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Nick

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Bristol 407

5.1L Chrysler V8 (yes ok, its American!) in a lightweight aluminum body with no power steering! Bristol_407_1962.jpg

My Dad used to own one. We clocked it at 149mph at Bruntingthorpe, rather impressive as Bristol only listed its top speed as 125! But in order to steer at all it had to run crossply tyres, and the only modern source for those is the London Taxi Cab. So that was 150 on taxi tyres!

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i love the capri's

used to race them

an ive had 5 road going ones too

i would have another tomorrow if i could

Had a few Capris myself,the best of them being the Brooklands I had,another I wish I still owned,it is the only car I shed a tear for (along with the Vitesse) when I got shut,I did buy a 157mph Citroen CX25GTi Turbo though and that was one wickedly fast car back in the mid 90's and it was uber comfy with it and handled like an ATV train.I love these type of threads,its like going back in time and I can almost hear the Hovis music playing in my head as I dream of the good ol days gone by... :lol: They dont make em like they used to thats for sure... ;)

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iam with you lot

would love a rover SD1

but how about the 27 liter SD1 that PPC have done,with the tank engine

27 liter rolls royce meteor engine rover

LOL the engine is so big he has to sit in the back seat :lol:

not so much a muscle car but look at the curves on this beuty ;)1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 Jonckheere Coupe

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Wow, I bet the fuel economy would be amazing if it had a modern engine. THAT is aerodynamics.

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Wow, I bet the fuel economy would be amazing if it had a modern engine. THAT is aerodynamics.

Just a shame they forgot about the rather unaerodynamic grill (most of the surface area at the front).

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Just afew of my faves, never owned any tho........

LOTUS CORTINA

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RELIANT SCHIMITAR

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FORD SIERRA COSWORTH

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LOTUS CARLTON

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TRIUMPH STAG

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ford capri! one of my favourite cars

i know the engines arnt huge so they arnt really muscle cars, but they deffinatly look like one

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Someone got there before me with the Capri!! So I am told the Capri is the English version of the Mustang.

And I wonder how many engines this Capri has had???

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hehe english muscle car first thing that comes to mind is the escort mk1. this escort from a guy called northern bloke with a V8 is absolutely stunning, check out his vids on youtube and the pics on the net. :wub:

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Or the mk2 even, in a mad max kind of muscle car nutty sideways style. Muscle cars go sideways right? :lol:

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oh man that is so lush.

Or the capri like mentioned before, especially the old zakspeed ones from the old DTM/G5 series, I like this pic!

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