Some more of my old cars.

[Bluebeard]

I haven't got any digital pics of these so assumed i'd not got any pictures. Looking for some pants this morning I found these photos buried in the drawer.

Excuse the quality, I've had to photo the photos using my phone.

My utter pride and joy. May Bank holiday monday, 1998. driving like a tw*t, ended up barrel rolling through a building site. through the scaffolding and out the other side of a portakabin. Right on bristol city centre. Three of us in hospital and me with a 6 inch piece of metal jammed in my shoulder. I was more upset for my mum and dad as they'd spent their life savings on the car as I couldn't insure the car AND buy it. £1100 iirc. What made it worse, they drove past as the fire brigade were cutting us out, all three of us on oxygen masks... Fcuking bad day that was...

In this one, you can see a very broken me, looking very sorry for myself. The guys at the salvage yard said they could not believe anyone survived it.

Here are some of my others, none with any stories. Apart from the white orion. I bought that to avoid the police catching me in 2002 as i'd been banned from driving and thought i'd get caught in the car they banned me in. Yes, I was a helmet.

Anyway, I digress...

306 Dturbo, Lowered, Tecnomagnesio wheels and a remus exhaust.

Golf 1.8T, the first car me and my now wife bought together. I put Audi TT wheels on it and had the windows tinted. Was an absolute minter. Ended up swapping it for the Evo.

My Rover Coupe! 218VVC Tbar. Was a freak, it went like stink. Faster than my tuned 220 Turbo coupe! I did the headgasket in on the way home from buying it, racing my mate in his MR2. LOL! I paid £7000 for this fcuker but due to being a prick, had to sell it when I got banned. It was Cadburys purple with white leather. I was the boy!! lol.

This was a minter too. I bought it when I was at Rolls Royce but also had it when I became a valeter. I spent every evening waxing it. It was a beauty!

Sadly I haven't got any pics of it sat on it's arse.

I removed the suspension when I sold it and at a later date, I fitted it to the white one.

And this is the white one. Ended up selling it for £80 after a stern warning when someone saw me driving it. Gutted.

So yeah, it's a bit dull but I thought i'd share.

 

[Sir_Dave]

That white orion is what i dreamed about owning at 17 lol. An xr3i with cheaper insurance and more room for subs & bitches.

My aunty had one iirc.

 

[DaveDreads]

You rolled your Orion through a Portakabin and out the other side?

That's impressive! lol

 

[Adam G]

^Better gearing and a fuel computer too!

 

[Tony Hunter]

Baseball cap rude boy.

 

[DaveDreads]

He looks like a retarded Kimi Raikkonen in that shot.

 

[Bluebeard]

Baseball cap rude boy.

It was covering up the stitches and superglue that the nurses put on my head to hold it together! lol.

 

[Ian_182]

Youv'e had some cracking old cars daniel.I'd still drive the orion and the blue pug now no probs

 

[Bluebeard]

Youv'e had some cracking old cars daniel.I'd still drive the orion and the blue pug now no probs

Yeah, looking at that 306, it was a good looking car! It's still about, on the original dTurbo alloys. Sold it to a woman in an old peoples home. That must have been 12 years ago and she's still got it!!

 

[Gally]

A colleague had a 306 exactly the same mate. Was a stunner! Ironically he got banned in his youth for the same thing you did!

You had better taste in cars than you do now!

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

I swear we share some of the same DNA!

I had a Tahiti blue 220 turbo coupe and a black Orion 1.6i Ghia.

I f**king loved that Rover.

 

[Bluebeard]

I swear we share some of the same DNA!

I had a Tahiti blue 220 turbo coupe and a black Orion 1.6i Ghia.

I f**king loved that Rover.

I had a brg 216gti, a jade green 220 coupe, a taihiti blue turbo coupe and the purple 218.

Bit of a rover fan boy.

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

I had a brg 216gti, a jade green 220 coupe, a taihiti blue turbo coupe and the purple 218.

Bit of a rover fan boy.

I was only 21 when I got my 220. I'd been driving around in a 2cv for a few months (don't ask) and then got into this. I'm surprised I didn't kill myself to be honest. Proper quick car.

 

[Norris_309]

Always wanted an Orion too what was is... 1.6i Ghia the one to have.
I also have a p reg pug dturbo in blue on my drive now. Its on nearly 180k miles now (bought on 80k!) Its been a brilliant 2nd car for getting to work and back.
Got its MOT next week, not sure its going to make it, its got a few issues now.
Plus its 2nd rear beam is shot now.
Gonna be a sad day

 

[Adam G]

I had a brg 216gti, a jade green 220 coupe, a taihiti blue turbo coupe and the purple 218.

Bit of a rover fan boy.

FDH for me.:rasp:
And a BRM, but my 420 GSi was my favourite for playing in though, great Q car as it looked proper OAP apart from the little bonnet bulge.

