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RoverFolkUs Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

RoverFolkUs

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12 minutes ago, horriblemercedes said:

Are they not just the original wheels? 

Huh, seems you're right having googled it. 17" "Meteor" wheels. Seem to be quite uncommon.

I'm just not a fan of them! Sorry Rover 

lesapandre Rank: Talbot Tagora

lesapandre

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15 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

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1970 Austin Cambridge A60 Half-Ton van on column. | eBay

'Half-ton' is probably how much metal it's shed, sadly.

These were in production 1957-1973 - based on the new 1954 Austin A40 body tub.

BMC were keeping the body pressings and B-series engine in production - selling a 1954 based vehicle as late as 1973. 

I can't think what also used the B-Series by that point* - maybe some other of their commercial vehicle offerings and of course the MGB. To add spice to the mix they badged them Morris as well...

Ah the wacky world of BMC. Incredible to think that by the time they dropped this 50's dinosaur the new Ford Escort van had been in production...5 years.

They were OK vans - I remember seeing them about - but very old fashioned and dynamically challenged.

They rusted very nicely (they were unibody not chassis based)  and consequently even made as late as '73 seemed, I recall, to disappear off the roads pretty quickly. The nicest iteration is the pick-up. Any viable survivors make good money these days.

ORMSBY OF SCARISBRICK are still going - they sell church furnishings - so this probably had quite light use which explains it's survival. 

https://ormsby.co.uk/

*full list follows

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MiniMinorMk3 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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57 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

 

I can't think what also used the B-Series by that point - maybe some other of their commercial vehicle offerings and of course the MGB. To add spice to the mix they badged them Morris as well...

 

Marina, Land Crab, J4 Van all used Bs at that time.

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Dick Cheeseburger Rank: Talbot Tagora

Dick Cheeseburger

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17 hours ago, egg said:

£7k tho.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/187125720722364/

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It's lovely, there's no denying it. Didn't the standard GM tidemark on these stop below the side trims rather than an inch above though? I'd be doing some checks with a magnet for £7k. 

Edit: I stand corrected! I can't quite work out why GM didn't end it lower down. I guess it could be to follow the line of the top of the front bumper. Odd choice though.

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Asimo Rank: Isuzu Florian

Asimo

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1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

1973. 

I can't think what also used the B-Series by that point

Merceds 207 commercials.

lesapandre Rank: Talbot Tagora

lesapandre

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39 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Marina, Land Crab, J4 Van all used Bs at that time.

Ah yes thanks - the 'B' was used  in the J4 up to '74, Landcrab up to '75, the Marina to '78 and even the Sherpa to '78. MGB used the engine up to the end in 1980.

Looking on t'web the diesel version of the B hung on even longer and built under licence in Turkey - and there was a marine version too - popular in narrow boats apparently.

Possibly still in production in some remote factory 😂

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grogee Rank: Isuzu Florian

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1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

Ah yes thanks - the 'B' was used  in the J4 up to '74, Landcrab up to '75, the Marina to '78 and even the Sherpa to '78. MGB used the engine up to the end in 1980.

Looking on t'web the diesel version of the B hung on even longer and built under licence in Turkey - and there was a marine version too - popular in narrow boats apparently.

Possibly still in production in some remote factory 😂

Everyone has their own unicorn. This is mine: B-Series diesel

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horriblemercedes Rank: Lancia Gamma

horriblemercedes

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5 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

229,000 miles.

 

Probably 229 head gaskets.

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Probably not - head gasket failure is pretty rare on those. I've never come across one myself

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New POD Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

New POD

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2 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

It's lovely, there's no denying it. Didn't the standard GM tidemark on these stop below the side trims rather than an inch above though? I'd be doing some checks with a magnet for £7k. 

Edit: I stand corrected! I can't quite work out why GM didn't end it lower down. I guess it could be to follow the line of the top of the front bumper. Odd choice though.

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No the tide mark stops above the trim. 

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wuvvum

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8 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

229,000 miles.

 

Probably 229 head gaskets.

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Nah - L series doesn't really do head gaskets.  I've never had one let go.

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wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

wuvvum

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6 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Ah the wacky world of BMC. Incredible to think that by the time they dropped this 50's dinosaur the new Ford Escort van had been in production...5 years.

But the Peugeot 404 pickup had another 6 years to go.  BMC weren't alone in dragging out old platforms for commercial vehicles.

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RoadworkUK Rank: Lancia Gamma

RoadworkUK

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I wonder how many fewer grand that RS2000 was when the vendor snapped it up in lefthanddriveland.

garethj Rank: Isuzu Florian

garethj

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1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

The first Apollo 3500 GT cars were powered by the all alloy Buick 3.5 V8, that became the Rover V8.

Hell yeah!  This is what I wrote when I created a model kit 

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Ferrari 275?  Jaguar E Type?  Cox Cheetah?  Kellison J6??

No, it’s an Intermeccanica Apollo, the bodyshells were styled and built in Italy then shipped to California to be fitted with the Buick V8 engine, the one that was to become the Rover V8 a few years later. The company founders reasoned that while the looks of a Ferrari were very desirable, the fact that a set of carburettors cost more than an entire American V8 engine was uncomfortable for some owners. Wouldn’t it be great, they said, if you could get European GT looks and still get it serviced at your local garage for Buick prices? And there was the question of reliability too; European sports cars of the time weren’t at their best in the traffic of the West Coast, American cars were made for this kind of punishment. Milt Brown, Ron Plescia, and Ned Davis must have been giddy with excitement at this idea, it couldn’t possibly go wrong!

They approached Carrozzeria Intermeccanica in Italy with some sketches of a car that looked like a Ferrari but with E Type proportions, underneath they planned to use the 1961 Buick Special with its sophisticated four link trailing arm suspension which used coil springs instead of the more common leaf springs. Reports of the time compared it favourably with the Corvette and even the much more expensive Aston Martin DB4 and Ferrari.

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Sales were steady at 2 cars a month, but the demon of small companies everywhere – cash flow and lack of investors – was soon causing trouble. Production lurched to a new owner in Texas which soon failed and went back to California to a different owner. Sadly the whole operation folded after just 88 cars were made.

In 1967 Disney Studios had contracted Max Balchowsky about preparing two Apollo GTs for their forthcoming film “The Love Bug”, he worked with Carey Loftin (as they worked on the Mustang and Charger for Bullitt) to get the cars ready for filming. Balchowsky made several modifications to strengthen the car for its high speed work. You know the final stunt in Bullitt where the Charger crashes and explodes? That was done with Carey Loftin’s “tow and release” system where he drove the Mustang towing the Charger then released the cable letting the driverless Charger crash. Exactly the same system was used with the Apollo releasing the VW here

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