Grantmitchell Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Well this thread has given me the kick up the ar*e I needed to get my 1971 1776cc beetle out of the garage and get it mot'd , will be the first thing I do when I get back on shore. Someone got the makings of a great project there , good luck with it Quote
Pimm Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Oh go on then........ just for a laugh - back in the day here I am about 1985 I think - one on the left! and yes they are white socks and slip on shoes! My parents had a Triumph Dolomite which went very well and then bought the sprint in yellow with a black vinal roof and boy did that go. My mum used to get in the slow lane and undertake people as the lights changed to green, sooo funny. Quote
Ebized Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Oh go on then........ just for a laugh - back in the day here I am about 1985 I think - one on the left! and yes they are white socks and slip on shoes! My parents had a Triumph Dolomite which went very well and then bought the sprint in yellow with a black vinal roof and boy did that go. My mum used to get in the slow lane and undertake people as the lights changed to green, sooo funny. Snap! Dug out some old 35mm pics (or might have been taken on box brownie ) - and includes one of the yellow Dolly Sprint I had at one time - a quick 2lt car in its day - me using it at a grass Autotest and had it on two wheels several times handbraking it round the cones The other pic is of my first Golf GTi (a Mk1 4-speed taken on MOD land near Aldershot) and a standard spec Singer Chamiois Sport at a Sprint at Goodwood and a Trial at some farm in Surrey. Used to tow that on an 'A'-frame behind a later GTi so I could compete in both cars Pics also also show the Beetles I had. The little one of me standing next to my very first one - a 1956 oval with a 1600 porsche engine rescued from a breakers and used for rallycross before I bought it. (Yes, I had hair then at 20 ) I then then got a 1957 Dub and dumped the 1200 engine for a 1500 one, but had it fairly heavily modified including twin Minnow-Fish twin carbs and very loud exhaust that I used in trials, autotests, and events that were the pre-runner of rally stages but then without navigators, crash-hats and rules........ The other pics are me navigating in the Moskvich at stages event in the NE (that car/driver had previously taken part in a RAC rally of GB and I got roped into the 'works' servicing team by a friend). The bottom pic is on a Welsh rally event - a Ford 1600E that had just had TJ fuel injection fitted (one of the first such installtions in the UK - and it was quick - when it held together!). Always remember after we finished that event in the early hours we got back from the Brecon area to Central London in about 2 hours - that was when there where no speed limits on the motorways and we crusied the M4 at 130mph+ So there you go Stan - we all have history that looking back does bring some great memories back Quote
nixy Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Colin, you are officially the coolest guy i have ever met........... Quote
stanski Posted June 19, 2009 Author Posted June 19, 2009 Colin you are just the club hero mate - you have some great pictures there! Some of my fave cars and a 1500 Bug engine - the best they ever built eh! Glad you posted those up - in fact I think its a shame they are under this thread - think we need a more meaningful thread title so everyone can see. Thanks for those pictures and taking the time to show us these - funny how old cars bring back so many memories - yet they were far cruder than the tin boxes we have today yet they had character which I think cars today have lost in their plastic encrusted interiors ! Love the mustache in the last picture! Quote
stanski Posted June 19, 2009 Author Posted June 19, 2009 Well this thread has given me the kick up the ar*e I needed to get my 1971 1776cc beetle out of the garage and get it mot'd , will be the first thing I do when I get back on shore. Someone got the makings of a great project there , good luck with it Good on ya mate - get it back on the road and post some pics up please? A lot of aircooled heads on this site Quote
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