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Mar 28, 2014 13:28:54 GMT
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The Avenger was the first car with a moulded plastic front grille...
Harris Mann also redesigned the Morris Marina into the Morris Ital - Ital Design productionised the plans as ARG were too busy getting the Maestro/Montego ready and as a 'Thank You' named the 'new' car after them...
The Morris Marina TC was the first car ever to have red pinstripes around the grille to denote a 'sporty' design...
Rover built two or three 4x4 Rover 75 estates using LandRover Freelander running gear; one at least survives, the other(s) were still in Longbridge when the Chinese started crushing stuff and so ended up in containers of scrap..
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored
Rover 75 - Barge
MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer...
MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored
Project Minion........
Can you see the theme?
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Mar 28, 2014 13:37:16 GMT
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Triumph sent Michelletti a Herald in '66 to turn into a hatch back, he ofcourse did a sterling job and sent this back, even adding a kick up on the back window long before BMW added it for extra strength in the D pilar.  Triumph in their strange windom looked at it and went ...nar, who know why no funds, didn't think their was a market. Who knows how well it could have sold at that time they were pinning the future on the Toledo and the Herald was left to die. Normal these still born prototypes get destroyed but this was saved but left to rot and was found half beried in garden, the hatch top hat was grated onto a good body and restored to this.  |
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Mar 28, 2014 15:34:36 GMT
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Mar 28, 2014 18:55:04 GMT
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In the hundred years of its existence, Aston Martin has manufactured 65,000 cars – 50,000 of them in the last 13 years.
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Mar 28, 2014 19:41:44 GMT
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The first car in the world to have a bonded windscreen was the TVR Tasmin/Wedge series. Lancia Beta Coupes and Spider had those from 74 well before the TVR Wedges. Don't know if they were the first though. They switched to conventional screen seals from about 79. The ridge down the middle of a Morris Minor's bonnet is from when they decided the clay buck was too narrow and they cut it down the middle to widen it. The Peugeot 309 was originally designed as a Mk2 Talbot Sunbeam Lancia once accused other car makers of 'excessive quality' That will do for now! |
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Mar 28, 2014 23:21:40 GMT
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The C230 Kompressor, was first Mercedes to use a supercharger in 50 years
The VG series engine (as used in nissan 300zx started in 1983 becoming Japan's first mass-produced V6 engine.
The Honda 2.5 engine used in Rover 800s was Honda's first production V6
From 1985 the VW Golf GTi is the only hot hatch to continually have a 5dr model available
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Mar 28, 2014 23:30:56 GMT
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The first car in the world to have a bonded windscreen was the TVR Tasmin/Wedge series. Lancia Beta Coupes and Spider had those from 74 well before the TVR Wedges. Don't know if they were the first though. They switched to conventional screen seals from about 79. This has been discussed in detail in other threads, but GM vehicles had bonded screens from the mid 1960s. For example the '67 Chevy Camaro, HK Holden, etc. |
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fred
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WTF has happened to all the Vennies?
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LEXUS is an acronym for 'L'uxury 'EX'ports to 'US'
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'79 Cossie ran Cortina - Sold
2000 Fozzer 2.0 turbo snow beast
'85 Opel Manta GSI - Sold
03 A class Mercedes
Looking for a FD Ventora - Anyone?
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fred
Posted a lot
WTF has happened to all the Vennies?
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Lancia Beta Coupes and Spider had those from 74 well before the TVR Wedges. Don't know if they were the first though. They switched to conventional screen seals from about 79. This has been discussed in detail in other threads, but GM vehicles had bonded screens from the mid 1960s. For example the '67 Chevy Camaro, HK Holden, etc. Think - don't quote me, But the F.D Vauxhalls were the first to have Bonded windscreens in the UK back in the late 60's  |
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'79 Cossie ran Cortina - Sold
2000 Fozzer 2.0 turbo snow beast
'85 Opel Manta GSI - Sold
03 A class Mercedes
Looking for a FD Ventora - Anyone?
