Ive just finished uploading some photographs of past cars, and thought i would share them. 1275 GT, Bronze Yellow, 1972 (didnt come with door mirrors) Downton Manifold, minilites and Dunlops. At car show at castle grounds, Bangor Same Car show 7 owners later and it was used in a competition in Ormeau Park Now it has been reshelled in a mini 1000 shell, beside another bronze yellow 1275 GT Now belonging to a friend, when i got another white one, '74. First 12" wheel in Northern Ireland, we converted it back to 10" having to change discs, calipers, drive flange etc to make them fit. Tinted glass, fitted in England, Homemade reverseing lights in clusters, then a few years later, BL fitted them as standard. When the glass was fitted in england, believe it or not the price for the car came to £1275 At one stage had standard 12" wheels, 10" Dunlops, 10" minilites and 10" Mambas. Also had Stage 2 Downton tuning head, and manifolds, and dummy cooper s filler cap (1 on each side) Both 1275's and a friends viva HC on Craigantlet Hills Flamenco red 1275 GT, 1977 Ex British Leyland 1275 GT used for track racing in England, bought by KANES of Comber, which i valeted. 1976 Opel Kadett Coupe, ordered with factory metal sunroof, and optional cloth seats (vinyl seats were standard on most cars at the time. Wilson and Leeper Bridgend, Belfast, had never ordered a cloth interior) With modified front grill to fit Lucas square 8 lights. 1977 Kadett Coupe, sunoof and cloth interior again. Fiesta Ghia with Vinyl roof '79 or '80. Didnt think much of it because it didnt have the style or handling of the Kadett Coupe's Fiesta XR2 1983. Wish i still had it. Another xr2 whilst waiting on an Orion. Great wee car a good step up from the Ghia XR3 1982, one of the first 5 speed gearbox's. Lucky, as while on order, 5 speeds were put into them. Photographed beside the Xr2 in the garage. Mine with a friends.
XR3i, (INJECTION) 1983, Injection made a massive difference, over XR3. Bought as a temporary car, another XR3i. Valeted another for a friend, it was just new. 1985. Needed a 4 door, as family started. Fantastic car. Ford Orion, Ghia i. Slightly faster than the XR3i. 1988, Ford orion, 1.4 GL, With Ghia extras fitted. Nice car in black Orion GLSi, same engine as XR3i, with sierra wheel trims, as it came with white wheel trims as standard. Also had alloys on it but much preferred the trims. Another Orion, 1994, had a set of TSW Stealth's on it, but didnt drive like the previous orions. A friends magazine featured (Max Power, april 1997, featured aswell) VR6 corrado. He was a later owner of the black Kadett coupe. Over £10k was spend on the engine and suspension alone, by BR motorsport in England, COUNTLESS sets of wheels. It was actualy one of the last corrados made, before the Storms were brought out. Of all the cars, i missed the minis and the Kadett Coupes, so much that i bought one of the last Mini coopersports in 2000, as a toy
a few straglers that i forgot about. A friends 1293 engine, and lots of other parts and my minilites. Genuine minilites in '72 cost £80 for a set!
Great post mate, and some lovely motors.. Big fan of the mini's and Kadett's.. Parent has a kadett afew yrs back, but sold it on, was rotten as t lay ages, wish they would have kept it though, i really would love one.. Heres 2 pics of our wee mini we restored..
It's 's' brakes that make them sit out further Graham ... in the photos the rear wasn't fitted though... they are now and they stick out all round, looks so cool.. MOT men didnt like it though... Il get a few updated pics up sometime.. My wee bro use's it everyday as his first car. Dad has afew saab 900 turbo', droop snoot's and a renault alpine GTA turbo... Il dig out pics
Just a few...............(maybe not old enough but I hope of interest, don't have pics of the few very old cars I had) 95 M3 3 year old at the time (guy that bought it off me totalled it after 2 weeks) 91 CRX 3 year old at the time Brand new 98 Integra Brand new 2000 Evo 6 (guy that bought it in Glasgow got done for something serious and car was impounded by cops!) Brand new 99 Impreza Turbo
yes minis are tops i see u are from the top mini autotest country i spent many hours watching sam ken norman and many more from your area those were the days
Indeed lol, there's a 4 ft brick wall between me and kens yard... For the 23 years iv lived all I hear everyday is him revving and sliding about the yard testing the cars he's tuning and building lol! He's known down here as 'speedy' lol. Don't see as much auto testing these days, great events to watch .
i was told ken was wanting to buy my white 1275gt when i was selling it about 1976 but i had it sold to a neighbour it so you might have heard it
found this one, it wasnt mine, but im sure most people havnt seen one. Fiat Gamine nicknamed Noddy Car. i wonder why
EOI1275 - I recognise the plate, who currently has it? Is it being used in any Motorsport at the minute
Jenny Kennedy who does hillclimbs has the plate on a reshelled mini, shown above, unless its on something else? Are you anything to do with the MG center at Dunmurry?
Fantastic thread! Most of the cars were years before I was even thought of lol The Opel Kadett Coupe's to me look like a Mustang fastback, reminds me of Eleanor- Gone In 60 Seconds lol!! Dad told me years ago he had a standard fiesta and his brother who had a few accidents had an xr2 so they had to swap and he ended up with the xr2 the lucky bugger, still his favourite car to this day. Have to admit looking at those photos I can see why they certainly look the part