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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 12:29 AM
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1) Carmisma r5 gtt
2) Rentons bmw cossy
3) k's 2lt nova (blue one with 20 inch wheels, leather retrim was in fast car) and he went 2 eastsurrey collage when i was there!
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 12:43 AM
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- Max powers - Project Kicker

- White heat II off the back of the ford mags

- I always loved ELE moonstone 3dr
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 12:45 AM
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haha this is were people start showing there age cos i can only vagly rember Project Kicker! as for the other
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 01:04 AM
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i remember ELE at my local meets YEARS ago....he wanted like 20k back then with a HUGE paint run on the tailgate...i guess that was an added extra
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 01:32 AM
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I was really into the Dimma kitted euro cars. Massive arches and wheels.
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cant realy think of any i loved big time except

the 1st reyland escort cossie

the baileys mk2 escort cossie

ah there was a reiger f40 kitted escort estate with wide image wheels & painted candy red, absolutley loved that car i was about 12 tho & i remember trying to make a poster out of it by cutting down the middle of the glued together instead of stapled book
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a purple R5 GTT which used to belong to someone called Sonia or Sona or something, from redline!

that car was teh sex.
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a skoda with a big halfords wing on the back................
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yeah ele was the car i wanted

would still like it now
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Roland from GT Tuning's R5 Turbo for me (as a former R5 Turbo owner), running 220 odd bhp and 12 second quarters, I thought it was the dog's danglies
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Originally Posted by twoblacklines
a purple R5 GTT which used to belong to someone called Sonia or Sona or something, from redline!

that car was teh sex.
Thats Rentons wife....

I actually picked that car up for her the day she bought it totally standard and in a lovely rusty white colour

They gave it away in a competiton
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 07:00 AM
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no really into the big modded things as in bodykits etc,but it had to be in no order.

ELE,always loved that car.
the turbosystems white saff
and rentons bmw because it was different.
and the collins performance black escort cossie with that slightly modded fornt bumper looked hard as fook.
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Dont know what car or who owned it but there was a lovely white MkII escort with tarmac arches, wide 15's and a set of tiger strips in max power years ago. Always did and still do want a car just like that. (only now I want one with a YB, not a pinto on 40's!!)
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snowstorm and the road going moonstone thunder saloon that turbosystems done that got car jacked.

Would still buy either of these today
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i used to like the yellow max power carlton think it was project thunder

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Always wanted my neighbours RS500, coont had a Moonstone Blue one at the age of 22, i was only 9 at the time in 1990

Reylands Escort remember seeing it the first time in Fast Car in 1998-9 i think
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Originally Posted by richj
Dont know what car or who owned it but there was a lovely white MkII escort with tarmac arches, wide 15's and a set of tiger strips in max power years ago. Always did and still do want a car just like that. (only now I want one with a YB, not a pinto on 40's!!)
always loved that to.. very early max power feature car.

always loved the mustardy yellow mk1 big wing escort mex with a cossie in it that was in fast car (i think) in the early '90s
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 08:32 AM
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i liked the Equiss Clios and a Strosek (i think that was what it was called) Porsche 964 with the small head lights
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Porkie
Originally Posted by twoblacklines
a purple R5 GTT which used to belong to someone called Sonia or Sona or something, from redline!

that car was teh sex.
Thats Rentons wife....

I actually picked that car up for her the day she bought it totally standard and in a lovely rusty white colour

They gave it away in a competiton
Fuck the cars i'm in love with dans wife!
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 08:49 AM
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I remember RS Kicker pulling up next to me at a petrol station in Peterborough, and I fell in love
Used to see it around quite abit, and the yellow Carlton of theirs too, as the editor at the time lived in the same town as me (Oundle)
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Bullett
and the collins performance black escort cossie with that slightly modded fornt bumper looked hard as fook.
that aswell, that was a legend of a car, do you reckon its still alive?? it was a vetca race car or something, i remember the feature on it in a magazine
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by JAZZA
i used to like the yellow max power carlton think it was project thunder

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That was the very first copy of Max P that I bought, and I sooo wanted a Carlton after that.
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 01:48 PM
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I totally adore the Shelby GT500 & still like the look of the E30 M3's as well
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 01:51 PM
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i remember a dark metallic blue X-packed mk1 XR2 in fast ford or maxpower mag in the early 90's with huge wide chrome lattice/multispoke wheels that i had on my bedroom wall, would love to see pics of that again or know if it is still in existence!

