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I've just noticed it's a Connoisseur SE too! 😁

It's in bloody Leeds though. That's a 550 mile round trip which is a bit risky if I get there and it's a lemon. £1200 isn't much but it's strong money for a 75. 

MOT advisories for rear upper arms, which is a bit of a worry on them

I need to talk myself out of it. Lucky it's not an estate otherwise I would have been all over it! 

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13 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

I've just noticed it's a Connoisseur SE too! 😁

It's in bloody Leeds though. That's a 550 mile round trip which is a bit risky if I get there and it's a lemon. £1200 isn't much but it's strong money for a 75. 

MOT advisories for rear upper arms, which is a bit of a worry on them

I need to talk myself out of it. Lucky it's not an estate otherwise I would have been all over it! 

They are lovely cars when they're working, but needy buggers when they aren't.  Also they don't like being jet washed too enthusiastically.  And suspension bolts seize up.

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https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/2135288404.htm

Ce véhicule sera vendu aux enchères lors de la vente d’automobiles de collection, organisée par l’étude AGUTTES le dimanche 3 avril 2022 à Chantilly à l’occasion du Rallye d’Aumale.  Le catalogue numérique est disponible sur notre site internet.

 

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7 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

They are lovely cars when they're working, but needy buggers when they aren't.  Also they don't like being jet washed too enthusiastically.  And suspension bolts seize up.

I'm glad you have said that actually as that reminds me of why I got rid of my 45. It was getting to the stage where too many parts were becoming unavailable without an extended wait so it was no longer sustainable to keep it as a daily driver in the long term

I would be chopping a Ford Focus in for a Rover 75 and using it as a daily. Not the best of ideas really now I think of it.

I could run two cars at once, but don't really need to at all 

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15 minutes ago, OM646 said:

Renault Twingo 1995 c/ sistema easy Tavira • OLX Portugal

Clutchless manual 1995 Twingo with A/C. €1150

Renault Twingo 1995 c/ sistema easy

Renault Twingo 1995 c/ sistema easy

Renault Twingo 1995 c/ sistema easy

I worked for the company that developed the electronics for this autobox with AP (who are better known for racing car brakes).  We designed quite a complicated control system which lived in a watertight box under the bonnet.

The system worked well except for one street in Paris where the cars would basically double declutch when crossing a junction.  It was traced to some massive power cables running under the roadway which interfered with the car’s electromagnetic shielding 🤪

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10 minutes ago, garethj said:

I worked for the company that developed the electronics for this autobox with AP (who are better known for racing car brakes).  We designed quite a complicated control system which lived in a watertight box under the bonnet.

The system worked well except for one street in Paris where the cars would basically double declutch when crossing a junction.  It was traced to some massive power cables running under the roadway which interfered with the car’s electromagnetic shielding 🤪

I worked for Lucas Control Systems Products in Kiethley who made the solenoid for the clutch.  I was responsible for introducing single piece flow in a nagare cell.   

The solenoid sat in Oil. 

Customer was AP. (Lockheed?) 

At one point we did a design for assembly exercise and potentially we found we could reduce the parts count by 50% and reduce The cost by 60%. Don't know how far that got because all the automotive stuff went to Lucas Electronics at Holford Drive in Perry Barr, and I went to Lucas Car Electrical in Burnley. 

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A ZT-T Landspeed record attempt replica

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/2003-mg-zt-t-20-cdti-135-5dr-estate-diesel-manual/1427274697?

Something a little* bit different I suppose!?

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Hang on, HFM!?

FOUR BAGS !! 

This could equally belong in the bargains thread or 'WTF is that' thread!

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Early registration madness!

MK2 ZS on an '03 reg. 

These came along for the 54 reg I thought, and the earliest I've seen is an 04. But not an 03! Or am I missing something?

Unless of course someone has gone to the effort of face-lifting it themselves

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https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/mg-zs-hatchback-2003-manual-2497-cc-5-doors/1428330384?

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5 hours ago, High Jetter said:

My poor memory says AP was Automotive Products, Lucas competitor. Brake & clutch cyls, maybe aircraft stuff too? Might google if sober in t'morning

Lucas didn't do clutches. Lucas Control Systems Products was part of the industrial division, not automotive and were experts in proportional solenoids, and positional rotary actuators. 

The Keighley site had the automotive stuff ripped from them by a click of a computer mouse, and the management bought out the rest and branded it back to NSF controls. (National Switch Factory?) 

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