Official Trinidad Spotters Thread!

MG Man · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:30 pm Post subject:

lol
I posted that one already
and the jokers were asking big money for de 'bess' car too eh

this is how a Vauxhall supposed to look

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MG Man · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject:

MG Man · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:26 pm Post subject:

50 is the 'official' figure that was supposed to be produced for homologation but nobody is exactly sure. Vauxhall fudged the figures....best we know is they made 34 street cars and 16 works cars, wich adds up to 50, but many of the works cars were recycled and at least one car was rallied on different occasions with different plates!

the pistons are Cosworth, but everything is engineered by WB Blydenstein
The head is derived from a Lotus design. The early HS cars actually ran Lotus engines

The works cars had up to 240bhp. They ran either 2.3 or long stroke 2.6 and had hotter cams

djaggs · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:48 am Post subject:

Take win they MG man, your car win hands down.

It is not only rare, but it also has genuine legendary status. Fine pedigree.
That was always a very hott car.

It looks really good in those photos.

Correct me if im wrong, but wasnt the homologation requirement a 500 production run. I know many manufacturers were allowed to race even before they reached that number but that was supposed to be the target.

I have some pics of my friend's Jaguar E Type on my phone but I cant download them to my PC.

MG Man · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:16 am Post subject:

FISA Gp4 homologation required 200 units to be built. This was applied to the original HS spec cars, not the widebody HSRs. Vauxhall entered the first works HS cars with the Lotus development engine, but the street cars had the Vauxhall DOHC.

When this was discovered after a few races, they were banned until they got their act together. Big scandal. They still never made the full number of homologated cars. How they got that past FISA, considering the first bluff, is one of the all-time mysteries! Only 50 HSR 'evolution' cars were required under FISA homologation rules. Vauxhall showed FISA a few competed cars, a bunch of bodykits and intended works cars which they palmed off as street homologation cars, and bluffed their way!

In fact, many of the HSR cars (ours included) were converted to R spec from HS cars......so the same cars were homologated TWICE Exclamation

The whole Vauxhall homologation bobol is legendary. To this day nobody has the official numbers, and nobody can explain how they got away with it

MG Man · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:04 am Post subject:

Jaguar produces the only sportscars where an automatic transmission is not out of place
Enzo himself was once reported to have said the E-type was the only car he washed was a Ferrari Exclamation

That says a lot
The design is based on the C and D-type racecars, hence the slippery aerodynamic shape
It was pulled and stretched into those sleek lines so it could accommodate its passengers properly

kevin_mender · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:45 pm Post subject:

spotted this very clean s15 silvia today
nice and simple
n95 FTW

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ya partner yah get make out Laughing

Strugglerzinc · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:59 pm Post subject:

Rain was falling so i couldn't get a better pic but its real...

djaggs · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject:

its funny looking at all these technically sophisticated Japanese car next to those old British classics. Even though the japanese cars will probably blow the doors off them, they will never attain the legendary status of say a Jag or a Vauzhall.

They dont have the pedigree or the history. Even the older Japanese classics like the 240Z is better than the modern techno gizmo Nissans.

Those cars evoke emotion, I can remember reading magazines from my youth about those classic cars at the hands of legendary drivers. I can remember the old Datsun 1600SSS that ruled the Safari. Those cars were highly sought after here, they were scarce. A brand new one cost $500.00 more than the standard 1600 with fingertip gear change from the showroom here. I know because back in 1973 my father went to massy to buy a 1600Datsun and my big brother who was a racing fanatic back then tried to convince him to buy the SSS, he even offered to put the extra money.

When I see these shitty Bluebirds that never do sheit on a racetrack with that famous SSS badge, all I can do is shake my head. Its soooo sad.

wickedestman · Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 12:36 am Post subject:

Check line up... MB, AUDI, BMW

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The main contender... the new A4.. Twisted Evil

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that car is just gorgeous...

BTW, why the bonnet came out so? was it that the engine was warm and the night was cool and it make a lil frost?

and here... again Neutral

for those who missed it before..

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MG Man · Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject:

ok, here's some of mine that I posted b4

Peds, this is the one I was thinkin of

equipped2ripp · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject:

damieG82 · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject:

GTB has the fixed roof, while the GTS has a removable panel over the cabin. Mechanically, they'd be identical once they're of the same generation 308

cinco · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 8:13 pm Post subject:

werent there non quattrovalve gts's?

Chipz · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 8:21 pm Post subject:

look @ d license plate PCF eh

equipped2ripp · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 8:21 pm Post subject:

damieG82 · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject:

MG Man · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject:

I knew PAM200 looked familiar...........I like dthe blue, but this red looks odd.........prefer the rims on PAJ too

actually got to sit in PAJ once, back when I was in secondary school Very Happy

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djaggs · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:25 am Post subject:

Lal Dass in south had a Quattrovalve, also a gentleman by the name of Ian Nath from Valsayn, he had a blue Quattrovalve.

Those were the only two in Trinidad I knew of.

cacasplat3 · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:13 am Post subject:

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from south. rarely seen Idea

zeeshan66 · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:59 pm Post subject:

guess this is the week for Porsche's. This local 911 is curently for sale.

Yesterday a NEW Yellow Boxter Convertible passed me on the highway. Nice spots guys! TONS OF skylines running around who knew!?

evolution7tt · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:53 pm Post subject:

and here... again Neutral

for those who missed it before..

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Some how that one looks different from this one. Two tone paint and no chrome wheels.

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MG Man · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:06 pm Post subject:

who can tell me what the round lights on the front are?

MG Man · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:48 am Post subject:

yup, headlights
the front of the car is so high that traditionally located headlights would blind oncoming traffic, but to place them low would look odd. The solution Rolls came up with was to make the park lights look like conventional headlights, and the 'fogs' are the conventional headlights. The car retains a proper 'face' and the plebs are not blinded.

On another note, Rolls was praised for the umbrella concealed in the door, but Nissan did this with the NX200 years ago. The difference being the NX was a cpupe, so the umbrella was concealed in the rear fender, and accessed when the door was open.

useless trivia FTW

BANzai Rastafarai · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject:

took this on Sunday last.....cost th owner 40K US!!

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dont know if he got robbed or what...but car was throwing water from the exhaust while idling!!...if that aint old school perfaction...then.... Rolling Eyes

damieG82 · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:45 pm Post subject:

WOW that Merc is gorgeous!!! I love old Merc coupes... even today they scream 'yuh reach!!'

And water from the exhaust is ok once there's no smoke. Gas emits hydrogen when burnt and in an engine it can mix with un-ignited oxygen in the cylinder, producing water vapour, or depending on the exhaust temperature, actual droplets of water... in other words d engine wukkin like a champ, and cleaner than the pine sol lady's kitchen!!

Midnight_Demon · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:29 pm Post subject:

Pics i took:

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Midnight_Demon · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:32 pm Post subject:

More pics

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Midnight_Demon · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:39 pm Post subject:

Pics i found on tuner:

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SPEC S · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject: