80s cool

F31-340i · 07-18-2011, 04:14 PM

.....I like.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2808642.htm

Got to be the early angular one though.

JLR1969 · 07-18-2011, 04:33 PM

Takes me back!

- Paul - · 07-18-2011, 05:54 PM

I think its horrid - truly. No redeeming features. The mk1 and mk2 however - different story.

dxb335d · 07-19-2011, 12:46 AM

Nothing special really. Now if it was a RS Turbo then it would be worth 5 times that! The Series1 has always held more money than the Series 2.

dxb335d · 07-19-2011, 01:00 AM

I don't agree with the sellers views on SH. My 1991 Fiesta RS Turbo has FSH, every MOT
from new and 2 fat folders of reciepts giving a thorough concise history of it's life.

Essential in my opinion.

peterg1965 · 07-19-2011, 01:55 AM

Are they original wheels? Don't look like it to me.

Dave_3 · 07-19-2011, 03:00 AM

I like it.

They are great fun to drive.

I had a hoot blasting down tight, twisty B roads in them. Rorty exhaust note. Good, honest fun, all the benefits of the cooking model plus better power and handling.

Used to service these in the 80s. Could change a cam belt on a CVH in 1/2 an hour.

Wheels are original.

D.

dxb335d · 07-19-2011, 03:04 AM

Peter your thinking of the Mk 4 rims!!

creepy coupe · 07-19-2011, 03:09 AM

The "flocked" dash looks like it's from another motor.

mowflow · 07-19-2011, 03:20 AM

Yeah, the centre console, steering wheel and dash are all different colours.

XR cars never really did it for me simply because the RS Turbos existed.

peterg1965 · 07-19-2011, 03:24 AM

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Originally Posted by dxb335d

Peter your thinking of the Mk 4 rims!!

Probably am, more 'teledial' I seem to remember. I hankered after one of these in the 80's, an XR3i or RS Turbo. I ended up owning a 2.8i Sierra XR4x4, and the later 2.0 XR4i.

Those were the days, Banarama, Pet Shop Boys, Human league, XR Fords......

TMP · 07-19-2011, 04:02 AM

Ahaha, remember the push out cassette tape holders (with the orange button)

creepy coupe · 07-19-2011, 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TMP

Ahaha, remember the push out cassette tape holders (with the orange button)

Cutting edge tech

Dave_3 · 07-19-2011, 04:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TMP

Ahaha, remember the push out cassette tape holders (with the orange button)

I remember wiring in Audioline Graphic Equaliser/Amps and new speakers to quite a few XRs.

With the pulsing LEDs and lots of little sliders for the left and right frequency bands. Thumptastic.

Certainly a step up from the "premium" 5 watts RMS per channel standard fare.

Before autoreverse ... I could eject, flip and insert a tape left-handed in seconds while racing along in between changing gears ...

D.

xenon · 07-19-2011, 04:51 AM

Audioline

RS1600i was my baby, so much cooler than the XR3.

JLR1969 · 07-19-2011, 04:56 AM

Loving the 80s thread. They seemed happy days, I drove a PK Ripper BMX with Skyway mag wheels.

xenon · 07-19-2011, 05:05 AM

Tuning was proper stuff back then too, not just a remap. David Vizard, ported heads, high-lift Kent cams, Janspeed exhausts. Happy days.

briers · 07-19-2011, 05:16 AM

3 cars i always wanted to own from the 80's, early 90s

Lancia Delta Integrale
Corrado Storm
MK1 Golf

Was too young, maybe one day.

xenon · 07-19-2011, 05:23 AM

Good choices. How I yearned for an 1800cc Golf GTI Campaign Edition, in Lhasa Green, with Pirelli "P" alloys....

prt71 · 07-19-2011, 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JLR1969

Loving the 80s thread. They seemed happy days, I drove a PK Ripper BMX with Skyway mag wheels.

Landing gear forks???

Dave_3 · 07-19-2011, 05:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xenon

Tuning was proper stuff back then too, not just a remap. David Vizard, ported heads, high-lift Kent cams, Janspeed exhausts. Happy days.

I haven't really left the 80s ..... still fiddling with cam verniers and advance curves.

In the 80s Fast Car was actually a serious Mag - I scanned an old article by David Vizard on tuning the Pinto (25mb). Not a chip in sight. Dave Walker was also a great contributor back then. Before it went to shit with dolly birds and MaxPower style bodykitted hatches.

D.

xenon · 07-19-2011, 05:37 AM

David Vizard was a God. I was mostly mucking about with the A series in those days when 100bhp was the Holy Grail. Great stuff though. I'm going to read the Pinto article and reminisce...

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mowflow Colonel 62 Rep 2,472 Posts Drives: Golf 7R Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Glasgow iTrader: (2)	Yeah, the centre console, steering wheel and dash are all different colours. XR cars never really did it for me simply because the RS Turbos existed.
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