Right now thats a distinct possibility Toby.
Think the primary driver for him at the moment is to get hands on experience at getting covered in grease. If that leads to the beastie coming back them I'm totally in support.
Do You Believe In Resurrection? Tiggr's coming back to life.
#21
Posted 12 August 2009 - 12:38 PM
Matt and Tiggr
"i have seen things you people couldn't believe; attack ships off the shoulder of orion. I watched c-beams at the tannhauser gate. all these things will be lost in time....like tears in the rain........
Time....to...die........"
#22
Posted 12 August 2009 - 12:40 PM
Get him to start a project thread - must be the revival we all thought might never happen.
#23
Posted 12 August 2009 - 01:16 PM
Well I have only been on this forum for four and a half years
So what's Tigger...
Obviously a Puma, but the engine??
2ltr Cosworth Turbo..
2wd?
4wd?
I see it mentions 1.6 Turbo on your "model"
RS Turbo lump.
Seen one of those at RS day on the "Performance Ford" stand.
My daughter has slightly less expensive / affordable tastes.
She's just bought THE Sunbeam Stiletto that I used to own 20 years ago.
Dads rebuild project for the next year
So will Tigger be at RS day 09?
So what's Tigger...
Obviously a Puma, but the engine??
2ltr Cosworth Turbo..
2wd?
4wd?
I see it mentions 1.6 Turbo on your "model"
RS Turbo lump.
Seen one of those at RS day on the "Performance Ford" stand.
My daughter has slightly less expensive / affordable tastes.
She's just bought THE Sunbeam Stiletto that I used to own 20 years ago.
Dads rebuild project for the next year
So will Tigger be at RS day 09?
This post has been edited by Dogsbody: 12 August 2009 - 01:17 PM
MK4 XR3i
Mk3 XR3i
R Reg 1.7 Puma
T Reg 1.7 Lux Puma
Now its Racing Puma 072
Graham
Mk3 XR3i
R Reg 1.7 Puma
T Reg 1.7 Lux Puma
Now its Racing Puma 072
Graham
#24
Posted 12 August 2009 - 01:30 PM
Tiggr is a labour of love - and some of the long in the tooth members will remember the early days - from when I first picked her up on the August bank holiday weekend in 1998, through the roll cage going in in Jan 1999 to the attempts by a certain garage to turbo charge the original engine.
To cut long story very short, between July 2000 and March 2002 she ate
4 engines,
2 cranks,
many sets of injectors,
1 clutch
and 16 grand over and above what I paid for her.
When she was good, she was just stunning, but she spent a lot of time travelling around the UK on the back of an AA wagon
Considering she was running on just an S2 RST engine, albeit at a stupid amount of boost, she was extremely easy to drive ( when working ) and would wheelspin in 3rd, ( 4th in the wet ) and was damn fast ( until the next particular bit broke off... )
To cut long story very short, between July 2000 and March 2002 she ate
4 engines,
2 cranks,
many sets of injectors,
1 clutch
and 16 grand over and above what I paid for her.
When she was good, she was just stunning, but she spent a lot of time travelling around the UK on the back of an AA wagon
Considering she was running on just an S2 RST engine, albeit at a stupid amount of boost, she was extremely easy to drive ( when working ) and would wheelspin in 3rd, ( 4th in the wet ) and was damn fast ( until the next particular bit broke off... )
Matt and Tiggr
"i have seen things you people couldn't believe; attack ships off the shoulder of orion. I watched c-beams at the tannhauser gate. all these things will be lost in time....like tears in the rain........
Time....to...die........"
#25
Posted 12 August 2009 - 05:48 PM
Got told off for using too many emoticons! As far as I am concerned there aren't too many for this!!!
"Margaret was right...piracy is our only option"
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Nancy & Vix
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Nancy & Vix
#26
Posted 12 August 2009 - 06:02 PM
QUOTE (Dogsbody @ Aug 12 2009, 02:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
My daughter has slightly less expensive / affordable tastes.
She's just bought THE Sunbeam Stiletto that I used to own 20 years ago.
Dads rebuild project for the next year
She's just bought THE Sunbeam Stiletto that I used to own 20 years ago.
Dads rebuild project for the next year
Is that a posh Hillman imp, i believe these had a novelty item as standard.............A heater.
Is this the rootes or chrysler one............?????
One of the best cars ever produced...............love em
#27
Posted 12 August 2009 - 10:54 PM
QUOTE (bouncy @ Aug 12 2009, 07:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Is that a posh Hillman imp, i believe these had a novelty item as standard.............A heater.
Is this the rootes or chrysler one............?????
One of the best cars ever produced...............love em
Is this the rootes or chrysler one............?????
One of the best cars ever produced...............love em
Fast back Imp
The one they used for racing, No idea, chrysler or Roots.
I bought this particular car to race with the now wife about 21 years ago. We did one stage fun day with the local motor club. I came 4th I think up against sorted escorts etc
Then I sold it as it was too good to wreck.
It had 48K miles on then.
Through the owners club and some people I spoke to at the classic day at Combe, I have tracked it down to a barn on Llanelli. It's done 2k miles in 20 years and look a bit sorry for it's self.
So my daughter has bought it.
I have just finished widening the drive so I can park it beside my Rover P4.
Her first car
Sooner it's done the better, I'm teaching her in my FRP at the moment
MK4 XR3i
Mk3 XR3i
R Reg 1.7 Puma
T Reg 1.7 Lux Puma
Now its Racing Puma 072
Graham
Mk3 XR3i
R Reg 1.7 Puma
T Reg 1.7 Lux Puma
Now its Racing Puma 072
Graham
#28
Posted 14 August 2009 - 08:55 AM
My dad used to rally an imp with a full hartwell race engine in it used to go like the clappers!