Some pics of my old shite, etc.

[Pete-M]

 

Mk4 Cortina with a 1.8 Pinto and Mk4 Ghia trim. 1988.

 

 

2000E, this cost me £150 and had under 60k miles on...

 

 

Did actually tidy it up a bit, then swapped it for a Mk1 Escort..

 

 

1275GT. This cost me £80 because of the awful red and black paint job.

 

 

Cortina 2.0 Ghia and Mk1 Mexico. December 88 this will be.

 

 

Cost me £300 this did because it needed a 'big wing' sump, and they were pretty expensive even then.

 

 

Sunbeam with a 1600 in. I owned this four times!

 

 

£120 from St Helens Auctions. It was dead tidy. Sold it to a mate who blueprinted the engine and then smashed it into the workshop wall by accident. Totalled it.

 

 

This cost me £150. Ran well until I thrashed it down the Formby Bypass one sunny Sunday afternoon and killed a big end bearing. Sold it to a bloke who said he was going to restore it. It wouldn't have been too hard to do.

 

 

CNB998Y. 2600SE auto, £600 in 1989. Less than 60k on the clock but the doors were already gonners. The auto box wasn't far behind.

 

 

Under the bonnet of my old RS2000, MTU11T, May '92.

 

 

Delta HF Turbo, November '92. Penmachno.

 

 

323i. £400, May '92.

 

 

Cav 1.6SR. £60. April '92.

 

 

This was hit head on by a Private Hire Talbot Solara in '93.

 

 

Bought this for £800 while I was fixing the Capri.

 

 

Decided on a reshell.

 

 

Interior out..

 

 

Right, what's the best way of getting this out?

 

 

Mans best friend. The angle grinder.

 

 

Simples.

 

 

Reshelled it into a 2.8i shell. Bought a P6B as well.

 

 

Quite a nice combo really.

 

 

Was rather proud of 'em.

 

 

131 Supermirafiori Sport cost me £400.

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4532563490_0feab8a88c_o.jpg

 

205 GTi 1.6. £800 in 1994.

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4531931097_b992dcfc1b_o.jpg

 

Which was about the time I went rallying with a load of mates.

 

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2695/4531931591_e36e9e2d89_o.jpg

 

This was producing 400 bhp at the time...

 

I'll try and find some more soon...

[Tayne]

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[trigger]

Some proper cars there, I like the long brown skid marks left by the Delta!

[warren t claim]

Hanging on to all of those would of been a wise idea! You would of been a wealthy man indeed.

[Mr H Sceptre]

The Martini Racing sticker in the Delta is full of WIN.

[Pete-M]

The Martini Racing sticker in the Delta is full of WIN.

Some things just have to be done!

[warren t claim]

Was that photo of the rally transporter taken outside of the old Overhead Railway tunnel that leads to the shite laden garage made famous on here and in 28dl.com?

[Pete-M]

That 'shite laden' garage is Roscoe Engineering. They're anything but shite...

[Minimad5]

Great Pictures Pete !That Delta looked alot of fun ! Thanks for showing us them

[Pete-M]

[barrett]

Shitting hell, you've had some right tasty motors over the years. The look on your face in the Capri reshell pics made me giggle

[Split_Pin]

Thats a superb history of cars! I like the old Cortina's. Reminds me of my uncles old R-reg one that had been a taxi in its previous life, and he bought it when it was 10 years old.

[155V6]

Great selection of cars .Love the 155,but it should of had a Martini sticker too

[Station]

That's a enviable line-up, are you still in the same house? Did the neighbour's complain ever?

[Pete-M]

That's a enviable line-up, are you still in the same house? Did the neighbour's complain ever?

That's about 1/10th of the total line up..Same house, yup. Neighbours used to complain when I had particularly loud exhausts on a few things. RS2000s with single box systems used to annoy them somewhat, but I've pretty much always managed to keep everything out of everyone elses way.There have been times when I've had more cars than parking spaces, but that hasn't happened too often. Keep the number of cars outside the house to under four and I'm ok.Oh, they weren't too impressed when the Capri shell was delivered and the old, yellow one taken away. The chap operating the Hiab took a lot of liberties...The next door neighbours son, who had the Audi 80 in the pics of me cutting up the yellow Capri shell, he wasn't too impressed six months later when his Audi started to rust in a straight line up the nearside wing..

