British muscle

latil · Post by **latil** » Fri Jul 23, 10 11:23 am

Scimitars,Wildatsun had one for sale recently. Mate had one years back,better performance than my 3.0 Granada due to less weight,road holding akin to a 3 litre Capri on a diesel covered wet roundabout. Oh, and bits always broke/fell off and the electrics never stay earthed.
Jensen-Great car,need dustpan in boot for the rust

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Fri Jul 23, 10 11:44 am

well if I go down the nostalgia route I can remember driving my mate Gordon Keeble ( No4 ) and later his DB4 GT it was a choice between buying the DB or the Barracuda and the Barracuda won should have bought the DB have you seen what they are going for now ???????

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Jul 23, 10 11:48 am

JohnR wrote: I can remember driving my mate Gordon Keeble round the living room carpet

Oy oiiYYYY. Sounds suspect does that

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Fri Jul 23, 10 12:00 pm

Behave!

SteveCase · Post by **SteveCase** » Wed Jul 28, 10 4:41 pm

Here's a couple of 'British muscle cars ' i've owned..........

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Wed Jul 28, 10 5:24 pm

steve was the capri going around lydden hill ?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jul 28, 10 5:41 pm

And, more interestingly, is that a Holden Statesman behind you ?

Certainly looks like one

I never knew they came to the U.K.

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Thu Jul 29, 10 9:44 am

Well spotted Sandy, I just glimpsed the back end and dismissed it as a Transcontinental Vauxhall...

latil · Post by **latil** » Thu Jul 29, 10 11:12 am

Ivor wrote:Well spotted Sandy, I just glimpsed the back end and dismissed it as a Transcontinental Vauxhall...

Opel Rekord,innit

SteveCase · Post by **SteveCase** » Thu Jul 29, 10 5:27 pm

Yep, that was at Lydden Hill, the car in the background? All l know was he spent the morning taking seats and anything else unboltable off the car, then l blew the doors off it too!!!!!!!!

VGVIP · Post by **VGVIP** » Thu Jul 29, 10 8:10 pm

I'm with sandy, but I'll put my money on a HQ statesman to be specific.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jul 29, 10 8:25 pm

I had this years ago, original 3000gt, bored & stroked to 3200.Shocks & springs were made to match the car by some place that used to be in wandsworth. Went like stink on the straight & round bends.

VGVIP · Post by **VGVIP** » Thu Jul 29, 10 8:31 pm

Looks like some big bags under the back end too!

GTXJim · Post by **GTXJim** » Thu Jul 29, 10 8:37 pm

First car I owned was a 3000GT Capri, First car I wrote off

vipergts · Post by **vipergts** » Thu Jul 29, 10 9:09 pm

I'd love to own that Capri today.

Uncrashed obviously