Memory Lane anyone?

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gookah
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Memory Lane anyone?

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So...... who remembers?:

1 The silver 'holographic' car stickers you could get, that changed colour in different angles? I had 'Avenger' on my boot.
2 The red reflective lenses with the car model imprinted, that fitted onto the boot between the rear lights...?
3 Sheepskin-look headrests that fitted over the backs of the front seats...
4 Sparkrite electronic ignition?
5 Raydyot stick-on heated rear windows?
6 Cibie Oscars anyone?
7 Leaf spring extenders to 'higher' the car and show off the Jag rear axle?
8 Sidepipes?
9 Square numberplates with the chrome front bumper middle section removed?
10 Rear aftermarket fog lights wired to the brake lights?
11 Electric aerials?
12 Graphic equaliser/boosters?
13 Aftermarket centre consoles?
14 Plastic fins that fit to wipers and press them onto the screen.?
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Shouldn't you have added this to your progress thread :puzzle: :shrug
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Gazza
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I remember all of those plus

DIY Glass sunroof
Painting the rear axle Red and having a Red foglight fixed underneath the illuminate it
Welded steel wheel rims
Super wide 185 tyres
Bonnet scoops
Fibreglass whip aerials
CB Radio
Rear window louvres
Cherry Bomb or Peco exhaust boxes

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g8jka wrote:Shouldn't you have added this to your progress thread :puzzle: :shrug
I had them all, with the exception of the jag axle and sidepipes...
can't get them anymore.... :head: (thank god!!)

wait 'til you are in your fifties asking who remembers angel eyes and lowering springs.... :D
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I did put go faster stripes on my very first new car purchase 1987 XR3i :shock: :oops: (TAX FREE PURCHASE army in Germany ) kept it for 2 years and sold it for more then I paid for it 8-)
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Gazza wrote:I remember all of those plus

DIY Glass sunroof
Painting the rear axle Red and having a Red foglight fixed underneath the illuminate it
Welded steel wheel rims
Super wide 185 tyres
Bonnet scoops
Fibreglass whip aerials
CB Radio
Rear window louvres
Cherry Bomb or Peco exhaust boxes

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Oh My God. I forgot those, :D
I had the tilt/lift out glass sunroof and the rear window louvres and the 185's on my Hillman Avenger then the white pencil so I could paint the rubbing band and the logo on the tyres
and Savage wheel trims. Mad Max had nothing on me.....
Oh for some photo's
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gookah wrote: I had them all, with the exception of the jag axle and sidepipes...
can't get them anymore.... :head: (thank god!!)

wait 'til you are in your fifties asking who remembers angel eyes and lowering springs.... :D
Both are still available, the sidepipes are manufacted by a company named Patriot in the US

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although not as nice as the original Thrush pipes


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Gazza wrote:
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gookah wrote:
g8jka wrote:Shouldn't you have added this to your progress thread :puzzle: :shrug
I had them all, with the exception of the jag axle and sidepipes...
can't get them anymore.... :head: (thank god!!)

wait 'til you are in your fifties asking who remembers angel eyes and lowering springs.... :D
I've still got my thirties to come yet :lol:

Yes and I remember fitting the graphic equaliser you kindly gave me that we fitted into my Nova, which was also equipped with a cherry bomb :head: Oh and the doorcards we carpeted to cover up the holes I made trying to fit bigger speakers :shock:

What about them beaded seat cover things? Did you ever have them :oops:
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What about:
Dunlop Groundhogs
Esso Tiger tails for your filler cap
Bullet hole stickers
His n Hers windscreen sun strips etc?




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g8jka wrote:What about them beaded seat cover things? Did you ever have them :oops:
Pah, they would never have graced my street machine....
I did have the factory fit vinyl roof though
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What about the rear window Louvres :grin:

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I still run a version of Sparkrite - Tex Magnaspark in my case. :D

And what about "go faster stripes"? My first car had those.

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Anyone have the fluffy dash cover??
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gookah wrote:So...... who remembers?:

11 Electric aerials?
Why didn't these become timeless?
Still seems like a brilliant idea to me... 8-)

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Robert T wrote: And what about "go faster stripes"? My first car had those.
BMW still sells them -

http://www.bmw.co.uk/en/topics/owners/a ... =1781.html :)
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Keep it standard, I did apart from
BMW dust caps x 4 (replica)
Little Tree Air Freshener-Vanillaroma (now worn out and in the bin)
2006 AA road atlas (with the latest safety cameras)
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one of the most famous add-ons...the clamp on steering assist ball thingy... :roflmao:
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Can you remember the gifts you were able to get by simply buying fuel, you got tokens and then exchanged them for gifts.
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Fender2004 wrote:Can you remember the gifts you were able to get by simply buying fuel, you got tokens and then exchanged them for gifts.
Esso (I think) did something called "Instant Insanity"
It was a simple predecessor of Rubik's cube comprising 5 dice with different coloured tiddlywinks on each face.
IIRC you had to get one of each colour along each side if you set them in line - and the opposite ends had to different as well!

Some would say it had no effect on me, others would argue I've never been the same since :D
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Fender2004 wrote:Can you remember the gifts you were able to get by simply buying fuel, you got tokens and then exchanged them for gifts.
Yes, we're still using some of the glasses now :)
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I remember Mag-Caps, wheel trims to try and fool everyone that you had Alloy wheels. Then they were dropped double quick because eveyone extracted the urine from those that fitted them. But of course now they are standard and expected on budget and lower spec. cars. As they say, "What goes around comes around."

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Lucas adhesive rear window heater
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In the days when seatbelts were fixed, you could get extensions for the toggle switches on your mini, because you couldnt reach them when wearing your seatbelt.
I also remember those extensions for your rear leaf springs. With them on,you couldnt see the car behind you, only sky, and your front light beams were reduced to shining 2 feet in front of you. Halfords was much more interesting in those days.
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