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Posted 22 January 2009 - 04:15 PM
1986 Austin Montego (Exec)1988 Fiat Uno1986 Volvo 340 DL1991 Ford Escort 1.6
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#8372
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Posted 22 January 2009 - 04:16 PM
What story is this then? Sounds interesting.Exactly that. Strange but true. I have no idea how many they sold in Japan either, probably 37 or less, which makes the idea even more ridiculous. Hope they squeezed 'em before paint, but knowing how much the Mk3s rust, it probably wouldn't have made much difference.I haven't! How was that done then Mr Welfare? Bodies put in an enormous vice on the production line?we've all heard the story about Mk3 Cortinas being compressed at the rear door shuts for the Japanese market.
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Posted 22 January 2009 - 04:24 PM
Shiteless for the foreseeable future
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Posted 22 January 2009 - 05:31 PM
There's the Police Mk 3 in the Pink Panther film(can't remember which one)in the chase with the Mercedes Limo & the Datsun or Toyota Taxi.Think that was Hong Kong,but near enoughI didn't know that Ford even sold anything in Japan in those days, let alone Mk3 Tinas, but that's what it says.

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Posted 22 January 2009 - 07:12 PM
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Posted 22 January 2009 - 10:22 PM
Because Japan has the same rule of the road as Britain, the small number of European Fords sold there were shipped from Dagenham rather than Cologne. However the Japanese road tax system was based on width because the roads were so narrow, and the standard MKIII bodyshell was marginally too wide across the rear wheel arches to slot into a particular tax bracket. The ingenious workers on the body line at Dagenham devised a "Heath Robinson" device whichcould be fitted between the rear wheel arches of a bodyshell before it recieved its final welds and tightened up by opposite-threaded screws to pull the wheel arches together by the requist amount. Tack welds were then applied to hold the bodyshell at the right setting: if it sprang back too far when the screw device was removed, it was just put back on the line for domestic consumption and no one was any wiser.
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Posted 23 January 2009 - 12:09 PM

Shiteless for the foreseeable future
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Posted 23 January 2009 - 08:42 PM
http://cgi.ebay.co.u... ... mobiles_UK?
Expensive

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http://cgi.ebay.co.u... ... mobiles_UK?
Ideal for the Autoshite beige club
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Posted 23 January 2009 - 08:45 PM

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Posted 23 January 2009 - 09:55 PM
http://cgi.ebay.co.u... ... 0292404159
I would drive UP TO 87 MILES in order to 'hit that'.
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Posted 23 January 2009 - 09:57 PM
Shiteless for the foreseeable future
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Posted 23 January 2009 - 10:12 PM

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Posted 23 January 2009 - 10:19 PM
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Posted 24 January 2009 - 12:32 AM
That is:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PEUGEOT-404-UXD-diesel-pickup-LHD-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ120365329734QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?
http://i11.ebayimg.com/08/i/001/2b/c6/13...
a) French

c) diesel
d) gorgeous
e) eight miles from me.
I feel a bid coming on.
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Posted 24 January 2009 - 12:55 AM

WTF is 'german look'? Listening to the fuggin skorpions while combing your mullet?.
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Posted 24 January 2009 - 07:56 AM
A man of exquisite taste! Back in the days when I could afford to run Yanks , I had the pleasure in owning a boat tail. Blue, white vinyl roof, white interior, but with a low rent dashboard that Moskvitch wouldn't have dared to let pass the factory gates. Towed a caravan with it, which got some looks, but depleted the already ruinous fuel consumption down to about 8 mpg!
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Posted 24 January 2009 - 08:29 AM
Those things are ruinous if not running LPG - an ex-colleague had a 190E 1.8 slusher and we worked out it was doing 20-22mpg.http://i5.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/2b/fa/e92...
http://cgi.ebay.co.u... ... 0333639345

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Posted 24 January 2009 - 09:06 AM
Holy shit on a stick.Look at this Sid & Doris spackamatic special! £400!
http://i15.ebayimg.com/02/m/000/a1/65/be...
http://cgi.ebay.co.u... ... 0292404159
I would drive UP TO 87 MILES in order to 'hit that'.
Designed using ruler only - check
unpopular colour - check
Spartan inside -- check
Small pushrod donkey - check
Slushmatic - check dingalingalingalingstoptheclock
£98.10 train fare to Ipswich
Cock.
back to negotiating on that Saab then.
I will get an affordably priced automatic shitter.

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Posted 24 January 2009 - 10:26 AM
I remember having a look at that very RHD Twingo back when I was a Twingo owner. Was a very good conversion. IIRC a guy in Ireland had done a lot of research into converting Twingos to RHD, produced this one as a demonstrator and then tried to sell the concept on a number of specialists.http://i20.ebayimg.com/05/i/001/2a/d0/5d...
Yes, it's a Twingo. But...
http://i18.ebayimg.com/01/i/001/2a/d0/6c...
...it's been converted to RHD. Looks like a pretty good job too. If only I weren't skint...
Trouble was, Twingos are only small so LHD is not an issue and cost was about £3500 to convert to RHD if memory serves.
My Twingo was almost exactly the same as that. Miss it

At some point I will have another.
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Posted 24 January 2009 - 10:59 AM

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Posted 24 January 2009 - 11:02 AM
'A POUND-SHOP JAY LENO'
CHECK OUT MY AWARD-WINNING SHITE-FIXING BLOG HERE
"THE 2.3 POWERTRAIN IS A SILENT IS AS A FISH, AND IT PULLS LIKE A GREAT"
"Full luxury cream leather with walnut fascists"
"Car shows are full of mentals talking tosh"
"I had no doubt it would pass, but unbelievably, to mine and the MoT tester's amazement, it passed"
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Posted 24 January 2009 - 11:47 AM
Always liked these.. are they that good?My Twingo was almost exactly the same as that. Miss it
At some point I will have another.
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Posted 24 January 2009 - 12:39 PM
Still seems like extremely good value even with that factored in though. It has got some T & T after all.Holy shit on a stick.Look at this Sid & Doris spackamatic special! £400!
http://i15.ebayimg.com/02/m/000/a1/65/be...
http://cgi.ebay.co.u... ... 0292404159
I would drive UP TO 87 MILES in order to 'hit that'.
Designed using ruler only - check
unpopular colour - check
Spartan inside -- check
Small pushrod donkey - check
Slushmatic - check dingalingalingalingstoptheclock
£98.10 train fare to Ipswich
Cock.
back to negotiating on that Saab then.
I will get an affordably priced automatic shitter.
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Posted 24 January 2009 - 02:57 PM
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