Rally boffins...

gt-arrowhead

2nd is a lancia stratos, 3rd is a lancia delta hf integrale.

Squarepants

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

2nd is a lancia stratos, 3rd is a lancia delta hf integrale.

correct but top isn't rs200

The Northern Monkey

Last one looks like a pug? 309?

gt-arrowhead

Ahhh...right you are, just had a look at her arse on google, its slightly different to the top photo.

I KNOW WHAT IT IS! Its a Lancia 037? Didnt get it the first time. :oops: remembered it because i loved it in my driving game, and i always remember them as being white!

gt-arrowhead

Does the back end of any car get much better....?

The rims really do it for me, and that rear wing is gorgeous. Love it overall.

TheNorthernTrain

The Northern Monkey wrote:

Last one looks like a pug? 309?

Definitely a pug. But I'm going with a 205...

Stevo_666

Used to have a 205 GTI - fantastic little cars. Unfortunately being French they were made out of Kat-Kat wrappers and sticky back plastic. Forever having to fix or reattach things but so much fun when they worked

The only real rally type car I had never actually went off road unless I farked up and came off the track

Squarepants

TheNorthernTrain wrote:

The Northern Monkey wrote:

Last one looks like a pug? 309?

Definitely a pug. But I'm going with a 205...

Yep! held together with the finest glue Pierre could find in Paris..

Evo's have always left me a little cold, they're so efficient that they seem to lack sense of occasion. Still a very nice vehicle though

TheNorthernTrain

Few more for you before I go to bed...

Probably be able to get them quite easy. Paintwork is quite distinctive on all of these so could be a give away. among other things.







Bit of a clue for you there... had to include it anyway.

nicklouse

TheNorthernTrain wrote:

Few more for you before I go to bed...

Probably be able to get them quite easy. Paintwork is quite distinctive on all of these so could be a give away. among other things.







Bit of a clue for you there... had to include it anyway.

so where are the hard ones?

8 or is it a 7 pretending to be an 8)?
400
131
1600 HF

TheNorthernTrain

nicklouse wrote:

so where are the hard ones?

8 or is it a 7 pretending to be an 8)?
400
131
1600 HF

Smart arse

Never said they were hard mind you ;-)

nicklouse

the 400 had me for a while as I remember them in the Rothmans colours.

Kowalski675

I've always loved the story about Giorgetto Giugiaro's reaction to the TR7's styling when it was unveiled at the 1975 Geneva motor show. Apparently he looked at the side profile, walked round to the other side of the car, then exclaimed "My God! They've done it to this side too!", lol.

TheNorthernTrain

nicklouse wrote:

the 400 had me for a while as I remember them in the Rothmans colours.

Yeah, I'm too young for that, seen photos and what not but I'm used to seeing them out and about in the Andrews colours.

Stevo_666

Squarepants wrote:

Evo's have always left me a little cold, they're so efficient that they seem to lack sense of occasion. Still a very nice vehicle though

Yeah, I can see why some people find them a bit soulless, in the end they're just souped up Japanese taxis but brutally efficient on track - you could embarrass exotica without being a massively talented driver. Did the job nicely for Tommi Makkinen as well.

Though they definitely weren't soulless once we'd finished modding and fettling them

gt-arrowhead

Stevo 666 wrote:

Used to have a 205 GTI - fantastic little cars. Unfortunately being French they were made out of Kat-Kat wrappers and sticky back plastic. Forever having to fix or reattach things but so much fun when they worked

The only real rally type car I had never actually went off road unless I farked up and came off the track

I can tell it never went offroad, full slicks!

Gazlar

Now this is a beautiful rally car

gt-arrowhead

Gazlar wrote:

Now this is a beautiful rally car

A dodge rally car. Not too sure about that.

I am a huge fan of American muscle cars, and yes i approve of this one. It does look nice. Classics look and sound a million times better though!

More pics from the car show to show you what i mean

The Northern Monkey

I'm a big pug and blue oval fanatic when it comes to rallying... always have been!

Its a shame that there isnt a wider variety of rally cars in the wrc at the moment.

