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Old 21st February 2021, 10:40 PM
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Old 22nd February 2021, 11:32 AM
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Bert bought him back in early 2020
Is that Noggy Bert or am I confusing different people?
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1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
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Old 22nd February 2021, 11:37 AM
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Is that Noggy Bert or am I confusing different people?
Yes youre confusing two people -

The Noggy person is Jose who has a D2 in noggy blue and various other cars in the same shade, and who had the noggy blue D4 S8 until it got written off .

Bert is our very own Professional Valeter and Detailer Editor and A8 photographer extraordinaire and he has a black S8 with a D2 Doctor manual gearbox conversion and now VOD
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Old 22nd February 2021, 11:43 AM
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The Noggy person is Jose who has a D2 in noggy blue and various other cars in the same shade, and who had the noggy blue D4 S8 until it got written off .
Jose (DeBardi), of course, that's what a year in lockdown post-retirement does for you! Didn't know the D4 was dead though...

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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.).
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!

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Old 22nd February 2021, 12:07 PM
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Jose, of course, that's what a year in lockdown post-retirement does for you! Didn't know the D4 was dead though...
If memory serves, he had to take evasive action from a tractor and trailer and ended up sideways. Pictures were on Facebook. Main thing is that everyone in the car was okay.
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Old 22nd February 2021, 12:28 PM
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he has a black S8 with a D2 Doctor manual gearbox conversion and now VOD
More info please Neil pics???

That’s 3 that I know of in existence in the UK now?
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Old 22nd February 2021, 12:42 PM
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That's the one I built - the thread is on here somewhere.

There will probably a 3rd by this afternoon though, as I've been working with someone on a proof of concept for a new design clutch pedal (my original was far too heavy) and it appears to be working
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Old 22nd February 2021, 01:19 PM
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I just have completely missed the update on that thread. I rember there was done work going in but never knew it was finished.

Ok, so that’s 1 of them. The 2nd I know of is the gentleman on here with a green D2 (apologies his username escapes me), and the 3rd one is a guy up in Birmingham who I found on Instagram who used to work for the Spyker racing team who converted his one a few years back.

So will that be 4 very soon then?

One might say they’re getting common now
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Old 22nd February 2021, 04:56 PM
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and the 3rd one is a guy up in Birmingham who I found on Instagram who used to work for the Spyker racing team who converted his one a few years back.
Interesting - I never knew there was another. Any pics of the conversion?
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Old 22nd February 2021, 11:41 PM
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Interesting - I never knew there was another. Any pics of the conversion?
None unfortunately. He’s not huge into social media or forums, but uses Instagram from time to time.

To be honest when he first told me he had a manual S8 and he was in the UK I didn’t believe him. But then I saw a few videos of it driving and the engine tone on gear changes sounded nothing like the ZF equipped cars and that’s when I thought “ok, this guy is the real deal”.

He did the conversion about 4 years ago apparently using a LHD Audi S6 from continental Europe as the donor car. I’m not sure how much fabrication had to go into. We keep saying we want to meet up but we’ve been in lockdown for a while now. Once the weather warms up and the restrictions lift I might take a trip up to see him and try and get some pictures.
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