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Are they all rear wheel drive?

Sleeping in the Roadrunner tonight with Sonic.

I gave the interior a good clean today and it came up okay, just need a new horn and it's ready for an MOT. 

3 hours ago, St.Jude said:

Did it fail that badly you refuse to acknowledge it's existence?

Is that the garage with the old boys who said they ran the Krays out of Brum?

Don't know about the Krays..... it failed on blowing exhaust, rear brake imbalance and headlamp aim because of mismatched units. I will be fixing it obviously 😀

Very versatile thing's trucks. You can even skateboard in them 😀

On 16/07/2021 at 12:10, Noel Tidybeard said:

erdington?

Yup

Can anyone identify this?

Getting back to nature 😀

1 hour ago, eddyramrod said:

Very much, but what has he got and how much does he think they're worth?

I got all these for £20. Don't know if that's good or not. 50p per small loose car.

Anyone want anything?

3 hours ago, Three Speed said:

Scoobidoo?

Already had a Subaru......

The Sportcross has more miles on it than my 1991 Volvo 940 but it drives like a new car, how the do the Japanese do it? 😀

How badly will it fail..... Place your bets now 😀

The ultra rare pure black SC100 spotted in an urban environment.

Cedric parts assemble 😀 He is visiting DFTR Automotive tomorrow to be assessed for accident damage repair.

2 hours ago, catsinthewelder said:

Yamaha moped?

It has four wheels 😀

I am not able to meet my commitment of paying for Biggles by the end of the week so I am being charged storage fees 😞

Of £1 per day 🤣How will I afford it haha? Nick is a great guy, honestly if you want any military vehicle I can recommend Tank's a Lot as the man is a delight to do business with.

Have a random Stolly picture

Picked up the Sportcross 😀 I love it 😀 It's much better than my old one no offence @sims00 @tom13

Black has black interior, new battery, double din stereo with screen, starter button, short shifter, and saving the best for last it's got rocking horse shit because yes it has the towbar 😀It's pictured with my LS430 which will in January next year be donating it's lovely 3UZ to go in the Sportcross!

About the short shifter, Ricky casually mentioned it just as I was about to drive off..... OM fucking G it's only the best gear change I have ever experienced in any car I have ever driven bar none, standard six speed which will take the 300BHP of the V8 no problem.

That's now relevant again 😀 I love Japanese cars. Worked out earlier I have had at least one Suzuki (It all started with a white 1983 Suzuki SJ410 soft top reg A343 FLX, my first ever car) Nissan/Datsun, Subaru (Impreza) Honda* (Triumph Acclaim but it's really a Honda Ballade so it counts) Mitsubishi* (Proton Saga but that's close enough right? Toyota/Lexus,  Mazda (323 RWD estate) I think the only one I am missing is Isuzu (would love a Piazza)

I do have a secret purchase that I haven't collected yet which is Japanese and 1960's and not from a brand I have owned previously 😀 It's not an estate though so when it gets revealed it will be elsewhere.....

Going to frame this for my office wall 😉

@Talbot

Decided I am going to keep the 940 after all 😀I paid £300 for it so it owes me nothing and I am loving smoking around in it, it will probably end up with forced induction eventually though as the only thing better than one turbo brick is a pair of turbo bricks 😀

Found high res scan of the Setright article 😀

Now I need to go to Finland to fetch Cedrics spare bonnet I am actually going to follow @LightBulbFunsuggestion and take the Roadrunner. I should be able to find an excellent breaker Volvo 200 and maybe even a cool Nissan, Saab (never owned one would love an estate) or Volvo..... Or who knows what I could find in a Scandinavian scrapyard....

So the Roadrunner will be prepared for a 4000 mile round trip.  We will need comfy seats (Rangerover Classic) decent stereo, air conditioning, turbo Cummins 6BT, different axle ratio depending on how he cruises, electric windows, central locking, think of all the toys you get on modern trucks applied to a 1988 Leyland.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/292385158800

Meep meep horn just because 😀

Of course a Volvo comes with a free IKEA pencil 😀

Got it rolling and ready to be trailered tomorrow with help from @puddlethumper and @tommotech

1 hour ago, garethj said:

I built one a few years ago, got a LHD car from Sweden because I wanted it to be authentic, welded in the roof section from a sunroof car, fitted a high ratio gearbox from a 1500 but kept the narrow axles, added a camber compensator and Porsche 356 brakes too because I wanted it to be a copy of the #2 stunt car from The Love Bug which did most of the racing scenes

Painted it L87 Pearl White on the outside and grey on the inside like the film cars, sourced the correct radio, aerial and even blanked off the VW badge because the 1969 film cars didn’t have it.

I’ve driven all sorts of cars, several Tatras, a Ferrari… nothing made people smile like this

That looks stunning 😍

5 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

I just found an interesting variation.

https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/181682-moc-retrospective-alvis-stalwart-6x6/

 

I should have enough vintage Technic lying around to build that 😀