Car History in a Frame
Re: Car History in a Frame
My five...
Clio 172
Elise 111s
Golf Gti (mk 5)
Elise Sport 135
Fiesta ST
or maybe throw in some of the motor sport projects....
Think I'll have a go at doing one of these over the weekend....
Clio 172
Elise 111s
Golf Gti (mk 5)
Elise Sport 135
Fiesta ST
or maybe throw in some of the motor sport projects....
Think I'll have a go at doing one of these over the weekend....
Re: Car History in a Frame
In 15 years of driving I've only had 9 or 10 cars... Anyway
Mini
VW Jetta mk2
err, another Mini (maybe I could colour the first one
Elise
Alfa 159
I guess I could do cars I had regular use of and include some of the wife's as the cars I enjoyed driving the most. That way I could have 3 Minis
Mini
Mk1 Mx5
Elise
Vx220
Panda 100hp

Mini
VW Jetta mk2
err, another Mini (maybe I could colour the first one

Elise
Alfa 159
I guess I could do cars I had regular use of and include some of the wife's as the cars I enjoyed driving the most. That way I could have 3 Minis

Mini
Mk1 Mx5
Elise
Vx220
Panda 100hp

'16 MINI Cooper S - Family fun hatch
'98 Lotus Elise - Fun day car
'04 Maserati Coupe GT - Manual, v8, Italian...
'18 Mazda Mx5 - The wife's, so naturally my daily
'19 Ducati Monster 797 - Baby bike bike
'98 Lotus Elise - Fun day car
'04 Maserati Coupe GT - Manual, v8, Italian...
'18 Mazda Mx5 - The wife's, so naturally my daily
'19 Ducati Monster 797 - Baby bike bike
Re: Car History in a Frame
I'd go
Mini (first car)
R5 GT Turbo (first quick car)
Lancia Integrale (first cool car)
TVR Griffith 500 (first seriously quick car)
Caterham R400 (my baby and I miss her
)
Oh and Benny - that's smert as a fert
Mini (first car)
R5 GT Turbo (first quick car)
Lancia Integrale (first cool car)
TVR Griffith 500 (first seriously quick car)
Caterham R400 (my baby and I miss her

Oh and Benny - that's smert as a fert

Ross
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1972 Alfaholics Giulia Super
2000 Elise S1 Sport 160
2004 Bentley Conti GT
2017 Schkoda Yeti
2x Hairy GRs (not Toyota)
Now browsing the tech pages

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1972 Alfaholics Giulia Super
2000 Elise S1 Sport 160
2004 Bentley Conti GT
2017 Schkoda Yeti
2x Hairy GRs (not Toyota)
Now browsing the tech pages


Re: Car History in a Frame
Nice list of carsrossybee wrote:I'd go
Mini (first car)
R5 GT Turbo (first quick car)
Lancia Integrale (first cool car)
TVR Griffith 500 (first seriously quick car)
Caterham R400 (my baby and I miss her)
Oh and Benny - that's smert as a fert

Steve.
Re: Car History in a Frame
Please list your cars sinceC7Steve wrote:Nice list of carsrossybee wrote:I'd go
Mini (first car)
R5 GT Turbo (first quick car)
Lancia Integrale (first cool car)
TVR Griffith 500 (first seriously quick car)
Caterham R400 (my baby and I miss her)
Oh and Benny - that's smert as a fert![]()
Steve.
"Here for a good time not a long time"
Re: Car History in a Frame
I'm actually trying to find a pic of every car I've owned to get up on the garage wall.
Might take some doing but should be a good walk down memory lane
Might take some doing but should be a good walk down memory lane
AMG GT-R
Atom 4 - CM425
Lotus Esprit S4S
G30 M5 Comp
Ferrari 599
Lotus Elise S1 "Shed" spec
Atom 4 - CM425
Lotus Esprit S4S
G30 M5 Comp
Ferrari 599
Lotus Elise S1 "Shed" spec
Re: Car History in a Frame
my 5 would have to be..
My 1st car - '86 almond green mini, i painted the roof white along with bonnet stripes and sports pack arches
1st e30 (still have it)
Elise S2 racetech
Z4M Coupe (best car I've ever owned, miss it dearly)
E92 M3
Missed out a rake of beemers in between and the odd audi, but those are the significant ones
My 1st car - '86 almond green mini, i painted the roof white along with bonnet stripes and sports pack arches
1st e30 (still have it)
Elise S2 racetech
Z4M Coupe (best car I've ever owned, miss it dearly)
E92 M3
Missed out a rake of beemers in between and the odd audi, but those are the significant ones

