Before you had a Frontera......

What did you drive? What suffering did you endure behind a wheel in order to aquire your beast? :lol:

Well I had a '94 Astra estate and I happened to think it would look quite good as an off roader/ better load carrier. Soo....
http://s1326.beta.photobucket.com/user/ ... a%20Estate
that happened! :mrgreen:

i've had a few...

zafira 1.8
vectra 1.7 td (best car in the world)
bmw 318i
shogun

vectra sri
nova 1.6

4x novas

golf rabbit
metro 1.3
and few others :lol:

Not a before but a now.... as I finally have the car I've wanted since I could drive.
A Mk2 GTI

Next to the fronty. My head in the Golf is where my balls are in the Fronty :shifty:

In reverse order:
This:

These: (Astra replaced the Cavalier.)

This:

No photos of the rest, but again in reverse order:
1990 Espace
1990 Vauxhall Senator
1992 Escort
1990 Sierra
1987 Peugeot 309GTi
1982 Escort
1988 Sierra Sapphire
1983 Capri
1982 Escort
1976 Cortina
1976 Escort
1982 Austin Maxi

I have also owned alongside these, a 1985 Mercedes 508 (Owned from 96 to 2000), and a 1996 Iveco Daily 35:08 (Owned from 2000 to 2011)

In order of most recent to oldest...

Vauxhall Frontera B Series 2.2DTi Limited (LWB)
Vauxhall Corsa B SRi
Seat Leon Cupra
Toyota Celica
Seat Cordoba SX
Pug 106 Series 1 XSi
BMW E36 320 Sport
Vauxhall Cavalier SRi (last of the redtops..)
Seat Ibiza mk2 1.4 Sport
Pug 106 Series 2 Diamond
Vauxhall Nova Merit
Fiat Panda 1000 super! (it had the two opening roof panels!)

Prior to the Fronty I had a Range Rover with a mazda 3.5tdi which I cut and welded into mean machine. I'd post photos if I new how. Can email them to some one if they would be so kind as to post them up. Sold it to a guy up Nottingham way. You would know it if you saw it as it's one of a kind. It was 2 hard top pinted Yellow with black wings and roof.

Regards

Stuart

Email me the pics @gmail.com and i will pop them up for you!

Photos sent Dan, thanks for the offer.

Regards

Stuart

FatBaz's Meanmachine (looks good

)

Seperately, this is what Mrs Geeks drives!

vw polo 1994
suzuki sj413 1985
toyota landcruiser lj70 1985
subaru impreza 1995
honda del sol 1993
vw passat 2002
audi 100 1992
audi s4 1994
subaru impreza 1997
opel frontera 2001

Currently have the passat, impreza and the Opel

Quite the collection lads! Holy moly FatBaz's machine is mad!!! :clap:

I'm gonna try and get a piccy onto this thread instead of just a link. Ill follow those if I can but I have no computer, this is all phone work :oops:

Right then....

Lets see if this works..

Good stuff!! :dance:

Thatw not too big on comp screens now is it?

The forum automatically resizes any posted pictures to 640x480

Good to know! I also had (in order)
2002 Daewoo lanos
1996 Opel Astra "Victor" saloon (Destroyed in a crash, was rather lucky actually. Tough bodies...)
two other similarly aged Astras for short times.
1994 (Pictured) Astra "Bleu" estate. It recieved what mods were salvageable from Victor...

Currently Have:
1997 Fiat punto under going restoration.

HEATER MATRIX :evil:

Of course, my baby

1997 Frontera San Diego "Isabel"
Off the road, pending a MOTHER of a build soon...

Currently driving:
2003 Renault Laguna (With crossee fingers, toes and buttocks!)

Seems to have had always an affinity to non tarmac roads...

1985-1990 Ford Fiesta 1600ccm Diesel - engine constructed by KHD Klöckner-Humboldt Deutz
Very reliable, took me 159.000 km far - soled after an accident, which was not my fault!

1993-1994 VW Golf GTD Madison in green - reliable, but expensive (insurance, maintanance)

1994-2002 VW Passat Variant 2.0i - first I started to do some repairs on my own. And mods, as you see...
Very reliable, bought with 73.000 km, sold to a russian with 258.000 km. Repair of the seal between engine and gearbox was leaking, repair was tree times higher than the value of the car, no MOT without...

2002 VW Polo - not good for traveling on German motorways! Did about 2500 km a month at that time...

MINI One The Mrs' daily driver before she "occupied" the Frontera... Before that she had Rover 214i, Opel Kadett, Daihatsu Feroza, Dodge RAM, Opel Manta and her Cross-Bike Dominator.

2002-2005 SAAB 9-3 2.0i (2000)

2005-2012 Companies cars like VW Passat 1.9 tdi or Ford Mondeo before and after the VW I did not like. Not quite reliable in my opinion. Ford very reliable!
Did ~ 4-5000 km a month for the job.

Still waitin' to get on the road again

1983-1996 MB W 111 - 220Sb (1963) from my grandpa.

2011-2012 Ford Fiesta (1992) 1300 ccm CALYPSO as a backup, now sold to a friend
2012-? MB W123 - 230 CE (1983) from my uncle.
2012-? Alfa 159 1.9 JTDM Sportswagon.

My personal list of driven cars ever (beginning with driving school cars - including ambulances/vans during work or rentals even for a few hours) counts now 187...

Rover metro
Ford escort
Astra
Vitara
Corsa ( 2 ltr calibra turbo engine dropped in it , converted to rear wheel drive and the fastest thing Iv ever sat in ! )
Frontera
Terrano
Peugeot
Frontera

And most of them ended up as scrap or wrapped around a lamp post !

Still waiting to get back on the road, JEOH?? Judging by those pictures, you've yet to find out what one looks like!! :lol: