Barry'd from the factory

[mercrocker]

Behold the double name-dropping wrongness that was the Dodge Shelby Charger......

 

 

 

 

At least the Lada Samara Africa only defamed an entire continent....

 

[Skizzer]

Surprised we’ve not had this yet:

 

[mercrocker]

Blimey, I had forgotten about those!

[fordperv]

I'll leave these here

 

 

There's many more I'd like to put but I had better leave them for someone else

[Tamworthbay]

To attract the opposite sex.

the car has more chance than the average owner.

[Skizzer]

And this. Not overdone by 80s bodykit standards, but a bit of a shock on a 190. Too much like finding your grandma wearing Victoria’s Secret.

 

[Cavcraft]

Hey, this thread is great! Had a Vectra (2.0) ST very briefly and a Cavalier Calibre for about 18 months.

[Yoss]

Avon Acclaim Turbo.

 

 

[MorrisItalSLX]

[chaseracer]

Bodykit by the work experience boy.

 

At the time, was that not young Master Wobbler...? 

[MorrisItalSLX]

Tickford also had their way with the Falcon XR6

 

 

[AMC Rebel]

Pah, this is all modern shite.....Have a couple of originators......

 

 

 

Didn't the HA Brabham even come with matt black bonnet?

 

Planes at the time had a matt black bit to counter reflections in sunny weather.

[AndyW201]

And this. Not overdone by 80s bodykit standards, but a bit of a shock on a 190. Too much like finding your grandma wearing Victoria’s Secret.

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That was the beginning.

I see your 2.5-16 and raise you the Evo 1 and 2!

 

[mercrocker]

Didn't the HA Brabham even come with matt black bonnet?

 

Planes at the time had a matt black bit to counter reflections in sunny weather.

 

HA Brabhams were quite under-stated, think they only got a sporty steering wheel and a couple of badges....HB ones had the bonnet stripes that went along the leading edge before dropping down along the wing.   The original GT HB had the matt black bonnet but it got deleted soon afterwards as apparently "too brash". 

 

Vauxhall did the opposite with the Firenza 2300SL which picked up lairier stripes than it started with.  (The pre-droop snoot Firenza before it became a Magnum)

[davocano]

A bit chicken and egg this thread; the factories built "specials" and then Barry made mostly bad copies of them.

[AMC Rebel]

They were at it in the states too!

 

 

Silly arch extensions,Spoilers and Daft Graphics a Go Go

 

Oh yes - I forgot about that -

 

 

 

Not sure what loon decided on outdoor rev counters - but AMC weren't alone in this 

 

 

you could have headrests like this too - 

 

 

 

[AMC Rebel]

HA Brabhams were quite under-stated, think they only got a sporty steering wheel and a couple of badges....HB ones had the bonnet stripes that went along the leading edge before dropping down along the wing.   The original GT HB had the matt black bonnet but it got deleted soon afterwards as apparently "too brash". 

 

Vauxhall did the opposite with the Firenza 2300SL which picked up lairier stripes than it started with.  (The pre-droop snoot Firenza before it became a Magnum)

Of course !

 

I was getting my HA and HB Vivas mixed up.

 

Is the current Viva HD?

[New POD]

The Holden Commodore had its fair share of bodykits over its lifetime

 

 

 

 

 

Similar to the mk2 Cavalier Calibre which basically used up all the European stock from Imschiter. I had one it was as cross between Sri130 Cdi and a max power readers wet dream. I suspect that they were better when people put in the XE and 150 bhp.

[Richard]

To attract the opposite sex.

 

I once saw a magazine advert (1970s of course) that described an aftermarket dashboard as "bird-pulling". 

[New POD]

Surprised we’ve not had this yet:

 

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That's the thing.

 

lovely.

[Kringle]

Volvo did the same at the time with a touring car liveried S40 - a 2.0N/A I think, rather than a T4. As above, available with stickers, or a solid colour (again, white from memory). Both versions had tasty aftermarket wheels and side body skirts with aftermarket supplier 'shopping list' stickers, which looked particularly bizarre on the non-sticker one. Only ever saw one (without the stickers, natch.)

This never happened, I know because I haven't A. Creamed my pants and B. Bought one.

[mercrocker]

 

 

Is the current Viva HD?

 

Nah, its low res.....

[burraston2006]

How about one of these:

http://car-from-uk.com/ebay/carphotos/full/ebay246010.jpg

 

Didn't they do a saloon TWR?

[Braddon81]

Even Porsche seem to be taken their latest styling cues from Barry'd 996s.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

[brickwall]

The red Festa in the first post looks whizz bang. Not for me, but for a chick about town sorta thingy.

[chancer]

Ok, bit OT as this isnt from the factory, but would you check the state of this fuckin thing! Parks down the road from me an i just had to share the horror

 

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[Semi-C]

My old Samara (R.I.P) adorned with the finest trinketry Blue Boar of Sprowston could muster.

 

[rantingYoof]

[NorfolkNWeigh]

An English Cortina Mk2 GT

An Australian Cortina Mk2 GT.

Not so much Barried as Bruced.