Resto projects always sound great to begin with...

It's stuck in my garage at the moment- i'm half way through putting the engine & box back in after the rebuild.

Started out as a rolling resto, but soon developed into a total restoration.

Goes like stink though (for a classic)- you really feel the speed they can pull in them- it's 36 years old & has poppodum brake discs, but it'll still pull over 120mph (on a runway-obviously!)

Long way of completion at the mo!


Up for a local meet & drive if anyone is interested, I posted up some interest in the Social section, maybe & drive over to Torpoint & on the Mt. Edgecombe for a pint???


Anyway, spotted a lovely Met. Blue 20v Turbo (could have been a plus) in Heybrook Bay this morning. Anyone on here?

i know your old coupe - as stated in the pm

saw a ink black coupe heading towards truro on A30 - priv plate... badges were gone from the side and replaced with abarth badges...?!

anyone?

Yep - me too!
Its on like Donkey Kong!!!

Cool,

next weekend- (W/C 24/11) Can't do Saturday though- working. Sunday could be a goer...

Plymouth to Salcombe is a nice road, with some decent pubs enroute!

Or a trip over the border to Cornwall?

im easy with any dates ...

be good to see some other coupes!

Sunday then?

11am meet at the Tamar Bridge Car Park, then spirted drive to a pub for some Lunch?

Who's up for it?

I'll be bringing the wife with me too.

Johnny,

you don't have black alloys on your car do you? I Keep seeing a Yellow one in Ivybridge petrol station

Noooooooo. This car was for sale (was on piston heads and the bay IIRC), but the owner at the time was a PR!CK. Drove like a w@nker in built up area's, windows open with music blaring out. He used to work just up the road from my house, so people thought it was me being a knob. That said - might be a new owner now. But that car did nowt for our reputation!!

Any chance we can do the meet in the spring? Mine is all tucked up for winter now!!

Ido the Plymouth to Salcombe every day!!!!

Don't know about the guy in person but I have bumped into him at the filling station a few times. Not spoken to him about his car though.


On a separate issue, I was doing the speed limit on the way home & my O/S/F wheel arch cover decided to wrap itself around the wheel at speed.
Quite scary to begin with as it sounded quite horrific & I thought I had a blow out!

The wife was giving it beans 'n all, as you can imagine as we missed 45mins XFactor (everyones a winner!)

So does anyone have a spare plastic wheel arch cover they could donate for some beer tokens?

Bit peevedat the mo as it's left the oil cooler slightly exposed to stone chips.

Can anyone help? Cheers, Ben.

WEIRD!!
Exact same thing happened on the way back from Lee Mill Tesco's. Offside innter wheel plastics came loose and scared me so much I near laid some cable!!!
Was the last run before winter tuck up too!

scared the hell out of me too, it's made a right mess- black burnt plastic everywhere & has bent back the lip on the smaller wing under the bonnet.
Looks like most of it will wash off, and the rest with a little gentle persuasion.

I just had the cambelt done so i'm wondering if it was not put back on properly or it was the wind that tore it off.

Hey ho, hopefull have that sorted now with a breaker in the hagling section.

This site is ace for looking after your Coupe on the cheap!

Yeah, have no excuse not to do the PS belt now, and the pully that is sooooooo noisy. Have to find my locking wheel nut first!!

Red coupe by the Cat n Fiddle on Friday night @22.30, was that you Alex?

Saw you put hazzards on after we passed - i reached for mine and managed to switch fogs on instead

/\ Yeah, that was me, saw you at the last second!
I didnt see if it was you or Actionhank though

red and porti coupes spotted around The Mall, Cribbs Causeway over the last 2 days

Broom yellow 20VT on Bradley road Trowbridge T reg, after market exhaust.

Maria

Green 16v in Plymouth- Embankment Rd
Sprint Blue 20vt in Ivybride a few days back

I saw that yellow one in Trowbridge as well (dont live in the area was visiting my GF's parents). Also always see a blue modded with rear wing coupe in Westbury always parked in the same place. Is that you Maria?

-wolfman

No not me I have a silver 20vt never been spotted

Just my luck he has only just got it and i have had mine for a year lol

Perhaps i should spray it yellow.
Blue coupe you saw is near me and refuses to wave there are a few around here but they are not on here.

Maria

Yup yellow one was me just round the corner from home.
Had her 2 weeks tuesday.
Still haven't seen you maria.Working on it so you can say you have been lol.But have also seen the one with spoiler parked up by cop shop in Westbury.
There is a Sprint blue that parks in Angel Mill by a fiends flat opposite the swimming pool-not sure if they live there or work there???
Jon

you could just happen to be driving past studland park and see mine

Who is the Inky 20vt parked near Grahams on marsh barton in exeter? Mutley?

Not me Hank, have seen this one loads of times - even followed him around middlemoor a while back - got a big smile and a wave

Dont think he`s on here though

Hi, im quite new to the forum. iv had my car for just under a year and i have only seen two coupes in exeter. think i must be blind. i drive to work from dunsford to woodbury every day, and around exeter alot to.
anyone seen me , grey standard 20vt in abit of a mess. i bought it cheap to do up, its getting there now, so can i join you lot on a drive

Also whos was the blue coupe at white horse breakers with 64k on the clock with front end damage... Its there if anyone needs bits, most bits there. it was the plus 20vt. no brembos they have gone,

Ink Black Coupe all smashed up on the A303 at Marsh this morning
Hope you were ok

yellow coupe 20vt at sandygate roundabout on saturday.

then today i saw a light blue 20vt LE in paington 3.30 going towards brixham, in mint condition.
realy a nice car

Blitz blue 16v going up Four Elms hill towards Sidmouth Sunday lunchtime

Atleast yours was as grubby as mine

Hey Lee - got those plus seats! £150 bargain!!!

They did'nt make a light blue LE !