Hello From the North "Sheffield" UK

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TIB3300
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Hello From the North "Sheffield" UK

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Hello all

Well where do I start,, ;) Am quite old now in my mid 50s, I have been a car mechanic since the late 70s.
Doing clutch jobs on Datsuns 120Ys for £20 :lol: I LOVE cars :plymouth: as they have been my life.
I now do a 9-5 job at a uni :read2:

Ive built some cars over the years including MK2 Escorts' Jag' Audi Quattro', the last car was a MK3 Cortina GXL that took me 8 years, sold earlier this year.

But I need a V8 in my life, I do love yanks but they aint practical. So I bought another MK3 cortina about two years ago to build a V8 MK3.

After much research...Listening To lots of V8s :rr: I have now come the decision that Dodge V8 engines are the best sounding V8 to me ;)

So the only engine I could possibly use in my latest toy has to be a MOPAR .I will shush for now and post up more soon TiBBs
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Hi welcome.
You are quite youg for this site so don't worry there is a good cross section in age and there is always someone on here to offer advice and help

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Welcome!

I dream of being in my mid-50's!!!

Never to early or too old for a Mopar.

If you can run to the cost, a Big Block Mopar can't be beat, but they all have their own individualistic style and charm.

Plenty of help and advice on here.

All the best.
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cheers guys :thumbright:
Here a a few of my earlier projects hope you like? :roll:

I've never followed the crowd or a particular make of car just like to do my own thing, 8-[ 1978 4.2 Series two.
I think I was 21? A long time ago now :scratch:
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My next big project, Audi Quattro

This was a straight bodied Quattro.I made into a wide bodied car using all metal panels
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Hello and welcome to the mopar land.

Love the look of the Quattro, so you are good in what you do :thumbright:

I say never too old to play ;) ;)
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hi and welcome,
i'm also in the north in Manchester,
there are quite a few northern mopars.
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cadboy wrote: Thu Oct 26, 17 6:32 am Hello and welcome to the mopar land.

Love the look of the Quattro, so you are good in what you do :thumbright:

I say never too old to play ;) ;)
Thanks cadboy

"good at what you do" Ohh I don't know,, :dontknow:

I just like to do my own thing, I don't always get it right.

This was a project I never finished an AIXAM 500, I started it but the cortina was what I wanted to do,so when a cortina come up I sold it . I was going to put a ZZR1100 kawasaki engine in it .
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JinxJay wrote: Thu Oct 26, 17 6:52 pm hi and welcome,
i'm also in the north in Manchester,
there are quite a few northern mopars.
Hello Jinx
"mopars"
I like that :)
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Hello Mr Tibbs.
Don't forget to show so some pics of your old Mk3 :thumbright:
That Audi looked great by the way.
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Welcome
Bike engines cars are mental....... I like that.
And yep. Mopar’s sound best
Good luck with your project :thumbright:
It's all about Smiles per gallon !!!
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Matt74 wrote: Thu Oct 26, 17 9:25 pm Hello Mr Tibbs.
Don't forget to show so some pics of your old Mk3 :thumbright:
That Audi looked great by the way.
Hiya Mat
Thanks for the heads up with this forum :thumbright:
'Mk3 ' will do :rr:
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Mossy68 wrote: Thu Oct 26, 17 11:27 pm Welcome
Bike engines cars are mental....... I like that.
And yep. Mopar’s sound best
Good luck with your project :thumbright:
Thanks ;)
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Welcome from abit further North. Good choice . Can't beat Mopar history, heritage, engineering and sound.
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Eyup! I used to reside in the mighty metropolis of Sheffers, since moved south to carry on the education of what a bread and fish cake are. The struggle is real I’ll tell thi.
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