Now heres a blast from the past

[akku]

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Featured in Street Machine and / or Custom car back in the late 70s and again in the early 80s.



Needs restoring back to its prime when it had a wild mutli-colour candy and metal flake paint job

Anyone up for a challenge?

[BigWig]

It would be great for the summer, if only I had the time/money!

[rmad]

Not that again! That seems to turn up every now and again. I don't think the nostalgia scene has come around quite that far yet though! ;D

[akku]

Ooh, I dunno. I like the 70s style.

One I really got peevedd over was a car called Evergreen. It was a FD Ventora which was fitted oout with a Jag IRS, 2 door'd, FE grill, Viscount headlights, Manta A tail lights, L-88 Hood scoop, tints, small rear spoiler. Full draylon interior with a cocktail bar in the back! Finished in green with green stripes and flake. It was featured about 1978 and won a load of shows. In about 1980 the guy took the motor out (a 2.5 Daimler Hemi IIRC) for a swap and it never got put back in. The car just got dry stored. I saw the car up for sale a couple of years ago for like £250 as a rolling shell, still in flake and draylon etc. just needing a motor fitting. I so wish I'd bought it but I was just getting ready to move house at the time.

[reanimation]

Wowsers. I quite like that Cant really tell from the pictures though, anyone got any bigger ones here from the past? the way i got it on first read is its got no engine..

[reanimation]

Damn theres no reserve either! oh dear

[akku]

Sadly someone has tried to modernise it with digital dash and stuff. Still a decent project. Whats a Rover V8 and box cost these days? Some paint to finish it off, and you're done.

I'll see if I can find a pic of it in its glory. Might be a scan from an old magazine later

[akku]

a quick google brings up...



Courtesty of www.hotrodphotos.co.uk

(hope this image works inline?)

[reanimation]

which album is it in?

theres 0.001% chance of me getting it but i'd love summat stoopid like that thing!

[reanimation]

that things insane, i'm not so sure anymore, there a cool gullwing one too

www.hotrodphotos.co.uk/pages/pages.KnebworthShow1984/Stealth%20Vauxhall%20Victor.htm

[akku]

The galery I found it in was Alexanda Pallace 1979 I think, its in its multi candy and flake hues there.

[akku]

www.hotrodphotos.co.uk/pages/pages.allypallyshow1979album2/Radical%20gull%20wing%20Vauxhall%20FD%20Victor.htm

there

[reanimation]

its not the gull wing one tho is it?!

[akku]

I think thats an earlier incarnation of the same car???

[reanimation]

Same wierd doors yeah! reminds me of 'The Car' when it was black, all menacing and quite ugly. I cant afford to get involved, especially as i'd have to do my own door stretch door mods to it really.

[dave364634]

which Worthing is it in?

[samyboy]

OMFG want want want