Cars, Bikes, Track Cars Etc

[Jussi]

Last weeks I have living in our basement

Building a new sauna, got floor yesterday finished so I have couple of days "spare time" till it dry.

We had also some serious illness in our both family (Heli's and mine), just living day after day at the moment.

[Kimbers]

Jussi,

Hope both people are well again now. Hope to hear some more from you again, like Slade you have been noticeable by your absence!

Welcome back mate.

[ragingfool35]

Slade

love the TR7 (or 8) DHC!

that was my first British car and my first love (automotive-wise, though

if you asked my girlfriends from that time they would say first love period!)

I was in college when I bought it in 1987

at that time I read a feature in a car magazine about a G Esprit

and I said to myself that's my next British sports car

2 yrs later the Stevens Esprit came out and I read all about it in the car magazines

and promised myself that somehow I would own one

It took 16 years but I finally fulfilled that promise

I still think about that TR7 though...

alas, it met with a terrible end in 1992

the fuel pump quit in a dept store parking lot

so I borrowed my buddy's (had to remove it from his car)

but something went wrong and the spilled fuel ignited!

I emptied 2 fire extinguishers and put it out twice but

the fire just kept comming back and it burned to the ground

but that allowed me to buy my first sportbike (CBR 600 F2)

which really eased the pain

rock on brother!

[slade]

hehe, thanks for the warm welcome back Kimbers I'll try to be less the invisible man from now on!

HAH. I usually don't get so much love for the TR7, thanks lol. It was my uncle's, til he died (1995), and sat in my grandma's garage for 10 years til the family agreed to dump it on me so grandma's washer and dryer would have more room

I like being a double wedgie B) Sorry to hear about yours...

Yeah, it's a TR7, with Bosch EFI no less. It's only caught on fire... once so far, heh. (I'd been pouring fuel into the throttle body to get it started, unbeknownst to be there was a hole in the ducting that poured a good bit of the fuel directly onto a deceased, mummified rat, which became flambe when the car backfired...)

No damage. luckily. somehow.

Edited April 26, 2007 by slade

[Kimbers]

Slade,

Mate of mine just bought a TR8. What a pile of pants as it needs some restoration but also it fly's, tyhe V8 lump may be old but it feels like the chassis's gonna snap from the torque!

[Iain]

Oooh - a toyz thread - my favourite!

Lottie - of course:

Liz, naturally:

Then some of the bikes:

85 VF1000 F-II Bol d'Or

87 Yamaha FZR1000 Genesis

90 Ducati 851 'Superbike'

Then there's a few others in bitz - including an RG500 two stroke GP Replica, and my wife's V8 Discovery that's running on LPG at under 40p a litre...

Be carefull out there!

Iain

Edited June 3, 2007 by Iain