Weekly "Y" Test 2012

[Relentless Rob]

8/ Shhhhh, time for a quiet moment of reflection...

[Relentless Rob]

9/ When people retire they head for South End, when race cars are retired they head for the hills.

[Relentless Rob]

10/ F1 is the pinnacle of motorsport? Nah, this guy has a Ford Cortina that can do 0-200mph in under eight seconds.

[Relentless Rob]

11/ Inspired by the "Electric MX5" thread.

"Electric cars are expensive, slow and will never be cool" J Clarkson.







Expensive? Old fork lift truck motor and some D.I.Y wizz bangary in an old Outlaw Warrior four chassis.

Slow? 9.5 @ 135mph is faster than any production Ferrari.

Will never be cool?



I'd rather drive an air cooled Beetle (and I'm not a fan of those) than a G-Wizz or weighed down Lotus Elise.

[Relentless Rob]

12/ A Bravo 100 (1.6 16V) powered Seicento on throttle bodies.



Here's the blooper reel from when the car was still being developed.



That's a lot of weight in the front of a short wheel base.

[Relentless Rob]

13/ The worlds most bonkers 205?

[Relentless Rob]

14/ Hemi.....

[havinalaff]

sounds like 8 cylinders all firing in their own time, with no relation to each other. AWESOME

[Relentless Rob]

15/ Lancias at Goodwood.



Nothing big or clever just a group of enthusiasts having a laugh. Much as I love the Y10 GT (early carb' version from the sound of it) I'd have to pick the Monte' as my favorite. What's yours?

[Relentless Rob]

15a because the one I chose this morning was a bit of a let down.

[mjslonergan]

I went to a few of those 'round the industrial estate' rallies when I lived in The Netherlands, have to say they a great fun as a spectator.

[Relentless Rob]

16/ You might want a few Jaffas and a cup of tea for this one...

[Relentless Rob]

17/

[Relentless Rob]

18/ It's cold, wet, windy and smells like snow outside and I can't be arsed to work on my car today so here's some inspiration for us all.



I'm off to get muddy and wet taking Guff I to bits.

[mjslonergan]

Just a tad twitchy in the wet...