Evolution of your cars...?

Right I've finished my dinner now so lets start

Ford Fiesta 1.1L with a radio that was fitted as standard on Noahs arch and could only recieve Atlantic LW 252

Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 in a lovely beige colour that had a factory fitted cassette player, after a year of Atlantic 252 I was well impressed with this (sadly that got Rolled down a road, but sod it, it was only 400)

The mighty Proton 1.5SI, Electric windows (didn't work), Sunroof (didn't work), Central locking (didn't work), Power steering though, that was nice.

Another Cavalier, White, and owned for far to long, I considered doing this one up, thank god I didn't, sold to a work collegue for way over what it was worth, ha, Sucker.

Honda CBR 600, I sold it, what was I thinking, I'm nuts, "Adam go and sit in the corner and think about what you have done", "yes mum".

The Mighty (Royal mettalic Blue - before Lee-Gti makes any commments ) Golf GTI, it has it's claws well and trully dug into me, it takes my pay cheque from me every month without consulting me as to whether I would like to purchase anything else that month or maybe go out more often, but I love her so.


Edited by: heliosbluemk2

 

Old F reg (68?) bay window campervan in pink and white.
Mods, tied the accelerator pedal back on.

F reg fiat uno 45bhp.
Mods, about 7 speakers and a cd changer.

J reg 1.8 driver.
Mods, several different sets of leather seats then stripped out for santa pod, lowered on about 3 differnt sets of shocks/springs over 3 years, eibach ARB's (valver bound), Jetex S/S exhaust, black BBS wheels, 4 point harness's, OMP steering wheel and spacer

E reg 8v gti.
Mods, Weight reduced by attacking it with an angle grinder till it fitted into a skip then sent to africa.

g reg valver
Mods, (already on when bought) apparently the head has had cams and is gasflowed although might not still be, lowered on koni/eibach suspension, 16" BBS wheels, upper strut brace, a small metal plate bolted to top of radiator which makes a handy tool tray, really large twin pipe exhaust which wobbles, recaro interior, white dials,
tinted windows, jetta lights, 6*9 speakers in front door pods and parcel shelf, custom boot built made out of approximately 2.5 rainforests

 

Gav - i told ya mate.. those are standard KR cams. Can tell by the cutouts at the bottom of the lobe.

 

70 Triumph toledo 1300 (wrote off)
77 Triumph dolomite 1850HL (wrote off)
77 Triumph dolomite 1850HL (wrote off)
78 Triumph dolomite spint 2000 16v
80 Golf GTi 1600
81 Golf GTi 1800
85 Lancia prisma 1600 (bag of *****)
72 Beetle 1300
80 Golf GTi 1600
85 Scirocco 1800 GTs
89 Scirocco 1800i scala
85 Scirocco 1800 GTs
89 Scirocco 1800i scala
89 Honda accord aerodeck 2000i
86 Jetta 1800 tx
90 Scirocco 1800i scala
89 Scirocco 1800i scala
89 Golf GTi 1800
89 Golf GTi 1800
91 Golf GTi 1800
91 Golf Driver 1600
90 Golf GTi 1800
93 Golf CL 1800
91 Golf GTi 1800
94 Golf GTi
97 Golf GTi
96 Anny Golf GTi
Edited by: vw scottie

 

1983 Austin Metro 1000 wiv MG interior and alloys ......and no floor afer i put the jack through it

1984 Austin Metro 1300 unfinished (or is that unwanted?) project

1985 Austin MG Metro crashed into an 8 wheel quarry wagon head on ouch

1983 Mk1 Golf Driver....GTI look-a-like with 15" Compomotives in white


1988 Mk2 Golf GTI....rot box......15" OZ's, lowered....usual pooe

1990 Mk2 Golf GTI 5-door, steelies, 2litre conversion, Eibach/Bilstein suspension

slow and steady progress

 

1978 mini 1 litre, never made it on to the road

1980 mini 1 litre, velour trim, spax, crashed

1981 mk1 fiesta 1.1, blow it up twice

1986 mg metro 1.3, mate was stoned and crashed into it

1989 nova gte, gsi bodywork, vectra alloys, cavalier gsi calipers

1986 diahatsu charade GTti, quick as f**k 1 litre 3cyl 12v turbo, 7500rpm redline, K&N, scorpion exhaust, bailey piston dump valve, 0-100 same as bmw 325i

1996 diahatsu charade DeTomaso jap import, rare as f**k limited edition in japan, 1 of 4 in england

1978 robin reliant kitten the four wheel version, sprayed bannana yellow, 2 12" subs, 88 mph flat out down hill, funny as f**k

1989 Mk2 golf gti 8v Royal blue big bumper, chipped, K&N panel filter, drilled air box, rallye headlamps

1989 Mk2 golf driver brought as project car see here
Edited by: royalblue8vgti

 

few old ones - can't remember details
Capri
XR2i - how I hated that car!
BMW325(i) - great car, but EXPENSIVE to run, maintain and insure
Rover 600 - first new(ish) car I ever had, nice, but ordinary
Rover Tomcat - awesome (and most powerful I've driven so far)
Golf Mk2 Driver - gradually being tarted up as my (meagre) funds allow. Best (and most fun) car of all of them.
Next car (in two years time) - a new Golf (but I'll still keep the Mk2)

 

1st car: Escort mk4 Combie van! Was at collage so lots of fun!

