For those interested in old cars.

[Hobby]

Just taken Roger the Rover (P6) out for a shakedown run, daughter found out and we now have to go out "somewhere" tomorrow!

[MJI]

At one stage I wanted to build a modernised car, but finances did not allow.

 

I wanted to get a very late Avenger Estate and do a lot of work, starting with the engine, would be large valve unleaded head, interesting cam and Megasquirt.

 

185/60 tyres would fit on 6J rims no problem.

 

Interior would just be top end with rev counter, but would have investigated aircon.

 

Never had the chance due to disappearance and huge price rises.

[37114]

1 hour ago, MJI said:

And there is me considering spending a few thousand on a new chassis for a 2003 Discovery

Nowt wrong with that, it is worth doing and a modern day classic. I had to rechassis mine in 2004 when it was 27 years old and just on the cusp of being a classic rather than an old farmers Land Rover. If I hadn't have spent the money then it wouldn't be here today.

[Rugd1022]

Well, after nigh on four years of pining, whinging, deviating via various Minis and thoughts of rumbling American V8s, meandering and prevaricating like a demon I have finally, finally bought myself an Italian classic! And a 'modern classic' at that - this morning I went back for a second look and a proper test drive of the 1992 Maserati Biturbo 430 I went to see last Monday, had a nice long chat over a cuppa with the owner and decided that it's the right car for me. He'll be putting a fresh MOT on it next week and then I can arrange getting it home, along with a fair old stash of spares that comes with the deal including another bootlid, two rear doors and various engine and suspension parts. An added bonus is the fact that David Askew Maserati Spares isn't too far from where I live, he specialises in the Biturbo era cars and scooped up a vast amount of stuff from Portugal some years ago when the main Maserati importer over there closed down.

 

I might need to lie down for a while now.... 

Edited June 5, 2021 by Rugd1022

[boxbrownie]

2 hours ago, Rugd1022 said:

An added bonus is the fact that David Askew Maserati Spares isn't too far from where I live, he specialises in the Biturbo era cars and scooped up a vast amount of stuff from Portugal some years ago when the main Maserati importer over there closed down.

Well let’s hope you don’t need to visit them too often, but my moneys on them getting your own cup for your visits 

[big jim]

I’d be worried it comes with so many spares! 
 

 

[PhilJ W]

27 minutes ago, big jim said:

I’d be worried it comes with so many spares! 
 

 

Its Italian. 

[MrWolf]

I've had quite a few cars that came with lots of spares. They turned out to be parts that had either fallen off or been removed during the initial burst of the previous owner's enthusiasm.

[PatB]

2 hours ago, MrWolf said:

I've had quite a few cars that came with lots of spares. They turned out to be parts that had either fallen off or been removed during the initial burst of the previous owner's enthusiasm.

And half a washing machine in bits, don't forget. 

[PatB]

7 hours ago, alastairq said:

 

That includes fitting flashing indicators....especially when fitted where other drives out there expect to see indicators?

Which was a common upgrade in the 1950s/60's.

I should, perhaps, emphasise that I have no problem with the fitment of flashing indicators. It is, indeed, sensible, if not absolutely essential. My problem is with installations done appallingly badly, and cheaply, when better methods, materials and budget are easily available and don't involve butchering panels that have survived 60-70 years intact. 

[MrWolf]

3 hours ago, PatB said:

And half a washing machine in bits, don't forget. 

 

Also bits of another vehicle that the vendor insists  must be for the car because they were with the car when he bought it. 

 

Despite them being stamped Enfo, Stanpart or Mowog and you bought a Lancia.

[peanuts]

Seems some old parts can have a dual use

[boxbrownie]

1 hour ago, peanuts said:

Seems some old parts can have a dual use

Mind you, I have nearly taken fingers off releasing some drum brake springs 

[alastairq]

11 hours ago, MrWolf said:

 

Also bits of another vehicle that the vendor insists  must be for the car because they were with the car when he bought it. 

 

Despite them being stamped Enfo, Stanpart or Mowog and you bought a Lancia.

   

I have the remains of a [Polish] FIAT 126 Bis on my driveway, which I have the intention of re-building as a pensioneer's runabout and classic trialling machine. [If I live long enough? If not, then my family will have the unenviable task of disposal?]

Despite saying FIAT everywhere, the engine has ''Lancia'' stamped on top of it!

 

Not quite as bad as discovering that the radiator fans for an Allegro were identical in make & construction, and size, as that fitted to a Skoda Estelle?

It had a Lucas sticker on the motor [sticker, not stamp!!], but I suspect Lucas bought them as a job lot from PAL, in Czecholand? [I'd believe the Skoda stickers more than the Lucas stickers, in other words]

Beware of what we wish for??

[PatB]

And now a perfect example of why some people shouldn't be allowed to own... well, anything really. 

 

https://www.autoshrine.com/registry/1966-Triumph-Spitfire-MkII-FC64791.6739/

 

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go and pour bleach in my eyes. 

[PatB]

2 hours ago, boxbrownie said:

Mind you, I have nearly taken fingers off releasing some drum brake springs 

Alone in the shed, late one night, I did once attach myself to a Land Rover by the fingers, when I was thumping a reluctant brake drum into place and it suddenly went, trapping both hands between drum and backplate. Of course, it then stuck firmly, leaving me unable to reach any useful levering tools, and beyond earshot of any likely assistance.. 

