garethj
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Humber but with 2.3 Ford diesel and Rolls radiator. There’s a lot of conflict here, but I think the car lost 🙁
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@Kiltox should definitely rebody the Ami into one of these. He’d make a fortune!
https://www.facebook.com/share/Qmu6wEdrpfSnJvkU/?mibextid=79PoIi
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15 minutes ago, cort16 said:
Are these peak modern misery shite?
https://www.gumtree.com/p/fiat/fiat-tipo-easy-2017-for-sale-/1475563848
Like so much of the modern world, it wants the benefits with none of the downsides but always loses something in the transformation.
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2 hours ago, warren t claim said:
Even I wouldn't go as far as including that description to sell a spares or repair MG6 and that's coming from someone who offers a shag with a hooker as a sales incentive on a Hyundai.
If ChatGPT can write an advert in the style of Warren, it may be the best thing on the internet since LOLcats
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Fantastic work! I’d agree with egg’s suggestion of a new tank, it sounds like the early simpler one was superseded and they wouldn’t have spent all that money unless they had to.
Worth checking eBay or facebook groups to see if second hand ones exist.
If you want to persevere with the original one, pressure test it before cleaning it up. It would be shit to spend hours on it only to find pinholes everywhere.
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1 hour ago, grogee said:
I'll get the Jag fixed up. We can go on holiday in Monty's cottage
£2000est Warwick
https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/1969-jaguar-240-saloon-petrol-automatic/1475277581
It’s just nice to see one with its original style number plate rather than the modern silver and black bollocks.
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On 29/02/2024 at 13:47, Muniphobia said:
Another Chinese manufacturer by the name of Mecides...
They have a small car platform which has several designs which are inspried by some western brands, all with the dimensions altered to fit the platform they use.
G Wagon clone.
The RADNE RQVER
Aston DBX copy
CU Jimmy
Mini
Porsche
and the very(*) convincing Bugatti Veyron copy...
More (hilarity) here
What the actual fuck is going on with this one?😳
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Mildly fucked but solid and original Golf.
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Phoarr, you’d never sleep alone again. Whether you’d want to sleep with the kind of person who owned this, is another matter.
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Grim.
But ok if you really like the smell of back to black.
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Coupe Beirut taxi. Says it’s never been welded, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t needed it.
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Rare turbo nutter, back when nobody did it better than the Japanese.
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Only 70,000 miles on this Merc. No, I don’t believe it either.
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Live out your “people’s princess” fantasy without all that tedious mucking about of getting murdered by your estranged family.
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I think these diesels go a bit, especially when you turn up the wick. Obviously the wheels can FRO
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It’s 3 grand for something that makes less power than my strimmer, but it’s a really pure design.
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2 hours ago, Sigmund Fraud said:
Saab 96 (and 95) kept their column shift until the end of production in 1980.
That’s right, I had a 1978 95 with column change and a handbrake straight out of a railway signal box.
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My Tatra 603 had it, they were made up to 1974.
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4 hours ago, Boycie said:
Fair to say these prob the last of the American influenced Fords
Mk3 Cortina could probably squeeze through on a technicality.
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15 hours ago, Skizzer said:
Safety Devices are the kings of roll cages. They don’t list the 600 (or its Accord sister) for an off the shelf kit, but they do bespoke as well so may be worth a call?
I dare say there are cheaper options, mind.
Might also be worth DMing Richard Brunning on Twitter, he’s bound to know someone who does cages well.
Agreed. I used to work with a bloke who was there years ago and they 3D scan the interior to make sure it fits.
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On 14/01/2024 at 15:22, bunglebus said:
Mine was missing from my '68 - well most of it was. Think one of the arms remained but that was it.
Think they help prevent swing axle tuck-under too but I could be wrong
The z bar helped handling a lot but it was used in conjunction with softer rear torsion bars. It’s the softer torsion bars that make the rear grip better, the z bar acts as an assister spring (like you could get for cars in the 70s when you tow a caravan) and also, as Asimo said it works to induce rear roll.
You know how a front antiroll bar increases roll stiffness and gives understeer (reduces front grip), well this does the opposite and gives more grip to the axle it’s fitted to.
The pressing for the z bar was always on the inner wing, but it was only fitted to 1500s and some 1300s which had the torsion bars to match.
eBay tat volume 3.
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An early one? Paging @eddyramrod, obvs
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/386879159446?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=iiahamwqsac&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=y9xs1hiVQ9O&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY