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Dean Lofthouse
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I cant beleive no one else had a Mk1 Fiesta 1.1 great litle car, if it needed any parts just pop down the scrappy and help yourself for a small fee, there were thousands sold. Cheapest car to run for an 18 year old in 1992:001_smile:

 

God I'm old

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Mark 2 Cortina 1600E in white with RS style side decals.

 

'65 Beetle with monster wheels and wheel arch kit. Engine went from 6volt 1200 to 12 volt 1600 with twin port, twin carb and light flywheel. Sold it unfinished.

 

Mark 1 RS2000 in daytona yellow. It had racing pedigree, extra neg front, single peice prop, extra leaves on rear, fire wall, extra relays, foot operated wipers and mounts for cage and straps.

 

Lancia Beta HPE, well engineered but rust in peace.

 

Landrover LWB 2A (First work vehicle)

 

MK2 Escort Pop (No money)

 

MK4 Orion Ghia 1.6i (My first electric windows)

 

Volvo 340 Hatch (Handled superb)

 

Pug 405 diesel (Frugal)

 

Range Rover 4.2 LSE (Sublime)

 

Datsun Sunny (wreck)

 

Cavalier (gift from ex dad in law)

 

Susuki Swift ( wife bought that with my money just before she sacked me)

 

Austin 16 Hot Rod (Sweet Sixteen)

 

Oh, and 4 Landrovers, six Transits, two Leyland Dafs' one Renault Trafic, one Astravan, three MK4 Bedfords, one Matador, three Ford tractors, one Unimog and one Iveco 4x4.

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heres mine, will drive it till it dies. Mk2 Golf GTI

 

That is gorgeous!!!

-just needs some nice wheels!!!

 

my first car was a citroen AX

-it died in a three car pile-up, which, contrary to the 3 independant witnesses, wasnt my fault! thank god for cctv!!

 

then a rover 200

when driving back from a mates house at bout 2am i went to flick my full beams on but as i pulled my hand away i accidently turned all my lights off, i was going a little bit too fast aswell, i got the lights back on just in time to see the 10ft deep ditch i was heading towards. rolled twice down the ditch and also smashed my phone in the process, had to walk for about an hour to get to a pay phone!!

 

then a mk1 caddy pickup which i loved but it just fell to pieces, litterally!

 

now a 'semi rat look' mk3 golf that i cant drive through town cos i had it lowered and i struggle to get over the speed bumps!!! D'uh!!!

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1952 v8 landrover went like a shower of sht didnt last too long rolled it

Datsun sunny:thumbdown:200 pound special never any good ended up with the roof chopped off and used for rabbit shooting later squashed with excavator for fun

Ford f100? pickup had that for a year then i went to Aus i gave it to my sister in exchange for a tent[a very good tent]she lived in Macclesfield and it got nicked 3 months later.still got the tent

In Aus Daihatsu Blizzard

1990 Toyota troopcarrier

1984 hj47 Toyota Trayback

1983 HJ 47 Toyota Trayback Ive had this over 10 years now.had to change the chassis when i aquired it rough as guts to drive but reliable and great offroad has factory fitted winch and aircond[open the window]

2000 toyota corrola rocket ship 180 kmh top whack

2 Mitsubishi/fuso trucks as well

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D reg peugeot 205 1.1l which within 6months had cooked the engine due to a 10p o ring failing, engine repair cost more than the car was worth but had the head skimmed, carb fettled with and it was a beast, could smoke my mums rover 216gsi easily but didnt have the street cred i needed, so progressed to a peugeot 106xs special edition job, it had a 1.4l 8v engine, low geared box, and i fitted pipercross induction kit, which made it sound like an f1 car, it weighed the grand total of 690kg and was the fastest accelerating car i have ever owned, i crashed it into a tractor head on, on a slippy back road, but just got it sorted and loved it, i want another one. It would eat my mk3 golf gti for breakfast, less said about the golf the better,

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