keithyboy

156. Sorry.

It's a late 2000 car on a '51 plate.

A nice man in Croatia wishes to buy my boot badge. How do I get the bugger off?

A very scary idea We all know Eurocarparts do it with some of their stuff. Oh how I laughed when the Intermotor thermostat I picked up at my local motor factor packed up after a year and the replacement from ECP was the same part from the same manufacturer in a completely different box.

Decision made, I'm breaking my 156. The work needed to get it ready for sale will mean I end up getting bugger all back so it's going for parts. Absolutely everything is available except: Driver's door (it has had some damage repaired in the past) Driver's wing (small dent) Rear window motors Doors Bonnet Boot Grille with new badge Lights Bumpers Engine (107k runs great but slightly noisy variator) MAF Coilpacks Box Lusso alloys x5 (need tyres) Switches buttons knobs screws nuts bolts Sensors Badges A/C pipes PAS pipes Starter Alternator Fuel pump PM me with anything you want, however small. Small items can be posted, larger items can be collected.

It's because it doesn't come with a stereo isn't it?

It's supercar week. Can you believe that the daddy of them all is 25 years old? Numbers first: 201MPH 478BHP 2.9 litre twin turbocharged V8 1100kg of carbon fibre wonderfulness (the 959 weighed a lardy 1450kg and the current 458 comes in at 1380kg) No carpets, sliding windows and pull cables to undo the doors like in a Mk1 Mini. Did you know? This was the last car commissioned by Enzo before he died. To keep the weight down they only used 2 litres of paint to paint each car (to put this in perspective, respraying a Ford Capri uses about 5 litres). This is why the weave of the carbon fibre can be seen through it. I give you the Ferrari F40

Go and get shagged.

Alfa 156 Diesel with higher milage... SW JTDs are out of my price range.

The 156 is going after christmas. The criteria for replacement are £500-£1000 turbo diesel estate or hatchback No smaller than a Golf Any thoughts?

TVRs are a product of their environment. A bloke I used to work with use to describe me as the resident coarse Lancastrian and TVRs have similar qualities.

I have whilst researching this. It's on my list.

I decided to go with my instincts and maintain the line that supercars are boring. Instead we have something that your Mum might have driven. It's an 80s legend - Nic Mann's home-built turbocharged Rover V8 powered Morris Minor hillclimb car. As well as being a very effectively hillclimb car, it also did OK on the dragstrip winning Street Machine magazine's Street Racer championship several times. 25 years ago this was faster than an F40.

Yep There was a big article on it in a recent edition of EVO mag. Apparently Vauxhaul have now cottoned onto it, and it's now a semi-official factory skunk-works project. Still not entirely sure I'd pop down to Tescos in it though, even if it is still street legal! The replacement for RV2 is Red Victor 3 which is actually a Pro Mod car heavily sponsored by Vauxhall.

I don't classify TVRs as supercars and there are one or two that will get a feature eventually but not this week.

I'm not sure where to go with this week's yet. Somebody mentioned another British hot-rodding legend to me yesterday that warrants a mention but I also want to feature one of the 3 supercars that might ever get on here.

See if you can spot the stripe.