[boxbrownie]

34 minutes ago, PatB said:

Alone in the shed, late one night, I did once attach myself to a Land Rover by the fingers, when I was thumping a reluctant brake drum into place and it suddenly went, trapping both hands between drum and backplate. Of course, it then stuck firmly, leaving me unable to reach any useful levering tools, and beyond earshot of any likely assistance.. 

I’m sorry but.......................classic Mr Bean

 

Ouch....presumably you got away with most fingers as your typing seems pretty good now 

 

 

Edited June 6, 2021 by boxbrownie

[boxbrownie]

41 minutes ago, PatB said:

And now a perfect example of why some people shouldn't be allowed to own... well, anything really. 

 

https://www.autoshrine.com/registry/1966-Triumph-Spitfire-MkII-FC64791.6739/

 

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go and pour bleach in my eyes. 

Nice V6 installation.....then it didn’t go downhill, it fell of the cliff......

[PatB]

9 minutes ago, boxbrownie said:

I’m sorry but.......................classic Mr Bean

 

Ouch....presumably you got away with most fingers as your typing seems pretty good now 

 

 

No permanent damage done, but it took what felt like an eternity of seesawing the drum off the hub, a tenth of a thou' a side at a time, and the top joints of all my fingers had gone an interesting shade of purple by the time I got them back. 

 

I must have been young and stupid at the time as, round about then, I was taking the steering wheel off the same Landie and it was, again, a bit reluctant. So I thumped the backs of the spokes a bit. Obviously it immediately de-stuck and smacked me across the bridge of the nose with its rim, which was a "valuable educational experience", both for me and for anyone within earshot. 

 

Come to think of it, I used to quite regularly damage myself in new and innovative ways whilst working on vehicles. Teenage idiocy will out I suppose. 

[MrWolf]

I learnt from watching a friend nearly break his nose with a Triumph Herald, whilst changing a cracked steering wheel for a mint one, that you leave the steering wheel nut on a couple of turns whilst rasting at the splines.

[boxbrownie]

1 hour ago, PatB said:

No permanent damage done, but it took what felt like an eternity of seesawing the drum off the hub, a tenth of a thou' a side at a time, and the top joints of all my fingers had gone an interesting shade of purple by the time I got them back. 

 

I must have been young and stupid at the time as, round about then, I was taking the steering wheel off the same Landie and it was, again, a bit reluctant. So I thumped the backs of the spokes a bit. Obviously it immediately de-stuck and smacked me across the bridge of the nose with its rim, which was a "valuable educational experience", both for me and for anyone within earshot. 

 

Come to think of it, I used to quite regularly damage myself in new and innovative ways whilst working on vehicles. Teenage idiocy will out I suppose. 

Been there done that......only once with the steering wheel, then you learn to not take the nut off completely 

[Dunsignalling]

2 hours ago, PatB said:

And now a perfect example of why some people shouldn't be allowed to own... well, anything really. 

 

https://www.autoshrine.com/registry/1966-Triumph-Spitfire-MkII-FC64791.6739/

 

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go and pour bleach in my eyes. 

If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing!

 

To give they guy his due, what he's added goes way beyond my idea of good taste, but it all appears to have been carried out competently. My preference is always "keep it looking stock but make it rock".... 

 

Quite what shape it will go if somebody gives that V6 a good application of welly does concern me though! After all, the Spitfire needed a roof added to cope with a 104bhp straight six.... 

 

John

Edited June 6, 2021 by Dunsignalling

[Northmoor]

34 minutes ago, Dunsignalling said:

If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing!

 

To give they guy his due, what he's added goes way beyond my idea of good taste, but it all appears to have been carried out competently. My preference is always "keep it looking stock but make it rock".... 

 

Quite what shape it will go if somebody gives that V6 a good application of welly does concern me though! After all, the Spitfire needed a roof added to cope with a 104bhp straight six.... 

 

John

Not my thing either but like I wrote earlier about Minors, at least he did this to a Spitfire, which are only slightly less common than MGBs.  It's not like he pimped an Jag SS100 or something.

[petethemole]

43 minutes ago, Dunsignalling said:

If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing!

 

To give they guy his due, what he's added goes way beyond my idea of good taste, but it all appears to have been carried out competently. My preference is always "keep it looking stock but make it rock".... 

 

Quite what shape it will go if somebody gives that V6 a good application of welly does concern me though! After all, the Spitfire needed a roof added to cope with a 104bhp straight six.... 

 

John

I quite like it, but my taste was heavily influenced by reading US Hot Rod magazines from 1964 to about '74.  I would often doodle various hot rods and dragsters and if I drew any sort of sports car it would have lakes pipes and an air scoop. 

[jcredfer]

3 hours ago, PatB said:

And now a perfect example of why some people shouldn't be allowed to own... well, anything really. 

 

https://www.autoshrine.com/registry/1966-Triumph-Spitfire-MkII-FC64791.6739/

 

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go and pour bleach in my eyes. 

 

I'm still wondering about the Spanish Gearstick...    

 

Julian