Oliver Beames Posted September 14, 2014 Posted September 14, 2014 Hello chaps. Autoshite sounds just like my kind of forum. I have an MGF (12 years), a Lotus Elan (12 years), a Benelli two stroke motorcycle (39 years old), and an Alfa Romeo Brera (amazing car). I love them all and they are of course vastly superior to all that common, perfect German VAG shite. I have just parted with £1k to have my 'F' resprayed. As it has had around 15kg of Waxoyl applied to it over the past decade there was little corrosion. Tell me I am nuts. Oliver. saucedoctor, Barry Cade, Junkman and 8 others 12
Mr_Bo11ox Posted September 14, 2014 Posted September 14, 2014 Nice work!!!! Whats going on with that bodykit? Never seen one like that before. Bobthebeard 1
Oliver Beames Posted September 14, 2014 Author Posted September 14, 2014 Err it's a Cougar supercharged 'F' bodykit, minus the supercharger.
Rusty_Rocket Posted September 14, 2014 Posted September 14, 2014 Great selection there! I applaud anyone who invests* money in older cars, you'll love it here!Just noticed you're in Maidstone- a couple of us here now, AlexG and his lovely old Renault 5 is a local too
Leyland Lawrence Posted September 14, 2014 Posted September 14, 2014 I do think the original MGF design is ageing so well. Rover made some really nice stuff in the 1990s. I still resent the way the government were happy to see it go down the pan but quick to bail out the banks Parky, Magnificent Rustbucket, Vince70 and 3 others 6
AlabamaShrimp Posted September 14, 2014 Posted September 14, 2014 I do think the original MGF design is ageing so well. Rover made some really nice stuff in the 1990s. I still resent the way the government were happy to see it go down the pan but quick to bail out the banksI'm with you on the government thing but not how the rover looks. Anyway hello oliver, when do you give test drives* of the elan?
plasticvandan Posted September 14, 2014 Posted September 14, 2014 Welcome a respray is not the usual autoshite way,which usually consists of rollering non drip gloss in fading light in the street while the wind picks up before a brief snowstorm,prep being wiping most of the bird shit off. Vince70, The Moog, vulgalour and 1 other 4
Pillock Posted September 14, 2014 Posted September 14, 2014 I hoped this would be some sort of inspiration to sort the rust blebs and spray my F, but there's no way I'm spending a grand so it'll get done in a damped-down lockup, one side at a time, with eBay rattle cans. That Bodykit does look good though. Any other changes?
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted September 14, 2014 Posted September 14, 2014 Lovely array of vehicles you have there. The painter looks to have done a good job of the respray.
Oliver Beames Posted September 14, 2014 Author Posted September 14, 2014 Hi Pillock. It's got Safety Devices 'proper' roll hoops.
Station Posted September 14, 2014 Posted September 14, 2014 The best thing you can do with the MGF is transplant a VTEC B16 from a Civic/CRX, I think they're great cars blighted by the unreliable engine.
Cavcraft Posted September 14, 2014 Posted September 14, 2014 Actually, the best thing you can do is shove some more pictures of that Benelli up, please! gtd2000 and plasticvandan 2
Oliver Beames Posted September 14, 2014 Author Posted September 14, 2014 K16 is a superb unit if fettled properly. And mine has been. I wouldn't swap it for a Honda! Barry Cade and forddeliveryboy 2
dollywobbler Posted September 14, 2014 Posted September 14, 2014 Grand stuff. Saw an Elan M100 the other day actually. I'd forgotten how wide they are!
Barry Cade Posted September 14, 2014 Posted September 14, 2014 K16 is a superb unit if fettled properly. And mine has been. I wouldn't swap it for a Honda!YEAH ! CortinaDave, Bobthebeard and Pillock 3
inconsistant Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 I like your lotus. I hope we have another Autoshite South East meet up at that cafe in Wrotham so you can bring it and I can gawp at it for real and not just internetly. Not many people know that those ones are actually* wider than they are long. The body kit makes your mg look exactly* like an xpower SV so fair play for wearing it.Anyway welcome on here you've got great taste in shite.
Lord Sterling Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 Welcome along. I like Rovers and stuff, I also like your MG. Had a brief drive of one some years ago but would like a proper go at some point.
purplebargeken Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 Well LS, if you is round this neck of the woods ever..... Welcome to the amusing insanity of AS. You seem suitably qualified to enter. I haz MGF too and it is brilliant fun. Ken
Sigmund Fraud Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 Love the Isuzu Gemini Spyder M100... I have fond* memories of occasionally borrowing a friend's S2, amazing handling but build quality was diabolical and bits seemed to break and/or fall off every few miles ! dugong 1
r.welfare Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 I remember a bloke I worked with buying an Elan SE on a J plate in 1998. He paid 12 grand for it which was our annual salary at the time! Mental. What are they like to drive and own?
Skizzer Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 Tell me I am nuts. You're not nuts and neither are we - it's everybody else. Those cashews, though - they are nuts, or used to be. Welcome aboard.
Oliver Beames Posted September 15, 2014 Author Posted September 15, 2014 Here is my old man's Royal Oilfield. Autoshite personified!!
Sigmund Fraud Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 Front disc brake ? EFI ? Electric starter ? HERETIC !!!
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