All the best Barbz to you and your family - Im sure that you will enjoy your change of life and change of scenery.

Will be in touch and over for a visit mate, just to keep a an eye on ya!!

Cheers for all you have done and experience that you have passed on to me and others that are far too many to list.

Now when do you want me to pick up your Coop to look after it for you until you get sorted????

lol@Hanny

What can I say?? End of an Era?!!

Its a Sad day for coop tuning

I wish you all the best barbz and many thanks for all the hard work you have put into my CARS over the years. All the tuning development and long hours doing various road tests

Good luck mate and I will see you soon

Markus

Hi Barbz, I have the polybushed wishbones you made for the last group buy, finally fitted 2 weeks ago at motor-mech, and they're running lovely, including a spin on the Nurburgring !!


All the best for your future plans !!!

Went round to Barbz' last night to see him packing up his workshop

Following on from that, Barbz is packing everything away. There is a couple of things that is being sent to me (small items) that i will post up if they are still available. Everything else is either sold or pending sale on ebay or the forum. If there is anything that you want, please pm me or phone barbz to arrange payment asap.

Ross

I must have just missed you John! I want a pro Kart now!

I've heard about this...

70mph?

Ross

will some one be taking over the business?? and carry on developing the coupe and new parts??

Doubtful. More likely it will be a continuation of supply of current parts and advice.

Ross

All the very best in your new venture.

You instigated various new methods of modifications and upgrades for the Coupe which in the "olden" days were quite often the trigger for some heated discussion.........this however was a real bonus for any enthusiasts using this forum as it allowed an insight in what was and wasn't possible from an engineering and performance perspective for the Coupe. Top stuff and something that is lacking a little these days.....too many experts! (In reality though real experts are few and far between.)

All the best,
Jules.

ps........you also knew how to drive the car properly......which is a big bonus in my book.

Not the only person to say this, who doesnt own a coupe no more.

Ross

Just wanna say thanks for all the work you have done barbz!
(sure you cant fit in a 2.4 conversion before you go )

Ive only had the coop 2 years, but it was always worth driving the coop 60 odd miles just for a service. Such an honest straight talking bloke.

I might have to get rid of her now :p.
Take care d0od and GL in what you do.

steve

Barbz,
Many thanks for the hard work and effort you've put into developing the coupe over the years, all the very best to you and your family for the future.

Good luck Barbz,
Top man, always on hand for any issue's/questions etc..
Hope you have a more relaxed life.

All the best,
Doug.

All the very best for you and the family.

You've been a gent and, like many others on her I can only say that it's been a privilege having your greasy fingerprints on my car!

Blimey - and here's me thinking it was just a 'holiday'!!

Thanks again for all the work, help and advice in rebuilding the coop.

All the best in Dubai!

Mark

Good luck Barbz,
Thanks for the turbine and all the advice you gave me and all the Fccuk members.
You will be missed.

I was lucky enough (Barbz was unlucky) to live close to Barbz so aswell as all my servicing and belt jobs he also got my coop paranoia jobs aswell.

"Car feels slow Barbz" Warm air

"Horrible banging noise, what is it Barbz?" My imagination?

Always able to fit me in so thanks a lot mate and good luck in your new adventure, thanks for the oil to.

silverinho, you had (imho) the best coop that ever got trashed - too bad it came to a crunchy end. What do you have right now?

Thanks freak it was a lovely car.

Old Plus.

I wonder how many forummers have got bits of my old car, it lives on!



Got a Honda S2000 now and am very pleased with it!

S2000

Still haven't taken a picture of it myself, my Nephew took this.

I was lucky to as I live 5mins drive away, what will I do now
To my suprise he just called and was still sorting out bits for me...top bloke!

Take care mate I know i've said it a thousand times already but thanks for everything! Owning the coupe won't be the same for me knowing you're not around i'll probably drive down your road now and then for memory sake (I know its in my mind but the car always felt like it drove better when leaving yours even if I just stopped by to say hi lol), I wont walk down the alley to your garage though...that would be freaky and I might get arrested! Chat soon and gd.luck.

Cheers
John Singh

May i ask, What does Mr Barbz want to do now ??. Another job or ?

He did tell me but I have a bad memory, um...something to do with importing American cars possibly, now where did I park my car again!

Thanks guys for all the supportive comments.

Transition to new management will take a couple of months, so in the meantime we are still offering most spare/tunning parts from our website, please send your enqiuries to torqueitalia@yahoo.co.uk.

Thank you
Barbz

Am i helping or am i dumped?

Good to see you arrived safe dude!

Ross

Torque Italia will still be around from what I gather

The new guys will make their presence felt I am sure.

Sure is a sad day Barbz to hear you leave the UK for a new life.

All the best for you & your family, as you said they have to come first

keep in touch, maybe I'll pop in when I'm back tracking soon

Taz

is the 500 bhpcoupe still for sale mate?tb

550 bhp for sale

and how many pennys wud sir be wanting for that,may i ask? thanks for quick reply bud