It was an SJ410, which I “personally” imported in 1983, cos there was then a quota restriction on Jap manufacturers selling directly to the UK.
Weren’t they put together in Spain by Santana and ended up with a plate that had LandRover stamped on it?
MK3 escort X 2
suzuki swift gti X 2
porsche 944 2.7l
vauxhall cavalier sri
escort van
maestro
porsche 944 turbo
nissan prairie
capri laser (2 days)!
s1 elise
s2 elise
s2 exige(current)
volvo 850 estate
mitsubish L200(current)
Weren’t they put together in Spain by Santana and ended up with a plate that had LandRover stamped on it?
May well have been latterly - mine was definately made in Japan though.
My wife goes made about this list - apparently I m a fickle car owner but at 31 I ve had;
Austin Allegro - Burgandy with square steering wheel!
VW Beetle
Mk2 Cavalier
Ford Escort XR3i
Ford Orion
Triumph TR4a
Peugeot 205 GTi (1.9)
Mk3 Cavalier SRi
Austin Healey Sprite Mk2
Austin Mini 70’s
Nova SRi
Ford Fiesta Van!
Escort Van
Landrover TDi 110
Rover 200Vi
Lotus Elise
Volvo T40 Estate
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
Audi A4
Escort Estate
BMW 328 Ci
Renault Clio Cup 172
Alfa Romeo 147 GTA
Porsche 356 B
Fiesta
Porsche 356 Speedster
Porsche 911 RS
Renault 5 Gordini
Audi A3 Quattro S-Line
Lotus Elise 111s
Lotus Elise Sport 160
Just buying Lotus Exige and its going to be a keeper!!!
D reg Transit Box van, ex BT
R reg Vauxhall Combo, I still have this.
Lotus Exige, my first ever car.
now this could get the little grey cells working…You are going back to the red flag days here.
Daily drivers.
1 Morris Minor 1000 ( finaly anded up as a racer with FJ motor)
2. Volvo P1800 X2 (one written off)
3. BMW 2002 TII
4. FORD GT 40 Ex Ford France Guy Ligier…Finally sold at a loss for �3500
5. Porsche 911s
6. Ford Grenada X 3 (children time…ugh)
7. Honda Civic GT …100,000 v hard miles not a single prob
8. Porsche Carrere 2
9. Subaru Impreza 5dr p1
10. Porsche 993 (Best porca ever)
11. Subaru impreza P2
12. Porsche 997
13 Land Rover Discovery
14. Lotus Exige S1
Bold:: Current
Race Cars:
Home made Go Kart.
Morris Minor 1000 FJ
Lotus 17.
Ford Anglia 1500cc
Caravelle FJ
Honda Prokart enduro Team.
Collectors Cars
Renault AX 1912
Renault CY 1905
Darracque 1913
Wolsley 1904
Plus more I cant remember
I wondered when you’d chip in with your amazing past/present collection, Clive
Anyway, enough of that, more importantly, how’s the lovely Tricia keeping? I’m still gutted that you made sure we didn’t meet up in Le Mans
- Thinking about it, it may have been 1984, not 1983.
Probably not, 1984 would have got you a SJ413, unless you imported from Santana, who made the SJ410 up until early 1985; although in 1983 Suzuki introduced a slightly longer wheel base SJ410 (another 13.5 inches)… I said I had an unhealthy interest in them .
David
Here’s mine:
Fiat X19
2.0L Ford Capri
Escourt XR3I x 2
Peugeot 205 gti
Astra gte
Escourt RS TURBO MRK1
Opel Manta GTE
Isuzu Piazza Turbo
Alfa Romeo 155 x 2
Alfa Romeo GTV 2.OL
Alfa Romeo GTV 3.0L
BMW 325I Sport
BMW 530I Sport
Skoda Octavia vrs
Lotus Esprit Turbo
BMW E30 M3
Lancia Delta Intergrale
Elise mrk1
Elise mrk2 Race tech
Elise mrk2 Type25
Exige S1
Elise 135r
Exige S2
only 24 so not too many either…
- Fiat Punto Sporting
- VW Polo GTI
- Honda Civic Type R
- Honda Civic Type R (again)
- Lotus Exige and my Yamaha R6
Hi guys, I’m a newbie here, took a test drive in an exige S
very impressed with it, now I want one!!! As soon as I saved up enough cash for it.