i also remember that yellow carlton from max power.

cant remember many others specifically, but i always liked the escort and fezzas RS turbo's, mk1 & mk2 escorts, mk1 granada coupe's, cossys, R5 turbo's, pug 205 GTi's, lotus sunbeams blah de blah.
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project Thunder.....................3 spokes and all
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 02:50 PM
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I remember the build up of project kicker in max power, thats back in the day when Sticky Butler-handleson used to be a staff writer on there!!

Anyone remember the Courtney vauxhall Nova 16v turbo about the same time, in dark metallic green, full leather etc etc - thats the only vauxhall ive ever looked and thought "i could drive that!!"

Lets not forget the grey and yellow S2 that fast ford did, with the morettes and the PE 1.9 Engine !!!!
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Used love any Dimma Kitted 205's with proper dished rims. Still love them aswell

Also used to like the original Carisma R5, now think its shite with a crap kit with panel gaps and pointless interior.
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local cars to me,309 4x4 cosworth and a bluey mk1 astra gte 16vturbo.
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Always fancied the cars+car conversions Gartrac Sierra/Porche, looked very mean and had 700 bhp and that was back then


As for other cars anything blue oval and of the RS pedigree



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Always wanted a Sierra Cosworth....my grandads next door neighbour had one when i was a youngen and i always wanted one...so bought one for my 18th birthday
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does any one remember the 7 speed escort cossie from cars & car conversions, that was a legend aswell
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A Escort MK2 1600 Sport in orange
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 05:28 PM
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K-Tec's Demo R5, the purple one with the sequential box!

fucking loved that car, remember seeing it up for Ł15,000 or 12k without the box

would buy it now if it is still around
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Hmm early ninetys, most things that went WhhhOOOOOoosh ha, fiest rst`s and escort rst`s and drolling over my mates dads cosworths etc etc, auu those slepless nights, had them all now as i promised my self, ans spent a fekking fortune oin the process
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Reylands Mondeo when It first come about! If I had the cash Id buy it today....


A Blue/Silver BB Tuning 350bhp R5GTT, Soon after I drove my first ever turbo car, that being a R5GTT!


And also a Candy Red MK1 Astra on classic TSW rims. It had a LET in it and was LOVELY!
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Originally Posted by twoblacklines
a purple R5 GTT which used to belong to someone called Sonia or Sona or something, from redline!
Believe me you wouldn't want to own it!!!! No one ever wanted to drive it to the shows, and we'd all rather drive one of the vans than that. It had a permanently flat battery, was painfully loud and had a properly dodgy interior. The gearknob would come off in your hand and one of the guys nearly fell out of it when the door flung open on a roundabout!

Me, I lusted after the Fiat twin cam powered Skoda Rapid in two tone yellow and black that Matt Howell made when he was at Street Machine magazine. I was given the opportunity to buy it without the engine when i worked on Revs and always regretted not taking him up on the offer.

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Originally Posted by philram
Originally Posted by richj
Dont know what car or who owned it but there was a lovely white MkII escort with tarmac arches, wide 15's and a set of tiger strips in max power years ago. Always did and still do want a car just like that. (only now I want one with a YB, not a pinto on 40's!!)
always loved that to.. very early max power feature car.
this one?


RS Kicker is still around.. it lives around the corner from me..

as a yoooof i fell in love with a Skeete R5 turbo.. was the same as this but slime green.. and on five spokes cant find the actual pic anywhere



edit : loved this too..
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Originally Posted by TeamGiroUnit
Originally Posted by philram
Originally Posted by richj
Dont know what car or who owned it but there was a lovely white MkII escort with tarmac arches, wide 15's and a set of tiger strips in max power years ago. Always did and still do want a car just like that. (only now I want one with a YB, not a pinto on 40's!!)
always loved that to.. very early max power feature car.
this one?


edit : loved this too..
thats the one..

i remember seeing that mini too, at silverstone '94 for the first 'fastest mini in the world race'. the poor guys had a nightmare when they got here, but it was the trickest mini i ever saw.
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