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fr€$h&m1nt¥ Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,598 Club RR Member Number: 99	RIP Ripp fr€$h&m1nt¥ @freshandminty Club Retro Rides Member 99
	Jul 30, 2020 12:24:24 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	A few days late on this one but just catching up on Speedhunters and found this article... www.speedhunters.com/2020/07/makes-legend-celebrating-godfather-uk-tuning/ ... which really surprised me about the origins of Ripspeed. Plenty of retro photography and videography in the article but I'll just add this one to the thread as a teaser...
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Mercdan68 Posted hell of a lot Posts: 9,042 Club RR Member Number: 68	RIP Ripp Mercdan68 @forddan68 Club Retro Rides Member 68
	Jul 30, 2020 14:34:54 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	A legend in the car mod scene In the 80s and 90s Ripspeed was the place if you had modified fords back then My old mk1 escorts had many parts bought from there Great days when the hobby was just that a cheap hobby REST easy Mr Ripp
	Last Edit: Jul 30, 2020 14:36:55 GMT by Mercdan68 Fraud owners club member 1999 Jaguar s type 1993 ford escort

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darrenh Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,602	RIP Ripp darrenh @darrenh
	Jul 30, 2020 16:35:35 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	in his natural habitat, british rallycross. picture credit tina roberts
	1989 Astra Merit estate 1991 Astra GTE 16v resto' 1982 land rover 88 sw

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davethepieman Part of things Posts: 337	RIP Ripp davethepieman @davethepieman
	Jul 30, 2020 18:00:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Keith will be most famous of course to many for this moment... Also I notice Tony Bardy in the Mini in the above pic - he still races occasionally today!


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bmcnut Posted hell of a lot Posts: 5,900	RIP Ripp bmcnut @bmcnut
	Jul 30, 2020 18:06:26 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Authough he didnt start car modifying, it would be sooo different without his input. We owe him. RIP Sir.


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mrbounce Posted a lot Posts: 2,150 Member is Online	RIP Ripp mrbounce @mrbounce
	Jul 30, 2020 18:07:02 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Always remember the double-spread Ripspeed adverts in Custom Car and the like. RIP
	Nothing points at bad engineering more than creases in Gaffa Tape. retrorides.proboards.com/thread/191577/1981-midas-coupe-project-zippy?page=1

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turbom Part of things Posts: 393	RIP Ripp turbom @turbom
	Aug 2, 2020 6:43:08 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I have a ripspeed catolouge from 1990. I went to the shop in august 95 ian pinders (think that was his name) Cortina was parked in the car park. That car was a sound off car full of speakers!!! The shop was an aladins cave to me at the time. I still have a ripspeed sticker too..


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shin2chin Part of things Making curse word cars slightly better Posts: 820	RIP Ripp shin2chin @shin2chin
	Aug 2, 2020 11:06:31 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	That's really interesting. I was unaware of the history of the brand, its sad that its now associated with stick on Halford tat
	1977 PORSCHE 2.0na 924 1974 VW Beetle 1600

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itsme Part of things Old timer that still thinks he is young ! Posts: 47	RIP Ripp itsme @itsme
	Aug 7, 2020 16:28:50 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I remember Keith and his dad very well I was sales direct at Burton Performance Centre for a good few years , Burtons supplied nearly all the ford engine tuning parts to Ripspeed Very sad loss indeed , He was a caracture , RIP RIP
	Last Edit: Aug 7, 2020 16:29:29 GMT by itsme Back in the day I built a few hot rods / race cars

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