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My old motors thread - probably done before, but who cares!
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Lightweight_911
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Re: My old motors thread - probably done before, but who car
Andy
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
Re: My old motors thread - probably done before, but who car
Doors actually fell off my mk 2a TVR........visited factory in Bispam Rd Blackpool to collect new hinges!
Mechanicals were fine road holding unbelievable.........just everything else fell off!
Mechanicals were fine road holding unbelievable.........just everything else fell off!
daily driver 930 SE
currently working through total rebuild '71 2.2 s
caring for '73 2.4 s
recent past;
993 cup;rs cs ; rs ;c2;gt2 ;gt2cs
'76 930, 3.0
'74 3.0 rs
'72/3 2.7 rs ;2.4 E;2.4 E Targa
'71 2.2 s
currently working through total rebuild '71 2.2 s
caring for '73 2.4 s
recent past;
993 cup;rs cs ; rs ;c2;gt2 ;gt2cs
'76 930, 3.0
'74 3.0 rs
'72/3 2.7 rs ;2.4 E;2.4 E Targa
'71 2.2 s
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Lightweight_911
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Re: My old motors thread - probably done before, but who car
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Replaced everything on mine (except engine & gearbox) at least once - got to know the parts manager (Stan Kilcoyne) at the Factory quite well over the phone ...
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Replaced everything on mine (except engine & gearbox) at least once - got to know the parts manager (Stan Kilcoyne) at the Factory quite well over the phone ...
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Andy
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
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inaglasshouse
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Re: My old motors thread - probably done before, but who car
They look a bit BWA (Benzoni)?Lightweight_911 wrote:.
*Bonus marks to the first person to correctly identify the wheels ...
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Re: My old motors thread - probably done before, but who car
Your youthful picture and last comments sum up those years perfectly..........all my other mates had mgb s and I had graduated from goggle eye............sold tvr back to Gerry Marshall, Barnet motor company .........by hen same owner of factory ........no one else would touch it ,i was off for years apprenticeship near kharlsruhre.............and there my addiction began1967..........oh yes reg911lbj
daily driver 930 SE
currently working through total rebuild '71 2.2 s
caring for '73 2.4 s
recent past;
993 cup;rs cs ; rs ;c2;gt2 ;gt2cs
'76 930, 3.0
'74 3.0 rs
'72/3 2.7 rs ;2.4 E;2.4 E Targa
'71 2.2 s
currently working through total rebuild '71 2.2 s
caring for '73 2.4 s
recent past;
993 cup;rs cs ; rs ;c2;gt2 ;gt2cs
'76 930, 3.0
'74 3.0 rs
'72/3 2.7 rs ;2.4 E;2.4 E Targa
'71 2.2 s
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Lightweight_911
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Re: My old motors thread - probably done before, but who car
inaglasshouse wrote:
They look a bit BWA (Benzoni)?
No ...
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Andy
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
Re: My old motors thread - probably done before, but who car
inaglasshouse wrote:They look a bit BWA (Benzoni)?Lightweight_911 wrote:.
*Bonus marks to the first person to correctly identify the wheels ...
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Nah, more Campagnolo of some sort?
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Lightweight_911
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Yes, they do look like some of the Campagnolo designs used on'70's Lamborghinis, etc - but they're not Campagnolo wheels ...
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Yes, they do look like some of the Campagnolo designs used on'70's Lamborghinis, etc - but they're not Campagnolo wheels ...
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Andy
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
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Dougieboy1
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Re: My old motors thread - probably done before, but who car
When i was at University in the late 80's, i bought a TVR Vixen Series 3 - Longer wheelbase, Cortina Mk 2 rear lights - from a girl in Sale. Great car but a real shed on wheels as i had no cash to make it nice. I was at Manchester Uni and one day a friend and i went to the factory in Blackpool on a whim. We got treated like royalty, the factory staff came out to look at my crappy vixen. We got shown round the factory including a look at the 'secret' prototype of what was to be the Tuscan. Fantastic day out, great people, great if idiosyncratic cars - shame it went out the way it did. Really big fan of the 289 HiPo Griffith/Tuscans .....Slope330 wrote:Doors actually fell off my mk 2a TVR........visited factory in Bispam Rd Blackpool to collect new hinges!
Mechanicals were fine road holding unbelievable.........just everything else fell off!
1972 911S
1944 VW Schwimmwagen (originally a Porsche typ128, eventually VW166)
A bunch of other crap (according to my wife)
1944 VW Schwimmwagen (originally a Porsche typ128, eventually VW166)
A bunch of other crap (according to my wife)
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Lightweight_911
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Re: My old motors thread - probably done before, but who car
One of the most hair-raising car journeys I've ever had was being driven by Gerry Marshall in a V8 Tuscan demonstrator back in 1970 (?) when he worked at the Barnet Motor Co (TVR Dealer) ...Dougieboy1 wrote: Really big fan of the 289 HiPo Griffith/Tuscans .....
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Andy
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
Re: My old motors thread - probably done before, but who car
Riding with the greengrocer ( he was once) not something I enjoyed .........terrifying........used to race the Bamoco elan knocking everyone one off !!!!!! Always luvved the bubble type air scoops on rear window and scoops cut in front bonnet
I seem to remember the factory was 2 sheds ,one for Trevor s bodies and the other for assembly ........all great guys
I seem to remember the factory was 2 sheds ,one for Trevor s bodies and the other for assembly ........all great guys
daily driver 930 SE
currently working through total rebuild '71 2.2 s
caring for '73 2.4 s
recent past;
993 cup;rs cs ; rs ;c2;gt2 ;gt2cs
'76 930, 3.0
'74 3.0 rs
'72/3 2.7 rs ;2.4 E;2.4 E Targa
'71 2.2 s
currently working through total rebuild '71 2.2 s
caring for '73 2.4 s
recent past;
993 cup;rs cs ; rs ;c2;gt2 ;gt2cs
'76 930, 3.0
'74 3.0 rs
'72/3 2.7 rs ;2.4 E;2.4 E Targa
'71 2.2 s
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Nine One One
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Re: My old motors thread - probably done before, but who car
Lamborghini Miura SV wheeljonno1 wrote:inaglasshouse wrote:They look a bit BWA (Benzoni)?Lightweight_911 wrote:.
*Bonus marks to the first person to correctly identify the wheels ...
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Nah, more Campagnolo of some sort?
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Lightweight_911
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Re: My old motors thread - probably done before, but who car
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Not any type of wheel ever fitted to a Lamborghini ...
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Not any type of wheel ever fitted to a Lamborghini ...
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Andy
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
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An Abarth if some sort.
964 C2 Targa. 205 1.6 GTi. Testarossa. Fisher Fury Fireblade. Motorhome. Motorbikes. Scooters. Pushbikes. Threadbare Saucony Peregrines. Dog. Human relations and friends. 97.5%-built house.
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Sam
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Re: My old motors thread - probably done before, but who car
126?
127?
127?
964 C2 Targa. 205 1.6 GTi. Testarossa. Fisher Fury Fireblade. Motorhome. Motorbikes. Scooters. Pushbikes. Threadbare Saucony Peregrines. Dog. Human relations and friends. 97.5%-built house.