Guess what I saw today? Over 21s only :-)

Thought I'd start a thread as I've seen a couple of older rare but 'normal' cars recently

Cars must be over 21 years old and not parked up in a Classic car garage! :lol:

Any tips on getting pics on here without the big long links would be appreciated

I saw a mark 1 Ford Orion complete with full chrome kit added by the owner, NICE :shock:

Like this:
Ford Orion

And a Toyota Cressida :shock: WHAT! :shock: yep, Cressida :shock:

Like this:

Toyota Cressida

Discuss or feel free to add your sightings

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My dad had a B reg Orion when they hadnt been out long, think it was a 1.6LX 8)

 

Darren I've changed your links to the way they are now, easy to do if the link you are copying and pasting is a long one, although I'm not quite sure which link your copying for it to be that long, the easiest link to copy is the one that is actually on the picture, but if not follow this to do what I've done above, which BTW is in the options when your posting :wink:

title you want

Copy this exactly and this gives you the above option :wink:

 

Cheers Dave, will do, the link is what was at top of the page, that the pic was on (from Google images) :lol:

I had a 1.6gl mk 1 Orion in Diamond White, Irish Plate on, I thought it was the dogs...... I modded it, I put Ghia wheel trims on it :roll:

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most orion 16i had escort turbo engines in them around leigh and hindley when we was 18 they was the proper wolf in sheeps clothing them was the days

 

had 1 miself orion 16i ghia 1984 a reg loved it

 

Orion 1.6 i Ghia for me as well. Metalic Grey and a great little car. Over 20 years ago now but it was the car to have in the day.

Also had 8 Ford Capri's around that time :shock: :lol: :lol:

 

My first car was a white Orion 1.6i Ghia, absolutely loved it, although I blew the engine up twice and it had more welding done on the floor than the Titanic! :lol: I have no pictures of it but I still have the ad from autotrader somewhere.

 

yeah ive had an onion ghia too,but for a fast little ford the xr2 (mk2) was a cracker

 

Ford Capri 1.6 LS then upgraded to a 2.8 injection :lol:

150 bhp, it felt like a rocket ship!!

 

Yep both them are on my list Ian. The 2.8i was at the time a very rapid car. Looking back though the handling was not so clever. I had two shall we say "moments" in mine where i think i was close to losing it.

3ltr S was the one that i really enjoyed.

Mk2 XR2 also a great car. Had a white one for 18 months. That was a long time for me in those days.

 

You are right there, made my mates (D&E Autobodies) a fortune making them straight again after they were bent around lamp posts.

My claim to fame was a 230bhp Ford Capri 2.8 Turbo Technics. cost me a fortune to get the suspension, bushes and brakes sorted to help it around the corners.

The actual car is at my mates farm in a very sorry state. I sold it in 1998 and it's pampered life turned into an abused one. I can't even go to look at it

 

Top trumps :wink: my dad's boss had one of the original Escort MK3 Bradshaw's Turbo's in black, I think these where out before the RS turbo's where released? remember going to school in this bad boy 8) also remember me dad booting it out of round abouts and the front end skipping all over the show!!!!!!!!

My fave is still his metallic blue MK3 Cortina 2.0GXL though, all those dials :shock:

 

i have know dave years from when we used to go round leigh in our car when everybody had q plate cars we ened up with buckys old orion turbo if u remember that one dave painted that one to.... and clive when he shoved that 5 gt turbo though that fence and over 100 outside s&w in this old capri in atherton phil was yours the white turbo technics one ?????/

 

My Dads boss (Well the boss's wife actually) had the wedge shaped Subaru XT Turbo. RAPIDO, remember the traffic light GP with may mates Mk1 Escort RS Turbo :lol:
Needless to say, it ended up in a wall up Todmorden way :roll:

Subaru XT

Anways, back on topic :lol: Anyone SEEN anything interesting :lol:

 

The white Turbo Technics was Glynns, I had the black one with Brooklands wheels. The Capri didn't come out much, but you'd have probably seen my silver Cavalier SRi130 parked at D&E.

I saw Dave a couple of weeks ago, he has a garage in Ince now, near KFC.

Ah the good old days ..........

 

Little confused now :?
Is this thread about cars that we or mates have owned or about cars that we have recently seen on the road ?

 

The good old days??? :roll: They are still here !!
I have had a variety of cars in my years of driving (notice I didn't tell you how many years :lol: ) my first car (bought for me by Daddy) was a Mk 1 Escort mexico which I loved, daytona yellow with custom 'go faster' stripes :lol: But I've had a black Opel Manta GTE, a black mk3 XR3i, A rover 220 coupe, used to drive my Dad's Orion 1.6i Ghia too when he let me :? and now onto Scoobs - this one being my second, not sure what will come next in the years to come but cant see me going for a pipe and slippers car anytime soon!

 

Still see my old XR3i around in the local area - still in amazing nick for its age too !

 

yes dave's there he did some painting for me on my step son corsa last year at rose bridge he got a mint mk5 rs2000.....