Who"s owned What cars ??

brownie · Post by **brownie** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:19 pm

Thought i would throw this out there.We all had other cars car before we got the Best

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What did you have before you got to where you are today?,
I'll start,First car till present;
1964 Hillman Super Minx 1725cc motor...gotta start somewhere

1964 Mini ..EX Hillclimb car with Austin 1100 motor and Box,Looked shit but quick to 120k/hr.
1969 Mini...1300cc with a BIG Cam
1964 Anglia ...Mum's but i collared it

1971 Ford Capri GT XLR V4..Auto...Mint car ,Did a full restoration on that one.
Lost a fortune when i did sell it 10 years later
1974 MK2 Capri .. 2 ltr Pinto motor and 7" Hotwires
1982 Toyota Supra ...2.8 DOHC Manuel,A genuine Supra import not a Celica XX import.
1979 Toyota Corona Grande Coupe (My favorite apart from the MX5),owned this for 13 years and sold it to get my Roadster
1986 Mitsubishi Cordia Turbo..NZ NEW,Fastest NZ production car in its day,and it was still good at 15yrs old when i got it.
1987 Daihatsu Charade GTTi ..3 cyl 12v DOHC EFI Turbo 100BHP and 990kg...That was rapid,put alot of V8's to shame

1992 Mazda Astina...1800 GT Manuel ,Good car all the fruit,Ended up with NB 15" wheels and body kit,Bastard putting prams in the back though.
1998 Mazda Capella S/W ...with full Mazdaspeed A Spec Touring Kit ,Current driver now for the Wife and Kids.
and finally ...
1991 Mazda Roadster !!!!! ,Spends tooo much time in the garage not being used as it should be,But it's MY toy.
and My current daily Driver...Work supplied 1989 Mazda Titan Truck with low deck...Slow as, but supplied with Fuel Card and use as i please

Theres my list ,Who's next ?

Gravelben · Post by **Gravelben** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:56 pm

1986 Subaru Leone 1.8
1990 Subaru Legacy VZ
1997 Subaru Legacy TS-R
1989 MX5
2002 Subaru Legacy GTB
1990 MX5 turbo

There seems to be a common theme...

Stevo · Post by **Stevo** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:07 am

1st car 71 HG Kingswood wagon
74 Hq Kingswood wagon
Various Mitzis such as galants, colt coupe, L200, L300 4WD sportpac and heaps more from back in the days when Mitzis were actually good cars.
Various Chryslers
Hillman Hunter
Charade
Commodores
Demio
Laser
Ford Explorer
Hilux
Hiaces (2) (1 current)
Mazda3 (current)
MX5 (current)
plus a few more that I cant remember and generally 2 or 3 at a time
Also a few company vehicles supplied as well.
Cheers Stevo

sprsta · Post by **sprsta** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:55 am

first car 82 ford laser (brought for a box of beers)
KP60 Starlet (with 3TGTEU)
KE20 Corolla
alpha romeo 33 green
toyota celeca
toyota mr2
ford econovan
nissan bluebird sss
nissan silvia
honda torneo (current DD)
mx5 turbo (current)

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:07 pm

2005 lexus is200 (Slowest car on earth weighed over 2 tonnes with a tiny 2lt V6)
1998 MAZDA MX5!!

Keith Jones · Post by **Keith Jones** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:33 pm

E93A Ford Popular
Austin Healey Sprite Mk1 (my first race car)
Alfa Romeo 1600GTA (aluminium body)
Toyota Corona
Mazda 618
Mini Clubman
Mazda 808
Mazda 626GT
Bluebird (company car - uuurgh)
Commodore VK 3.3 (better than the Bluebird for towing the racecar)
Nissan Skyline (betwen racecars)
Commodore VN V8 (great for towing racecar)
BMW 318
Mazda MX5 (current racecar)
Commodore VP 3.8
Subaru GT30
Mazda MX5 (gotta have one for the road as well !!!)

