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Dec 13, 2006 13:47:23 GMT
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Did it come from up York area or was that another red early body Javelin with a 390 and 9" rear? If you ever want to sell let me know as I always fancied one of these. Mine's actually orange and it came from down near Brighton originally and before then I believe it lived down Norfolk way as to the original importer was a US serviceman. I believe that most of the modifcations were dome before it reached these shores in '77 and I know it spent a good deal of time just being used for drag racing. Apparently back in the day it was good for mid 11's but that was with a crazy cam and a 4.86 diff. It now had a milder cam and a a 3.5 rear end to make it more street friendly. As it is it's run 13.01. The diff is staying as I'll be running smaller wheels but the cam is going back in ;D It'll be a good while before I part with this one as i've not really had any enjoyment out of it yet but if and when the time comes you'll be informed
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1962 Datsun Bluebird Estate - 1971 Datsun 510 SSS - 1976 Datsun 710 SSS - 1981 Dodge van - 1985 Nissan Cherry Europe GTi - 1988 Nissan Prairie - 1990 Hyundai Pony Pickup - 1992 Mazda MX5
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Dec 13, 2006 13:48:42 GMT
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If I get the hump with niggles on the Volvo, I remind myself that my Dad just paid out £300 to have the door mirror replaced on his Rover 75 ;D That's almost what the entire Volvo cost.....and it always starts and runs really well.
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Peugeot 307sw - Suzuki SV650S - MX5.
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Dec 13, 2006 15:46:43 GMT
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My 2CV is pretty trouble free but good grief is it scary in these winds! Being blown all over the M1 at 70mph is pretty terrifying!!
But, you have to live with the foibles. If your old classic plays up, you sort of expect it (and enjoy it all the more when it is trouble free). When your shiny, new, heavily-financed car breaks down, you want to kill people.
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1986 Citroen 2CV Dolly Other things. Check out my Blog for the latest! www.hubnut.org
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Stu
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Dec 13, 2006 16:08:57 GMT
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Alastair - just to cheer you up, we've just got a brand new (56 reg) car and it's not that inspiring... a VW Fox 1.2L 3-cylinder! Much prefer my old cars, even when they don't work! You'll be pleased to know, and not suprised to hear, that I haven't bought it of course, it's a courtesy car while the Lupo is at the dealer getting a fix done on a recall. To say it's bland is the understatement of the year... I'll be sticking to old cars even though they can drive you mad!
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'89 BMW E30 325i Sport, '04 MINI Cooper S, '09 Volvo V70 D5
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Dec 13, 2006 17:22:52 GMT
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who cares, it looks so damn hard ;D
fingers crossed you get it all sorted soon
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once again rocking with 1117cc and 4 gears!
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Dec 13, 2006 18:05:39 GMT
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i prefer driving old cars,its hard to describe exactly why but the nearest i can get is that its more involved.most of these so called driver aids make mistakes and are fallible,and i've had more close shaves because of them then they have avoided.also i think that modern cars are hyped up to a point where an aura of invincibility takes precedent over common sense.with an old car you tend to drive defensively and you fell more vunerable so take less risks.all these airbags and pyrotechnic devices seem to lull people into a false sense of security.driving an old car is more direct,it does exactly what you want it to do,not what the commitee of microprocessors agree to let you.if i want to do a skid ,i can,if i want to do a wheelspin,i can.but if i had abs and traction control i wouldn't be allowed.heres an example that happened to me when driving a modern,i went round a mini roundabout and hit a patch of diesel,now if i was in an 'old 'car it would be a case of a bit more lock and a bit of right foot to stop the nose running wide and to pull the front round,but the committee intervened and cut the throttle ,so the slide continued and i hit the kerb.now if it had done what i wanted ,nothing would have come of it,instead i had a scuffed alloy and a small queue of cars narrowly avoided shunting me in the rear.
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Dec 13, 2006 19:43:19 GMT
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lets not become another modern v. old thread! keep her lit Al, you'll get there in the end!
