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« on: August 22, 2007, 22:57:46 pm »

Remember Kieths own 'Flashback'

Anyone got any pics from then and now?

I saw it do it's maiden voyage when kieth popped it up and down 3 times, lost it and then got out and bowed  Grin

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« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2007, 23:32:47 pm »




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« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2007, 00:10:47 am »

WOW  Shocked

You should've kept that one dude, it was awesome  Grin

I can't believe it's black now  Huh

I was at the the top left of the wheelie pic Grin
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« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2007, 03:56:32 am »

now in france in bordeaux , if i'm right , with a green flame  ,  Angry  also black and brm's
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« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2007, 08:05:35 am »

I think we should start a petition to have it re-sprayed in it`s original colour scheme Grin
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« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2007, 08:53:52 am »

WOW  Shocked

You should've kept that one dude, it was awesome  Grin

I can't believe it's black now  Huh

I was at the the top left of the wheelie pic Grin
Ten years ahead of its time – nobody else had built a nostalgia racer until then...

Oh, and it was me who painted it black! It was given the green flames and repro BRMs later by the new owner (Steve Morel) in France.
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« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2007, 10:58:16 am »

Just to keep you informed..... I have been trying to puchase this but the price is sky high.....would want turn it back to the way it was......
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« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2007, 11:37:07 am »

It think the guy who painted it would like to see it back not in black too, so long as he didn't have to mask it again!

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« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2007, 11:45:48 am »

Was a great car indeed,saw it once at Santa Pod.

Keith do you know what happened to th ecar you have in your avatar?

I know some guys bought it from you and brought the car to holland.
I saw it running a few time at Budel but somehow they didnt know what to do with it,lol

After that i never saw it again. Huh
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« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2007, 12:41:27 pm »

When my friend respray it, we could see all the old paint scheme.

Sometime, at the sun, you can see the old paint scheme and the name flashback on the doors.
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« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2007, 13:03:05 pm »

Was a great car indeed,saw it once at Santa Pod.

Keith do you know what happened to th ecar you have in your avatar?

I know some guys bought it from you and brought the car to holland.
I saw it running a few time at Budel but somehow they didnt know what to do with it,lol

After that i never saw it again. Huh
No Mercy is now in London, unused for about six years, repainted in a horrible colourscheme. Very sad.
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« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2007, 14:32:25 pm »

Just to keep you informed..... I have been trying to puchase this but the price is sky high.....would want turn it back to the way it was......

SmileySmiley:)maybe current owner had to purchase sky high ? SmileySmileySmiley
sorry KS couldn't resist this one
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« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2007, 09:09:07 am »

Ten years ahead of its time – nobody else had built a nostalgia racer until then...


And it was that car and your Cal Look book that made me build Headstraight as a nostalgia race car in 2000 Grin


A touch of the Lee Leighton oval in the colour scheme... Wink
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« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2007, 15:50:25 pm »

I think this looks a lot tougher...

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