hot hatch time

[chris.moody]

Originally Posted by Barrowboy

Chris, with a boat name like yours you must surely remember 'Put a TIGER in your tank'?

And now I put a tank in my Tigga.

When I was a kid one of my jobs for pocket money was licking all the green shield stamps that came from the petrol station and sticking them in the green shield books.

--
Chris Moody
Rib Tigga an Avon SR4 Rescue
MMSI 235910073. Callsign T123046

[mick]

Originally Posted by Kernow Buoy

found a pic!

Seem to remember my parents collecting dishes from Esso with tiger tokens

[m chappelow]

Originally Posted by chris.moody

I got my first car in 1981, hence paying just over quid a gallon. It was a ford Cortina 1.6L -- Chris Moody Rib Tigga an Avon SR4 Rescue MMSI 235910073. Callsign T123046

My old ,,, (well not so old back then in 1979 )Cortina 1600 estate.

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by mick

Seem to remember my parents collecting dishes from Esso with tiger tokens

I've still got one of those soup bowls somewhere.

[HughN]

Not a hatch but last year I was quite surprised to be given as a courtesy car an X reg "Ford Granada 2.8i Ghia Auto X". Brilliant.

The registration plate even had 3D "robot" lettering.

[Chris Caton]

Originally Posted by Kernow Buoy

feeling my age on this one and suspect most of you will need the pic, however...
Austin 1300 'GT' (which qualifies it for this thread!) with spotlights and vinyl roof
mine was blue, which made it much faster.

I had the Riley 1300 twin carb version, the electric ariel made it go quicker

[chris.moody]

Originally Posted by HughN

Not a hatch but last year I was quite surprised to be given as a courtesy car an X reg "Ford Granada 2.8i Ghia Auto X". Brilliant.
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My Granada 2.8 auto was one of the best cars I have ever owned.

--
Chris Moody
Rib Tigga an Avon SR4 Rescue
MMSI 235910073. Callsign T123046

[boristhebold]

Hot Hatches, ive had two mark 2 Golf GTI 8V's, one Golf GTI mark 3 16V, one Golf GTI mark 4 turbo 20V, by far the best driving car of them all and the most fun and the most uncomplicated was the mark 2 8V GTI, loved them, totally unmodified as well, shame all the mark 2 GTI's you see these days are owned by holligans LOL. Still have my mark 4 GTI turbo, not as sporty as the other golfs but more comfortable and good on moterways, millage now around 160,000, it still runs very well so am going to see if I hit the 200K mark.

[Hightower]

Originally Posted by HughN

Not a hatch but last year I was quite surprised to be given as a courtesy car an X reg "Ford Granada 2.8i Ghia Auto X". Brilliant.

The registration plate even had 3D "robot" lettering.

I owned a T reg 2.8i in metallic midnight blue. Leather and air con that worked and 14 MPG

[Hightower]

Originally Posted by chris.moody

My Granada 2.8 auto was one of the best cars I have ever owned.

My Granada 2.8i was one of the nicest cars but unluckiest cars I ever owned, I sold it 6 months after I bought it because people just couldn't stop hitting it. The guy I sold it to torched it after he went on a drunken car smashing spree

[John Kennett]

I had a couple of 2 litre mkIII Granadas. Good thing they weren't 2.8s as I was doing 1000 miles a week

They were easily the most comfortable cars I have owned and impressively reliable. Turns out they do need at least a little bit of oil in the engine to ensure longevity though

[mick]

I had a 2.3 gl Granada very nice motor swapped it for a 2.3 Ghia cortina

[Ian M]

Seem to have moved away from hot hatches a little.
One of my previous was a 3.0 ltr Capri, in the JPS colour scheme. Looked pretty cool to these eyes, went OK, but show it a corner and
Well it did have a hatch
But hot....

[AJ.]

Originally Posted by Searider

Fiesta Supersport in the eighties (the XR2 hadn't been invented!) 205 1.9Gti in the nineties. Corrado VR6 in the noughties. Estates from there on!

Oh the memories of the Fiesta Supersport 1.3 with twin webber carbs the slight resistance on the go fast peddle as the second carb opened up. With rs 4 spoke alloys it was like a go cart round corners. Even had head light washer jets! Quality

[whisper]

Originally Posted by AJ.

Oh the memories of the Fiesta Supersport 1.3 with twin webber carbs the slight resistance on the go fast peddle as the second carb opened up. With rs 4 spoke alloys it was like a go cart round corners. Even had head light washer jets! Quality

This is confession time.... Don't you still have one of your old toys

[AJ.]

Originally Posted by whisper

This is confession time.... Don't you still have one of your old toys

Ermmm yes are you talking about my hair dresser car that hasn't left the driveway since 2006 and guards the Rib! I have a lot of fond memories owning that car although the transmission tunnel did cause a few awkward moments in my younger years! LOL

[whisper]

Originally Posted by AJ.

Ermmm yes are you talking about my hair dresser car that hasn't left the driveway since 2006 and guards the Rib! I have a lot of fond memories owning that car although the transmission tunnel did cause a few awkward moments in my younger years! LOL

That's what the bonnet was for

[AJ.]

Originally Posted by whisper

That's what the bonnet was for

LOL but you had to pop up the headlights for traction ha ha

[whisper]

Originally Posted by AJ.

LOL but you had to pop up the headlights for traction ha ha

I had a white one then my mate got a Mazda RX7 with the rotary engine.

[Searider]

Originally Posted by AJ.

Oh the memories of the Fiesta Supersport 1.3 with twin webber carbs the slight resistance on the go fast peddle as the second carb opened up. With rs 4 spoke alloys it was like a go cart round corners. Even had head light washer jets! Quality

Lowered suspension, Janspeed manifold and system, +60 thou' overbore, big valve head, BCF2 camshaft, all lightened and balanced by Vulcan. 85bhp at the wheels and gave many an XR2 a run for their money. Would have been a real animal if our budget could have stretched to a pair of DCNFs. Standard gearing only gave 100mph for 6000rpm though!