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Dec 13, 2006 20:30:32 GMT
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a least you'll only have to fix the problem once, then its plain sailing for a while. my capri's cooling issues have reared their ugly head again, one new core plug rotted out in 6 months it might have been less, I can't remember. I did the head gaskets andsome core plugs early june, and some more core plugs about 3 months later, I don't give a monkeys when this year I did it, core plugs should last 8 years FFS! its engine out to do rear cylinder head core plugs on a capri, grrrr. I think the block is toally silted up, I have flushed it but I guess theres a load more rubbish in there time to strip, get the block tanked and rebuild. all old car's break, to remind us whos in charge. heres a cheery quote
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Dec 13, 2006 21:25:45 GMT
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lets don caps and buy trailers and 53 plate legacy/525tds wagons! yaaaaaay! w00t! and all that, chaps.
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Dec 13, 2006 21:30:26 GMT
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It is for these reasons that I have just got rid of my Golf and bought a late Escort. Auto chokes are a complete ball-ache on old cars generally (and Capris and golfs in particular) and I got fed up with constantly patching up my daily driver to keep it running as it meant the Mini never got touched. So why did you buy an Escort? I can guarantee it'll be more trouble than the Golf before long.
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Prius T-Spirit, Alfa 156 Sportwagon, Alfa 75 TSpark Veloce, Mazda MX-5 1.8iS Honda VFR750FT, Ducati 750SS, BMW R100RT, Hongdou GY200
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Dec 13, 2006 22:11:57 GMT
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heh heh. Hopefully all the "stage 1" niggles will be dealt with on the weekend....
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Colonelk
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Who'd own old cars?Colonelk
@colonelk
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Dec 13, 2006 22:35:42 GMT
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To cheer you up a bit, my parents serviced their Trooper today for £750
YES £750!!!! Thats more than my carlton and its first 2 years of maintenance cost me!
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To cheer you up a bit, my parents serviced their Trooper today for £750 YES £750!!!! Thats more than my carlton and its first 2 years of maintenance cost me! Fookin 'ell - that's extortionate! Was it just a normal service, or was there a lot wrong with it? I recently had the Amazon's rear axle reconditioned (inc all removal, dismantling, new cw&p & reassembly etc) for less than that!
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
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Who'd own old cars?Davenger
@dminifreak
Club Retro Rides Member 140
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Yay, whingeing about old cars! Don't get me effing started. Replaced the whole iginition system, fiddled with the mixture, checked the vacuum pipe to the dizzy. Sodding mini still runs on when it gets hot
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oi, daveyboy. check the idle speed su's love to run on if its too high.
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Old cars go wrong just as much as new ones, except when new ones go wrong it's an ECU fault and it has to get towed to a dealer and the repair will be £500 or summat.
When old ones go wrong it's a 10p part that breaks, and you end up bodging something back together with two tie-wraps and a bit of chewing gum and it gets you home OK.
All that ever went wrong with my Scirocco in 12 months of ownership was the coolant header tank sender sheared from its thread. I managed to drive home stopping every few miles to let it cool down, rang GSF who had the £6 part in stock, it was fitted within the hour.
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Never trust a man Who names himself Trevor. Or one day you might find He's not a real drug dealer.
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Dec 14, 2006 10:37:54 GMT
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Yay, whingeing about old cars! Don't get me effing started. Replaced the whole iginition system, fiddled with the mixture, checked the vacuum pipe to the dizzy. Sodding mini still runs on when it gets hot Reminds me of the Maestro I got rid of recently. That was a pig for it. Played around with stuff and it got worse. I could get out of the car (taking the key with me), unlock my other car, remove my tools, open the bonnet on the Maestro and it was still chugging away! Never cured it suggesting a de-coke was the only trick left.
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1986 Citroen 2CV Dolly Other things. Check out my Blog for the latest! www.hubnut.org
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Dec 14, 2006 11:40:46 GMT
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Just ordered the headlight switch. Supplier reckons I don't need to do the fusible link as well. Nice. Parts will be with me tomorrow. £30 +VAT for a headlight switch though! Thing is it doesn;t just do the headlights, it acts as a dashboard voltage regulator and runs stuff like the remote boot lid release and such cack through it too...
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
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Who'd own old cars?Davenger
@dminifreak
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Dec 14, 2006 13:06:05 GMT
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It idles at 800rpm matey
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Dec 14, 2006 13:26:14 GMT
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eh?
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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