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by fried onions
Sun Aug 25, 2019 6:43 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: The Lost World of the BMC film.
Replies: 6
Views: 4112

Re: The Lost World of the BMC film.

You can get 50+ mpg from a 948 easily.
by fried onions
Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:01 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15467
Views: 3124819

Re: What did you do today?

by fried onions
Sun Aug 25, 2019 11:44 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: EBay Finds
Replies: 12324
Views: 2828562

Re: EBay Finds

Tail fins are there to stabilise the car in a cross-wind. Chrysler Corp. said so.
by fried onions
Sun Aug 25, 2019 11:33 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Jag! The Ghostly fleet thread
Replies: 780
Views: 340315

Re: Indecision : a spectral fleet thread

ghosty wrote: Sat Aug 24, 2019 1:19 pm Well you'll be disappointed.
Nothing new there, then.
by fried onions
Sun Aug 25, 2019 11:27 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15467
Views: 3124819

Re: What did you do today?

That is an early Hunter. Very nice cars, GIB.
by fried onions
Sun Aug 25, 2019 11:13 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Unparallel Renault 16 Happenings
Replies: 346
Views: 158476

Re: Unparallel Renault 16 Happenings

It's funny when your nice new oil goes all over the floor. Tell me you saw the funny side of it.

I brought some choice tyres back from Wales for you.
by fried onions
Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:48 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Squire's voitures
Replies: 1601
Views: 576100

Re: Squire's voitures

Changed the fan belt on the Snipe. I dare say the one which shed its outer covers would have gone on for a few hundred, if not thousand, miles more. I put it in the boot as a get-you-home spare. I won't be changing it at the roadside though, because access is from underneath in a confined space, due...
by fried onions
Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:15 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15467
Views: 3124819

Re: What did you do today?

Which reminds me, I'm picking my old station wagon up this weekend, to which effect I went to the car parts store in Longsight and bought 4.5 litres of Comma 20w50 for £9. It does like to go through oil and will be fed this until I rebuild it soon.
by fried onions
Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:12 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15467
Views: 3124819

Re: What did you do today?

Many people have a dislike, even hatred of them. Granted, they were cheaply cobbled together and the saloons are basically shopping cars, but they get under your skin. There are many and diverse versions of them due to the length of time they were in production.