Me old man loved a tinker with this sort of thing
He once rebuilt an Austin Metro engine to go in a gutted Morris Traveller van, literally to see if he could; AND stuck an overdrive on the gearbox for a laugh. His vision was for it to outpace something (anything) at the lights, and to see their faces. It never came to fruition, but it's good to see the spirit of endeavour is still in fine fettle. Good work lads!
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Quiver Search for FATALISTS on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, &c, Mon 28 Sep 2015, 21:13,
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:)
I think him and my old man sound similar.
My dad and his mate put an Austin maxi 1750 engine and box in a mini traveller when they were younger. Apparently they were foiled as due the the torque steer it was virtually undrivable.
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gardenclaw mac fuckes your gradeds balls!, Mon 28 Sep 2015, 21:42,
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Shame that
It would have been a beast!
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Quiver Search for FATALISTS on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, &c, Mon 28 Sep 2015, 22:02,
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I used to have a Scimitar with overdrive.
Loads of fun when overtaking. When I bought that one though, it's a good thing I thought to check the cylinders before I tried to fire it up. There was a load of rust in them, but strangely I couldn't see where it had all come from. I was fortunate enough to get one that didn't have the "reinforced" plastic timing wheels; I can only imagine what sort of idiot thought that was a good idea.
All in all it was a bit of a frankenstein car: Triumph suspension parts, Ford engine, door handles from a Mini, Jag seats and god knows what else. Still had bloody Lucas electrics though; the devil's own wiring harness.
It's a shame I had to get rid of it in the end, those cars always reminded me of the world's most stylish hearse, and those fold-flat seats made the boot just big enough for two people to bunk down.
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jonbob loves you, Mon 28 Sep 2015, 21:43,
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Ah, the old Triumphs
Frankenstein or not, beauty to get them back on't road
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Quiver Search for FATALISTS on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, &c, Mon 28 Sep 2015, 22:00,
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A mate at work is currently trying to shoehorn a K-series into an MGB
He has...plans.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 28 Sep 2015, 22:32,
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