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Aug 11, 2010 20:48:16 GMT
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This should definately be turned into a race on the track next year. Heats of 4 racers in a knock out competition. would be so fun and entertaining to watch I'm up for this, I have a spare little Honda 3.5hp lump that's just siting around begging to be used. ;D
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Aug 11, 2010 20:38:55 GMT
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Looking good, so will you be riding this to RRG11 mate .
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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... I have had a love for these cars ever since I married a Hungarian, we go out there at lest twice a year and its amazing what some people out there do to them. Have you been to the Terror House in Budapest? There's a communist era limo on the first floor which I think is a custom Tatra, but I can't find a good pic of it anywhere, apart from these close up shots off their website. (It's one of the best museums I've seen and well worth a visit.) No we haven't been there yet but we have been to the statue park where all the communist status were put after the wall fell.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Trabant 601.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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The Easten Bloc car that makes me go all funny is the Trabant. I have had a love for these cars ever since I married a Hungarian, we go out there at lest twice a year and its amazing what some people out there do to them. One day I will have to scan in some off my old photos. My in laws have a elderly friend that is going to give up driving soon, she ha s a Trabant 601 which she has had from new. This thing has been kept in a garage all its life and never been driven in wet weather. So hopefully I will soon have a fun holiday car Anyway lets have some pics. I do like that last one.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Id love one... In that weird green they did.... Or light blue. Poss gulf colour blue. A standard midget engine would do me fine and some wide rostyles.... Wonder if I'm too tall for one? 6Ft?[/quote]
Don't worry I'm 6ft2 and I fit in mine easly. I have always had a thing for thees as I can still remember my dads A30, it had a 1275 lump and bucket seats as well as rostyles and a sporty steering wheel. It was the same pale blue as the one above.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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"Yeah but no but yeah but no but...",yes
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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1: Pandaselecta - Panda 1.0 CLX (track) (fri/sat/sun) 2: Kee - drunk (fri/sat/sun) 3: Hardcore - Benz 190e trackcar (Fri-Sat) & LoLo Granny (Sun) - Track (but in Dr Sexy's MG Midget) 4: BrianDamaged - It's a surprise, PM me if you wanna know (sat/sun) 5: Gung-Ho Rally Team - XE-powered Talbot Sunbeam (track) (sat/sun) 6: Gung-Ho Rally Team - Ford Cargo service barge (sat/sun) 7: John Penny - S1 Escort RS Turbo (sat/sun) 8: RFChris - The Zodiac of doom (Fri/sat/sun) 9: n_const- Merc 190 cosworth (sun) 10: Stooby - Anglia estate & mk2 Jetta (sun) 11: Cobblers - Carlos Fandango 106 (Sat/Sun/Track) 12: HoTWire (Fri/Sat/Sun/Gate) 13: Keefy (Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon/Gate) 14: Peaches (Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon/SignOn) 15: Leigh - Arosa.... (Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon) 16: RTLkyuubi - k10 micra (fri/sat/sun/track) 17: mk14dr - e30 touring (fri-sat-sun + track) 18: Rob0r - BMW E32 735i (Fri/Sat/Sun) 19: markbognor - K11 Micra (sun/should I track?) 20: Sleeperviva - HC Viva (fri?/sat/sun......car too slow for track ) 21: BGTMIDGET7576 - MG BGT (Fri/Sat/Sun) 22: Mrs BGT - MX5 (Fri/Sat/Sun) 23: Adam - 205 (Fri/sat/sun) - Track 24: Adam's Family - Landy with Locost (Sun) - Track 25: Hitch - Mk2 Golf (Fri/Sat/Sun)(Track) 26: BC - Opel Monza (Fri/Sat/Sun) (Track if I get time) 27: Takeshi - Ford Sierra (Sun) 28: Marksparks999 - Datsun Cherry Wagon 29: brawr - mk1 MR2 (Fri/Sat/Sun)(Track) 30: goodoldluke - herald (fri sat sun) 31: Lawsy (and MrsLawsy) Santana (Sun) was supposed to be Fri and Sat too but working.. 32: Claymore - volvo T5 (Fri/Sat/Sun) - Track 33: MightyMork - Rotary Herald (Fri/Sat/Sun) - Track 34: Crazycruzer - 90's Max Power machine (Fri/Sat/Sun) - Track 35: Sasky - TBC (Fri/Sat/Sun) - Track 36: Nightmaresracing mk2 Golf GTI (fri/sat/sun ) track 37: Mrs Nightmaresracing 16v Lupo (fri/sat/sun) 38: Chops - E32 lowrider (fri/sat/sun) 39: Skinnylew - (fri/sat/sun) Polo mk1 40. Speedman - Cmaper (fri/sat/sun) - maybe track 41. RMad - Wagoneer's Fiat Cinq (Fri/Sat/Sun) 42. Ratdat - Honda TN Acty (Sat/Sun) 43. Needabeetle - RX7 FC (sat/sun) 44. Anglia68 - Ford Transit (Sun) 45. Davemk1gti - Rover SD1 46. Bazboy - Mk2 Jetta G 47: Danburger28 - Mk1 Granada V6 48: Mantasport - Mk1 Carlton (Sun) 49: Lewist123 - Modern (Sat & Sun) 50: Llamaboy - Passenger (Sat & Sun) 51: Austinpowers-Fiat Cinq (Sun)