2nd car: Orion injection ghia '90 spec. Wonderful car with loads of extra's. Boot full of sound. Mint aswell. This car taught me about ford's unreliability as everything went wrong eventually. Promised myself never to buy a ford again!

3rd car: '88 Mk2 Gti 8v in tornado red! 1st fast car and was still at collage. Absolutely mint! Untill I wrapped it round a lamp post 2nd year into uni!

4th car: '92 Mk2 Gti 8v with very late spec seats. Mint again but sold because of extortionate insurance premiums due to previous crash. All cars kept stock with tonnes of sound install till now.

5th car: '93 face lift version 1 owner totally mint full service history and totally standard 1.2 single point injected VAXHAULL NOVA!!!!!!! This, believe it or not, is the most reliable, economical & immaculate car I have owned to date! I debadged the whole car, tinted the rear lights red and lowered it on refurbished calibra 16v/gsi alloys on 45 profiles. Also had a single angled exit tail pipe. I basically Euro styled the car. Owned it for two years and filled it with sound!

6th car: '83 Mk1 GTi in Alpine white named Otto! Some of you may remember this car from the pages of PVW thrash events. You all know the spec as its the same as my current one. This car took me away from sound and towards speed. The car died its death earlier this year when it half rolled onto its roof. R.I.P.

7th car: '84 Mk1 Gti Atlas Grey Campaign with all parts transfered over from the white mk1. Still under development and fun as the last car!
Edited by: vw_singh

 

d reg mk2 1300 astra std apart from cd player
h reg mk2 1600 astra sx 15" tsw's
m reg renault 19 16v exeutive too many mods to list
02 reg sea ibiza cupra too many mods to list
h reg mk2 golf gti 8v 15" wheels , arbs , g60 brakes , dtms and filter

 

From Beginning,

Drove my Dad 25 year old VW Jetta 1.3 L!!! (he still has it to this day!)

1976 Mini 1000 - Many mods - including:
125GT engine (cooper S spec twin carbs, 11 stud etc
MiniLites
Disc Brakes
Buckets
The list pretty much never ends - spent 4 years fiddling about with that car!

1981 Mini 1380 - Now thats what I call fast!!!

Peppermint green
Roll cage
Revolutions
Died of Rust [:^(]

1984 1.1 Fiesta - that had a 5 speed box (It was my grand dads - he specified the 5-speeder as an option - must have been unusual!!!)

X plate Peugeot Speedfight 100
Rebuilt the entire engine, and all the body panels
sold it 2 years later and only lost 50 on it

1993 Mk3 Golf GTi 8v
Still going strong 4 years (and 2 gearboxs) later - good solid standard car

1997 Mk3 VR6 Highline
Pretty much mint
Lowered on Eibach springs
de-badged grill
running toyo-proxes on std bbs wheels - although very tempted with some 17" TT Rims

Thats all for the moment - would be tempted with S4 next I think!

Cheers for reading

 

1985 Mk2 Cavalier 1600

1986 Mk3 Escort 1600

1985 Mk1 Orion Ghia Injection

1984 BMW 320i

1988 Mk4 Escort XR3i

1987 VW Golf GTI 16v (I still own this one)

1990 Peugeot 205GRD (I still own this one)

1993 Mk3 Astra 1.7TD

Prior to the Cavalier it was motorbikes, 3 of them.

 

mk2 1.3
mk3 driver
next - quite possibly summit with 4x4 and 250+bhp once the mk3 is dismantled......

 

Most of my cars evolved into metal cubes and spare parts ...

 

For me..

Rover Metro 1.1 (70bhp??) (happy days!) (70bhp??)
Vauxhall Nova GTE (110bhp), modded brakes/ suspension/engine and finally widebody kit.
Mk2 16v Gti, still got it, plenty of mods and went 16vG60 with it a couple of years ago (200+BHP?).
Mitsubishi GTO as my daily driver, a few mods and looking at around 330 350 bhp.

Tend to keep my cars a while and spend a shed load of money on them that I`ll never get back..

 

Mk2 XR2: lowered, exhaust, brakes, really crap tyres!

Series2 RS Turbo: chip, hybrid turbo, head work, exhaust, suspension, brakes, and at least one gearbox.

Many motorbikes.

Audi 90 Quattro 20v: induction mods, custom exhaust, lots and lots of fuel.

Mk2 Golf GTI '86': suspension, whels and tyres.

Mk2 Golf GTI '91': suspension mods, exhaust, got rid of it quickly as it turned out to be a right Turnip!

Mk3 Golf GTI 16v: suspension, exhaust, chip, induction mods, more to come.

