were hillman owned by chrysler in the end then

or you thinking sunbeam

 

out of intrest, its a HC isnt it, what model was it, was there an SL ?

 

so i was right, and you had cleaned it - well part of

i think it was white tho with all the dust

 

i think so...

 

martin you cruel bastid!!!!!! you made me doubt myself just cos i cant spell for shit


and as you wouldnt say it was one i went off on stupid ones.


well cheers for giving me an entertaining hour!

 

where has that been kept for 14 years then, you garage ?

still looks amazing (well i think, but i like old vauxhalls )

is this one your gonna get running again at some point

after the escort beeing proven
and the mg
and the mondeo

and whatever else you have

 

it was originally a 2.0 SL, the vauhall purists would go bananas if they knew i messed with the worlds best condition firenza

 

there one on ebay need a bit of TLC

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-FIREN...QQcmdZViewItem

 

but lets be honest, this is far more exciting

 

Awsome Martin!!! Whats engine etc has it got now?

Any will it be seing the late of day anytime soon?


Any better pics?

 

 

as Rhys says....whats it going to have in it etc....

 

it's down in the queue but i recon it will hit the street next year.. i have the choice of 2 engines.... ze German BMW 4.4 V8 with a 6 speed manual box or Blackpool TVR 4.5 V8 with 5 speed box..

 

might have known.

 

unlucky Nil

 

4.4 BMW V8,

Stay well away from those shonky Rover units

 

Sweet nice one Martin, will love to see that on the road. Im deffo loving the retro cars more and more!!!

 

I love retro too but nice rust free cars are hard to find that's why i have turned every offer that's been made on my Firenza down.

 

Yeah thats soo true. I started thinking about slowly starting a retro project. But good cars are so hard to find and then they are not cheap, then to bring them up to a good spec is big money. Something i can justify atm but in a few years im deffo doing something a bit different.


There a Morris Minor down this way with a cossie lump and running gear, but it looks std apart from wheels. Such a cool car

 

TVR V8 will sound nicer.

the BMW V8 will last longer

 

good luck finding something

 

I would like something like a mk2 granada myself.. i really want one

 

i have a mate that has a mint Granada coupe that i might have to steal off him

 

I want the 4 door style - not sweeny but one like this.

 

but without the chrome arch trims.. i hope!

 

Of course!

wouldnt be much chrome on it and a nice V8 under the bonnet.

one day!! see what happens when i sell my house

 

BTW Martin,

your Firenza is deffo tres cool. retro is the new black

 

I have thought they were cool since i owned my first one in 1983

 

I was 2 years old!!!

Retro is deffinately the way forward

get it sorted

 

LOVE IT MARTIN

Got for the TVR lump ....if anything just for the noise

 

wicked, the vauxhall looks as good as it was about 3 yrs ago when i last see it!! Old school is great, had 4 morris minors over the years. Actually I got a MK1 granada coming into work tomorrow with an LS1 v8 motor, its a true sleeper though!! Let me know if you need any 8.8 parts martin when you get round to moving it!!.

 

Martin your a cunt

Youve got a class BM,
A class Firenza
And some shonky owd Scort that everyones harpin on about lately

I hate you

Out of pure jealousy of course

 

I should get you to do some work on my Anglia Martin...

And then it can be 'Team Retro-Reyland'...


Although my Anglia will probably blow Porkies doors off anyway...... so perhaps there doesnt need to a seperate Retro-Reyland....

 

i wasnt even born!!! nice car though deffo looks very cool retro all the way

 

Oh please tell me thats dangerous standing next to you!!!!!!!!


PLEASE GOD!

 

don't forget the mondeo and the audi tt powered rover race car.... i'm going to have to take a look and see what else i have...

 

standing next to who ????

 

Did you not post about a very poor condition merc sl300 gullwing on here ages ago as well, that you were going to restore or was that someone else? I would love to have the knolage to take on projects like this top stuff

 

The Merc was in a very sorry state and after much thought it was sold on but not before the very valuable plate was transfered onto my wifes car

 

i would love an sl300