Car History in a Frame

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Re: Car History in a Frame

Post by Dominic » Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:49 pm

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....
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Re: Car History in a Frame

Post by Corranga » Fri Sep 12, 2014 4:10 pm

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 :blackeye

Mini
Mk1 Mx5
Elise
Vx220
Panda 100hp
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'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

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Re: Car History in a Frame

Post by rossybee » Sat Sep 13, 2014 10:48 am

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 :cry: )

Oh and Benny - that's smert as a fert :thumbsup
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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)

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Re: Car History in a Frame

Post by C7Steve » Sat Sep 13, 2014 11:32 am

rossybee 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 :cry: )

Oh and Benny - that's smert as a fert :thumbsup
Nice list of cars :thumbsup

Steve.

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Re: Car History in a Frame

Post by Scotty C » Sat Sep 13, 2014 2:06 pm

C7Steve wrote:
rossybee 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 :cry: )

Oh and Benny - that's smert as a fert :thumbsup
Nice list of cars :thumbsup

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Re: Car History in a Frame

Post by Andy G » Sat Sep 13, 2014 3:51 pm

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
AMG GT-R
Atom 4 - CM425
Lotus Esprit S4S
G30 M5 Comp
Ferrari 599
Lotus Elise S1 "Shed" spec

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Re: Car History in a Frame

Post by ClarkyBoy » Sat Sep 13, 2014 5:31 pm

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 :-)
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BSA B31
MF35
Stiga Tornado
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Re: Car History in a Frame

Post by Mikie711 » Sat Sep 13, 2014 8:04 pm

I could do 5 lotus :)

S1 Elise B&C160
S2 Exige
2-11
Lotus Evora
S2 Elise 260
Elise S2 260
BMW M2 Comp
RRS HST
BMW R1300GS

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Re: Car History in a Frame

Post by point n squirt » Sat Sep 13, 2014 8:16 pm

1st car barn find Saab 96
Mk 1V Spitfire [project deep pockets]
Mk 1V Golf GTi
Vectra VXR fully loaded
111R
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Re: Car History in a Frame

Post by rossybee » Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:09 pm

Scotty C wrote:
C7Steve wrote:
rossybee 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 :cry: )

Oh and Benny - that's smert as a fert :thumbsup
Nice list of cars :thumbsup

Steve.
Please list your cars since
I'd rather not :oops: :mrgreen:
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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 :mrgreen:

:cheers

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Re: Car History in a Frame

Post by BiggestNizzy » Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:41 am

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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Re: Car History in a Frame

Post by j2 lot » Sun Sep 14, 2014 1:28 pm

Mikie711 wrote:I could do 5 lotus :)
:withstupid

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. :roll:
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Re: Car History in a Frame

Post by Mikie711 » Sun Sep 14, 2014 2:36 pm

j2 lot wrote:
Or include non Lotus car history & I need an art galleries worth of pictures. :roll:
:withstupid

And a bigger wall in the house to hang them all :shock:

I may have an uncontrollable adiction :blackeye
Elise S2 260
BMW M2 Comp
RRS HST
BMW R1300GS

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Re: Car History in a Frame

Post by RDH » Sun Sep 14, 2014 4:13 pm

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
But how many of the 3 work?


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Re: Car History in a Frame

Post by Justin » Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:39 pm

Snap!

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