This week we come almost bang up to date with another British legend - Red victor 2. Built by Andy Frost this was the world's fastest street car (it has now been replaced by Red Victor 3 which is even quicker). It started life as a Vauxhall Victor but then got a few tweaks: Performance: 0-60mph =1sec (That's ONE SECOND) 0-153mph = 4.8secs Standing 1/4 = 7.6secs on pump gas and 315 MT drag radials standing 1/4 = 7.41and 197.6mph on ET streets and VP Q16 so far....... top speed = 223mph ,and no bodywork came off.This was done at Bruntingthorpe Sept 2008.That speed attained in a slow 19secs due to excessive wheelspin and coming out of the throttle(which was 1/3 down max)!!. World pump gas ET record holder on MT 315 radials. 7.67 @190.4mph so far..... 2 x UK Castrol challenge winner 2006/2007 Europe's fastest street car 7.41 @ 197mph King of Europe winner 2009. King of Europe speed and ET record holder 7.81 @ 188mph. CAR 1972 Vauxhall VX4/90 FD. Originally came with a 104hp 2000cc 4 cylinder engine. ENGINE 572CI Chevrolet Dart big M block Lunati pro series 4340 forged crank Oliver billet steel rods Diamond turbo pistons Speed pro "Hellfire" rings Aviaid 4 stage dry sump pump Modified Aviaid oil pan Altiss engineering custom oil pump drive,oil tank and breather can Jesel cam belt drive Don Bailey designed Comp Cams custom turbo roller cam Comp Cams H/D roller lifters Manton 210deg 7/16" ex pushrods,Comp cams 7/16" intake Cometic multi layer steel head gaskets ARP heads studs Dart Pro1 355 CNC heads with Ferrea stainless intake and super alloy exhaust valves modified by RFD dvelopments Edelbrock 454R intake manifold modified by Altiss for 2 x 1500cc Ford motorsport injectors per cylinder Manley valve springs T+D 1.75 shaft rockers Ali rocker covers modded by Altiss 2 x Holset 88mm custom hybrid turbos spec'd by Holset with inconel exhaust wheels Custom 321 stainless headers by Altiss c/w2 x Turbosmart pro wastegates Burns 321 stainless merge collecters and Custom 321 stainless 4.5" exhaust system Turbonetics "Godzilla" BOV,Billet 2200cfm throttle body Custom throttle body hat CNC'd by Taylor machine and finished by Altiss 2 x ARE cooling 12"x7"x 13""" Air to water cores,c/w 8 gallon water tank.Tanks fabricated by Altiss all pipes and brackets custom made by Altiss IGNITION AND FUEL Electromotive TEC3R ECU inc Electromotive DIS ignition coils Electromotive 60-2 crank trigger wheel PCS D200 datalogger(for extra logging)all tuned by Steve Sczepanski of Mechanical power systems of Canada 3 x Aeromotive Eliminator fuel pumps(1100hp each) c/w fuel pump controller for road use on 1st pump and Turbosmart fuel regulator. Custom 10 gallon fuel tank by Altiss Thermo -Tec and DEI heat management products throughout the car Goodridge and Speedflow hoses and ends throughout Runs on Shell V Power and Powerpour additive 2008 running on VPMS 109 and Q16 TRANSMISSION AND REAR AXLE Penn Autos/Andy Frost race trans Dedenbear cased 2speed transbrake Powerglide auto(2500hp capable) NealChance 10.5" pro-mod bolt together converter. B+M pro stick shifter WRE braced Ford 9" axle with 35spline Moser shafts Strange nodular iron case,aluminium pinion support,C/M spool and 3.25 to1 Motive gears 4.5" x 50 row air to air cooler c/w Laminova water to air cooler in series. Pacet 700cfm fan on cooler 2008 Wheelie bars are in use for the WSR2 SUSPENSION Gazmatic gas/fluid double adjustable front struts with Hyperco springs Robinson race cars front arms Strange double adjustable rear shocks with Hyperco springs Webster race engineering 4 link,sliding "A" frame locator and rear anti roll bar BRAKES Hi-Spec motorsport Custom 4 Pot Calipers and 300mm vented disks c/w race brake pads(front) Hi-spec billet handbrake calipers and Hi spec motorsport 260mm discs and custom bells c/w race brake pads(rear) Mopar 1.125" master cylinder Stroud parachute(for racing) WHEELS AND TYRES 6" X 15" Centreline Convo pros c/w Goodyear 185 x 55 x 15 v rated tyres(front) 12" x 15" Centreline Convo pro custom bead lock wheels c/w 315 Mickey Thompson drag radials 2008 15" x 15" American racing double beadlock wheels with 33" x 18.5" MT et streets. BODYWORK Vauxhall VX4/90 steel body with a DRE fibreglass front end,bumpers, boot,bonnet and scoop Aluminium pro stock style rear spoiler Camaro NASCAR front spoiler custom air intakes(for turbos) converted to 2 door Mini chilli red paint and prep by West Midlands accident repair graphics by Curbishley Automotive Andy Frost built steel SFI 25.4 tubular chassis SFI tech'd to 7.50 in the 1/4 mile Weight 3400lbs at the startline(with wheelie bars 3430lbs) INTERIOR All Alloy panelling by Robinson race cars and anodised black Custom alloy seats covered in leather by Aldridge trimming Headlining and carpets bound by Aldridge Trimming custom switch panel and street wiring by Ken Britten ECU wiring by Steve Sczepanski rest of the wiring by Andy Frost Autometer gauges SPA speedo 2 x Innovative AFR gauges AMS 1000 boost controller ICE

Please don't encourage him.

This week's car of the week is a classic from the glory days of car customising in Britain. Built by Stu Vallance in the 70s and featured on the cover of the very first issue of Street Machine, I give you Henry Hirise. A MKII Consul with a supercharged big block Chevy, a 9" ford rear axle and a drop tube front. After being missing for 20 years it was restored to its former glory by Bryan Whitfield. And best of all, it's for sale in case anyone was wondering about Christmas. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270841290370

This week's car of the week isn't a car at all. This is what is known as a motorcycle. This one was built by a Brit called Russell Mitchell, who builds custom bikes in California, for the discovery channel show World Biker Build Off. The idea is that 2-3 custom bike builders build a bike then they get judged by the audience at a bike show somewhere. In 2004 Russell was up against American Joe Martin and Australian Scotty Cox. This was Joe Martin's bike: As you would expect of the Americans, the workmanship is spectacular but it’s not exactly subtle. And this was Scotty Cox’s All the metalwork is hand-formed aluminium. It’s quite a piece of craftsmanship but a bit OTT for my tastes. This exercise in simplicity and clean lines was Russell’s bike – Hot rod. Strangely, given that they were judged at an American bike show, the American bike won.

You'll be surprised. Sadly I wasn't. It's dead. The nearside one came apart as I attempted to wriggle it out so that's a couple of motors on the shopping list.

There will be no access difficulties with next week's car because it isn't a car at all.

You can't just delete people for saying nice things about my thread! If you carry on down that road 4-5 people could be gone by 2015.

That looks a nice car. I love the Recaros in Rover Vitesses