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spike60 Rank: Renault 16

spike60

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Requires leather jacket with an Eagle on the back

 

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https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-cars/corvette-c4/1269034346

I had a 1992 Corvette LT1 in Polo Green from 2007-12, 'twas a fab toy with 300bhp and 1400kg that I bought and sold it for pretty much the same price as this. With loud S/S exhausts I suspect mine was a bit more uncouth though. 2/10 as a daily car, 11/10 as a toy.

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Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Is this one of those ones that you need a barrel of gunpowder and a PhD in alchemy to start?

 

Sadly not. The D1706 was the first one with electric starter. When cold, it was run on petrol ignited by a spark plug, like an ordinary two stroke engine.

Once it was hot enough, it was switched to self igniting oil combustion, exactly like the former hot bulb engined ones.

It also had a significantly smaller cylinder with only 2.3 litres displacement, compared with the 10.3 litres of the old D9506 for example and created power via comparatively high RPMs.

 

To generally understand Lanzism, one must keep in mind that they aren't Diesels. They have single cylinder hot bulb engines, i.e. two strokes, fuelled by oil, or pretty much anything combustible, which is injected into the glowing cylinder head at each compression stroke and self ignites then. Thus in order to get them started from cold, the cylinder head has to be pre heated until red hot. The ones built before the D1706 are then hand started by means of inserting the steering wheel and part of the steering column into the hub of the RH flywheel and rocking the engine towards a compression stroke.

cros Rank: Renault 16

cros

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Yes, just insert the steering wheel to start it. I believe there was what was described as a 'rocking' starter motor but I know nothing more. Where have all the wonderful ideas gone?

Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Down history lane.

If I merely imagine one of those scared of everything weak weeds Junkdaughter #1 continues to drag in from the street starting a Lanz, I'm in stiches.

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wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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First-gen Mercedes T2 beavertail.  Unusually for an advert for an old recovery truck, the seller explicitly states that it isn't MOT exempt.

 

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  • Lacquer Peel and Junkman
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wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Cheap smiley in Billy country.  Plenty of test but needs a water pump - can't see that being too challenging a job on a DI.

 

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  • Lacquer Peel, Mr Laurence and Cavcraft
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Timewaster Rank: Isuzu Florian

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First-gen Mercedes T2 beavertail. Unusually for an advert for an old recovery truck, the seller explicitly states that it isn't MOT exempt.

 

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Only 4 years to wait.

lesapandre Rank: Talbot Tagora

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These redefine the word s l  o   w. 60bhp and 0-60 in.........................23 seconds. I had one....painful...only the 300 is not suitable for a German taxi driver

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