[Guest]

This cost me £150. Ran well until I thrashed it down the Formby Bypass one sunny Sunday afternoon and killed a big end bearing. Sold it to a bloke who said he was going to restore it. It wouldn't have been too hard to do.

Registration LND146P

Make FORD

Model GRANADA

Description GHIA COUPE AUTOMATIC

Date of Liability 01 04 1990

Date of First Registration 24 09 1975

Year of Manufacture 1975

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 3000CC

Fuel Type Petrol

Export Marker Not Applicable

Vehicle Status Unlicensed

Vehicle Colour WHITE

[Pete-M]

Sold it to a bloke who said he was going to restore it. It wouldn't have been too hard to do.

Registration LND146P Make FORD Model GRANADA Description GHIA COUPE AUTOMATICDate of Liability 01 04 1990Date of First Registration 24 09 1975 Year of Manufacture 1975 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 3000CC Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Unlicensed Vehicle Colour WHITE

Looks like he's either not finished it yet, or he didn't bother then

[Guest]

RDP326R Cortina Date of Liability 01 05 1991 HPB115N 1275GT Date of Liability 01 08 1991 XDJ673S Cortina Date of Liability 01 03 1990 JMB105T Sunbeam Date of Liability 01 06 1992 DDL72V Cortina Date of Liability 01 03 1990 MTU11T RS2000 Date of Liability 01 08 2004 Export Marker = Export C727KUX Lancia Date of Liability 01 12 1992 YAT153X BMW Date of Liability 01 02 1997 And was black thenA622OEO Nova Date of Liability 01 10 2002 XUG978X Capri Date of Liability 01 06 1992 JUE183N Rover V8 Date of Liability 01 07 1995 TUT131X Fiat 131 Date of Liability 01 07 1995 B881CRN Peugeot 205 Date of Liability 01 05 2000YVT636Y Vauxhall Cavalier Date of Liability 01 10 2008 Thats the 1st set

[Mr Lobster]

Depressing to see that none have survived

[In The Pit]

Depressing to see that none have survived

Although the MKII RS2000 may have as it was exported in 2004. could well be in Eire.

[Pete-M]

Depressing to see that none have survived

I knew a few hadn't survived.RDP326R I thought had lasted longer than that though.HPB115N only cost me £75 and wasn't the best.XDJ673S was written off by a renegade Volvo in a 3am hit and run.JMB105T donated its shell to a rally car.DDL 72V was crashed into a wall by a lad who'd just built a race engine for it, before he got it on the road...MTU 11T went to Ireland.YAT153X was last seen in Chester with inappropriate alloys. Was gold when I saw it last.YVT635Y was YVT636Y.A622OEO was written off by a mate, who arse ended something in Wigan in it.XUG878X is possibly on the original 3.0S id, but I doubt it. Gave both to the buyer, let him sort it.JUE183N I thought would have survived. It was solid and tidy.TUT131X was beginning to dissolve back in '93.I'm amazed B881CRN lasted another 6 or 7 years though.

[Guest]

G153SYW VW Scirocco Date of Liability 01 02 2007 G60SVR VW Golf Date of Liability 01 01 2011 (S.O.R.N)F521JAT Sierra Cosworth Date of Liability 01 07 2006 D805KVR Citroen BX Date of Liability 01 08 1995 FCW78S Ford Capri Date of Liability 01 01 1990G660LCK BMW Date of Liability 01 11 2004 HEK101V Ford Cortina Date of Liability 01 08 1990 MEH339V Ford Cortina Date of Liability 01 12 1990 L390UKV Rover 827 Date of Liability 01 09 2002R42BFB Alfa Romeo Date of Liability 01 01 2008 D251XBB Range Rover Date of Liability 01 08 2009 R747TLX Renault No longer on d.v.l.a computerR542AUK Ford Granada Date of Liability 01 10 2008 So only the RS2000 Then

[Pete-M]

So only the RS2000 Then

I know the Golf G60SVR survives as I sold it to a friend who's about to put it back on the road, the Rangie D251XBB is also safe as it went to a restorer in January. Why would the Safrane have gone from the computer? Private plate maybe? The chap who bought it was the kind of chap who'd like that sort of thing.