gutted at banger racing

[fordmad]

I just found out about a banger meeting which is all capris and cortinas and was gutted to hear that about 66 capris are gonna be there up to now, including mk 1, 2 and 3, watching that would bring me to tears

[C4PR1]

Where's the meeting taking place dude??

[Jayman]

I blame the government

[fordmad]

Hi
The meeting is at Swaffham Raceway on the 21st of July and they currently have 181 capris and cortinas entered. including 3 mk 1 capris.

[rich_jc]

Makes you sick doesn't it? All the rovers and vauxhalls sitting aroud in breakers yards, and they have to go and ruin classic fords. CCI should be on this case.

Rich

[Caprigear]

Whoever is using them to banger race must be paying a fair price to get the cars in the first place, I'm always struggling for enough cars to keep my stock levels up. Most of the cars that are ideal for breaking are way overpriced from a spares point of view so maybe the banger boys are getting those.
Personally, I don't understand the whole banger thing. Any car whatever the condition can always yield some parts, quite often the worst loking cars can have some real gems but once the cars are destroyed then it's all gone.
As for CCI getting involved - how? get them to buy up every car that comes up for breaking in order to keep them away from the banger track. What then, he has a whole stack of cars/spares that no one will buy as the majority of people on here and other forums won't deal with the guy so why would he want to get involved.
I don't like to see the cars end up this way but if certain people want to buy the cars and do this then its up to them.

[pbar]

Here's a link to this -

http://allcortinabangers.co.uk/

I guess the only way it will stop is if hardly anyone goes and they don't make any money. Maybe we should turn up and protest, like hunt saboteurs do.

[rich_jc]

As for CCI getting involved - how? get them to buy up every car that comes up for breaking in order to keep them away from the banger track. What then, he has a whole stack of cars/spares that no one will buy as the majority of people on here and other forums won't deal with the guy so why would he want to get involved.
I don't like to see the cars end up this way but if certain people want to buy the cars and do this then its up to them.

True true, I was just venting. It's a shame to think some of those 66+ cars will have been in good nick, maybe even still road going.

Rich

[c.turff]

Whats worse still is some of those cars will be stolen. there was a spate of it in northamptonshore. peoples pride and joy was being stolen for banger racing. if my car ever wound up on a track i would end up inside for a very very long time

[pbar]

We need a very rich Capri fan, with the wealth of say, Richard Branson or Alan Sugar. Who loves them so much that they will buy any forgotten ones and store them safely, saved for the future. They don't even have to be that rich really. Keep doing the lottery.

[Terra-Kotta]

Makes you sick doesn't it? All the rovers and vauxhalls sitting aroud in breakers yards, and they have to go and ruin classic fords. CCI should be on this case.

Rich

I think CCi have broken a lot more than 180 odd in the name of profit.

Hoping to be at this event. If none of you have been to real bangers before its great to watch. Better than watching modern crap fall appart with a tap.

[Terra-Kotta]

Also after the meet is over there's no better place of picking up pintos. I'm taking the van

[Terra-Kotta]

Whats worse still is some of those cars will be stolen. there was a spate of it in northamptonshore. peoples pride and joy was being stolen for banger racing. if my car ever wound up on a track i would end up inside for a very very long time

Are you saying banger racers are thieves. That's quite bangerracerist.

[gilley576]

It's not all bad, really.

Think about it....... They are usually shells which will never pass another MOT, or have been uber damaged in a accident......

Also They free up interiors and other parts that aren't needed for banger racing. In my eyes it's a last hurrrah for the cars..... Plus it just goes to show how well build the cars were, that's why they last far longer than the others on the banger track!

[vp-reynolds2]

If you want to stop it you just need a dodgy looking guy turn up to the event and an anonymous tip off of a terror alert.
I'm game, someone get me a false beard and a brief case.
Ill close that shit down myself

[Bug]

If you want to stop it you just need a dodgy looking guy turn up to the event and an anonymous tip off of a terror alert.
I'm game, someone get me a false beard and a brief case.
Ill close that shit down myself

Hmmmm? A hoax terror alert just 2 miles from RAF Marham, one of the biggest remaining bases we have? OK pal, you're on your own there

[rich_jc]

If you want to stop it you just need a dodgy looking guy turn up to the event and an anonymous tip off of a terror alert.
I'm game, someone get me a false beard and a brief case.
Ill close that shit down myself

Joking about the above on a public forum.

I hear the weather in Cuba is nice this time of year?

Rich

[wayne smith]

as an x banger racer off 22 years every car i raced got stripped and sold for pats to keep others on the road not all banger racers r thieves i get all my bits off banger lads b4 the meeting there trying to get a auto jumble for the bit they don"t use

[pbar]

This 'event' is mentioned in the latest CCI magazine also.

[atomic4]

Must still be painful to watch from a capri point of view.