** Ibis Tranny - Apple Green **

Re: IBIS Tranny with U.S.E. S.U.B. - update

yeah.......
they were good times, and it was a really great car!
that pic was taken on a cracking summers day at Lochindorb.
i will have another.....
 
Re: IBIS Tranny with U.S.E. S.U.B. - update

Good to see you have finished the bike build and kept the fork original , looks great , for me , Porsche 924 turbo , want one ? :LOL:
 
Re: IBIS Tranny with U.S.E. S.U.B. - update

velofrog":17o6obmb said:
yeah.......
they were good times, and it was a really great car!
that pic was taken on a cracking summers day at Lochindorb.
i will have another.....

Ah! Some lovely wee roads around there for a car that can handle.
 
Re: IBIS Tranny with U.S.E. S.U.B. - update

I have driven a few actually, not the 924 though. I guess you would keep the turbo spinning through the twisties anyway. I just heard they were laggy!
 
Re: IBIS Tranny with U.S.E. S.U.B. - update

Very leggy and a pain in the *** , and that dog leg box :cry: that's one reason why it stays in the garage .
 
Re: IBIS Tranny with U.S.E. S.U.B. - update

Now i see the difference in the two springs , if those bushes were that worn , how bad were the pivot bolts ?
 
Re: IBIS Tranny with U.S.E. S.U.B. - update

velofrog":1ddmuxvx said:
RS1600i
but it's looking like the deal is not going to go ahead.
maybe owning another will have to wait a while yet.
here's my old baby from many moons ago BSO 882Y
how i miss those days.........

If I may...

I've owned my fair share of cars, including a number of fords and including a handful of RS models. Never an RS1600i though, although a colleague of mine had one in the early 90's that I drove a few times.

My absolute favourite though was all mine, and it was a G reg '90 spec Mk4 RS turbo. It was immaculate and unmolested, a minor miracle considering it was the early '90's in Essex. I loved that car, and when I sold it, I really missed it, like no other car before or since.

You can imagine my delight then when I was offered a drive of a recently restored example. It was a ground up restoration, using as many original parts as possible. No aftermarket boy racer rubbish was tolerated. I settled into the drivers Recaro (a little more snug than I remembered), turned the key, let out the clutch and was greeted by the utter shock and total disapointment or realising that the car I loved had all the talent, finesse, poise, refinement, and quality of a cement mixer...

They say you should never meet your heroes, I can expand on that when it comes to cars.

In short, keep the Tranny, its much nicer than some flawed old 1st generation front drive warmed over dagenham white goods.
 
Back
Top