I was in attendance at Simply Jap Beaulieu 2016 and I noticed this club’s stand not too far from where I was pitched; as a previous GTO owner, I decided to take the plunge and sign up.
Quick bit of backstory about me, in the absence of any GTO/3000GT pictures: back in 2006 at the ripe old age of 25 I bought a black 1991 GTO twin turbo, and never stumbled across any other owners in the two years I had it. Although I loved the car, I missed out on being able to converse with others who had a common interest - mainly because they were few and far between.
I’ve been in Subarus for the last four years, currently in a 2001 WRX UK300 (don’t hold that against me, I’m alright really), but like a lot of petrolheads I’m starting to get itchy feet again, and I’m seriously considering a return to GTO ownership.
Having seen the stand at Beaulieu, it brought all the old memories back - for me, no other car has ever been able to replicate the feeling of sliding back into the driver’s seat of a low slung GTO with pop-up headlights.
I think that’s enough misty-eyed Mills & Boon-ery for the time being. I’ll pop up on the forum a bit for the immediate future, just to get a feel for the frequency and spread of events, and keep an eye on the for sale / classified pages just in case one catches my eye.
Welcome along Lee, nice to see you here, as you said you haven’t got a car so we can’t badger you for pictures.
Whereabouts are you in the country, there is also a members map, so if you join up you can see who is actually near you.
Hey and welcome. There are some beauty’s for sale ATM.
We do a lot of events across the country, probably in the region of 15-20. There is a future events page with date list at top:-)
Welcome along mate…great to have you here…we would never hold the scooby thing against you would we @CDMH
But now your here we can help to convert your back.
Dave
Welcome Lee. As you may have guessed @CDMH diverted to scoobs for a while and then came back. I have a Mk1 (pop-ups) for sale at the moment. If you are interested then drop me a PM and i will give you all the details.
Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone. I promise not to take any of the “non-man’s car” comments personally… sob.
I’m borders of SE London / NW Kent, about a mile from the Dartford Crossing.
I’ll have a potter round the site for a while and familiarise myself with some of the regulars on here before looking in earnest at the classifieds, just as a recap to myself if nothing else.
@maxxbradley, thanks for the heads-up, it’s a smashing example you have there.
I’m a new member myself, based up in Scotland. It took the plunge and bought one, and somehow ended up with 2! (well, 1 GTO, 1 3000GT )
I’m the same, just love the look of the mk1. At least I’ve got spares now for breakdown(s)
Let’s see the pictures before you make the 90 mile drive. A lot can happen on that first cruise!
Driving mine down the road from Elgin to Falkirk and the OSR brake seized on! With no tools whatsoever in the boot (cheers bloke who sold me it) I was forced to call the AA, pay 150 quid to join and then wait for a dude to turn up. Thankfully, managed to free off and lubricate the piston to get me home for the remaining hundred miles.
Anyway man, Enjoy!
Scott F
Here’s the twins getting a good carbon clean a couple of days ago…
Thanks all. To those who haven’t seen this thread before, or didn’t scan through the earlier posts in it, this is my second GTO although I’ve had a 12 year lay-off from them. The first was an impulse buy and I was a lot more naive about cars of this nature at the time.
But I always vowed to get back into one if I ever had the money, wisdom and the mechanical know how. It seems I’m now at that stage. Took long enough!
Weather reports suggest Saturday is going to be a scorcher, so it’ll be ideal to get my own photos of the car - which I will then provide for your delectation.
