Brian Damaged
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Dec 20, 2011 22:02:38 GMT
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You've got some Renualt rims and some Ford rims in that list (plus two sets of aftermarket wheels) - have you checked that any/all of them will fit the PCD of the Daewoo?? Personally, get JamesP to stick 2" into the original steels, refit the original tyres, slap those hubcaps back on, sort the ride height out. By the time you've done that, I don't reckon you'll be any more out of pocket than any of your options, but you'll be in a different league in the aesthetics stakes. What he said.
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Brian Damaged
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Dec 19, 2011 23:52:40 GMT
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Pics don't do this justice, I snapped it at last year's Autumn Beach Party....it really is uber-straight. Smashing car. Free bump.
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Brian Damaged
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Dec 18, 2011 21:42:18 GMT
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It's basically the same lump. It's not that nice with a turbo on, though....I've driven both Escorts and Mongdildos with TD lumps in...not that pleasant.
My mate had an 1800 non-turbo Escort van, same age...once they get a bit old 65-75 is about normal on the flat, any more than that and it's VERY good. Toby's had 170k-odd on the clock and we used to chase road rallies in it in Wales, so it can't have been THAT slow.....
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Brian Damaged
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Good luck with this, as I've found with the Beach Party, meets DO take a while to get off the ground, so don't lose heart if the first one has a low attendance. Keep at it, bosh pics up on RR straight afterwards, create a buzz. They WILL come. And by way of inspiration, check this pic out, taken at Retro-Breakfast, which was the first event I ever 'organised' back in April 2007. FWD XR2-powered 100E. The owner left Glasgow at 2am, picking his girlfriend up en route from her job as a barmaid in a nightclub....they then drove 270 miles down the M74/M6, necked a breakfast, spent all morning wandering round the cars, then set off back to Glasgow just after midday. 540 miles in that for a fry-up. Good luck with it!!!
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Brian Damaged
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Dec 17, 2011 22:08:04 GMT
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Jesus H Christ Almighty. best photothread from a Mooneyes Christmas party I've ever seen. Awesomes. This: My new wallpaper.
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Brian Damaged
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Garages at night picsBrian Damaged
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Dec 17, 2011 10:11:28 GMT
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My favourite A52 shot (well my favourite one that was taken on a freezing cold day last December, anyway). ;D
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Brian Damaged
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This is superb. You WILL be needing to grow that porn-tastic tache back though, amigo.....and I hope you've got some brown Pittard's leather driving gloves on your Christmas list.
The 907 lump had its troubles, but like others from the same period (Stag V8 etc etc) it now has the benefit of 30-40 years of enthusiast knowledge and club/specialist backup. A bit of research, a careful recomission, and all will be fine I'm sure.
If you need anything from Paul Matty's give us a shout. His place is about 90 seconds' drive from Damaged Towers. ;D
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Brian Damaged
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Here's mine. Haven't seen it yet, can't think why. ;D
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Brian Damaged
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Thanks for all the replies . I'm surprised at how unpopular they are really, the ride and performance are remarkable. The Pug is in very good condition LHD in silver with blue velvet interior. So the likelihood of it being one of, if not the only 505 turbo petrol in the country is pretty high then? Big French cars have never been popular over here. The 505 was probably the last of the old-style 'quality' Pugs (my ol' man's got a '61 403 Berline as well, now THAT is one classy ride.....right up there with the Ponton-era Mercedes in the fixtrures/fittings/engineering stakes), but never sold over here in vast numbers. The same goes for the 605/Renault Safrane/Citroen XM.......I love 'em. And yes, I'd say that's pretty much unique. Mind you that doesn't make it worth any more, Dad's 505SRDT is the only one left and that cost him £600 6 years ago. ;D
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Brian Damaged
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Dec 14, 2011 20:40:37 GMT
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Yeah, they're not a major problem as a daily. Depends on what you expect... Around 25mpg Really very loud inside. Not the easiest things to drive (more like a small tractor than a big car). Things go wrong, my parents chopped a 20 year old 90 for a 3 year old 110 and reckoned to be paying similar amounts on finance for the new one as they did in repairs for the old one. On the upside though, they're quick enough and will be happy to sit at 60mph. A td (F reg is pre 200tdi I think?) will probably do 70 ok, but it will be LOUD! Time like this it might be advisable to cover half the radiator, else it might never get up to temperature. -One more point, consider security. They aren't all that hard to nick and are very quick and easy to strip. All the above.....but make sure you check that engine thoroughly. The 85bhp OHV '19J' 2495cc TD lump fitted from 1986-1990 was an absolute dog. Stories of cracked pistons, cracked blocks and dumping pints of engine oil into the air filter housing (due to a badly-designed breather system) causing the engines to run away and self-destruct are commonplace. Most Defenders (or to give them their proper title 'Land Rover Ninety'...the Defender name wasn't used until 1991) of that age have been re-engined with 200TDi lumps, only the air intake hose and exhaust need to be changed.
