a Grand day out Grommit

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sold a few essex bits to a bloke in Bedale, he asked for my help to get his engine running, so i popped down there this morning,

heres the 3 litre essex in question

 

...in his trike

 

C3 autobox, home made linkages, home made frame, BMW diff and shafts

the engine was missing a carb, alternator, throttle linkages and kickdown cable, and no vacuum hoses connected,

 

similar design to the 2 litre pinto one he has outside

MPG: 12 to the gallon

 

he raped a mk3 cortina for bits power and clocks

 

he said: there from a 74 cortina

oh, what did you do with the shell and stuff, says I

he said: cut it up and weighed it in

 

then off to the seaside to visit a banger racer who has some Mk4 Zephyr bits for me

 

a few pics of his compound

1.8 Chavalier sri ragtop, wrecked by local kids - he says he's up for a swap on this one - he wants a micra/festa/nova to race

 

latest addition P5 is a frilly, and engineless

 

nice mk3 Zed car I am trying to persuade him to sell me

 

japbeast 300 and Trumph - the dolly is next to be sorted or raced

 

Jag (with a 2.5 transit diesel), P6 4-pot and an american estate

 

nice old jag/daimler and a decrepid vitesse

 

2X mgb and prefacelift granny

 

and tucked in the corner

can you guess what it is?

 

brace of beemers and a 105e, behind the touring is a bigblock caddy

 

shit brown moggy, 2 litre S cappa etc etc

 

better view of the Amazon

 

most of the stuff is potentially for sale, but he is slowly working his way through it and racing 'em - PM me if your interested in any of them, but he's no fool and knows the value of the spares

 

tomorrow he races a 1.1 micra - oh the shame

[barrett]

can you guess what it is?

Consul Classic?

 

The old Daimler needs saving!

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can you guess what it is?

Consul Classic?

 

The old Daimler needs saving!

wrong side of the pond

[barrett]

'58 Plymouth?

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'58 Plymouth?

....close - but no cigar

 

its a 1959 something

[FredTransit]

I lost interest when you said he cut up the Mk3 tina and weighed it in.....

[Cavcraft]

Shame to see that Cavalier convertable like that, one of the few Cavaliers I haven't owned and high on my 'wanted' list.

 

He's got some bloody good stuff in his yard there, looks like the ideal Autoshite day out to me, thanks for sharing.

[wuvvum]

I bought a Saab 900 Turbo from Bedale once. There are some scary hills around those parts - especially when you're dragging two tonnes of trailer behind a 1.9-litre diesel Ducato van and you meet a bus coming t'other way.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

How come that trike gets 12 to the gallon then, is there something wrong with it? (Apart from its general appearance of course). That banger geezer has some good quality chod, i'll take the BMW saloon please.

[VWPowered]

wow some interesting stuff there

[scaryoldcortina]

 

Those clocks are out of a series 2 mk2 cortina (base/deluxe spec) so it must have been a rather odd '74 mk3 (which would have has a facelift dash and square clocks anyway)

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10 points for Mr S

 

i never noticed, just took on board what he said

 

i asked him about the mpg thing, he couldnt tell me what revs he is running, i suspect 5K plus, from the speeds he was talking about, this might explain the poor MPG, and also the trike has a towbar, and it sits next to his trailor tent, so he could be talking about MPG with the trailor tent attached

[chaseracer]

Aerodynamics probably aren't too clever...

[406V6]

My guess for the yank under the blanket is a 1958 Mercury

 

http://www.plan59.com/photos/photos024.htm

 

Higher in the thread the "Vitesse" is a Triumph Herald 13/60