Re: Car History in a Frame
I could do 5 lotus 
S1 Elise B&C160
S2 Exige
2-11
Lotus Evora
S2 Elise 260

S1 Elise B&C160
S2 Exige
2-11
Lotus Evora
S2 Elise 260
Elise S2 260
BMW M2 Comp
RRS HST
BMW R1300GS
BMW M2 Comp
RRS HST
BMW R1300GS
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Re: Car History in a Frame
1st car barn find Saab 96
Mk 1V Spitfire [project deep pockets]
Mk 1V Golf GTi
Vectra VXR fully loaded
111R
All fun in there own way.
Mk 1V Spitfire [project deep pockets]
Mk 1V Golf GTi
Vectra VXR fully loaded
111R
All fun in there own way.
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Re: Car History in a Frame
I'd rather notScotty C wrote:Please list your cars sinceC7Steve wrote:Nice list of carsrossybee wrote:I'd go
Mini (first car)
R5 GT Turbo (first quick car)
Lancia Integrale (first cool car)
TVR Griffith 500 (first seriously quick car)
Caterham R400 (my baby and I miss her)
Oh and Benny - that's smert as a fert![]()
Steve.


Ross
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1972 Alfaholics Giulia Super
2000 Elise S1 Sport 160
2004 Bentley Conti GT
2017 Schkoda Yeti
2x Hairy GRs (not Toyota)
Now browsing the tech pages

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1972 Alfaholics Giulia Super
2000 Elise S1 Sport 160
2004 Bentley Conti GT
2017 Schkoda Yeti
2x Hairy GRs (not Toyota)
Now browsing the tech pages


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Re: Car History in a Frame
That's fantastic, might just give Ann a nudge for my birthday next month.
My 5 and I have only ever had 5 cars. (still own 3 of them)
Austin metro 1.3L
Rover Metro Gti
Renault Clio S
Lotus Elise
BMW 130i
My 5 and I have only ever had 5 cars. (still own 3 of them)
Austin metro 1.3L
Rover Metro Gti
Renault Clio S
Lotus Elise
BMW 130i
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Re: Car History in a Frame
Mikie711 wrote:I could do 5 lotus

Excel SE
Élan SE (x2)
Elise S1 (x2)
Elise S2 (x2)
Europa S
Evora na
Which one to leave out??

Or include non Lotus car history & I need an art galleries worth of pictures.

2015 Lotus Evora
2022 Polestar 2 LRSM Plus
2023 Skoda Kodiaq Sportline
2022 Polestar 2 LRSM Plus
2023 Skoda Kodiaq Sportline
Re: Car History in a Frame
j2 lot wrote:
Or include non Lotus car history & I need an art galleries worth of pictures.

And a bigger wall in the house to hang them all

I may have an uncontrollable adiction

Elise S2 260
BMW M2 Comp
RRS HST
BMW R1300GS
BMW M2 Comp
RRS HST
BMW R1300GS
Re: Car History in a Frame
But how many of the 3 work?BiggestNizzy wrote:That's fantastic, might just give Ann a nudge for my birthday next month.
My 5 and I have only ever had 5 cars. (still own 3 of them)
Austin metro 1.3L
Rover Metro Gti
Renault Clio S
Lotus Elise
BMW 130i
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Caterham Roadsport 190
Tesla Model 3 LR RWD
Volvo XC60 - family and dug spec!
Tesla Model 3 LR RWD
Volvo XC60 - family and dug spec!