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Brian Damaged
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Dec 14, 2011 20:03:23 GMT
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Morgan are only open during the week at the minute, I deliver there a couple of times a week. Factory visits: www.morgan-motor.co.uk/sales/visits/opening_times.htmlI've borrowed Daddy Damaged's MGB Roadster a few times in winter, there's something immensely satisfying about a roof-down blast with the heater keeping your toes toasty. That's given me a great idea for a day out over the Christmas holidays.
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Brian Damaged
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Dec 14, 2011 18:58:57 GMT
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I'm lucky in that I live almost slap-bang in the middle of England, so nowhere's too far. The Gathering? 38m SW. Area 52? 71m SW. Beach Party? 113m SW. Ace Cafe? 108m SE. Plus I spend anywhere between 6-12 days/weekends away with the lads in the rally team in the summer, either spectating: Competing: Or Marshalling: On a local level, I've got RR member Phenomenator living across the road with his good lady and collection of Volvo Amazons/Austin A55's, Rodit lives a stones' throw away and my fellow Citroen-loving compadre Sidewinder is a 10-minute drive from Damaged Towers. There's no West Midlands RR Meet at the minute. A SHOCKING state of affairs, which explains why I ran this up the metaphorical flagpole and got a good enough response to give it a try: retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=eam&action=display&thread=116159
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Brian Damaged
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Dec 13, 2011 18:21:43 GMT
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The Simca engine in the 505 Turbo was a big-bore development of the old Chrysler 180 engine from the 1970's. Also used in 2.2 non-turbo form in the Matra Murena/Talbot Tagora and in the ill-fated Citroen BX-4TC Group B rally car.
It's certainly rare over here, but even if it's RHD I can't see it being worth that much unless you find some one who really wants one. 505's were never that popular in the UK (except with my old man who has had five of them and still runs an '86 505STDT as a daily), most of them have been deported (by fair means or foul) to Africa where they LOVE 'em.
Coxy had a VERY tidy '89 2.2 Douvrin (Renault-designed) engined 505GTi for sale a few months back, even at under a grand he had no takers.
Bosh some pics up, you never know.....
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Brian Damaged
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Jalopy MagazineBrian Damaged
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Dec 13, 2011 18:07:12 GMT
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Quite possibly the single most entertaining car magazine ever produced. I wish I'd kept my collection, unfortunately they got skipped a few years back in one of my periodical (excuse the pun) clearouts.
The only magazine where reading an article on one would actually make you want to go out and buy an FSO Polonez even though you knew just how sh1t it would be. Legendary.
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Brian Damaged
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Dec 11, 2011 22:09:39 GMT
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If someone can get em down to mine (B61, just SW of Bham) I can get them down to you for the post-Xmas A52 bash. I pass Stoke in the wagon on occasion but it's on Tracker
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Brian Damaged
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Dec 11, 2011 14:13:12 GMT
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i'd drop a 6 cy TD in there and be differant ;D Nissan RD28T FTW. 35-40mpg and sound like this:
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Brian Damaged
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Too many variables involved. ....but less variables that you've got right now, where seemingly an entire generation has grown up incapable of controlling a vehicle properly without relying on myriad 'driver aids' to extract them from bother. Call me a curmudgeonly old b'stard, but in my book anyone who can't drive without Electronic Brake Force Distribution, Parking Assist, Satellite Navigation, Reversing Camera, Lane Change Assist, Side Assist, Blind Spot Assist, ad nauseum......shouldn't be behind the wheel. Ever. They already make perfectly good vehicles to carry these people around in complete safety. They are called buses. I'm actually all in favour of total control of vehicles by computer. Just not the system we have now, where morons use technology to supplant their own lack of driving skill. {/rant}
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Brian Damaged
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Bumpy Bumpy.....
This is your chance to acknowledge someone/something you've enjoyed in 2011. Run a nomination up the metaphorical flagpole and see who salutes it!
;D
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Brian Damaged
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1988 Badass mk4 EscortBrian Damaged
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YOUR RIDE-YOUR WAY. It's yours, do what thou wilt with it. Everyone else's opinion is a total irrelevance, positive OR negative. If it gets you down the road with a big sh1t-eating grin on your face, it's all good.
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