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Rich
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The VG series engine (as used in nissan 300zx started in 1983 becoming Japan's first mass-produced V6 engine. And the first car it appeared in was the Y30 300C / Cedric. |
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Mar 29, 2014 18:18:46 GMT
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The VG series engine (as used in nissan 300zx started in 1983 becoming Japan's first mass-produced V6 engine. And the first car it appeared in was the Y30 300C / Cedric. The Cedric 4-door H/T Turbo Brougham (1982 / K430) was Japan's first car with a turbo engine LEXUS is an acronym for 'L'uxury 'EX'ports to 'US' ARCONA was an acronym for Austin Rover Cars Of North America |
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Mar 29, 2014 20:49:10 GMT
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1907 saw the first ever purpose built racing circuit built in uk a little place called "brooklands"
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Mar 29, 2014 20:52:47 GMT
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Ayrton senna helped with the development of the honda NSx and it was also the first ever production car with an all aluminium monocoque ,which was advanced for its day
Senna also owned a black NSx too
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Mar 29, 2014 20:54:26 GMT
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In some saabs in the on board display you can actually play a game called pong
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Porsche
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Kev from B'ham.
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Mar 29, 2014 21:07:08 GMT
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Even though the trade mark of a "real" Porsche is it's rear engine layout. The original Porsche 356 was mid engined, but the production version had the layout changed to lower costs. I know this photo is a model, but it shows the layout well.  |
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scimjim
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Mar 29, 2014 22:20:43 GMT
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Hitler wanted a Nazi Europe to drive on the left, favouring right hand drive cars. We drive on the left for very practical reasons. Before the motor car, we kept our horses to the left in order to prevent clashing swords, which were commonly on the left hand side, for right-handed people to withdraw. This was naturally practiced on wider tracks and 'roads' when pulling carriages. This created. Kerb-side of the carriage, so the rpremier frequented there. No, Hitler did not.. By 1940, Only Hungary and Sweden were using right hand steering wheels. When the German started sending troops to Romania and the Yugoslavian invasion was due the german troops caused many accidents in Hungary. Therefore Hitler (Hungary was allied with them) asked the Hungarian governor to change the traffic rules. It happend in two steps; In the country, they chenged it in 06.07.1941; In the capital city (Budapest) 09.11.1941. Between the dates, all road were controlled by the Gendarmerie (Csendorség), and they directed the traffic back to the left in the edge of the city. Also trilanguar (German, Hungarian, Italian boards were erected that said: "Drive on the left!". The changeover in the capital city was pretty amazing; all the workers were on duty in the workshops.. Cut new doors on the right side of the bodywork of the buses and trams and closing down the old ones on the left. Also, pretty of roadworks were done during only one night, rebuilding roundabouts and junctions, removing platforms and traffic islands, building new ones, changing the traffic signs, etc.. Sweden drove on the left despite most of their (imported) cars being LHD. Ignoring a previous referendum (in the 50s), the government changed to driving on the right at 5am on Sunday September 3, 1967. |
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Mar 30, 2014 22:16:58 GMT
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Ayrton senna helped with the development of the honda NSx and it was also the first ever production car with an all aluminium monocoque ,which was advanced for its day Senna also owned a black NSx too The first all-aluminium body - 1933 Riley Nine Kestrel |
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Mar 31, 2014 11:30:02 GMT
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Ayrton senna helped with the development of the honda NSx and it was also the first ever production car with an all aluminium monocoque ,which was advanced for its day Senna also owned a black NSx too The first all-aluminium body - 1933 Riley Nine Kestrel And it's going to be at Goodwood FOS this year with the launch of the new one with a V6 and electric motors to help it along! |
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Mar 31, 2014 12:01:30 GMT
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The Ford Corsair was the first car (at least in the UK) to use board printed circuitry...
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Mar 31, 2014 12:02:53 GMT
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Ford is introducing a luxury upper level to their D segment vehicles Mondeo, S max and Galaxy, those names will be removed and replaced with Vignale..... What the heck-a-doodle was wrong with the 'Ghia' tag...?! |
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