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Ace concept. I have a hankering to strap a big fwd engine and box to the front of an austin 1100, leaving all the external panels standard of course! Keep at it i keep thinking of a T series turbo into a Maxi ..... (both swmbo and funds say no ......) |
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edk83
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Dec 17, 2014 12:08:58 GMT
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Looks like a lot of work! A year on have you made much progress.
I'm wanting to put a 1.8 vvc K series in my Allegro, wondering if I will need a subframe or not?
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Kieran
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Dec 17, 2014 14:44:32 GMT
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I was planning in fitting the subframe from a Rover 100 and mounting the 1.8 in that. It should fit straight on, you just need a 1.4 flywheel and clutch.
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The Ashby Jackson fleet:-
1979 Mini Clubman 1.8 K series
1978 Skoda 110r Project 130RS K-oupe
1978 Austin Allegro 1500 SDL Estate
1984 BMW K100 Sidecar outfit
1999 Yamaha FZS 1000 Fazer
1991 Kawasaki ZXR400 race bike
2002 Kawasaki ZX9r race bike
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retrolegends
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Just found this searching through my bookmarks, did you ever get any further with it 64impala? |
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edk83
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Jonny did you ever finish it? Also any chance of any info on the rear coil conversion?
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Last Edit: Apr 6, 2016 20:09:29 GMT by edk83
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Last Edit: Dec 1, 2016 10:43:45 GMT by 64impala
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edk83
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Awesome! I'm really glad you are continuing with it, is it being done by Retropower?
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Lincolnshire(shire), the home of crappy BL cars with ridiculously big engine swaps......
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"The White Van is strong with this one...."
Chris "Chesney" Allen 1976-2005 RIP
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how can I not bookmark this and wait patiently for it to come together. I have fond memories as a small child trundling around the Cornish lanes in the back of my great uncles 4 door , it was like something from the future after his old wolsey 1500....and my old manual 827 vitesse was just the most amazing car , that Honda engine really is something else. my only concern is that the final drive may be a bit long.... not sure what the rolling radius of those 14"s are? please see it through!!!!
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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retrolegends
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Nice to see this resurface.
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There have been a few rumblings on Instagram and Twitter over the course of the past week that this project may be resurfacing very soon. I hope that is the case as I'm quite keen on this.....
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edk83
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Yes I'd like to see the cooling solution and if they need any help with the rear suspension, I had to use 1250lb springs in the end.
I spoke to Jonny a while back and the car was being transferred to a place in the Midlands to be completed, that was the last update.
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Yes we need updates on this, can't beat a sleeper.
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Love Allegros. Love stupidly over engined Q ships. This has both things going for it. Progress report please.
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This definitely still exists and is a glorious thing. I happened to stumble upon it last week.....  |
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edk83
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Jul 28, 2019 22:22:47 GMT
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Cool, Jonny did say it would be going to you guys to finish but that was last year sometime, or maybe even the year before!
Is it going to be progressed soon? What are the plans for a cooling solution?
I'm running the same rear suspenion idea and even with 2000lb springs it's soft.
Just in the process of getting some coilovers made by Protech that are going to be super stiff, the old Spax I used were not upto the task.
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retrolegends
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I see it’s suffering from the sinking fuse box issue that most Allegros suffer from. 😂
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Cool, Jonny did say it would be going to you guys to finish but that was last year sometime, or maybe even the year before! Wouldn't have been us. I'd never seen it or even spoken about it until a couple of months ago when Jonny put some photos and info up on Twitter with regards to planning to get the project moving again. I think you may see some updates soon, but for the moment it's still living in the lock-up garage where I saw it being dragged out from! |
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Jul 29, 2019 10:11:02 GMT
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I wonder if it's Severn Valley Motorsport it's heading to?
Although not fully sleeper their qashqai R (gtr chassis and mechanics under a standard qashqai body was as close as you can get with that level of mechanical transformation.
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edk83
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Jul 29, 2019 10:42:13 GMT
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I think Retropower were mentioned.
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