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Old 03-11-2012, 01:49 PM
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Old 03-11-2012, 02:02 PM
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Cool! Got that magazine! Old fastlane?
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i love the stripes shame we dont see more of them
Old 03-11-2012, 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
Old 03-11-2012, 07:59 PM
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wasnt one chap only 17 at the time
Old 03-11-2012, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by james kiely
wasnt one chap only 17 at the time
Yep, it says his name was Jason Taylor and he was 17

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What about when the chequered flags was all the rage
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nothing cooler than a turbosystems saph with tiger stripes!!
Old 04-11-2012, 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
Old 08-11-2012, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Jec1969
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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!..
Old 08-11-2012, 05:44 PM
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Love zebras , any more pics
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Must be getting old remember those tiger stripes and the turbosystems window stickers.Happy days.........

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Old 13-11-2012, 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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I would drive them now no probs! Everyone laughs at the 3 spokes and the stripes but deep down they love it
Old 14-11-2012, 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by bigryrs
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.
Old 15-11-2012, 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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class, love the pictures

The cossies really made an impact back then in standard and when tuned didnt they
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Cool mag

3spoke alloys...... cool lol.
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Very tempted to zebra stripe my saph!!
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Originally Posted by Kitchen Devil
Very tempted to zebra stripe my saph!!
Do it lol
Old 16-11-2012, 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!!
Old 16-11-2012, 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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nope, 3 spokes are still alive and well
Old 17-11-2012, 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
Old 17-11-2012, 09:55 AM
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Everyone went for TSW Stealth 5 spokes too.
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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!
Old 17-11-2012, 11:31 AM
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its needs to run gaz to blow all them cobwebs off
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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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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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I really like them...

Not sure they would work on my ST ?
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cool anyone tried it on a modern ford?
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Originally Posted by Kitchen Devil
Very tempted to zebra stripe my saph!!
You an me both Gaz!
Old 21-11-2012, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by siddleg
cool anyone tried it on a modern ford?
A lad on here had them on his red mk2 focus ST.
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