 

1988 - Yugo Zastava thing - no mods apart from blowing 4th gear and reverse, was before I was properly legal

1986 Fiesta 1.1 - Resprayed white with black detail and pepper pots and big stereo absolutley loved that car it was mint, snapped chassis twice then smashed it into a massive curb buggering it.

1985 Mk3 1.3 ghia escort - absolute sh*tter bought in the dark, big lesson learned there

1980 escort cab 1.6i - Full factory XR3i trim, bought with engine buggered changed it for 90 spec low mile lump and it flew until 2 days later and I blew the diff up racing a vectra SRI, lowered before I got it, handled so well. bit rattly but no rot and still have it.

Mk3 8v GTI - Lowered on coilies, vr6 splitter, 5 spoke MSW wheels big stereo

currently 98 328 sport, no mods nice as is

I shall be aquiring on monday Mk2 8v gti white 5dr genuine 80k on the clock, very cheap can't wait first Mk2


Stu

 

Mk1 Cortina
Austin Maxi
Mk1 Cavalier
Strada 105TC
Mk1 Cavalier (yes I bought another)
Mk2 Cavalier (wasn't learning was I) SRI
Belmont SRI
Bx Deisel
MK2 Driver
Mk2 GTI (still got it)
Metro 1.3
Avensis (still got it)

This has to be the most embarassing list so far?

 

This is an old thread, don't think I've already posted on it though, so...

1974(M) VW Type 2 panel van 1.6 (50bhp if you're lucky) - Mods, floor rusted out...

1991(J) Citroen AX 1.1 TZX (50bhp maybe?) - Mods, various electrical faults, scary handling was standard.

1991(J) Golf Mk2 1.6 Ryder (75bhp) - Mods, fitted new heater matrix, sod of a job!

1990(H) Golf Mk2 1.8 GTI 8v (112bhp) - Mods, 16v bottletop wheels, stolen stereo

1983(A) Golf Mk1 GTI 1.8 16v (140bhp?) - Mods, 16v engine, scary brakes were standard

1991(H) Golf Mk2 16v (145 - 170ish bhp) - Mods, 6A bottom end, P&P'd head and manifold, KR cams, 280mm front brakes, eibach lowered suspension, lightened flywheel, Mocal oil cooler, G60 steel wheels & alsorts of other bits I can't remember. (Still own)

1980(W) Polo Mk1 1.1 GLS (50 angry horses) - Mods, brakes that work, rust...

2000(V) Lupo 1.4 16v Sport (100bhp) - Mods, none it's my fiancees really, I just fix it... (Still own)

1975 Golf Mk1 1.5 LS (70bhp?) - Mods, Dellorto twin 40's, Coilovers, Early GTI wheel, Ronal Turbo's (Still own)

I think that's about it... kind of VW biased really...

 

In some sort of order give or take a few months...

72 Viva Coupe
76 Viva 2 door
77 Chevette - resprayed in 'ghost' white and black with rattle cans, lowered, weller wheels
76 Magnum Sportshatch (the rarest VX made apart from Chev HSR)
77 Magnum Sportshatch (and Ive had two of em... ) - BVH, twin carbs, Piper cam, peco exhaust, spax adjustables - what a hoot.
82 Escort Ghia - lowered, twin choke webber
86 Orion Injection - Peco exhaust, lowered, RST alloys
85 Audi Coupe GT5S
84 Golf GTi 8V - lowred
86 BMW 318 - so feckin low it had about 10 degrees neg camber on the back, 15" compos
91 R5 Turbo - K&N, zorst, GpA cossie actuator
81 BMW 525i
82 Toyota Supra 2.8i (the only one Ive totalled - 'handling by lotus, right foot by big bird'
90 Nissan Pulsar GTiR - mental, mongoose 3", HKS Filter, 1 bar boost
92 Nissan Skyline GTS-t - the best out of the lot, 17" alloys, tommykaira bodykit, HKS filter, bit of boost
86 BMW 325i - bilstein and eibach, strut braces, 7x15s, LSD
98 BMW 318iS Coupe - lowered, E46 M3 syle alloys, M3GT body kit
98 VW Golf VR6 - completely standard and mint
92 BMW 520i
87 BMW 325i - LSD, every extra imaginable
98 Galant V6
01 Saxo VTR
00 Focus 3dr Zetec
94 Toyota Supra 3.0 - low as feck, Fat exhuast
84 Porsche 944
90 BMW 325i Tourer - 17" alpina reps, Mtech2 bodykit
94 Jag Sovereign
89 Saab 900 T16S Aero - lots of boost, stoopid acceleration
94 Saab 9000 CDE 2.3 FPT (still got) - drilled airbox, 16" aero alloys, bit of extra boost
72 Bay window Camper (also still got) - held together by stoner stickers
89 Golf GTi 16v (still got) - in bits

and I am sure Ive forgotten some....

 

I think you`re right , at least you`ve seen the light with the VW`s .