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Old Nov 3, 2012 | 01:49 PM
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Thought some people might be interested in this old article.....

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Old Nov 3, 2012 | 02:02 PM
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Cool! Got that magazine! Old fastlane?
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Old Nov 3, 2012 | 02:40 PM
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i love the stripes shame we dont see more of them
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Old Nov 3, 2012 | 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by lee2cossies
Cool! Got that magazine! Old fastlane?
Top Car Lee....although I have all the old Fast Lane mags as well
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Old Nov 3, 2012 | 07:59 PM
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wasnt one chap only 17 at the time
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Old Nov 3, 2012 | 08:53 PM
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wasnt one chap only 17 at the time
Yep, it says his name was Jason Taylor and he was 17
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Old Nov 3, 2012 | 09:46 PM
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What about when the chequered flags was all the rage
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Old Nov 4, 2012 | 12:51 PM
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nothing cooler than a turbosystems saph with tiger stripes!!
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Old Nov 4, 2012 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by cossie891
What about when the chequered flags was all the rage
And hexagon shapes all of the same era, was it not SevernValley that decorated car's
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Old Nov 8, 2012 | 05:42 PM
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Remember seeing this in Max power..great car!..wanted this car so bad when i saw it on auto trader years ago!..
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Old Nov 8, 2012 | 05:44 PM
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Love zebras , any more pics
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Old Nov 8, 2012 | 07:32 PM
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Old Nov 8, 2012 | 07:53 PM
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Must be getting old remember those tiger stripes and the turbosystems window stickers.Happy days.........

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Old Nov 13, 2012 | 08:49 PM
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The stripes are old school enough on their own, but with 3 spokes too!!!!!

Talk about blast from the past!
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Old Nov 13, 2012 | 09:16 PM
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I would drive them now no probs! Everyone laughs at the 3 spokes and the stripes but deep down they love it
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Old Nov 14, 2012 | 06:45 AM
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I would drive them now no probs! Everyone laughs at the 3 spokes and the stripes but deep down they love it
They do look cool,those and tsw venoms.Happy days.
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 11:21 PM
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I was going to mention Venoms but I knew they'd pop up eventually!

Venoms were the ones!

What else, under car neon's?
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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 01:45 PM
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class, love the pictures

The cossies really made an impact back then in standard and when tuned didnt they
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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 07:50 PM
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Cool mag

3spoke alloys...... cool lol.
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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 10:04 PM
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Very tempted to zebra stripe my saph!!
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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Kitchen Devil
Very tempted to zebra stripe my saph!!
Do it lol
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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by bigryrs
Do it lol
At least then they'll hide most of the shitty paintwork!!
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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 11:41 PM
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zebra stripes live but thankfully 3 spokes are dead hopefully they were murdered and buried somewhere they will never be found lol
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Old Nov 17, 2012 | 09:38 AM
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nope, 3 spokes are still alive and well
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Old Nov 17, 2012 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Kitchen Devil
Very tempted to zebra stripe my saph!!
You want to get it running first

Steve
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Old Nov 17, 2012 | 09:55 AM
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Everyone went for TSW Stealth 5 spokes too.
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Old Nov 17, 2012 | 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by cossie4i+
You want to get it running first

Steve
Don't you start!!

Hopefully going to get it to Tony in January and get it sorted!
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Old Nov 17, 2012 | 11:31 AM
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its needs to run gaz to blow all them cobwebs off
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Old Nov 17, 2012 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by 1-PD
its needs to run gaz to blow all them cobwebs off
Cobwebs? The fuckers taken root!!
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Old Nov 17, 2012 | 05:06 PM
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Three spokes a bit like flares lol but I cant tell you how much i hated them even back then but the stripes still look cool.
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Old Nov 18, 2012 | 04:01 PM
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I really like them...

Not sure they would work on my ST ?
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Old Nov 18, 2012 | 04:14 PM
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cool anyone tried it on a modern ford?
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Old Nov 21, 2012 | 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Kitchen Devil
Very tempted to zebra stripe my saph!!
You an me both Gaz!
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Old Nov 21, 2012 | 08:18 PM
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cool anyone tried it on a modern ford?
A lad on here had them on his red mk2 focus ST.
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