Hillman Avenger
Citroen GS
Renault 14
Opel Manta GTE
Renault 5 turbo
Jeep Wrangler 4.0
Citroen Xantia !.9d
Saab 9000
Merc Benz 300E
Merc Benz 300D
Audi A4 3.0 Quattro
Suburu Impreza STI
Honda Jazz Sport
Honda Jazz Sport Auto
Honda Stream
Bmw Z4
BMW 530d
Audi A8 4.0 TDI
Audi A3 2.0t DSG S line
Toyota Prius(HYBRID)
Ariel Atom 245
Motorbikes:
Honda superdream 250
Yamaha RD 350
Kawasaki ZX6
ZX7
Yamaha R1
Honda SP1
Italjet 180
Harley Fatboy
CCM enduro
MV Augusta F4s
Harley V-Rod
KTM Duke 2
VW Polo 1.0 CL
Peugeot 205 XS
Peugeot 205 1.9 GTi
Toyota Celica GT
Toyota Supra MKIV TT
VW Golf 1.3 CL
Porsche Boxster S
Peugeot 205 1.9 GTi
Porsche 996 Turbo (Best road car)
() S2 Exige (Most fun overall)
() Seat Leon Cupra R
(*) Current cars.
Vauxhall Astra GTE (not bad for a first car - complete shed though!)
Ford Escort 1.4 Ghia.
Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 Li.
Ford Escort 1.6 LX. (easily the worst car I’ve ever had - not my choice!)
Peugeot 306 DTurbo.
Volkswagen Golf V6 4motion.
Jeep Grand Cherokee V8 Limited.
Lotus S1 Elise*
Seat Leon Cupra TDI*
Lotus S1 Exige*
*current car(s)
Now I’ve thought long and hard about posting this, but I may be related to the following in some way.
All those below are currently in the old man’s stable.
Sunbeam Tiger V8
Capri 2.8i
Audi ur Quattro
GTD Ford GT40 replica
Ferrari 328 GTS
Ferrari 275 GTB
Ferrari Dino 246 (ex NART race car)
Ferrari 308 GTB/C (ex PMFC Championship winning car)
Ferrari 355 Challenge
Ferrari 365 GT
Lotus 23B
Bardon DB2 Group C2 Race car (ex Robin Donovan/Tim Lee Davey)
Spice SE88C Group C1 Race car (ex Nick Adams/Fermin Velez)
Lancia Ferrari LC2 Group C1 Race car (ex Riccardo Patrese/Mauro Baldi/Paulo Barilla)
Ariel Atom 245
how did you get on with that?
Fookin hell, Alex
Ariel Atom 245
how did you get on with that?
Sensational, next best thing to a motorbike, you have to sit in one to fully appreciate the experience. I’m from Manchester, meet up sometime if you want.
Unfortunately, being a real petrolhead, I also really like the Exige as well, so thats goin to be my next car in my garage to keep my Atom company
Very few in comparision to others…
Cars…
Vauxhall Astra 1.8 SRI in white (nice ‘n’ rice)
Rover MGFvvc in brg (dont ask, p.o.s!)
Audi TT 180 in black (solid car, couldn’t knock it really and sold it just at the right time)
1988 Porsche 928 S4 Sport SE ( I found it lurking in a barn and bought for a couple of grand. Turns out to be one of only 42 ‘Sport SE’ cars to be made and 1 of only 5 of them in silver. 5ltr V8, manual 5sp dog-leg box (all other S4’s were auto’s), sports exhaust (sounded gorgus, 5ltr how could it not??), uprted sussies, different cams, reflashed ecu with higher rev limit, lsd from 959, mag wheels etc. etc. I spent �1500 doing it up for it MOT, put about 2,000 miles on the clock and sold it on for a 4k profit…Bargain!!! The car was fantastic and I would have kept it were it not for the fact it was going to be a bottomless money pit, sold it while the going was good.
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Audi RS4 in Nogaro Blue (Keeping this one til it blows)
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S2 Exige in Chrome Orange ( )
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2 x Birel Race Karts (Rotax Max)
(* current)
Motor bikes
[censored] loads of feild bikes (anything we could get our hands on as kids)
Maco 490 2 stroke (what a beast!!)
Honda CR125 for m/cross (got out of it as quickly as I got into it, those guys are nuts!!)
for the road…
Suzuki TS50 (with an 80 big bore kit and racing reeds and fartbox exhaust, as you do at 16!!)
Suzuki 125 gamma (with all the crap you attach when your 17!!)
Honda chicken chaser 90 in blue with grandada fairings (50 mph everywhere )
Kwak ZXR400 (fit me perfectly)
No more bikes I dont think, perhaps a chopper with a big thumping v-twin may get me back on one though
Sensational, next best thing to a motorbike, you have to sit in one to fully appreciate the experience. I’m from Manchester, meet up sometime if you want.
Unfortunately, being a real petrolhead, I also really like the Exige as well, so thats goin to be my next car in my garage to keep my Atom company
Exige plus an Atom sounds an interesting combination.
Had a passenger ride in an Atom at Rockingham. The seating position seemed a little strange at first (in was the single moulding for both seats) and perhaps the setup was off as it drove like a bit of a dog (it was a track hire car) - can’t believe it was a good example. I do like the styling.
I think that was the car a customer of ours crashed (at Rockingham)!
But do they ever handle? I’ve never heard good reports.
Ian
I got a pax lap in one last year around oulton in the hands of an ex f/ford driver… Have never been round there so quick (I aslo picked up some very nice lines to work at :wink).