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    Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...











    Also seen here: (Seats have since been changed mind, and some gauges have vanished lol)

    http://www.fastcar.co.uk/2011/08/01/...bo-2011-08-01/


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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    Good to see this car back in the club.

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    Wow that's a blast from the past.

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    That's amazing, looks really well done. I want it

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    It's lost a chargecooler and the header tank is changed, otherwise it doesn't look to have changed much really glad it's still going. Did you know, that shell was my first car at 17

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    And it still looks really well the seats are currently Sat in my raider, I bought them off matt (think that was his name) when he had it.

    was a fantastic car, hope time and owners have been kind to it

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    for a second i thought it was BB tunings old demo car, what ever happened to that??

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    Quote Originally Posted by Scoff View Post
    It's lost a chargecooler and the header tank is changed, otherwise it doesn't look to have changed much really glad it's still going. Did you know, that shell was my first car at 17
    Yeah the owner before the last owner before did a naughty after he agreed to sell to the car and when it was delivered there were several bits missing
    Be up for sale soon if you want it back lol......although I said that about my 172 and I still have it!

    Quote Originally Posted by GTphil View Post
    And it still looks really well the seats are currently Sat in my raider, I bought them off matt (think that was his name) when he had it.

    was a fantastic car, hope time and owners have been kind to it
    See above, the seats vanished between sale agreement and delivery. Bit naughty, but hey, not my beef.
    Got a few bits to do to it, then a remap, then I think I might "Road Test" it and then probably sell it on. I bought it to save it from just sitting about until death, more than anything.

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    love that car!

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    See above, the seats vanished between sale agreement and delivery. Bit naughty, but hey, not my beef.
    Got a few bits to do to it, then a remap, then I think I might "Road Test" it and then probably sell it on. I bought it to save it from just sitting about until death, more than anything.[/quote]

    When I bought the seats off matt I went round to his to collect them and he had a pair of very high end buckets sat in it, never knew he was pulling a fast one

    Good few years ago now mind

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    Nice one Dave An rtoc legend of a car for sure

    No excuse not to be at Blyton now then

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    fantastic what a car... why would anyone just want to leave it sat in a barn? far too good to be kept hidden away well done

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    Looks amazing mate! Wouldnt mind that myself

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mart View Post
    Nice one Dave An rtoc legend of a car for sure

    No excuse not to be at Blyton now then
    Only issue I have with Blyton is how many cars I can get there. Trying for 3

    Quote Originally Posted by DLampitt View Post
    fantastic what a car... why would anyone just want to leave it sat in a barn? far too good to be kept hidden away well done
    Too many cars, not enough time. Moved on from crazy French junk to bigger (more common and faster) things.

    Quote Originally Posted by w35ty View Post
    Looks amazing mate! Wouldnt mind that myself
    Make me an offer. Its for sale for the right price, and will be advertised once i've done the few bits it needs and MOT'd it. Too many cars to keep it long term and although it's special, it's not as special (to me) as the other ones i've had for many years.

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    Nice car

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    Madness. What was this pulling 1/4s at??

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    lovely car that is! i do wonder how it handles with the engine in the back!

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    Quote Originally Posted by GT Josh View Post
    Madness. What was this pulling 1/4s at??
    Low 12's I believe it was.

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    Quote Originally Posted by Tutuur View Post
    lovely car that is! i do wonder how it handles with the engine in the back!
    "Interestingly", I would have thought. If I kept it i'd be slinging some more weight in the front. I have a new ally fuel tank for it to go under the bonnet for starters, and i'd likely chuck a 25kg bag of sand under there too lol

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    Lots of PM's asking about the car....so here is the reply i've been sending.



    It needs-
    Injectors refurbing or replacing
    Remap for the above
    New ally fuel tank fitting (Supplied)
    New seats fitting (Supplied) they are Recaro's but I do have matching Blue Cobra Monaco's with harnesses I bought for another car i would let go with it at extra cost.
    Rust bubbles on bottom of drivers door and a 50p size bit on bonnet sorting out

    If I do all that and MOT it I'd ask £3.5k.

    As it stands i'd let it go for £2,900. It's a great little car and running a grands worth of standalone management, the execution of it is fantastic. It'd be a cover feature car with a little TLC. It runs low 12s 1/4 mile and would hit the 11's with little effort to tuning.

    My mobile is 07969014585.

    Additionally, it's just had a new lump put in (I forgot to mention it in the PM's) too.

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    I be VERY tempted if I was in UK right now!

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    It handles quite well in the dry, I spent a while experimenting with suspension and geometry. You need to be carefull in the wet though !

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    That just makes me want it more!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woznaldo View Post
    That just makes me want it more!
    See above!

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    Id snatch that off you if i had that kinda cash.. Love it

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    It's alive ,I remember when it was sliver

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    Scoff, am I right in thinking you did something like 5 seconds 0-60 with a 230hp c1j in this car at trax one year? Or was it sub 5 second........

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    Quote Originally Posted by GTphil View Post
    Scoff, am I right in thinking you did something like 5 seconds 0-60 with a 230hp c1j in this car at trax one year? Or was it sub 5 second........
    Look - I bought this for a bit of a blarp, and to sell on so it didn't die in misery stuck in a hole.

    You're really, really not helping me sell it. I have a reeeeally bad habit of buying to sell, and getting stuck before the "sell" part lol (See Thread all the cars here cost less than 4k combined total!)

