Ginge !

with the passing of max power made me think about cars BEFORE the internet

what was the fave cars that inspired you ect

i have 6 cars i loved i can think of

first was a feature of rentons mums car,,, well sort of he bought it off her and turboed it it was a ford orion and apart from the illision bumpers it was everything i wanted in a car

second was another ford orion, was a 1.6i ghia in grey with morettes blended into the wings and a cossie rear spoiler, i loved it so much that i actually bought a grey orion 1.6i ghia and had BIG plans for it,,,,, that never happened pmsl

3rd was a feature on a ltd edition blue escort cabrio and his missus pink cabrio, blue one was specced for 250bhp and had a proper chrome engine bay

4th was the same car i belive but then was converted to take cossie 4x4 engine and running gear, think the bloles name was mervyn or something like that

5th was a xr4i painted in green with a saph cossie front end on it, just make the car look AOT better IMO

and 6th was a candy apple red escort 3door estate with a Ferarri style bodykit and looked mean in the photos,,,,, but only had a 1,3 engine. that was in fast car and it was actually what got me into learning about cars and the first car mag i ever bought too

i wonder what happened to these cars as this was BEFORE the internet and you had to spend money on a mag to read about ideas and it was alot harder back then aswell to be DIY cause these days you can upload a pic and get a reply within the hour from people who know,,,,,, back then you had to rely on either a haynes manual OR take it to a garage to get the work done and get ripped off

anyway anyone else have these memorys before we was all geeks

collierm

Can't remember the full feature, but there was two guys, each had a Sierra Sapphire that had been converted to RWD and given V8 power. Its what got me interested in saloons and mucking about with V8's.

Less.

would have to the Performance Ford,rallystyle white and orange ERST they bulit and gave away,then project kicker

b63_rs

not a ford but ford running gear was that pug 205 van with cossie running gear in max power! was red iirc had some funky rear arches think they were dimma ones!

nichol4s

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Anyone remember the mk2 golf blue VR12 twin engined was a beast on it's day 1997

CosworthGuy

Ive still got that mag lol. was in revs and the guy was wearing a scientist type coat if i remember.
It had a 2.8 vr up front and a 2.9 vr6 in the back ive never thrown any of my old mags away. my mrs went mental when we bought our newest house and i wouldnt throw them away. they are all in boxes now in the loft lol

Ginge !

yeah that was a classic, he had a red lion in the boot with a model of a escort cossie in its mouth,,, fucking loved that touch !

wirralphil

Was the 1st ever Max Power I bought!

Remember the Revs feature with some Sierra/RS500's, couple of moonstone and a white one. One of the moonstone's had Gold RL7's, that was a gorgeous car.

Also remember the 205 with the dimma kit and cosworth conversion, even the Black Renault 5 with the same conversion.

Was either fastford of PF back in 97/98 and there was a Series 1 with twin charge carrier's going over the cam cover, does anyone remember that car?

Ginge !

wasnt the twin carriers to do with north london rs spares ?

TIFF

PROJECT THUNDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOVED this car, think its what got me into the whole car scene..........

Ginge !

i bought the magazine a few months after that, my first ever maxpower had a orange corrado on the front cover if i remember it

though if im honest my fave mag was performance ford when ben and keith ????? i think was running it as editors

massivewangers

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Project 2000 is probably the most memorable for me. Really started to get me interested in Fords, and was really wild back then.

Now I've seen it in the flesh and been in it, I love it even more!

CoupeUK

For me, theres loads of features that I loved.

I think the build threads were the best, MP's Reiger Corrado, Project Thunder etc

What about the Nova group thrash? edit>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZh7pIHuXAA

I used to religiously buy Max Power, Fast Car, Revs and Redline

eddie_od

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Two i can think of i liked are a Dimma Clio with 4x4 rs cosworth running gear and peugeot ecosse's green 2 door sedan 306 T16

COCHYN

Shame it was in PF, but Stian Hafsengen's Escort WRC will always be my fave

CaftDunt

Loved the Golf VR12



There was also a MR2 turbo in either the states or Japan which was pushing approx 700bhp, it was red had a stripped out interior with the boost pipes going through the cabin from the front of the car to the engine. That was pretty epic!

lead_foot

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I remember that one, Red wasn't it?

DanW@FastFord

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I drove that Renault 5 up to Donny one year as the owner worked off shore. It was mentally fast! Car caught fire a month later and burnt to the ground.

