 1986.Started off doing stereo - Alpine Radio / Cassette 6 Watts!, 25w amp for fronts, 90w for rear 6x9s, and I think 120w for subs, electric aerial.Changed mags to Hotwires with Eagers.Ran like that for a while, then went to 460BB, headers, twin pipes, C6, 9", repaint to Delphin Grey Metallic (BMW Colour), re-upholstered interior, GT Dash etc etc.First car, still miss that one.
extrayda,
Nov 11, 10:15am
It also had air shocks when I bought it, so they were often pumped up to the max to left the rear up! (later removed and replaced by adjustable Konis all round).
yeahm8,
Nov 11, 10:41am
My first car was a 69 Vaxuall Victor, first thing I did was put in a cassette deck and black fluffy dice with a sheep skin rug up on the back seat.
rsr72,
Nov 11, 10:52am
Hope you didn't forget the coloured cats eyes on the mudflaps and numberplate, the slip-in whitewalls, and the sunshield over the top of the windscreen.
jmma,
Nov 11, 10:56am
Didn't do the white walls, but remember highlighting the lettering on the tyres and yes did have those round coloured reflectors on the no plate (o:
mk3zephyr,
Nov 11, 11:15am
69 Mk1 escort 1600 GT, bunged a weber and extractors on it with a nice warm cam, Clarion 950E stereo, Cut slot in the dash to fit it (looked good), Square spotlights behind the grill, Louvres, Hillman Hunter rear shocks to give it that raised look and put Anglia wide rims on with the black plastic nut covers and black plastic centres from a Mk4/5 Cortina.
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