AND MORE... VERY RARE IN IRELAND,EVEN MORE SO IN THE WHOLE OF THE UK,MITSUBISHI LANCER TURBO,MORE INFO AND SPEC HERE....SIMILAR MODEL. https://www.pistonheads.com/regulars/ph-spottedykywt/spotted-mitsubishi-lancer-2000-ex-turbo/24509 I SEEM TO REMEMBER SEEING A 'MITSUBISHI LANCER TURBO' IN THE 'CLAR...

AND MORE...

LOTS OF 'IRISH REGISTERED' CARS,WE NEVER GET TO SEE HERE, IN ENGLAND.

AROUND 10 YEARS AGO,WE ATTENDED THE 'GOODWOOD' FESTIVAL OF SPEED? WHICH WHILST BEING AN EXCELLENT MOTORSPORT SHOW,IS VERY BUSY BEING ONLY AN HOUR FROM LONDON. THE CROWDS BECOME EXCESSIVE,AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE ANYTHING GOING ON,WITH THE SHEER VOLUME OF PEOPLE :huh: SO THE ALTERNATIVE,WE FOUND WA...

THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST,WE(THE FOUR USUAL 'RALLYE SWEDEN' GUYS) HEADED OVER TO IRELAND,FOR 3 DAYS OF MOTORSPORT....

MORE TO COME....BUT,THE FIRST DAY WAS SPECTATING AT A 'SPRINT' EVENT..SOUTH OF LIMERICK.

YOU CAN TELL FROM THE SKIDMARKS,QUITE A FEW CARS ENDED UP IN THAT TREE!!

DECISIONS,DECISIONS....

BACK IN JUNE,IN A WET TROLLHATTAN

THE 2.1 99 TURBO ENGINE BLOCK,BACK AT HOME,AWAITS PROGRESS.......

:lol: BESIDES THIS,I ACQUIRED ANOTHER VOLVO,THIS TIME A V40 1.9 TD,WITH 'DRAGKROK',AND JUST 65,000 MILES.SERVICE BARGE :lol: SO THAT,HAS ALSO BEEN GETTING WORKED ON.....IT WAS JUST A BASE MODEL,BACK IN 1998,BUT DID GET HEATED SEATS :huh: IT'S NOW GOT ROOF BARS,A SET OF BBS 16 INCH,AND A ROOF SPOILER...

SOME MORE OF THE COMPETITION.... MY 1994 MK3 VW GOLF GTI WEIGH'S IN AT 1120KG,THE CLARION 1980 99 TURBO IS 1140 KG!! BOTH IN ROAD-GOING FORM! SO IN NEARLY FIFTEEN YEARS,CARS CERTAINLY GOT A LOT FATTER!! COMPARABLY,BACK IN 1980,THE VW GOLF GTI MK1,WAS JUST 810 KG COMPARED TO THE 99 TURBO. THE PEUGEOT...

EVENING GENTLEMEN, OK,SO THIS YEAR(2019) HAS BEEN PRETTY HECTIC AS USUAL! I HAVE ISSUES,IN THAT I LIKE TO RACE ANYTHING? GO-KARTS,RACE CARS,RALLY CARS,STANDARD CARS.....SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY,A BIT OF A MOTORSPORT NUTTER! SO, WHILST I CONTEMPLATE EXACTLY THE SPEC. OF THE 99 2.1 TURBO ENGINE BUILD? WO...

HMMM,AND DID ANYBODY NOTICE THE 'VOLVO' 5 STUD STEEL WHEEL,IN THE 'GARAGE' SHOT?

ANOTHER PROJECT...

THAT'S FOR THIS 'SUMMER' SERVICE BARGE....

'TIS THE 'GARAGE SEASON' AS THE SWEDES SAY? 99 TURBO AWAITS ATTENTION,NOTE PUDDLE OF COOLANT,WATER PUMP SEALS :rolleyes: THERE IS A 96 'RALLY CAR' IN THERE,SOMEWHERE... VW GTI,IS NEARING ALL THE MECHANICAL WORK,BEING DONE... NOSECONE AROUND TWO THIRDS SANDED BACK NOW...I HAVE GOT FOUR 5 3/4 HEADLAMP...

LICENCE PLATE MADE UP

SO,MORE FILLER WORK.....TRIAL FITTING ON THE NOSECONE.

AND STARTING TO SAND BACK,THAT SEVENTIES PAINTWORK....

'NEW' LENSES FOR THE VW POLO INDICATOR UNITS,WERE JUST POUNDS OFF EBAY

INCIDENTALLY,HERE IS MY 1993 GOLF(RABBIT) GTI,WHICH I AM PREPARING FOR HILLCLIMB/SPRINT AND FOR USE AS SUMMER ROAD CAR...IT IS AN 8V 2.0 MOTOR 115 BHP,STANDARD SO FAR,JUST RENEWED HEAD GASKET AND CHECKED IT OVER,NEW CAMBELT ETC....BILSTEINS,LOWERED,GOODRIDGE BRAKE HOSOES ETC...BBS 16 INCH SPLIT RIMS...

SO,SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN YOU MASSIVE 'SAAB' PROJECTS ON ALL THE TIME,IT IS THERAPEUTIC TO DIVERSIFY,AND DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT... I MANAGED TO LOCATE A PAIR OF THE FORD ORIGINAL HEADLAMP SURROUNDS,NEEDING SOME PAINT REPAIRS,THEY ARE TOO,A FLEXIBLE TYPE PLASTIC,BUT IT GIVE'S YOU AN IDEA HOW TH...

DON'T GET TOO EXCITED,I ONLY HAVE THE NOSECONE... AT FIRST,I THOUGHT ABOUT REPAIRING IT ALL,AND THEN SELLING IT ON....BUT,THAT 'DRIVE' IN THE IRISH MK2 ESCORT 2.0,HAS SORT OF STUCK WITH ME... :yay: I MADE THE DECISION,TO EVENTUALLY 'CUT' IT CAREFULLY,SO IT FIT'S FLUSH,TO GO ON THE GARAGE WALL,WHERE ...