Red Shield at Night, Brezhnev's Delight (1/72 Amodel Я́ковлев Як-28П)

[AlexN]

Hmm...how did I miss Propaganda? Experiential gap to be filled immediately! Thanks, Debs and Jon .

[Thud4444]

 

The Spitfire 1500, one of the few British roadsters I can actually fit in. My buddy had a royal blue spit that was a great little car, just slow as Christmas.  We meet a local guy who pulled his stock Spitfire 1500 motor and replaced it with a Chevy 4.3 putting out about 260 bhp.  That turned the little thing into a beast. Believe it or not outside of a completely necessary brake upgrade, the little car was very well behaved. 

 

 

One of these days when I marry rich, I'm gonna get one for myself. 

Edited November 2, 2016 by Thud4444

[Miggers]

20 hours ago, Ascoteer said:

Bottom line is that the 2.8 i Capri (indeed any Capri) understeered like a pig but went into terminal oversteer if you went into a corner too fast and lifted off.

That's because said bozo's hadn't learned their craft on RWD Escorts and so :

 

A/ Didn't know how to get Capri to hang it's tail out(that LSD in a 2.8 was a hoot).

 

B/ Didn't know how to keep it there when Capri did hang it's tail out

 

C/Didn't know how to gather it all up quickly enough,hit the brake pedal and exit stage right/left into the scenery.Backwards.At a good rate of knots.

 

To coin a Debsta phrase: "Eejits"

Edited November 2, 2016 by Miggers

[Ascoteer]

I almost bought a Capri 2.8i.

 

Then I woke up...

[Rob G]

You want terminal understeer? Try a bit of spirited driving in the Australian-spec 6 cyl Cortina. 250ci of straight 6 Ford iron under the bonnet. Nasty (but so much fun in a straight line.)

[AlexN]

On 02/11/2016 at 01:04, Ascoteer said:

It went like the proverbial scalded cat!

 

'Went' suggests that: a., you are no longer in possession of this Fearsome Beast^TM; b., it is in a (sad) state of disrepair; or c., I haven't been paying close enough attention (as usual). I would not have liked to meet that barrelling along at me out of a dark night, I can assure you. My reflexes would have ended me up in a ditch - or worse - if I was lucky.

 

Cheers,

Alex  <-- slow-moving object

[charlie_c67]

Seriously? One month and 16 pages? How did this one pass me by? Nice build young man

[Ascoteer]

On 03/11/2016 at 02:56, AlexN said:

 

'Went' suggests that: a., you are no longer in possession of this Fearsome Beast^TM;

 

 

I am in no longer ownership. When the Spit stared to suffer from the dreaded tin worm I sold her to a fellow racer who wanted the bits for his GT6 Racer.

 

I subsequently owned a raft of expensive sports cars including a DeTomaso Pantera, a Lotus Elan SE and and a Ginetta G33 (aside from a Ginetta G15R racer in which I won a major race championship).

 

Its no wonder I have no savings having spent all my money on fast cars when I was in the RAF.

 

Currently I owm an MGTF that runs some 275bhp on Nitrous Oxide.

 

[AlexN]

Wow!  Mindboggling!

[Miggers]

Ooh,a Pantera!,big rumbly V8.Like it,like it.

[Ascoteer]

I always wanted a Mangusta but could never find one.