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On Sunday I picked up another car ! After speaking to a friend about whether he knew anyone who was selling a cheap veedub he pointed me in the direction of one of his mates who had the car cluttering up his drive. He had to get rid as he had another on its way so I got my girlfriend to drive me down to york to pick this beauty up ! After checking the levels and tyre pressures, we set off back up the a1 to northumberland and the car didn't miss a beat. Its got a bit of surface rust here and there, the clutch doesn't have much travel and the brakes might need a bit of attention but hopefull it should back on the road soon ready to ferry me to uni in september so that I can take the rallye off the road over winter. Hopefully work will start this week and I'll also be giving it a bit of a makeover !! ;D
**pictures to add once photbucket decides to work !**
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My cars always write cheques that my wallet can't cash...
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My cars always write cheques that my wallet can't cash...
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'88 VW Polo Coupe Smilfordcubicle
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That looks like a wreck.  The brakes probably don't need attention, they came like that out of the factory. |
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hahah ! rat stylz is how I roll !! ;D
you're probably right about the brakes. they just didn't seem to match the pace of the car ! hahahah
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My cars always write cheques that my wallet can't cash...
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'88 VW Polo Coupe Smilfordcubicle
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Terrible brakes, terrible steering, but they are a lot of fun. Hope you make something of it because the Coupe S is quite rare now.
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Yeah I know ! It will live again though !!!
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My cars always write cheques that my wallet can't cash...
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Nice. These are a very neat little car, funny how the breadvan one looks so wrong but these look so right. Is it the 1272 engine? i bet its great fun to hoon about in. Nice one.
Whereabouts in Hexham are you? I used to live in Haltwhistle.
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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'88 VW Polo Coupe Smilfordcubicle
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1272cc, Pierburg carb' and 55bhp. Quite torquey though.
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Last Edit: Jun 13, 2007 9:47:48 GMT by milfordcubicle
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Jun 13, 2007 10:04:51 GMT
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Hmm, 43bhp per litre, thats pretty abysmal actually, worse than an Austin Ambassador single carb or even a C-reg Toyota Space Cruiser (both 45), not as bad as the benchmark Aussie market Mitsubishi Sigma 2.6 however with an 80's yank-rivalling 39.
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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'88 VW Polo Coupe Smilfordcubicle
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Jun 13, 2007 10:21:21 GMT
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It's only got 5bhp more than the 1093 engine, I can't work out how they managed to get so little power out of it. Tuned for torque? It's got a mega 73 lb/ft of stump-pulling power.
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Last Edit: Jun 13, 2007 10:21:37 GMT by milfordcubicle
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Jun 13, 2007 10:40:43 GMT
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Nice. These are a very neat little car, funny how the breadvan one looks so wrong but these look so right. Is it the 1272 engine? I bet its great fun to hoon about in. Nice one. Whereabouts in Hexham are you? I used to live in Haltwhistle. Cheers dude. I actually live in Wark, up near bellingham but I work in hexham. Where are you based now ? |
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Jun 13, 2007 10:41:29 GMT
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By the way guys, this car is gonna be all about mpg !! I love the 4+E box !!
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Jun 13, 2007 18:11:11 GMT
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i kept the coupe S box when i converted mine
to MPi, easily goes off the clock with more to go.
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Jun 13, 2007 18:13:41 GMT
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Is the 4+E 'box especially long-legged?
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Jun 13, 2007 18:46:46 GMT
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Just get it slammed and fit a roofrack and beetle chrome eyelids and it'll look ace !  |
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You've been telling me you were a genius since you were seventeen ... in all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean !
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Jun 13, 2007 19:02:21 GMT
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Is the 4+E 'box especially long-legged? aye, tis the cruising box. |
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Jun 13, 2007 22:47:23 GMT
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the E stands for economy ! Its like overdrive and its a breath of fresh air after driving my rallye with its ultra close ratio box !!
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moomin
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Jun 14, 2007 10:55:54 GMT
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it'll do a ton down hill well my 1300 breadvan went off the clock once but then again they are highly inaccurate |
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Jun 29, 2007 13:10:08 GMT
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here's my first (and i hope not the last) update: decide to start small and work up as I've never done anything like this before. the bootlid is in pretty good nick really but there was a bit of bubbly rust around the lock barrel so I decided to get it off ! the cars getting painted anyway (just with rattle cans - don't get excited ;D) heres the boot at the start:  the car had a vinyl covered numberplate recess which was a bit ratty so I took that off and then removed all the badges and the lock barrel.   I rubbed the rusty spots with sand paper/wet and dry and then skimmed a bit of filler over the pocked bits round the barrel. I also filed the hole for the lock barrel as it was a bit tight coming out. I then did one coat of 1k etch primer and then another coat of normal primer. This is how far I got:  I also decided to paint the badges so they've been primered ready for paint tomorrow:  last shot is of my pimp spray bench - ;D  hopefully more to come asap ! |
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update 2: my sunday was spent doing this - I took the bonnet off and d/a'd it. then put a coat of etch primer on, a coat of primer and then put two coats of satin black on it. I also did my airbox cover as well but the finish is curse word so its getting done again ! bonnet in primer:  airbox lid in primer:  my finished badges:  I was quite tempted to run it like this, letting that fire breathing motor run wild and free !! ;D   and this is the finished product:   more updates soon ! |
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The brakes probably don't need attention, they came like that out of the factory.