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    Ok then, maybe it was something like 8 seconds

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    Quote Originally Posted by GTphil View Post
    Scoff, am I right in thinking you did something like 5 seconds 0-60 with a 230hp c1j in this car at trax one year? Or was it sub 5 second........
    Wasn't it 3.9 seconds?? Was this the silver engine in the back car or was that another one?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian S View Post
    Wasn't it 3.9 seconds?? Was this the silver engine in the back car or was that another one?
    That's it! There was an incar vid that was awesome, the dash flap promtly emptyed it's content all over the car

    Scoff- if you read this you should buy it back and stick your motor from your black gtt in the back, that would be truely insane!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian S View Post
    Wasn't it 3.9 seconds?? Was this the silver engine in the back car or was that another one?
    LAALAALAALAA **Fingers in ears**


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    Surely a 3.9 sec 0-60 should help show how good it's straight line traction is dave ? I thought it should be an aid to its sale

    It was 3.9 sec 0-60, timed at trax in 2003 or maybe 2004 ? Basically, I gave it large, and whatever was on the dash and in the cuby hole above the heater soon found itself on the parcel shelf Great fun and I miss it sometimes.

    The best I could do with C1J and FWD the following year was a 4.6

    Phil, I just don't have the space or time these days! You know how life goes

    Ian, yes, same car, I painted it blue/grey in 2005 I think ? Then Haz restored the body further when Matt bought it from me .

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    So what engine is in there now?

    Scoff do you recall what tyres you had on for that 3.9 second run?

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    Volvo b18ft with a GT28R and standalone, unless anything has changed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scoff View Post
    Volvo b18ft with a GT28R and standalone, unless anything has changed.
    Tyres were mickey thomson slick that day.

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    was this featured in performance GTI mag around 2006?

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    Wasn't the plan for this car to put a VAG lump in the back of it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scoff View Post
    Tyres were mickey thomson slick that day.
    So on grippy road tyres one could expect nearer to 5 seconds 0 to 60.

    But now it has that larger engine

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big_O View Post
    was this featured in performance GTI mag around 2006?
    Yes, that was it's first feature I think. Then it was is Fast car, see the link at the top of the thread.

    Dale, not to my knowledge.

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    Re: Not quite a 'barn' find, but look what I just bought...

    I believe dale is correct with his statement.

    Matt who had it was planning on going vag but I remember something about his granddad dieing and needing to get rid of the car, he put it up for sale took a deposit and arranged a day for collection. The guy buying the car sold his phase 1 and drove from Norwich to up Liverpool way on the arranged day, matt was nowhere to be seen, was rang constantly until he answered only to be told he didn't want to sell up anymore. 2 weeks later the car was sold again but took about 3 months for the deposit to get refunded.

    Doesn't suprise me that expected parts had gone missing when it was sold

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    Quote Originally Posted by TNT Tricky Nicky View Post
    I believe dale is correct with his statement.

    Matt who had it was planning on going vag but I remember something about his granddad dieing and needing to get rid of the car, he put it up for sale took a deposit and arranged a day for collection. The guy buying the car sold his phase 1 and drove from Norwich to up Liverpool way on the arranged day, matt was nowhere to be seen, was rang constantly until he answered only to be told he didn't want to sell up anymore. 2 weeks later the car was sold again but took about 3 months for the deposit to get refunded.

    Doesn't suprise me that expected parts had gone missing when it was sold
    That dont surprise me with Matt, was going to purchase the black clio, sorted out the money, got the day off, arranged for collection only to be told on the day that he had sold it to somebody else

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scoff View Post
    Volvo b18ft with a GT28R and standalone, unless anything has changed.
    Nope. Well, the engine has been blown up and replaced but with the same type.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigfoot View Post
    That dont surprise me with Matt, was going to purchase the black clio, sorted out the money, got the day off, arranged for collection only to be told on the day that he had sold it to somebody else
    I wonder what happened to that. The black Clio was owned by the chap who had the five off this Matt guy. They did a deal of some sort.
    The five has done less than a hundred miles since that day!

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    The original 1700cc engine had a presurising problem and was never mapped for much boost, I don't know if that information made it as far as the chap you bought it from dave. If it hasn't been mapped or at least tested since he swapped the motor then go easy with it dave. Those are tough motors, but easilly killed if the tune isn't right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scoff View Post
    The original 1700cc engine had a presurising problem and was never mapped for much boost, I don't know if that information made it as far as the chap you bought it from dave. If it hasn't been mapped or at least tested since he swapped the motor then go easy with it dave. Those are tough motors, but easilly killed if the tune isn't right.

    No it wasn't he got it under the impression it was good to go.....that would be why it went kaboom in such a short period of use then. We assumed there was an injector issue or similar that caused the failure.

    Still, it's got another lump in it now, so a fresh start. Be seeing you soon by the looks of it!

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    I found the dodgy incar video I did of the 3.9 sec 0-60 in 2004! I remember the clutch cable snapped while in the que getting in and I think it was Bill J who had a spare I pinched and fitted, which is probably still on the car today.......

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N-8I...ature=youtu.be

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scoff View Post
    I found the dodgy incar video I did of the 3.9 sec 0-60 in 2004! I remember the clutch cable snapped while in the que getting in and I think it was Bill J who had a spare I pinched and fitted, which is probably still on the car today.......

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N-8I...ature=youtu.be
    Ta! Same as a Noble M12 GTO. Thats sprightly!

    3.9 to beat then. Shouldn't be too hard (with another engine in the front lol)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scoff View Post
    I found the dodgy incar video I did of the 3.9 sec 0-60 in 2004! I remember the clutch cable snapped while in the que getting in and I think it was Bill J who had a spare I pinched and fitted, which is probably still on the car today.......

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N-8I...ature=youtu.be
    that's the one!

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    Nice car, i like

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