ham · Post by **ham** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:36 pm

includes motorcyles
Honda CB360
Honda cb750 K2
Honda GL1000 K2
Hilman Hunters x 2
Holden Kingswood 253
Honda 50 stepthru
Honda 90 stepthru
Ford Falcon 4.1
Suzuki GS750 (with sidecar for the kids)
Honda GL1000 K2 (with sidecar)
Yamaha XS1100
Nissan 1500 (work car)
Mazda capella 1800
Mini 1275 clubman
Honda CB400 (bought as fixer upper never got round to it)
Honda VF1000 FE (The one I miss the most)
Mitz Mirage
Rover 3500
Fard Fairmont Wagon
Yamaha GTS1000
1990 MX5 Auto (wifes daily driver)
Mazda Capella Wagon. (Current )
1989 MX5, supercharged, body kitted etc (my toy)
Honda VFR800 FiW (my other toy)

punkoutnz · Post by **punkoutnz** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:54 pm

I guess this will do for my first post then!

1989 Nissan Sentra (gotta love the first car)
1989 Nissan Cefiro (big mistake!)
1991 Nissan Primera
1998 Nissan Pulsar VZ-R
1989 Toyota Corolla (run around car)
1997 Nissan Primera (still love Primeras!)
2001 Subaru WRX STi (still got it as a "toy")
1992 Mazda MX-5 turbo project (on and off daily driver, when everything works at the same time!)

Paul Murray · Post by **Paul Murray** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:43 pm

1948 Morris 8
1955 VW
1961 Ford Consul 315
1967 VW
1970 Triumph Spitfire mkIII with overdrive
1972 Triumph Spitfire mkIV with GT6 engine - previous owner a mechanic wanted 6 cylinder power in a rag top - too heavy up front went like stink in a straight line but handling was really compromised. Nothing done to the front end to compensate, had triumph 2000 diff.
A couple of Mini 1000's a Morris 1100 then a Mini 1980 1275GT 12 inch rims, fantastic performer and economical as well
Austin Maxi
VB Holden commodore 3.3
Mitsi Sigma with LPG conversion
Toyota Hilux Surf 2.4 turbo diesel
1996 VS Calais 3.8 auto (current)
1991 Subaru Legacy 1.8 SW non turbo (current)
1990 MX5 (current) brilliant just keeps on going on 295k now

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:04 pm

Thames Trader panel van with 6 cyl Ford Futura & auto [nudge-nudge -wink-wink]
Mk 1 Ford Escort [fun]
Mk 2 Ford Cortina column change [never again]
Fiat 124 Special with vinyl sun roof [even more fun]
Hilux single cab 4wd petrol [work & surf]
Hilux double cab diesel [surf & some work]
Landcruiser 4.2 turbo diesel [still own]
Mx5 NA turbo project car [will own 4ever & most fun to date]!
Plus several co cars that i never owned but thrashed! [as you do].

Anyone put in the wifes cars? as i havent

broomfish · Post by **broomfish** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:16 am

Mk II Cortina 1300cc (Owned for 16 hours before totalled)
Mk II Cortina 1300cc
1971 Mini Clubman 1330cc
1985 Mitsubishi Mirage 1600cc Turbo
1993 Mitsubishi Lancer 1800cc GTi
1994 Mitsubishi FTO 2500cc
1998 Mitsubishi Galant Wagon 2000cc
1993 Mazda MX5 1800cc
1997 Mitsubishi MIncer (Mirage/Lancer) 2000cc Turbo

Post by **zorruno** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:30 pm

1983 Mazda 323 (Called peanut... yes it was brown)
1988 Mazda Capella (MX6) (Stereo system weighed more than the car...)
1991 Mazda Familia
1996 Mazda 626
Various Holden commodores... but the company pays for them (and the fuel luckily)
and of course 1994 S-Special Roadster bought in 1999.

Brand loyalty? I don't think it was on purpose... just what I was interested in at the time...

aidwano · Post by **aidwano** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 2:42 pm

Bunch of crap and a just a few ok cars really:

86 FXGT
87 Diahatsu HiJet
89 Integra XSi VTEC
83 Corolla DX Wagon
87 Pulsar 1300 - drift weapon haha
86 FXGT - First car I tracked
83 AE85 Trueno - Ae86 swapped and modified. Stolen tho

88 Bluebird widetrack
90 MX5 - Had over a year now, longest ive owned any of my cars.

PLSEME · Post by **PLSEME** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 7:08 pm