 

[Tez.]

I had a 214si then a 1.8vvc tomcat with cold feed k and n. I thought that tomcat was THE best car I'd ever seen .

Had it stolen at 3 am at work only for the chap to stop the other side off fence and told me to wave goodbye to it as he wheelspun off into then night

Then got banned like you lot in 2002 and ended up in the clio in 2004 and still have it .

 

[Mr Burns]

I don't miss the days of having to take your undeveloped films to Boots or posting them off to Truprint, only to find that half your photos were sh*t.

 

[Ranter22]

I had a grey Orion 1.6 Ghia with full RS body kit back in 99, i was a proper rude boy.

 

[AdDaMan]

Wow i thought i was old. thanks guys.

 

[Adam G]

I don't miss the days of having to take your undeveloped films to Boots or posting them off to Truprint, only to find that half your photos were sh*t.

With the advice sticker stuck to it. "Thanks, I can see the pic was shaky but it's a bit late now."

 

[Mr Burns]

With the advice sticker stuck to it. "Thanks, I can see the pic was shaky but it's a bit late now."

...And a bunch of negatives that were fun to look at, but always fell out over the floor and were completely pointless.

 

[Rubicon_]

How did you manage to do that in a city centre lol? Nice jeans btw!

 

[Bluebeard]

How did you manage to do that in a city centre lol?

Driving like a penis. I did it about 500 yards from Bristol Hippodrome.

 

[ColinG]

Good effort on the Orion! You had the big man on your side that day!

Are they Detroit F1's on the 306? I always wanted a set on my VTR lol

 

[Bluebeard]

Yes mate they were! Completely the wrong offset, and scrubbed like a b**ch on the back.

 

[riz]

I didn't realise that you were that old....


You still see 306s around like that.

 

[Robiniho77]

Any of you slightly older CS members tell me about the old Orion 1.6i ghia model.

My dad raves about his old one (which I believe he wrote off) saying it was one of the best cars he has even owned. Went really well apparently!

Liam.

 

[Bluebeard]

Any of you slightly older CS members tell me about the old Orion 1.6i ghia model.

My dad raves about his old one (which I believe he wrote off) saying it was one of the best cars he has even owned. Went really well apparently!

Liam.

They're awesome. If you're ever in/near Bristol, I'll take you out in mine.

Yes, I still have one. 16 years on!

 

[Mr Burns]

Just old Escorts with a boot.

 

[Robiniho77]

They're awesome. If you're ever in/near Bristol, I'll take you out in mine.

Yes, I still have one. 16 years on!

No way!! Wow! I would 100% take you up on that if I am near.

Any pics? (for me and my excitable old man haha)

Thanks

Liam.

 

[Bluebeard]

No way!! Wow! I would 100% take you up on that if I am near.

Any pics? (for me and my excitable old man haha)

Thanks



Liam.

It's going into storage for winter but you're more than welcome when it comes back out.

 

[Adam G]

They were essentially an XR3i but had taller gearing and 4 doors. Less of an insurance risk too.
Bear in mind that the 3i was one of the hot hatches to have of the time. It will probably seem a bit naff these days but they were great for that era.
Unless you were a VW or Vauxhall fan boy.

Looks like mine is no more
[h=1]Vehicle enquiry[/h]
The enquiry is complete.The vehicle details for F79 XDA are:

Date of Liability	13 03 2000
Date of First Registration	01 08 1988
Year of Manufacture	1988
Cylinder Capacity (cc)	1596cc
CO₂ Emissions	Not Available
Fuel Type	PETROL
Export Marker	N
Vehicle Status	Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour	BLUE
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6 Months Rate	£123.75
12 Months Rate	£225.00

 

[Tez.]

Radient red! My xr3i was too Well normally pink lol

 

[alex-avfc]

I love pictures like those first few from 1998 (not for your pride and joy in a sorry state I must add) but all the old 80s cars in the backdrop that used to be everywhere but have just disappeared off the road without anyone barely realising, 1998 doesn't even seem that long ago!!

 

[Scrooge]

Love Orion's!

 

[Bluebeard]

Love Orion's!

If I could guarantee it wouldn't rain, i'd bring it on saturday. But I can't. So I'm not.

 

[Scrooge]

That would bring back childhood memories haha

 

[Budgie]

Proper Barry collection there mate!

 

[Chip-mk1]

Yuck to all of the above TBH.

Youve upped you game having a clio, and thats not an easy thing to say, lol.

 

[Bluebeard]

Yuck to all of the above TBH.

Youve upped you game having a clio, and thats not an easy thing to say, lol.

Horses for courses mate. You drove round in a corsa where as I'd rather bathe in my own vomit! Lol.

I've put pics up of the scoobys, m3, Audi, evo etc before. I just thought I'd share some of the cars that I had no digital pictures of. .