Dunkield Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Here you go, restored from a complete wreck by my own fare hands. Bought for £250, took me 2 years to build it, raced it for 2 years, someone stuffed into the side of it and I sold the wreckage for £3K and got £3K from the insurance Alls well that ends well. Thats Goodwood, circa 1989 I reckon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadeye ive Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 That overall looks popular Stuart ...........Looks like like you did a top job ..........Unlike your CZ Only kidding .........That looks a peach as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Boy racer Its lucky you have worms or you would never had fitted in it LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slipster Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Stuart is that you peeeing up the shed in the background Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishapoor Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Lovely Caterham. K1800 under the bonnet? 1600? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bipolar Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 This is from me JONRMS and NOT from bipolar!!! I am at his house and its just too time consuming to log in and out.. lol ## anyway nice car bud... I have to give you credit where its due.. but omg.. 2 years to restore? Anyway I will send some pics of my 300zx ANOTHER REAL CAR!!!!! Glad you didnt loose out when it was crashed! Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Blimey, that fella in the background - Miami Vice me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 And is that bez offof the happy mondays, at the back, just over the old feller with white hair's head? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Oh yes, dig those post Top Gun Rayban Aviators. I myself had (and still have) a pair and am pleased to see that they are now coming back into fashion. Well what do you know, I am trendy again. Now I just need Sergio Tacchini tracksuits blouson leather jackets cork sole slip ons and Spandau Ballet hair to come back for me to be full on once again. Edit: I already have the 3i with the pepperpot alloys of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted August 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Lovely Caterham. K1800 under the bonnet? 1600? OK, you asked This was originally made pre Caterham, it is in fact based on a series 1 Lotus 7 about 1960 ish. The guy I bought it off wrecked the chassis, so there was no way I could restore it to original, I would have had to make all the parts myself to do that, but it would have been worth a mint - they only ever made 240 of those. So it came with a good old Ford pre-crossflow 1200 with a cosworth head, which I flogged and bought a bored out 1600 croosflow out a grasstracker that been totalled. That put out 110bhp at the back wheels (verified on a rolling road dyno) but that unfortunately dropped a valve and went bang. I then got a 1300 crossflow to drop down into the 1301 or less class, I transferred the cosworth cam and twin 40 dcoe webbers etc over onto that so the power hardly dropped at all, and that is when I started to get some class wins, but mainly second places to uber serious boys. I was using the car full time so I couldn't afford to stuff it on the track. As it was geared for the hills or shortish sprints (Goodwood not being one of those!) it would only do 110mph before hitting the red line in fourth - but it got there very very quickly :blink: I made a point of never racing on the roads, but there was 911SC that got on my t**s once that was put well and truely in it's place - he was giving it 'the big one' in front of his bird and that just annoyed me, so it had to be done That's your lot. Back to shooting now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishapoor Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 I did ask! Lovely car, and I bet it gave you alot of fun... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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