So, since Alton was sold a couple of weeks ago I’ve been on the lookout for something new and exciting to play with. Preferably something I haven’t had before.
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And im finally done! 45 cars, all completely catalogued, with details, stories, photos and random facts.
Stoked, its been a long trek getting it all down on “paper”.
Well with a heavy heart i have to report that Alton the Swift Sport has been sold and was collected by its new owners this evening. Its gone to a good home, and should bring them the same enjoyment i had.
Good bye friend. Now to sort your replacement.
Useless thought for the day. The VW Golf R32 MK5 with DSG is one of very few cars that properly “wowed” me that i havent purchased. The reason i havent purchased one? They’re holding their values too well, its hard to justify the extra 6-7 thousand over a GTI. The GTI was a great car, but the R32 is next level.
One day.
Racing, back when cars were real cars and drivers were real men. Love this stuff, I was totally born 10 years too late.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw-AxiVqihM
The cars. The music. The hairstyles. Fantastic. Spot the car trying to be a Unicorn.
So yeah, seems i made it angry and exceeded the limit for attachments on Part 1. Oh well.
Attended my first British Car Day today and what a show it was. Stunning weather, a great turnout of amazing cars and bumped into some cool people.
Im slowly but surely adding more work ive done on my cars to the Projects page. Check it out.
Today’s useless info.
I haven’t got one here to measure to 100% confirm, but according to some info, the afterburner tail lights on the R33 aren’t actually completely round, but actually slightly oval (iirc taller than they are wide). Apparently this is because the designers deemed that from afar perfectly circular lights don’t look circular at all, making them oval resolved this issue.
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These are the ramblings of someone obsessed with cars. I’ve owned a lot of them, and worked on most of them. Some have been good, some have been super terrible.
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