Sovereign Rings

[Augustus1]

14 minutes ago, boon said:

Some amazing history- I love cars from this era! Nice one all 

Ok i'll join in, couple that i used to have, one a long time ago one quite recent. It'll be interesting to see if anyone knows what the second one is

 

 

 

i would have gone for Toyota celica?

[Roy]

7 minutes ago, JunkBond said:

Toyota

Corolla?

[Bullionbilly]

3 minutes ago, Augustus1 said:

1935 model Y 9hotrod, 3.4 auto, jag IRS, on the left with the club

Thanks. Superb looking motors !

[boon]

10 minutes ago, Bullionbilly said:

 Cool !

Anymore pics of the white one ? 

 

[Roy]

TE70/72?

[boon]

4 minutes ago, Augustus1 said:

i would have gone for Toyota celica?

Spot on sir  a car that ugly they never sold any when new, often a talking point on threads like this. You know your cars!

Here's what it's like now, in much better hands.

 

[Bullionbilly]

Good guess...

I had no idea

[boon]

1 minute ago, Roy said:

TE70/72?

another man who knows his cars- although judging this thread, you all do!  

It was a TA40 celica (1600 pushrod twin carb) and has now been converted to an RA40 (2 litre twin cam) by the new owners.

[Augustus1]

2 minutes ago, boon said:

You know your cars!

that and i am old enough to remember them new in Toyota showrooms

[Roy]

Ah yes.

Fuzzy memory 

Lovely car.

[sovereignsteve]

4 hours ago, Roy said:

What?! Seriously Steve, that's a mini-pension right there!

Certainly'll buy a lot of sovs 

Really, that much? I WILL have to go and look now. Might even have to get the spanners out!

[Roy]

18 hours ago, boon said:

 

Thank god they removed that awful sun roof!

[boon]

5 minutes ago, Roy said:

Thank god they removed that awful sun roof!

Ha ha absolutely  must have seemed a good idea to the person who owned it in the 1980's. I'll admit it was actually quite handy though on hot days!

The rally team I sold it to put many hours into it, it is now full group 2 historic rally spec- and as you can see, it has many friends to hang out with too. 

 

[Roy]

Yes, 'Halfords' type sunroofs were very popular as I recall in the '80s!

I had a love/hate affair with the Celica. I ran a 1600 GT in the early eighties and loved it as much as the Capris but the later models were yuk.

It wasn't until the late '90s that I bought a GT4 and all was good again.

The '80s were the greatest (though deadliest) of the Rally years.

[boon]

Ha ha yep- these items ended up going for being desired additions to being appendages on classics!

interesting thoughts on the celicas- most folk thought the same after the mk1. I had a fwd GT from the 90s which I had for years and ended up sprinting it before it’s death. What year was your gt4?

ha ha so you’re a group b nut, I can understand that ?

[Roy]

I had an '88 and '92 I think. Different models of course.

The first I broke quite quickly but the second lasted a long time and clocked up many motorway miles. Not what I bought it for! 

Group B. Ahhh, proper motorsport. My favourite car is an Integrale but I'll never own one. (Never meet OR OWN your heroes!)

[Lowlow]

Sovereign ring, I like it.

I long for the days that opulent displays of wealth return.

I want the crash out with some grapes in the 2020 litter.  Walk faster ladies, the coliseum awaits.

[Murph]

Used to have a half as a pinky ring in the 80s but didn't have many sporty motors.  I did have a mk1 Granada 3l ghia and then a Rover SD1.

[NRSovereign]

Never seen any of these cars in my life ! I'm a 90s baby

[Lowlow]

2 hours ago, NRSovereign said:

I'm a 90s baby

Anyone born in the 90's IS a baby ...

[kimchi]

Here she is, obviously needs a good clean up (and then the work on the gearbox and just a new battery). @JunkBond @Bullionbilly I can't tempt you out of retirement? I would cross your palms with silver!

Going to check on her tomorrow:

 

 

[JunkBond]

Nice @kimchi

My back won't let me get the spanners out anymore, I could make tea and oversee proceedings!

[Bullionbilly]

2 hours ago, kimchi said:

Here she is, obviously needs a good clean up (and then the work on the gearbox and just a new battery). @JunkBond @Bullionbilly I can't tempt you out of retirement? I would cross your palms with silver!

Going to check on her tomorrow:

 

 

Ill share tea duties with @JunkBond 

My days crawling about are gone... used to love it but cant get in the places i used to 

Looks in decent fettle from that picture.

 

[JunkBond]

8 minutes ago, Bullionbilly said:

Ill share tea duties with @JunkBond

 

one lump or two?

 

[kimchi]

1 hour ago, Bullionbilly said:

Ill share tea duties with @JunkBond 

My days crawling about are gone... used to love it but cant get in the places i used to 

Looks in decent fettle from that picture.

 

Paint job's OK eh, considering it hasn't been cleaned and polished for years? Like I say comes with a soft top as well, along with roughly half a Spitfire in parts as spares.

1 hour ago, JunkBond said:

one lump or two?

 

I seem to have acquired two huge lumps somehow, but at least we won't go short on't brew as we sit round talking about paintjobs, traffic when we were lads, gravel and lakes and whatnot