Anyone remember a yellow Saph Cossie on the front of Revs. Proper ahead of its time with a carbon dash and trim. Drove that to Donny too and nearly killed myself chasing a Skyline R32 up the A1 in the pouring rain!!

nichol4s

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Wow I remember that one takes me back some years

DanW@FastFord

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Ended up smashed through a Chemist's window IIRC.

Their project Rieger kitted Corrado is still around though.

nichol4s

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Did it have a fridge between the back seats?

What about the yellow 3i with ecos kit on and 3 spokes and bucket seats in the back

DanW@FastFord

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Yeah it did! Had a pair of Recaros in the back too. Don't remember the 3i, but I've probably blanked it from my memory!

Mike C

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Got the DVD with that Corrado on.

Chip

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Not quite a feature, but I liked the series of articles about the building of Martin's car.

Dangerous Malcolm..

I remember it going backwards through a shop window! For some reason I'm thinking a record shop?

The car came with a years free insurance too... Oops!

nichol4s

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Forgot about one of my mates had a 5 turbo pearl White with full skeete kit on and red leather trim and a prima racing engine the his mcrea Subaru was featured remember it saying something about how many times he knocked it lol

CossieRob

There was a white rs500 (with gold rl7s i think) pushing out 500bhp iirc, was at box hill at a superbike meet on the shoot. That car was just perfect in my eyes! think he was in a group thrash with other big power cossies in another issue

DanW@FastFord

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Once did a feature on a Clio with a 'full' Prima Racing engine. Was meant to have loads of internal work and cost the guy a fortune. A while after he needed a new headgasket and they discovered that the head had never actually been off the car, and that other than a set of TBs it was virtually standard!!!!!

Edit: Just had a nosey at their website and found this in their legal blurb...

"18. FORCE MAJEURE In the event of a war, invasion, act of foreign hostilities, whether war has been declared or not, civil war, rebellion, revolution, insurrection or military or usurped power, the seller shall be relieved of liabilities incurred by any government department, council or other duly constituted authority or from strikes, lockouts, breakdowns or plant or any other causes (whether or not of a like nature) beyond the Company's control."

WTF!

nichol4s

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What was the kids name wasn't Daz from Sheffield was it he had a Clio at some point to had some lovely cars scoobys evos Nobels

Cheers nick

philram

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jim carters.. probably still my fav 3dr of all time. it resurfaced a few years ago.






there was a mustard yellow mk1 escort mex with big wings and cossie motor from the early 90's that sticks in my mind, seem to remember it in fast car.

DanW@FastFord

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Really can't remember - Was the classic Williams blue, with gold Prima wheels and twin headlights.

massivewangers

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Is that the one that was on the video? Beasts Unleashed or whatever it was?

Where the guy and his dad kept their Cossies in their house?

wirralphil

That was one of them which had the Thrash with Revs Mag, has anyone got the copy with that feature?

nichol4s

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Anyone remember the red Renault 5 turbo more or less standard apart from a 4" out rolled and some tsw blades had a pepperarmi bit of an animal sticker on the boot!!! Pmsl

nichol4s

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Ł4.50 on eBay pal

COCHYN

Nah mate, but a friend of mine had his Renault 5 Turbo in it. Used to be all gold with a big kit on it, but later painted two tone silver and gold. Not got any pics though Was a pretty wild car back in 2000

Rab

Hmm..

My favourtie ever Max Flower feature car was a white 3 door on Momo Arrows. The shoot was in the snow! I remember the bloke had a wee sticker on his drivers window that said

'Yes Officer, this is my car....'

I fucking loved the way that 3 door looked!

My favourite ever feature car from any mag was an Alan Mann twincam Mk1 Escort, in red/gold. Was in Fast Ford, the first magazine I ever bought in a train station in Norwich of all places!

I still have that Magazine somewhere, probably in my Mum's loft or something. Someday I will go dig it out!

PF Ben

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Pretty sure the yellow saff with all carbon bits etc (power engineering) was first featured in pf... As was the twin charge carriered s1 rst (which you're right did have a n.london rs spares connection)... As was I have a sneaky suspicion the mk1 you're talking about rab (darren dowlings race car?)

Ben

Rab

No mate, was definately Fast Ford. I didn't buy Performance Ford till about 96 or 97. And this one was about 92 or 93.

jameswrx

I remember a pretty special tricked up f40 that was in a max power, must have been around 93/94?

Anyone remember project XS, BMW with wide kit? I saw it parked up in Camden, that must have been 94 too.

But my favourite feature was in revs (iirc) and it was a test between an escort cossie, gtir, impreza & integrale. It was a really exciting time for me as I knew I was going to get hold of a gtir and they were bigging them up so much I was creaming my pants lol