sierraman Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Phwoar!!! There’s a lot of animosity towards the Acclaim sometimes but in hindsight it was probably one of the best cars BL made in the sense that it just worked. You have to wonder what the Montego would have been like if they’d based it on the Accord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agila Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 I have a somewhat irrational hatred of these. 1. The woman who ran off with my Dad when I was 3 had one. 2. Together they had a son called Alex (which is basically the reg of your car) I can see the funny ironic side of this now. (37 years later #not bitter) In fairness yours looks lovely. sierraman, grogee and Mr_Bo11ox 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiperCub Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Another one for me to file under 'Never knew they even existed'. Reggo is from Norwich as my old GT185 was CEX and that was first reg'd in 'Narrch'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 blimey never heard of a turbo acclaim LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 15 hours ago, stuboy said: blimey never heard of a turbo acclaim You have now! Three grand on top of the basic car price, though...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 On 4/4/2020 at 10:12 AM, GrahamR said: Yes, 13" Kiwi Lineas. I've found a set. Just waiting on delivery. It was first registered in Norwich (Harry R. Fisk Ltd). Still retains the original number plates and rear window sticker. Info on Fisk's garage. http://vitessesteve.blogspot.com/2016/04/harry-r-fisk-and-kitchen-bros-triumph.html?m=1 The archive from Fisk's Garage is now in the local record office - which is probably based in Norwich. Give them a call they may have records relating to the sale of the car. Dick Longbridge, Shep Shepherd and GrahamR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamR Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 Gave all the Turbo components an inital clean today somewhatfoolish, LightBulbFun, Skizzer and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamR Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 5 hours ago, lesapandre said: Info on Fisk's garage. http://vitessesteve.blogspot.com/2016/04/harry-r-fisk-and-kitchen-bros-triumph.html?m=1 The archive from Fisk's Garage is now in the local record office - which is probably based in Norwich. Give them a call they may have records relating to the sale of the car. I have a fairly comprehensive history file. There was only a father and then his son that owned it before me. lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 10 minutes ago, GrahamR said: Gave all the Turbo components an inital clean today At least Turbo Technics are still around - maybe they could rebuild that turbo unit? Skizzer, GrahamR, Dick Longbridge and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 I wonder what the difference is between those carbs and the ordinary ones? I reckon those will be the trickiest bit of getting this lot running again. If the turbo spins over smoothly its good to go. S'pose you ought to check the actuator is OK too and that it opnes at roughly the right pressure, but even if it doesnt thats easily fixed. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Blow-through carbs are witchcraft frankly; best not to think about it too hard, just service them and bung it all back on. WCPGW? Keihin do make pretty good carbs though. grogee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 On 4/4/2020 at 11:14 AM, Dick Longbridge said: Near as dammit Metro Pepperpots aren't they? They do look the same, but Metro ones were 12". Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Saw this on eBay and thought of this thread. GEN-U-WHINE Harry Fiske keyring. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164192803761 somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisbon_road Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I remember the Acclaim as a great car. Didn't go too rusty, by the standards of the time at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavboy80 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 On 4/4/2020 at 10:12 AM, GrahamR said: Yes, 13" Kiwi Lineas. I've found a set. Just waiting on delivery. It was first registered in Norwich (Harry R. Fisk Ltd). Still retains the original number plates and rear window sticker. Harry R Fisk was the BL dealer in Stoke Holy Cross just outside Norwich. Sadly it's gone to be replaced by a few houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamR Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 A few more jobs finished incuding alloys and boot badges & decals Shep Shepherd, Dick Longbridge, inconsistant and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 I saw this in Welshpool about 5 years ago, didn't know they were a thing at the time and just assumed it'd been barried. egg, somewhatfoolish, Dick Longbridge and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Any updates on this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Just realised that @GrahamR or his brother live near me. I have had a chat with them once or twice when I have seen them working on various cars - they have some cool stuff - various 300ZX and a V8 cortina. If I see them about I will say we're asking about the Acclaim. mercedade, Dick Longbridge and CreepingJesus 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Now for sale sans MOT as spotted in the ebay thread: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275607469522?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=0jw_UTNQSb-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=FV05_6LQQo2&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 I had a (non-Avon) Acclaim, it was my 2nd car. In Oporto Red. All you L/HL/HLS peasants - OUT OF MY WAY! Mine was a CD. Headlamp squirters, electric windows, deep-pile* velour, digital clock... The list is endless*. The Honda bits were good. But it was a bit under-radiatored and kettled itself a couple of times. I do hope Avon upped the rad size a bit for the snail-equipped version. Brakes were crap, but so was everything else from 1984. It wasn't very good round the corners but then it came after a Mini. Most of all I remember it being about 7/8ths scale of Real Car. It was pretty tiny inside. Somehow four of us and camping gear went to Glasto in it once; the bootlid was held shut with a bungee cord. somewhatfoolish, lesapandre and rainagain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 I had an Acclaim HL as my first car. ELR 90 Y. Champagne (beige) in livery, and hilariously capable on an Essex backroad in third gear. Had an indicated ton out of it on my last day of ownership. I always chastise myself for not having dubbed it the Critical Acclaim. somewhatfoolish and lesapandre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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