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by NorfolkNWeigh
Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:20 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: EBay Finds
Replies: 12465
Views: 2933070

Re: EBay Finds

The original F series Victor was better to drive than a Cambridge of that era. Too bad they usually rusted away so soon, when I was a kid it was commonplace to see them driving about with large holes rotted out high up in the bodywork. I think I read that the steel in some places received no coatin...
by NorfolkNWeigh
Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:51 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Saturn
Replies: 30
Views: 17060

Re: Saturn

I wouldn't trust it, it's eyes are too close to each other.
by NorfolkNWeigh
Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:14 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Tales of cars going through the ring.
Replies: 26
Views: 14031

Re: Tales of cars going through the ring.

My first auction purchase was at Witney auctions in 1988. VGN655R was a 1977 Cortina 1.6L, eleven years old and fucked. Noisy cam, shagged clutch, terrible paint job from Diamond white to blue. It was £100. I fitted a cheap Brown Brothers cam kit, replaced the clutch plate (fuck changing the whole ...
by NorfolkNWeigh
Fri Jun 14, 2019 8:31 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Cars that I thought would not be shit but were
Replies: 101
Views: 50393

Re: Cars that I thought would not be shit but were

Maserati Biturbos are evil bastards that will spin on the fucking spot without warning. Short chassis & loads of power, plus a bit (although not all that much tbf) of turbo lag. I drove a couple when they were new, 430 autos. They were generally as shit as I expected them to be, flaky electrics...
by NorfolkNWeigh
Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:45 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15693
Views: 3242335

Re: What did you do today?

Depends on the screen, I've always had Mrs' car as a named vehicle on a traders policy , paying extra for her business use. Always used the same bloke for windscreens and rarely had to pay more than £150 for a screen. Last year her ML needed a screen, couldn't get one for less than £475! A policy wi...
by NorfolkNWeigh
Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:34 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Cars that I thought would not be shit but were
Replies: 101
Views: 50393

Re: Cars that I thought would not be shit but were

My oldest had just turned 18, a years no claims and we'd just picked up her first MX5. It was pissing with rain and I was explaining about how it was going to be a lot different from her Renault 5 Campus. We came round a bend with me demonstrating my drift skills* and discovered an Elise on the verg...
by NorfolkNWeigh
Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:00 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Cars that I thought would be shit but weren't.
Replies: 69
Views: 34442

Re: Cars that I thought would be shit but weren't.

Jaguar S-Type, when they came out I hated them and thought they weren't real Jags, even preferring the Rover 75. I didn't drive one until I bought one for Mrs N and I bloody loved it! 3.0 manual with cloth seats, it was lots faster than I ever imagined it would be , ok it was a bit plasticky and rat...
by NorfolkNWeigh
Thu Jun 13, 2019 12:41 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Cars that I thought would not be shit but were
Replies: 101
Views: 50393

Re: Cars that I thought would not be shit but were

Land Cruiser, the proper big fucker VX or Amazon whatever. I've always liked these since the early 90's ones. Often seen towing posh bogs or massive boats, they must be some machine, I thought. Their reputation as tough, reliable, unbreakable etc. Things like the Aussie saying; " if you want go...
by NorfolkNWeigh
Tue Jun 04, 2019 4:13 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Found pics
Replies: 6661
Views: 1098765

Re: Found pics

No self respecting scrappie would have wasted a good competition car either.
by NorfolkNWeigh
Tue Jun 04, 2019 1:35 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Under the Borgward, down by the sea.........
Replies: 25
Views: 14476

Re: Under the Borgward, down by the sea.........

Can't really believe there is anyone left outside of a care home who is bothered what a Borgward even was. Just another cynical marketing move probably. I am only grateful the fucking Chinese haven't yet dragged out the Riley name, or indeed the Wolseley one. It's not the Chinese you need to worry ...