83 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR (Jap import & i later found our kinda rare)
92 Mitsubishi Galant VR4
92 Nissan Skyline R32 coup
89 Subaru Legacy RS
93 Nissan 300ZX (It was a dark time in my life)
93 Subaru legacy RS
91 Mazda MX5
93 Mazda MX5 (current driver)
Honda CBR600 (Current weekly toy)

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:24 pm

'89 Nissan 180SX
'91 Toyota MR-2
'97 Subaru Impreza
'04 Suzuki Wagon R (playing daddy in Japan)
'06 Toyota Sienta (as above)
'91 Nissan Silvia (divorced and back in New Zealand)
'96 Toyota Levin
'94 Honda Accord (real shitbox, needed the cash from selling the Levin)
'89 Eunos Roadster

Growler · Post by **Growler** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 12:41 pm

1979 Mk2 Ford Escort 1.3 Estate
Built a 1600 for it with a ridiculously high lift cam in it - but never installed it as someone offered me good money for it. I did run 215 x 13's on the rear which made it handle pretty good.

1980 Mk2 Ghia Escort
I put a hole in number 4 piston so was an excuse to rebuild the engine.
I built it to Formula Ford specs but modified the head further. My best was keeping up with a Tom Wilkinshaw Commodore on the North Western Motorway. Let a woman drive it and she wrapped it around a lamp post!

1983 Mazda 323XGi
Small mods, filter and exhaust

1983 Mazda 323XGi
No - not a double up. My girlfriend at the time had the same model so I sold mine and bought hers. Small mods, filter and exhaust

1987 Toyota Hilux (Current)
No mods except Trident mags. Bought it for towing the race car. 17 years and 305k's later I still have it and it still starts every time. Been toying with replacing the motor with a Lexus V8...

1982 Talbot Sunbeam - Non Lotus (Current)
Current race car, heavily modified. Runs in SS2000

1989 MX5 (Current)
My play car. And yes it is modified...

2008 Commodore Wagon (Current)
Company Car but goes OK for a Holden...

Donovan · Post by **Donovan** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 12:46 pm

Ford Angelia
Ford Cortina MK3
Ford Cortina MK5 Ghia
Holden Commodore 3.0 Turbo (the Nissan engined one)
Toyota Corona RWD
Honda Cvic VTEC
Subaru Legacy GT
95 Subaru Legacy RS (spent over $50K modifying this, had 400HP at the wheels, had it for 10 years, sold it for $5K, swore never to modyify another vehicle again, didn't stick to it long)
82 Toyota Starlet KP62 (still have it, hillclimb car)
89 BMW 740i
95 Toyota Hilux Surf
83 Mazda RX7 SIII (modified)
84 Mazda RX7 SIII (modified)
05 Subaru Impreza STi (current daily driver)
08 Kia Sorento (Wife's car, POS, can't wait to get rid of it, just waiting till kids are old enough to stop trashing it, then will buy something decent)
90 Mazda MX5 (V8 Project car, told you hadn't learnt my lesson)
04 BMW 316Ti Motorsport
96 VW Polo

Euen · Post by **Euen** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:13 pm

1951 Morris Minor (with 1100 Escort engine, Cortina box and diff)
1956 Chev Belair 283 V8
105E Anglia 1200cc race car
1969 Escort 1300 rally car
1978 Datsun 120Y
1978 Range Rover
1982 Subaru Leone 1.8 hatchback
1984 Rover SD1 3500 SE
1968 Datsun 1200 coupe
1989 Subaru Omega 4WD wagon (co car)
1992 Toyota Corolla 4WD wagon (co car)
1994 Toyota Corolla (co car)
1996 Nissan Maxima (co car)
1999 Nissan Maxima (co car)
2001 Subaru Legacy 2500 LTD wagon
T Car TG Sports (Targa toy)
1991Mazda MX5

Over the years have also competed (driving) in a Brazilian made VW Puma roadster, 1979 1275cc Mini Moke, 1979 Daihatsu Jeep, Range Rover. Have also co-driven on rallies in Datsun 160J, Escort RS2000, ex works Vauxhall Chevette HSR, ex works Talbot Sunbeam Lotus, ex works Audi Quattro, Range Rover and Land Rover 110.

Growler · Post by **Growler** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:41 pm

Euen wrote:ex works Talbot Sunbeam Lotus!!!

Which one?

