I bought my first scoob after a bit of researching. I had just got rid of a series 2 rs turbo and was thinking about a cosworth. I wanted an escort cossie but they were very expensive and i realised i couldn't use it as an everyday car and most i looked at had at least 1 engine rebuild and a few had pretty bad rust issues.
A mate had a uk classic scoob and i knew that could be used every day as well as a toyota supra turbo. So i started looking for either. I had a guy from an old company JVS (japanese vehicle sourcing) in edinburgh looking out for one in japan. The supras were more expensive so for the money i could get a better condition scoob. The one he had already brought in came up for sale on here. So i bought it.
The car...
I had this car for around 8 years. In all that time including track days, crail days and runs it never let me down. Things broke, sure, but it never stopped running.
The best break i remember was on the way to Playsatans i was driving it really hard down my local back road and started hearing a squeal. So i booted it to see if it went away which it didn't (not the recommended procedure). On arrival at Playsatan's i opened the bonnet to see one of the timing belt idlers poking through the cambelt cover. The wee beast still ran all the way there at full boost with a snapped idler bolt.
After that car went i was looking at either a newage, evo7 or 8 or a type r. After looking at a few i ended up with this...
I got this in N.I. for a very good price. It looks like the owner who had it before the boy i bought it from looked after it. Then the boy i bought it from ran it into the ground. So it's a good car underneath and i'll get it into a good car all round.
Everytime i look at it my jobs just seem to increase but it will get there. (Unless i sell it for a 911).
Johnny.