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[peter9000uk]

Some supermarket shite

 

 

 

 

 

 

Porker shite

 

Down the town shite, this is a daily driver by some bint up the road from me

 

 

Merc shite

 

Rat look shite, also a daily driver. Owner lives the dream in an Airstream caravan which is towed behind this (wife got house)

 

 

 

 

 

My new Saab shite

 

 

Scooter shite

 

 

 

 

 

[eddyramrod]

 

Down the town shite, this is a daily driver by some bint up the road from me

 

 

Highlight!

[Lord Sterling]

 

Very nice, seen this Sterling before. Its still taxed aswell, I bet its elderly owned. I'd love to roll this right now.

 

 

My Dad had one of these a few years back when he was buying all sorts of oriental tat. I think it was one of the first I learned to drive in.

[peter9000uk]

Disabled bays at M&S and Tesco always good for a shitter or two

[Cavcraft]

Do those scooters belong to a friend Peter? If so any chance you can get him pissed one night and make him agree to sell me the Lambretta for £200?

[peter9000uk]

Do those scooters belong to a friend Peter? If so any chance you can get him pissed one night and make him agree to sell me the Lambretta for £200?

 

Yes indeed they do, best man at my wedding 25+ years ago. As for price, I think you might have to add at least another zero. Both of them started out as basket cases. He is up to six Lambrettas at the moment, but these are the only 2 restored. The yellow one is quite highly tuned with alloy barrel, reed valve at 28mm flat slide Mikuni. The other is a complete stock SX200 resto. All work inc paint carried out by Colin. He is a bit of a perfectionist with his Hot Rods as well.

 

He has got another 2 SX200 baskets cases coming in a week or so and has offered to build one for me to use, not own, just use! I can have free reign on the design & spec. All sorts of weird ideas have been running through my mind from SuperMotad type efforts with upside forks and watercooled motocross engines to choppers ala Orange County choppers to stock restos as the pink & grey one.

 

He is already trying to talk me into doing the IOW rally in August.

[Cavcraft]

I can well imagine Peter. Even 'basic' ones like the Li125 models can get good money these days. If you wouldn't mind asking what a useable (i.e MOT'd and running) SX200 can be bought for I'd be grateful as I'd sell the Vespa to get one no danger, cheers.

 

Quite tempted to get a rolling chassis and bang a modern automatic stroker 'ped engine in and tune it up a bit as a good one should pull like hell and be a bit more reliable.

[peter9000uk]

I can well imagine Peter. Even 'basic' ones like the Li125 models can get good money these days. If you wouldn't mind asking what a useable (i.e MOT'd and running) SX200 can be bought for I'd be grateful as I'd sell the Vespa to get one no danger, cheers.

 

Quite tempted to get a rolling chassis and bang a modern automatic stroker 'ped engine in and tune it up a bit as a good one should pull like hell and be a bit more reliable.

 

I shall endeavour to find out, Cav, however I suspect it will be into 4 figures (scooter scene tax applies)

 

 

I have alos been harbouring thoughts of an Italjet 180cc twin back end with engine somehow grafted into a Lambretta chassis

[Cavcraft]

That'd be ace! I expect riding an auto is a nicer experience tbh as I struggle a bit with the manual gears on scooters. Seen one or two on the web which have been converted so I don't suppose it's too difficult.

Most complete Lammys seem to make a minimum of £800 even as rough as arseholes, though I've seen some rough-ish later ones for about £1300 up, though these will be SIL (Indian) ones I expect. It's an Italian one I'd really like, ideally 175 or 200.

 

Damned right about scene tax of course, seen a few TV models hitting around nine grand!

[25v6turbo]

Ah yes Tescos at brooklands is always got the odd crap heap in there...

The Green 2000 i owned several years ago and have done a few odd jobs on it like replace the box,i ALWAYS regretted selling that,lovely colours and quite an early car,but i see it often enough..

[peter9000uk]

Dave those 21 Turbos are still sitting there waiting for you

[25v6turbo]

Hi Pete,yep i know,but not at the moment!!!

[Phrancofile]

How's the new 9-5?

[peter9000uk]

How's the new 9-5?

 

Absolutely lovely to drive, horrendous on fuel round town, acceptable on a run

 

Updated the PCV to the latest #6 kit from Saab as soon as I got it and dropped the sump and cleaned the oil strainer, all has been hunky dory since

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

Was it sludged up? What engine?

[Phrancofile]

Was it sludged up? What engine?

 

Up until 2004, there were cases where these engines were notorious for sludging issues. Requires doing exactly what pete9000 did. Other than that, these motors are bulletproof.

[peter9000uk]

Hardly any to be honest and very little crap on the strainer but I had that niggle in the back of my mind so did it anyway! These engines must be run on fully synthetic oil and as I didn't have anything in the way of history thought I'd better check it out, the oil there was very clean and the air cleaner was also so someone has been taking care of it!

 

Got the typical "service theft alarm" message but that can wait

 

It is the 2.0 LPT which the USA didn't get (B205)

 

Certainly lifts it's dress and gets a move on, was quite surprised after having an Abbott tweaked 9000 a while back.