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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 10 11:23 am
by latil
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 :(

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 10 11:44 am
by JohnR
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 ???????

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 10 11:48 am
by Anonymous
JohnR wrote: I can remember driving my mate Gordon Keeble round the living room carpet

Oy oiiYYYY. Sounds suspect does that :lol:

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 10 12:00 pm
by Ivor
Behave! ;)

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 10 4:41 pm
by SteveCase
Here's a couple of 'British muscle cars ' i've owned..........

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 10 5:24 pm
by andyrob
steve was the capri going around lydden hill ? :read2:

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 10 5:41 pm
by Anonymous
And, more interestingly, is that a Holden Statesman behind you ?

Certainly looks like one :thumbright:

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I never knew they came to the U.K.

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 10 9:44 am
by Ivor
Well spotted Sandy, I just glimpsed the back end and dismissed it as a Transcontinental Vauxhall... :oops:

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 10 11:12 am
by latil
Ivor wrote:Well spotted Sandy, I just glimpsed the back end and dismissed it as a Transcontinental Vauxhall... :oops:
Opel Rekord,innit :lol:

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 10 5:27 pm
by SteveCase
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!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 10 8:10 pm
by VGVIP
I'm with sandy, but I'll put my money on a HQ statesman to be specific.

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 10 8:25 pm
by Anonymous
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.

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 10 8:31 pm
by VGVIP
Looks like some big bags under the back end too!

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 10 8:37 pm
by GTXJim
First car I owned was a 3000GT Capri, First car I wrote off :oops:

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 10 9:09 pm
by vipergts
I'd love to own that Capri today.

Uncrashed obviously