Renmure's new car.

[renmure]

Wow, that is lovely. One of my car fixations as a teenager. Top job!

Never knew that Ultimas had been around that long....

ouch!!!
That's gotta hurt!!

[Ferg]

Well it only makes the original design mumble mumble years old.

[renmure]

Some more additional pics:

I have had some side scoops made for it. Personal preference but I think it looks better with them fitted.















And to give some perspective on it...

[mwmackenzie]

I love it, scoops look great! Race car on the road throws me back to the 80's Hardcastle and Mccormick...

http://www.vintage-airfix.com/images/bo ... 960133.png

[Dominic]

Scoops look good. Bloody love that car!

[scott_e]

Big dog or low car ?

[renmure]

Big dog or low car ?

Bit of both I suppose

[steve_weegie]

Great looking car & great looking dog!

On a race round the garden, my money's on the dog

[GregR]

Bravo!

[van cleef]

Wow I would love an Ultima!

[scott_e]

Bit of both I suppose

LOL

I think BIG was an understatement.

[pete]

I love it, scoops look great! Race car on the road throws me back to the 80's Hardcastle and Mccormick...

http://www.vintage-airfix.com/images/bo ... 960133.png

I used to f*cling love Hardcastle and MacCormack.
He solved crimes because he had a fast car. Like a proto Knight Rider, although I think it was later.

We used to play the "how close to ten seconds can you get on your watch's stopwatch game" in the playground.
(I'm 90% sure that came from the tv show.)

[a4drk]

awesome.

[renmure]

Well, when I bought the Ultima, the guy I got it from said that "all the talent required to drive it quickly was in my right foot" which I translated into, "coming backwards to a hedge near you, soon!"

Anyhow, he was a high performance test driver at Millbrook and I ran out of talent on a bend. Thankfully there was no hedge. Unfortunately there was a bit of a verge... and a wall, but at least I wasn't going backwards (all the time)

So, over the last 6 months the Ultima factory has done some work on my car and I took the opportunity to upgrade some of the bits to the new Evolution spec. That included new double adjustable dampers, Evo extended wishbones and all the suspension gubbins that goes with that, new radiators and fans fans, race battery, Evo style carbon splitter, carbon light units and the new Evo LED lights, new tyres, new angled steering arms, new quicker ratio steering rack, different track rods, new wheel offsets, lighter forged wheels reducing unsprung weight, new damper design, stiffer front chassis, new front clam, new side windows and vents, full paint job, full frontal and flanks Paintshield self healing paint protection film, factory geo setup, road test and service, aircon service, and probably lots of other bits I can't remember. Before my excursion, I also changed the baffled silencers for smaller, lighter, unbaffled ones for more loudness and longer flames ...
























You get a better appreciation of how low it is compared to these two






The Ultima Factory were great in dealing with the Insurance company, who were also great. I am also in touch with 4 other owners here in Scotland (I think there are a few more as well) and there is a bit of a "community" thing. I might just stick to straight lines for a while tho

[mwmackenzie]

That is such a damn sexy wee car! what a spec too, well jealous, enjoy!