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Mike D Rank: Citroen Ami

Mike D

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Paging Mike-d this looks like an ideal donor for his sports beetle. Sound engine but slightly borked body for 300 quid.

 

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http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/169769/1997-mazda-dakar-edition-leicestershire#.U_H3BqPcs70

 

FUCKSAKE MAN!!! I could have done with a bit of rest between expenditures! I'm off to get it on Thursday.... :shock:

EssDeeWon Rank: Renault 16

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^^^^^That blue Cambridge is literally over the road from Mr A. Dicky residence, I papped this back in June.

Jazoli Rank: Lancia Gamma

Jazoli

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An ex had one of these, the doors were ultra cool long before every shitty barried heap of shit had them retro fitted, the rest of the car was crap though, and slow being a weedy 1.5, I enjoyed driving around in it, just for the opening of the doors but I was young and impressionable back then.
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Angrydicky Rank: Lancia Gamma

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^^^^^That blue Cambridge is literally over the road from Mr A. Dicky residence, I papped this back in June.

Certainly is, the guy had a Wolseley 1500 until recently as well. He bought the Cambridge from up north somewhere, had it transported down but he is genuinely quite ill at the moment and can't drive, hence the sale. Looks a good 'un though, very clean.

dugong Rank: Renault 16

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221526199069

 

Has anyone ever tried one of these 1.8 Turbo Rover 75's? This one's only £300. The cylinder head is in the boot obvs.

Imagine a cement mixer with a turbo attached to it. While you're doing that, sit in a wing back chair while a kettle boils. 

 

Congratulations! That's what a 1.8T 75 is like. It really doesn't suit the 75.

 

A rough, vibratory K series is fine in an F \ TF but completely out of place in a comfortable barge like a 75. People say the the 2.0-litre V6 (equally unpopular) is gutless (and it is), but it's a damn sight smoother, which is a useful characteristic in a car such as this. 

 

The 1.8T is the most Autoshite 75 by a O\S Landranger mile. Not sure what it would do flat out. 132mph?

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cort16 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

cort16

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The brought out the turbo to replace the 2.0v6 as it had the c02 output of stream train and was being bummed by the new car tax and company car tax rules. No-one thought it was a good idea probably including rover.

mouseflakes Rank: Renault 16

mouseflakes

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Imagine a cement mixer with a turbo attached to it. While you're doing that, sit in a wing back chair while a kettle boils. 

 

Congratulations! That's what a 1.8T 75 is like. It really doesn't suit the 75.

 

I had an auto as a hire car once. The kick-down had the amazing ability of dumping you right into the most gutless part of the rev-range just when you didn't want it to. For example, just as you moved to lane two on the motorway to pass a slower car in lane 1, you give it some beans as you move right, then find yourself with a thrashing engine, actually dropping back from the car you were just about to pass, with herds of silver VAG products rapidly crowding your rear view mirror. Not nice.

 

Was comfy but verging on claustrophobic.

cort16 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

cort16

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I imagine it was a right lash together job given Rover has absolutely no history of turbo charged motors.

dugong Rank: Renault 16

dugong

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I imagine it was a right lash together job given Rover has absolutely no history of turbo charged motors.

 

Dunno, it didn't do too bad a job on the MG Metro \ Maestro \ Montego range. The latter was a sodding quick car for its time. 

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