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Yes I have posted this up here before. Still cracks me up every time. There is a long video with subtitles that covers the hole production process. It’s full of little funny bits like this. But also some clever stuff when’t into Making the Trabi. Also the Trabant rallying videos are entertaining as well.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Brilliant news, hopefully you might actually start to bond with it now it’s nicer to drive.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Here’s how it’s setup in my Trabant. It’s actually a really good fast shift once you get the hang of it.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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If you don’t make mistakes then you didn’t learn anything. This little beast is really starting to take shape. Something that might be worth getting is a set of step drill bits. Gives you a selection of sizes and no chance of snapping them.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Feb 20, 2021 23:18:54 GMT
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Nice truck. Reminds me of a trip to Iceland a few years ago. There was a load of these beasts running around the capital.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Feb 19, 2021 10:54:35 GMT
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A couple of years ago I was parked next to one at a classic car show.it was a bit tatty and had been off the road for a while. It was owned by a young lad who loved it. It got a lot of attention, and kind of looked at home parked next to my Trabant lol. Although it did mark it’s territory by leaking petrol every where.
Good luck with it, I’ll be interested to see how you get on with the three wheeled wonder.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Feb 15, 2021 23:25:31 GMT
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Look mean as hell. You should be proud of what you have achieved.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Feb 15, 2021 23:17:36 GMT
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Hi Norman Looks like you are really making some good progress. Makes me feel guilty for not doing anything on my A30 for a while. As for cleaning up the plug welds, I tend to use a power file with an aggressive belt. The main problem is finding a good quality belt that doesn’t snap at the joint. I bought some Bosh ones thinking that they would be good quality. But they kept falling apart. Got some cheap ones from Amazon and they were a lot better. Carry on the good work.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Feb 15, 2021 23:01:56 GMT
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Many years ago when I was in the motor trade, I would sometimes have to collect vans & 7.5t trucks from a van higher place. Every now and then it would be a brand new 7.5t Ford. But with just a cab and a bare chassis. Not even wheel arch’s on the back. They were lethal in the wet with so little wait on the back end. And if you clipped a curb on a corner the hole back would go flying into the air, and bunny hop down the road.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Feb 10, 2021 22:43:02 GMT
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Maybe you should turn it into a convertible, might be less work ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) Starting to think my Austin wasn’t so bad now after seeing all that lot. Keep going mate and I’ll chat with you at the weekend.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Feb 10, 2021 22:19:30 GMT
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There you go A subframe with every thing. Suspension / motor / gear box / steering / and even a complete fuel system. And all attached to the cars bulkhead by 4 bolts. ![](https://img.retro-rides.org/i/v/austinpowers/82ef5c214379.jpg)
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Cracking bit of fabricating. So all that stuff in your garden does come in handy sometimes.
Glad you are feeling a lot better. As you said a lot of people have come off worse. Today we are going to are neighbours funeral. He was 85 years old and had been diagnosed with cancer at Christmas. Then just to top things off, he got covid whilst he was in hospital. We where good friends for 20 years, and feel honoured that the family have asked us to attend. Especially as the funeral is limited to 30 people.
Keep safe everybody.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Jan 31, 2021 23:01:29 GMT
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Love it. I had often thought about getting hold of an old bike like this, and dropping a new Chinese 50cc lump in it for cheap thrills. How big is the bike? I have a Jawa Mustang and in a picture it looks normal size. But with me sat on it ( 6.2” ) it looks more like a monkey bike.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Jan 27, 2021 23:21:58 GMT
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Happy birthday, This is one of my favourite builds on RR.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Jan 25, 2021 22:13:46 GMT
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Glad you’re feeling a bit better, you had me very worried over this last week. And as always a nice bit of fabricating.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Jan 17, 2021 22:46:51 GMT
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Also did any one spot that the cars used in the police raid in Bangkok, was also the same ones used in the arrest in India. They just put lines down the side of the ones in India to try and make them look different.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Nice.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Dec 26, 2020 23:04:39 GMT
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Bookmarked. You will have to make your own mind up about how it gets registered, but my honest advice, regardless of how you end up doing it, would be to invest the time and money in taking your C1 test. Not only will you open up the potential for keeping the original plated weight and spec, you’ll be guaranteed to learn something and end up a better driver for it. I’d be looking at keeping the potential for returning it to standard as a priority for my modifications if were doing it, there aren’t that many left and their values are steadily climbing. Whatever; I’ll be following your progress with interest. 100% agree with glenanderson on the C1 idea. It will open up a whole new world of possibilities, and will definitely improve your driving skills. Back when I did mine, for some unknown reason my work place didn’t book us in are local driving school. Oh no, instead they sent us to Swindon. Which meant going round and around the magic roundabout. If you don’t know what that is have a look on google. It’s actually easier to use now as they have put some raised bits in. Back when I did my test it was 7 roundabouts just painted on the ground. So when you first approached it just looked like a vast expanse of tarmac with cars going in random directions, great fun.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Dec 18, 2020 22:24:01 GMT
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Glad to hear you are well now. I have rapid AF, and only found this out after collapsing at home one night. Got put in the back of a ambulance and rushed to A&E. For a while I kept thinking something was not quite right. But did the normal man thing and carried on. So if you think something is not right, get it checked out.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Dec 15, 2020 23:10:08 GMT
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Burger me, that’s an epic project you got there.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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