jazzdevil 0 Posted November 4, 2009 With apologies for pilfering directly from PH, did anyone else read about this bit of legendary Swedish modding? :lol: http://tiny123.com/2cf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corradophil 3 Posted November 4, 2009 8) I like that. My dad had 3 Saab 99s when I was younger, none of them went like that though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bullfinch 0 Posted November 4, 2009 8) I like that. My dad had 3 Saab 99s when I was younger, none of them went like that though. My dad had 3 Marinas...it was so embarrassing :mad2: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corradophil 3 Posted November 4, 2009 :norty: Mmmm, Morris Marinas. None of my friends had a clue what my dad's car was, but I liked them. His second one had twin carbs, and his last one has stripes which ran from the top of the C pillar round the rear windows and along the whole length of the car. It was red, so people always used to say it was like the starsky and hutch car. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted November 4, 2009 I think I'd take the 727hp Porsche 944 in this month's PPC mag over that Saab. At least that will handle! :lol: My Dad had a putrid brown Marina too. And an Allegro, and an Ambassador! The Vauxhall Victor he had was a good peice of retro cool though 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corozin 0 Posted November 4, 2009 I'm with kevhaywire the PPC Porsche looks like a much better proposition to me. That said, for sheer level of "streetsleeping" of a 700bhp Saab 99 takes some beating. You'd need a 2CV or an Allegro or something to better the Saab's basic concept The wacky scandanavians... the skills and ideas of so many of those cars frankly make the UK scene look like the efforts of small children. Anyone remember that Matthais Vocks Volvo Amazon? (http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/01/sema ... -stunner/2) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jazzdevil 0 Posted November 4, 2009 :norty: Mmmm, Morris Marinas. None of my friends had a clue what my dad's car was, but I liked them. His second one had twin carbs, and his last one has stripes which ran from the top of the C pillar round the rear windows and along the whole length of the car. It was red, so people always used to say it was like the starsky and hutch car. Transpose your [edit] [strike:37ayben5]Morris Marina[/strike:37ayben5] Saab's [edit] with Renault 17 and you have my childhood too... firstly a twin-carbed, Gordini fettled Renault 17 TL, then a Hutch-esque red-with-white-stripe 17 TS. I loved them both and not only did no-one really get what they were, but I never saw another other than the one's Dad had and they're like hen's teeth these days ('faultless' French build quality probably has something to do with that!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philmo 0 Posted November 4, 2009 Now that's what I call a wolf in sheep's clothing! :norty: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted November 5, 2009 The wacky scandanavians... the skills and ideas of so many of those cars frankly make the UK scene look like the efforts of small children. Anyone remember that Matthais Vocks Volvo Amazon? (http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/01/sema ... -stunner/2) Yeah that Volvo is a work of art!! I hear what you're saying about their skills compared to ours, but a lot of the top cars are built by people already in the motor trade, so have access to all the machinery and equipment they need, and know how to use it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corradophil 3 Posted November 5, 2009 This was my dad's last Saab 99 with the Starskey and Hutch stripes :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jazzdevil 0 Posted November 5, 2009 /\ 70's brilliance... I wonder how many more cars Renault and Saab shifted thanks to "it's almost like Starsky & Hutch" decal application :lol: Should we be expecting a glut of white-with-red-stripe cars and black-red-stripe vans around the release of next years A-team movie? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgtvr6 0 Posted November 5, 2009 /\ 70's brilliance... I wonder how many more cars Renault and Saab shifted thanks to "it's almost like Starsky & Hutch" decal application :lol: Should we be expecting a glut of white-with-red-stripe cars and black-red-stripe vans around the release of next years A-team movie? For Gods sake!! Is nothing sacred anymore?? new knight rider - Rubbish new battlestar galactica - Rubbish And now they are going to ruin A-team... Some things should be left as they are and you can't be messing with the A-team... Who else can build a tank in a hayloft with nothing more than 1 pitchfork lots of hay a welder (why DIDN'T any bad guy take this out before locking them up??) and a few sheets of corrugated iron from the wall??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wompa 0 Posted November 5, 2009 The Swedes can, ooohhh yes we can! :norty: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
big ben 10 Posted November 5, 2009 that volvo is the tits!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corozin 0 Posted November 5, 2009 For Gods sake!! Is nothing sacred anymore?? new knight rider - Rubbish new battlestar galactica - Rubbish I know this is in danger of going off-topic but I have to take issue with your analysis. The 'old' Battlestar Galactica was a piece of Glen A Larson rubbish that was so dreadful even in 1979 that a Star Wars loving 12 year old Corozin stopped watching it after about 4 episodes. By comparison the modern revision was vastly superior in every single way, despite the storyline being padded out in a number of episodes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sonicriot13 0 Posted November 7, 2009 Is that the real Mr T? I can't see the picture very well on my iPhone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jazzdevil 0 Posted November 8, 2009 Is that the real Mr T? I can't see the picture very well on my iPhone. Haha... I've managed to send the thread I started waaaaaaay off topic! :epicfail: In a vain attempt to recover it, I think we should move this chat over here: http://the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=86003 :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
