keg Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 look like something out of Top Gear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepasty Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 I did get some funny looks driving around with it like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Here's my 1979 Panther Lima S2 Looking forward to driving her at the weekend, just had a new straight through exhaust fitted as the original exhaust finally died (not bad life at 26 years!) and a K&N filter (can't find replacements for the old one). Also had the chassis stripped, painted and rust proofed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marnold Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 (edited) Just restored ready for summer! Bonus points to anyone that can correctly id her!! Edited June 5, 2015 by marnold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 (edited) Is it a lotus of some sort?can I have a bonus point for the Fiesta zetec ? Edited June 5, 2015 by Davyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Lotus Europa i think? not seen one of those in a long time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marnold Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Lotus Europa i think? not seen one of those in a long time Is it a lotus of some sort?can I have a bonus point for the Fiesta zetec ? Good guess chaps! Yup, it's a Lotus Europa, a John Player Special I might add It was my dads - I always wanted to have it restored for him for his 60th birthday but he died suddenly and I never got the chance. I went ahead and had it done anyway in the end - didn't feel right leaving it sat in a garage rusting away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 my Panther was my step-father's, he gave it to me just before he passed away. it'd been sat in a garage for 10 years, so i've brought it back to it's former glory which i'm sure he'd have been very pleased about (it's only done 5000 miles!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marnold Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 my Panther was my step-father's, he gave it to me just before he passed away. it'd been sat in a garage for 10 years, so i've brought it back to it's former glory which i'm sure he'd have been very pleased about (it's only done 5000 miles!) Good man My Lotus was last used in 1976 - 20,000 on the clock. And an eye-watering renovation cost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet1747 Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Good man My Lotus was last used in 1976 - 20,000 on the clock. And an eye-watering renovation cost It's only money, can't take it with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 That's better... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Is that car the right way up Good taste for both of you, had a model F1 Lotus my cousin gave me in JPS colours. IIRC the Panther De Ville was at one stage the most expensive production car in the uk according to my 1979 Guinness book of car facts and feats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 (edited) Here's my 1979 Panther Lima S2 &&0 Looking forward to driving her at the weekend, just had a new straight through exhaust fitted as the original exhaust finally died (not bad life at 26 years!) and a K&N filter (can't find replacements for the old one). Also had the chassis stripped, painted and rust proofed. That is what a car should look like. Very nice. Edited June 7, 2015 by Scully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69chris Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 ahhh i didnt know we could do cars too heres my daily............ it just makes me smile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marnold Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 ahhh i didnt know we could do cars too heres my daily............ <script pagespeed_no_defer="" type="text/javascript">//=d.offsetWidth&&0>=d.offsetHeight)a=!1;else{c=d.getBoundingClientRect();var f=document.body;a=c.top+("pageYOffset"in window?window.pageYOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollTop);c=c.left+("pageXOffset"in window?window.pageXOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollLeft);f=a.toString()+","+c;b.b.hasOwnProperty(f)?a=!1:(b.b[f]=!0,a=a<=b.e.height&&c<=b.e.width)}a&&(b.a.push(e),b.d[e]=!0)};p.prototype.checkImageForCriticality=function(b){b.getBoundingClientRect&&q(this,b)};h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality",function(b){n.checkImageForCriticality(b)});h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkCriticalImages",function(){r(n)});var r=function(b){b.b={};for(var d=["IMG","INPUT"],a=[],c=0;c=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e)}b.g&&(e="&rd="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(s())),131072>=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e),d=!0);t=a;if(d){c=b.f;b=b.h;var f;if(window.XMLHttpRequest)f=new XMLHttpRequest;else if(window.ActiveXObject)try{f=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")}catch(k){try{f=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")}catch(u){}}f&&(f.open("POST",c+(-1==c.indexOf("?")?"?":"&")+"url="+encodeURIComponent(b)),f.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded"),f.send(a))}}},s=function(){var b={},d=document.getElementsByTagName("IMG");if(0==d.length)return{};var a=d[0];if(!("naturalWidth"in a&&"naturalHeight"in a))return{};for(var c=0;a=d[c];++c){var e=a.getAttribute("pagespeed_url_hash");e&&(!(e in b)&&0=b[e].k&&a.height>=b[e].j)&&(b[e]={rw:a.width,rh:a.height,ow:a.naturalWidth,oh:a.naturalHeight})}return b},t="";h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.getBeaconData",function(){return t});h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.Run",function(b,d,a,c,e,f){var k=new p(b,d,a,e,f);n=k;c&&m(function(){window.setTimeout(function(){r(k)},0)})});})();pagespeed.CriticalImages.Run('/mod_pagespeed_beacon','http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/index.php?s=0eb101638a803f467914592958ee59c9&app=forums&module=ajax§ion=topics&do=quote&t=303967&p=2840946&md5check=3c64774a64af93719c2217ffc7ee9953&isRte=1,l8PuqRhht8,true,false,7HZS-hbNXdY');//]]></script> &&0 it just makes me smile Very nice mate!