childhood heroes

[tonycocacola]

two of my childhood heroes

evel knievel







james hunt

[reallyloud]

www.personal.u-net.com/~carnfort/Professionals/profcars.htm








Too much TV for a 8 year old!

[Jarvis]

oh to be a child in the early 80's











Problem is - i still love them now!!!
Do i have a problem???


Ok before anybody else answers that (especially you TCC) yes i have a problem!!!!!

[mason]

hunt,sheen and marshall ;D(and david ellis from wigan i think, used to race in the wendy wools special saloons )

[RetroMat]

this man here:

[stuyizz]

All of the above with added



and

[stuyizz]

Good call Mantamad there can't be many other people who remember Manimal and Automan , I don't know if that makes us really cool or really sad ;D ;D

[stuyizz]

I couldn't go to sleep untill I found out what car Automan drove..............



Lamborghini Countach ;D ;D

[HoTWire]

Disco said:

I couldn't go to sleep untill I found out what car Automan drove..............

I always wanted that car,.. was very good in traffic

[whos dave]

Bloody Automan! that was what it was called was it?

I've been trying to find out for years, everyone i tried to explain it to didn't have a clue what i was on about.

Was begining to think i'd imagined it!

Now i can rest

[Revolution 9]

Hmm, childhood heroes...

Ayrton Senna, (I was only a kid at the time, but I remember spending most of the day he died pretty upset, even before I knew he was dead.)

Jim Clark (dead by that time, but of course if you're Scottish and a petrolhead it's practically a law that you've heard of Jim Clark! )

A little later on I was a big Colin McRae fan, still am a little! ;D ;D ;D

Che Guevara (Don't say you weren't expecting it from me! ;D ;D ;D)

[Ed]

automan, who used to do 90degree right turns and the human guy used to complain as he'd hit his face on the doorglass ;D

freebie and the bean (they go together, just like peaches and cream), dukes of hazzard, burt reynolds in all his 80's movies....cannonball run was the coolest! simon and simon, the saint.....oops gone off on tv memory lane ;D

er, hereos......eddie kid, evil knieval, barry sheene, jimmy mccrae, ayrton senna, nigel mansell, stig blomquist,....I'm sure there is loads ive forgotten!

[jizzy gillespie]

gotta be my grandad and my uncle charlie, way to bad petrolhead influence on a young lad.

also this piece of film was the most influential ive ever seen
homevideo.universalstudios.com/americangraffiti/about/aboutF.html
click on the pic of the 55 chevy ;D ;D ;D ;D

aint he neet!!!

also

[Adam]

Colin Mcrae, Tiff Needel and Jeremy Clarkson

[HoTWire]

I'd say Andy Rouse, Gerry Marshall and John Milner (American Graffiti) ,.. I was raised right! ,..

[tonycocacola]

REVOLUTION said:

Che Guevara (Don't say you weren't expecting it from me! ;D ;D ;D)

I'm surprised ernesto wasnt at the top of your list matey ;D

[ImpJimbo]

Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, Steve Soper and F1 Stock car racer John Lund.

[TheFrequentFryer]

curse word, I think everything I could think of has been metioned except John Pertwee as Dr Who.

He did after all have Bessie the Vintage car with a slightly no standard engine, and Who1 a sort of flying bondbug type outfit.

[rainking]

Top notch Nostalgia!!

The Professionals.. Brilliant... CAPTAIN CHAOS! Cracking...

Manimal, Street Hawk, A-Team, Dukes, CHiPs, Knight Rider et al... quality viewing!

[Revolution 9]

tonycocacola said:

I'm surprised ernesto wasnt at the top of your list matey ;D

It was sort of in chronological order of who I was into as a tiny little Rev, I wasn't a red until later in childhood! ;D ;D ;D ;D (Mainly because I couldn't say proletariat and the like at the time! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D)