Boy Racers Dream Car??

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Pendleslot

Discussion Starter · Sep 17, 2004 (Edited by Moderator)

When i passed my driving test around 20 years ago, the boy racers car at the time was the old MK11 Escort, it was cheap and readily available in various specifications and lent itself to being modified with relative ease. My first Escort was a 2 door 1.1 Pop which i bought for 30quid! I was in the motor trade so several months and two or three donor cars later it was transformed. We shoe horned a 2litre Pinto engine out of a Cortina, uprated the suspension, brakes, fit alloys and interior etc from the 'donors'. It was the typical wolf in sheeps clothing, i kept the car for about 5 years and then sold it to a work colleague who blew the engine in the first week! Since then i've had a whole host of performance Fords including RS2000, XR2, XR3i, XR4x4, Sierra Cosworth but the one car i would have back would be the old Escort.
What was the boy racer car when you started driving and which car you have owned would you buy back?
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· #2 · Sep 17, 2004

Although not my first car, I bought a lime green Mini (they called it applejack) which turned out to be more filler than bodywork. I took it to a local guy and we spent a fortune on it - metallic dragon green respray, new Cobra seats, full chrome accessories, alloy wheels, twin exhausts, you name it we did it. It looked great, but I had to sell it when my collection of other Minis became to big and we had no-where to park 7 cars. However, it was great fun to drive and I would jump at the chance of having it back.

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· #25 · Sep 20, 2004

QUOTE is putting out 140bhp+ now id love one of them in a car that small....

Yeah, really great fun until you need to apply the brakes......

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· #32 · Sep 21, 2004

QUOTE Your making yourself sound middle aged

Well, I am!!

I still have a little black mini cabriolet, with an engine that was built by a local racing team (Patrick Howe and Raven Racing) that use to circuit and sprint race Minis. It goes like a rocket, but has 10" wheels and drum brakes all round, so you just have to remember to brake half a mile before you need to.........

Aaron

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