Euen · Post by **Euen** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:45 pm

It was actually one of Henri Toivonen's ex works practice cars. It was owned by a guy in Bahrain and I co-drove with him on the Bahrain Rally in 1983.

mapuamx5 · Post by **mapuamx5** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:37 pm

hi all
i am on here a while now and havent posted much here is my list

1988 fiesta 1.6 diesel van absolute junker but reliable and economical
1999 opel frontera 2.2 tdi still own (in ireland)
2007 jetta tdi company car
2009 audi a4 tdi company car
1967 1650 harris engined anglia 105e (quite rapid and noisey)
1980 series 2 lotus sunbeam (would like to see pics of yours growler) missed muchly!!!
1976 opel kadett coupe simillar to gemini coupe
1971 avenger tiger still have resto nearly complete (still in eire)
1972 avenger 1500 super
1971 avenger 2 door never got finished
1991 isuzu trooper over 350k and still going strong sold now
1992 isuzu bighorn (current car here in mapua)
1990 mazda eunos 1.6 na wifes daily my release from diesel boredom.

thats all for now emmigrated from ireland in september last year and now living in mapua i did half own a couple of opel mantas at home which are still with the other owner,would be interested to hear growlers story of his sunbeam i presume its imported have a particular likeing for avenger/sunbeam as you can make out from list above!!!!!

brownie · Post by **brownie** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:20 pm

wow ,great collection of cars from everybody,some weird and wonderful machines in there,and every one of them probably has a story to tell,Even the company cars,(More than most i would guess

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Keep the lists comping

Growler · Post by **Growler** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:06 pm

mapuamx5 wrote:Thats all for now emmigrated from ireland in september last year and now living in mapua i did half own a couple of opel mantas at home which are still with the other owner,would be interested to hear growlers story of his sunbeam i presume its imported have a particular likeing for avenger/sunbeam as you can make out from list above!!!!!

I don’t have many photos of the car unfortunately.
My uncle and I built the car over 2 ½ years. Most of the machining, fabrication, assembly we did ourselves. We spent every night after work (Except Friday night), all day Saturday and Sunday building the car (The fiberglass work took 7 months alone!).
We did start building another Avenger but I found the Sunbeam for sale in Auckland. Unfortunately it wasn’t the Lotus version but the 1600 Ti. We decided to stop the Avenger and work on the Sunbeam.
We did consider running the 2.2 Lotus engine but the class we intended to run in only allowed a maximum of 2 litres. We priced up a new crank to bring the 2.2 down to 2.0 litre but they wanted 5,000 pounds for it ($15,000 NZD). We now run the 1800cc Avenger engine from my Uncles old car (The block is from Brazil where they run the 1800cc and 2000cc Avenger/Dodge equivalent).
The only thing that is standard is the body shell. Everything else has been hand made. The engine sits 300mm back from the standard mounts; we run a modified Avenger/Sierra 5speed box with custom straight cut gears and a genuine factory LSD from England (Which is similar to the Atlas diff they used in the Escorts). We developed a special 7 link rear end which puts the roll centre below the ground!).
The car weighs around 850kgs and puts out around 215hp at the flywheel (180hp at the wheels). Out of the box it did a 1.08 around Pukekohe (Local track) without any development.
I raced the car for about 6 - 7 years then got divorced which killed the income! The car hasn’t been out for about 7 – 8 years now. I still have the car tucked away in the garage but I’m in 2 minds at the moment. I have been thinking of selling it and building an MX5 for racing but not as high tech as the Sunbeam. The Sunbeam is great and is a breeze to work on but it can take up a lot of your time which I don’t have much of these days.
If you are ever in Auckland you are welcome to come and take a look.

mapuamx5 · Post by **mapuamx5** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:51 pm

thats a smart looking sunbeam ti's are hard come by now in the uk and eire most have been rallied to death lotus sunbeam lasted a bit longer as they were more expensive.your ti is about the same power as my lotus

if remember rightly some jensens had the 2.0 901 lotus engine which could have been used probably found in the eclat,esprit also although im sure they arent to plentiful here.
i sure will if i ever get up to auckland will drop you a line be keen to have a look around your cars.
i might pm you about some bits and pieces if thats ok...

aidwano · Post by **aidwano** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:18 pm

Damn looks awesome