Just to add to the debate, there were actually 3 versions of the BBS centrelocks, all slightly different as they evolved over the years that they raced, so these cars would have changed from race to race anyway.

I love them, as do lots of other people, and the cars a stunner. Pauls gone down the sensible route of using these more durable alloy copies than the BBS mag ones.

If he had planned to make a copy of the original car he would have used the Simmons wheels that the Caltex ran, as they never used the BBS ones in period anyway.

 

And here thay are , fitted to the car that is now being restored

 

Nowt wrong with being a northern monkey better than a midlands mong


only kidding

 

Or a shandy drinking southern puff

 

No where near as nice as the BBS style are they, but all the aussie cars used local rims in the end as the BBS ones were to expensive to import into the country.

I never liked the Simmons, makes the centre look to small when on the car, much nicer look to it when fitted with the BBS type

 

Nice picc that Paul

A very late Caltex as it has the revised stripes up the rear rather than the solid like my replica

Have you any other piccs of the Caltex as i only have about 3 ?

 

paul do you need a tissue

 

No

,but chip does to mop up the tears of epic failure

 

he can borrow yours after you have finished wanking over that pic

 

Thats probably the last group A full fat RS500 built, it only ever ran in the 91 season and all the other cars that year were updated older versions, all other countries were running the shopping car 2 litre formula in 91 so any 500s entered elesewhere were heavily restricted.

I understand the resto is now finished and its about to run again in Aus.

I think I have a few more pics, will hunt through my hard drive and post any I can find.

 

somewhere along the way, chip will convince everyone he's right and the rest of us were wrong

but it will be about something totally different to the original point that was being argued about

i'll get my protractor out to work out which tangent this thread will veer off on and we will then ALL be right and group hug

 

Paul may be gone for some time

 

Superb

cheers Paul

ill see you lot in about 3 mins , lol

 

What are the wheels on the plain red car? Look like dark versions of the gold ones that where on Dick Johnsons car.

 

Dick johnsons look totally different, this is the 89 car.



Ginge

 

Yup, silly me. What wheels are they on that?

 

The look like center lock rs7 spokes lol...

Paul have some more caltex porn..





Ginge

 

Look like old dymags maybe....





Or tsw evo's with a fake lip! Lol

 

i thought chip would have jumped on that lol

 

He is keeping a low profile on this thread

 

Why?
It is a replica so why would I jump on him for saying so?

 

Funny what is classed as a replica

I never built the car to be a replica , I actually built the car to the spec I wanted and what my budget would allow , if i wanted an exact replica things would have been totaly different

The fact it ended up in the Caltex colours is nothing other than the fact i liked the scheme so went with it

For some reason a few people think that by calling somthing a replica they are actually either trying to knock the car or get a reaction from the owner , or they are just jelious they dont own somthing as nice

I will have a think what catagory i will put you in as so far its all of them

 

Same with my car mate, 1600 shell, which as you are aware has NO differences to the RS500 shell it used to be (other than the minor changes like a cut battery tray which tickford did aftermarket anyway) and people think it should be a badge of shame its a replica.
But if you look at the fast ford feature, I insisted they refer to it as a replica on the front cover, so it shows how little it bothers me

 

Sorry Chip but a gen cosworth / rs500 shell is NOT the same as a 1.6 shell , there are quite a few differences

 

uh oh here we go

 

Edit...twigged you meant the yellow one.


Both a pair of little bitches though :-P

 

Thats right the numbers are the right way round on the 1.6 base model

 

who rattled your cage you ugly baboon face twat

 

HAHAHA IM RIGHT THO

 

You are correct sir , they are stamped up and down same as all other 3 door shells

 

fpmsl i wait chip to argue this point

 

ut oh

 

pmsl - it should "hello good afternoon, North yorks of course im always right RS spares"

Seams Paul must be on some new drugs recently, hormone replacement maybe ? lol

 

Mark

Go join Chip in the epic fail room

 

You can tell its the school holl's with all the children posting.

rick

 

 

Paul is having a midlife crisis