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Jul 29, 2012 19:23:55 GMT
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That DS is a long-time favourite on RR. Nice to see it again. Not that I'm telling people what they should or shouldn't like but I have to say that anyone who finds controversy in a tastefully modified DS is probably on the wrong forum! Well, that's me told but it is good to have a reminder that anything goes here. I expected to be burned as a heretic for posting this, I thought the DS was one of the universal holy cows that cannot be bettered. RE the hydrogen wankels: now THAT would be worth $115k. Yeah, this is what I was thinking of then I made the moondisc comment. I've loved this look since I saw the Jerry Hathaway SM Pickup+racecar+trailer combo.
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Jul 29, 2012 10:14:55 GMT
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Some might say that you couldn't really improve on a 1964 DS, they're amazing whether you park them next to a '64 contemporary or a brand new car. Some might say otherwise and thus, we have a restomod '64 DS. I liked it until I saw the V8. I think it lacks imagination but I understand that it's one of the best supported modding platforms and it's reliable, which might not be the case if this was running a CX turbo engine or something to try and keep it in the family. Would it be better running on Moondiscs? Would it be better with the original mirrors? It's for sale at a slightly bonkers price of $115k. Found on Hooniverse ( hooniverse.com/2012/07/28/hooniverse-weekend-edition-an-early-60s-french-masterpiece-that-has-been-turned-into-a-restomod/) Full for sale ad here: www.kumberamotors.com/cars.htm?l=&id=582
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Jul 27, 2012 12:40:54 GMT
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is it in Thailand or Vietnam? Nah, Brazil. Good knowledge on the lowering technique, I bet that would make you popular at a historic Citroen event. They look like De Lorean wheels. I thought that too but these ones have a riser on the hub. The Delorean ones are only four stud, too. Wouldn't it have been awesome if the Citroen and Delorean had the same PCD? It's only a matter of time before someone on here posts the exact make and model of the wheels and then someone else posts a pic of them on a slammed Imp or something.
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...with a difference. I know it's a Citroen Traction Avant/Light 15 of some kind. No bonnet vents, so I think it's a four cylinder. Just wondering about the wheels and lows, hoping someone knows that it's an awesome drive train conversion rather than just a wheel swap. I saw it in a Red Bull skate video and noticed the unusual wheels. The car has 5 stud wheels as standard so I suppose it could be as simple as a wheel swap but I'm hopeful it's more than that...
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Put the note through the door? Get it through the door! Not knowing the reason the car is sitting there, it could be that whoever lives in the house deliberately looks away from the car when passing to avoid being annoyed by the car sitting there or ashamed that he hasn't done anything with it yet.
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Jul 24, 2012 19:30:15 GMT
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Jul 23, 2012 17:14:47 GMT
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Looks like a good turnout. Thanks for posting pics, I had to miss it to help a mate move house.
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Jul 23, 2012 15:08:26 GMT
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But can it REALLY be called a mini??? what original is left? What? You mean all Minis don't run a spaceframe chassis with build in ground-effect aerodynamics?
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Jul 23, 2012 14:57:22 GMT
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Great pics, great selection of cars. Good work for getting along.
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Jul 20, 2012 19:51:34 GMT
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I like these as well: Only for MY2012 in 16,17 and 18", but we all know how rare a late 9-3 is. I'm sure those are what a boy at my work has on his convertible. It's about an '09/'10. I'll try and convince him it would look better on matte black steelies and get them for cheaps for you...
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Jul 20, 2012 14:54:19 GMT
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Needs more tyre on less rim. That's a brilliant way to express it. It looks a bit like a it's got railway carriage rims on at the moment. I still love it though.
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Jul 19, 2012 12:47:23 GMT
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The other thing about linseed oil is that it's hard to shift the smell off your hands so wear gloves. I think that's another vote for peanut butter.
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I'm guessing if it's running then keep topping it up with diesel, any damage you may have caused has already been done. Actually I retract that, modern diesel, drain it and start again. This was the advice I was told to stick to on anything more complex than an XUD. The XUD was the example because it was North Africa and it's ultra common there. The common-ish alternative were the VW SDi/TDi types and they were always failing because it wasn't unusual to be sold contaminated fuel at the side of the road. They often needed hoses and seals replaced, the language barrier prevented me finding out the detail of what they were talking about. Petrol engines, even very modern ones, seemed able to burn off the diesel and just ran really badly on the dodgy roadside fuel. What's the reasoning behind the two stoke oil suggestions?
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Jul 18, 2012 19:58:43 GMT
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Jul 18, 2012 18:34:52 GMT
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Check out the South African CiTi Golf. There were two of these in the one-horse town I grew up in, both owned by different people. One ended up done as we would now call Euro look, the other was thoroughly abused. I always assumed they were just late registered Mk1s or something until the internets rolled into town and I could look them up. Quite rare here, I understand, so I always think it was odd that two of them ended up in our town. No Brasilias though. That would've been much cooler.
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Jul 18, 2012 14:18:10 GMT
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They were all over the place in Portugal in 1980. Officially sold or personal imports due to family/business connections with Brazil? Wouldn't it have been awesome if the Golf hadn't quite caught on and this had been officially imported and became more popular? Would the MkVI Brasilia have been the family car benchmark of 2012?
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Jul 17, 2012 20:33:37 GMT
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Great find, thanks for that.
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Jul 16, 2012 19:22:31 GMT
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and might be able to sort out myself and another 4 or 5 cars to come to boness ,do you need to be members to attend ?? what time yous meeting ,have I missed something 1200h, August the 5th at Bo'ness Motor Museum. Non-members welcome as long as they can stand around in a car park (or car museum) and talk about cars.
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Jul 16, 2012 14:57:58 GMT
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I'm still trying to get my head around the english system Funny you should say that... Me and my mate (he of the fourth year MOT) spent a trip to and from the Giant's Causeway trying to work out some logic behind the NI 'dateless' registrations and the Republic's system. How do personalised plates work in the Republic? We saw a couple of plates that seemed to be a bit special. Usually on some flash motor.
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Jul 16, 2012 10:03:53 GMT
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Ive seen cars go to Northern Ireland, then registered/MOT'd,Taxed there, then bought & returned to England but once re-registered here they show Nil Previous owners..... Is this correct? I've heard it happen both ways, as above and as you'd expect. The way the DVLA and DVLANI handle things seems very inconsistent, which is consistent with our experiences of the DVLA (NI or otherwise). My mate ended up in a guddle because he was using a car in NI when it was three years old and tried to MOT it. They wouldn't book it, he contacted the DVLA for advice, had to phone a DVLA office in Scotland and they told him to wait until it was 4 years old, which is the norm in NI. He ended up having to take it for what sounds a lot like VIC but had to bring it to Scotland to get it done. Sorry, totally off topic... The info about the MOT/tax regs in the Republic was interesting. Anyone know how long it's been like that? Does that lead to more older cars being kept on the road?
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