Squarepants

Advertising agency has ruled that you can't link performance cars to any kind of dynamic advertising. WRC relied on the WRC cars appealing to customers and that appeal filtering into the show rooms (Subaru anyone?) No advertising - WRC has almost died over night. There's just no point for manufacturers to invest any more.

Arse

The Northern Monkey

Didnt mitsubishi die off when the shell specs changed?

Hence the hatchback esq impreza.... give me a 22b any day.

RevellRider

Talking of old school rally cars, I saw one of these on the road the other day

Stevo_666

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

I can tell it never went offroad, full slicks!

Well spotted that man - car was road legal, we chucked a spare set of wheels 'n' tyres in the car and changed them over at the circuit. We used to buy part used ones that the British Touring Car teams chucked away; dirt cheap and proper sticky-as-snot type rubber. Only lasted 2 trackdays!

Gazlar

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

Gazlar wrote:

Now this is a beautiful rally car

A dodge rally car. Not too sure about that.

I am a huge fan of American muscle cars, and yes i approve of this one. It does look nice. Classics look and sound a million times better though!

More pics from the car show to show you what i mean

While I agree with you, The hemi avenger does sound so sweet, and kudos to anyone that can get it round a rally track, the length of them I struggle to get it around Tesco's car park

gt-arrowhead

Stevo 666 wrote:

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

I can tell it never went offroad, full slicks!

Well spotted that man - car was road legal, we chucked a spare set of wheels 'n' tyres in the car and changed them over at the circuit. We used to buy part used ones that the British Touring Car teams chucked away; dirt cheap and proper sticky-as-snot type rubber. Only lasted 2 trackdays!

Wow, thats a really really good deal! So did you end up ripping Ferraris and Porsches etc, or did they also have the part worn BTCC tyres?

gt-arrowhead

Gazlar wrote:

While I agree with you, The hemi avenger does sound so sweet, and kudos to anyone that can get it round a rally track, the length of them I struggle to get it around Tesco's car park

Almost all muscle cars are massive, thats what makes them so attractive to look at, and your right about the sound. Ive only seen a few avengers before, lovely cars. I remember standing next to the rear wheel of that red `70 camaro and thinking "fuuuuck me that rear wheel and tyre are HUGE!"

Was fortunate enough to see a new Challenger be the first car at a set of lights. He put his foot down went it went green. The sound was orgasmically beautiful!!!

Stevo_666

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

I can tell it never went offroad, full slicks!

Well spotted that man - car was road legal, we chucked a spare set of wheels 'n' tyres in the car and changed them over at the circuit. We used to buy part used ones that the British Touring Car teams chucked away; dirt cheap and proper sticky-as-snot type rubber. Only lasted 2 trackdays!

Wow, thats a really really good deal! So did you end up ripping Ferraris and Porsches etc, or did they also have the part worn BTCC tyres?

That was the general idea Depended a lot on driving ability, type of car, amount of modding etc. The ones on road legal tyres were definitely at a bit of a disadvantage.

Kowalski675

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

Was fortunate enough to see a new Challenger be the first car at a set of lights. He put his foot down went it went green. The sound was orgasmically beautiful!!!

I lurve the sound of a big V8. Not a rally car, but I saw this being raced at Oulton Park a few years back, and it sounded utterly beautiful - stood at Lodge you could hear him coming all the way from Druids, and when he was revving it in the paddock it practically gave me a boner, lol (I have a phone video clip of the engine running in the paddock somewhere on my laptop):

gt-arrowhead

Man i wish i could see a car of that sort in the flesh. The closest ive got is seeing a Morgan that looks vaguely like that, wire wheels and that same curvy body style.

Ive seen a Shelby AC Cobra (obviously wasnt an original) and that thing is absolutely gorgeous. A thing of beauty. And the sound...the sound!

Saw a "naked" V12 at the car show too, that didnt sounds as nice but was still lovely. By naked i mean no exhaust manifold etc. Just 4-5 inch long exhaust pipes for each cylinder. And no bonnet.

nicklouse

some you kids have not lived yet.

and with the cost of cars and petrol now it will be hard for you to do as I have.