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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keg Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Pontiac Trans AM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69chris Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Pontiac Trans AM? corvette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Thought you had written Chevette for a moment Nice looking proper muscle car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redditch Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 (edited) I used to have one of these, also 3 cylinders and 1 litre. Wartburg Knight ? East German. Better than the Trabant LOL One day it burst into flames //<![CDATA[ (function(){var g=this,h=function(b,d){var a=b.split("."),c=g;a[0]in c||!c.execScript||c.execScript("var "+a[0]);for(var e;a.length&&(e=a.shift());)a.length||void 0===d?c[e]?c=c[e]:c=c[e]={}:c[e]=d};var l=function(b){var d=b.length;if(0<d){for(var a=Array(d),c=0;c<d;c++)a[c]=b[c];return a}return[]};var m=function(b){var d=window;if(d.addEventListener)d.addEventListener("load",b,!1);else if(d.attachEvent)d.attachEvent("onload",b);else{var a=d.onload;d.onload=function(){b.call(this);a&&a.call(this)}}};var n,p=function(b,d,a,c,e){this.f=b;this.h=d;this.i=a;this.c=e;this.e={height:window.innerHeight||document.documentElement.clientHeight||document.body.clientHeight,width:window.innerWidth||document.documentElement.clientWidth||document.body.clientWidth};this.g=c;this.b={};this.a=[];this.d={}},q=function(b,d){var a,c,e=d.getAttribute("pagespeed_url_hash");if(a=e&&!(e in b.d))if(0>=d.offsetWidth&&0>=d.offsetHeight)a=!1;else{c=d.getBoundingClientRect();var f=document.body;a=c.top+("pageYOffset"in window?window.pageYOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollTop);c=c.left+("pageXOffset"in window?window.pageXOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollLeft);f=a.toString()+","+c;b.b.hasOwnProperty(f)?a=!1:(b.b[f]=!0,a=a<=b.e.height&&c<=b.e.width)}a&&(b.a.push(e),b.d[e]=!0)};p.prototype.checkImageForCriticality=function(b){b.getBoundingClientRect&&q(this,b)};h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality",function(b){n.checkImageForCriticality(b)});h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkCriticalImages",function(){r(n)});var r=function(b){b.b={};for(var d=["IMG","INPUT"],a=[],c=0;c<d.length;++c)a=a.concat(l(document.getElementsByTagName(d[c])));if(0!=a.length&&a[0].getBoundingClientRect){for(c=0;d=a[c];++c)q(b,d);a="oh="+b.i;b.c&&(a+="&n="+b.c);if(d=0!=b.a.length)for(a+="&ci="+encodeURIComponent(b.a[0]),c=1;c<b.a.length;++c){var e=","+encodeURIComponent(b.a[c]);131072>=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e)}b.g&&(e="&rd="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(s())),131072>=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e),d=!0);t=a;if(d){c=b.f;b=b.h;var f;if(window.XMLHttpRequest)f=new XMLHttpRequest;else if(window.ActiveXObject)try{f=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")}catch(k){try{f=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")}catch(u){}}f&&(f.open("POST",c+(-1==c.indexOf("?")?"?":"&")+"url="+encodeURIComponent(b)),f.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded"),f.send(a))}}},s=function(){var b={},d=document.getElementsByTagName("IMG");if(0==d.length)return{};var a=d[0];if(!("naturalWidth"in a&&"naturalHeight"in a))return{};for(var c=0;a=d[c];++c){var e=a.getAttribute("pagespeed_url_hash");e&&(!(e in b)&&0<a.width&&0<a.height&&0<a.naturalWidth&&0<a.naturalHeight||e in b&&a.width>=b[e].k&&a.height>=b[e].j)&&(b[e]={rw:a.width,rh:a.height,ow:a.naturalWidth,oh:a.naturalHeight})}return b},t="";h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.getBeaconData",function(){return t});h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.Run",function(b,d,a,c,e,f){var k=new p(b,d,a,e,f);n=k;c&&m(function(){window.setTimeout(function(){r(k)},0)})});})();pagespeed.CriticalImages.Run('/mod_pagespeed_beacon','http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/index.php?app=forums&module=ajax§ion=topics&do=quote&t=303967&p=2740103&md5check=d73c09ed4b68f3b1f566f97bad7a6647&isRte=1,l8PuqRhht8,true,false,yzx27kwaNHI'); //]]> Edited June 9, 2015 by Redditch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redditch Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 (edited) This was my old one, a Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.0 TDi Was a good wagon till a woman reverse across the road and hit me up the rear. A year later it failed it's MOT due to rust where she hit it :( Edited June 9, 2015 by Redditch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redditch Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 And this is what I'm running now (with the same trailer) a Nissan Terrano 3.0 SE Di Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) I used to have one of these, also 3 cylinders and 1 litre. One day it burst into flames Wartburg Knight ? East German. Better than the Trabant LOL They certainly were better than the Trabi and well equipped for the time. Very cheap because the Ossies wanted hard currency. The downsides were the terrible fuel consumption (two-stroke) and pollution (ditto) and less than precise handling, thanks to the freewheel (necessary to protect the two-stroke engine) The upside was that you could have a new family car for peanuts in the 1970's Edited June 10, 2015 by amateur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theshootist Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) I like foresters. And if I'm feeling brave: Edited June 10, 2015 by theshootist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 shot this yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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