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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That's brilliant! I'd have thought he'd manage a 16 second quarter with his ~134 bhp though - 800kg, FWD and 100bhp will do better than that, and surely he weighs less than that? I think your find its RWD.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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I have to say that when I uprated my A30 from a 803cc to 1098cc it broke the speedo, so this thing must be bloody mental to drive.LOL
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Cheers Stroprock I don't know if I would call it fun but it bets doing DIY on the house LOL.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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This is the wife's old car,its better than any 4x4 in the snow (LoL).
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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My wife had one of thees until recently, I spent most off my time repairing it. It would do about 45-50mph on a good day, but on the plus side we where getting 80mpg out of it. in the end the rad let go and cooked the engine,new rad was about £400 so my mate took it off are hands to build some thing interesting out of it. By the way its not an auto but a variablematic .
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Love this thread ;D What is that Rust Preventor? Judging by the colour I'm assuming its Hammerite,s product No1 Rust Beater? If so its good stuff but Enamel Based so you will have to paint over it with Enamel otherwise reaction could occur I think this car is crying out for Coach Paint anyway Traditional Paint for a Traditional Car ;D I really like the sound of your plans its going to look Sweet ;D If you do go the Coach Paint route don't use Smoothrite you can get proper coach enamel cheaper and will give a better finish than Smoothrite are you planning on the same colours again or something different? Keep up the good work Jodie Thanks for the advice, yes you are correct it is Hammerite,s product No1 Rust Beater. The car will be two tone but this time it will have a white roof and pail yellow body. I don't know yet what paint I am going to use but one thing for shore it wont be Smoothrite. I have had enough of this stuff after spending hours sanding layers of this off the car.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Jul 31, 2010 22:20:45 GMT
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Hard to believe that's nearly half a century year old steel. I spy red steelies, I love me some red steelies and chrome hubcaps. Yep the original steels will be banded and sprayed red with a set of white wall tyres fited. ;D
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Jul 31, 2010 22:03:51 GMT
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Ouch, poor S13 Looks great on them R32 GT-R wheels too. Is it me or is the glass bent where it says 200SX? Or is it because of the angle of the reflection or something? I think its the reflection of the car next to it
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Jul 31, 2010 21:59:03 GMT
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I know what you mean, Until recently we had are house on the market, so I just left the Austin sat in the garage. It was sat there for nine years whilst all my time and money went in to the house. So after months of silly offers on the house we decided to stay put. Now that I know I am not moving my mojo has returned, and I am starting to make progress at last on the little car. And I am really looking forward to the gathering now I have a bit more enthusiasm. Remember there's always some poor sod who's worse off than you.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Jul 31, 2010 21:42:33 GMT
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Yeah, baby, yeah!
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Jul 31, 2010 21:14:09 GMT
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Decided to do a bit more to the little car today.So I headed of to my local B&Q to perches a cheep random orbital sander to cut through years of curse word paint jobs.I thought there's no point buying a decent one as all the layers of smoothrite paint would probably kill it by time I have finished the project.The sander only cost £19.99 and works a treat . Sanding back to bare metal also lets me to see what rust and bogged repairs are hiding underneath. luckily there's just the rust on the lower part of the front panel that I all ready knew about. Who was that masked man? Man and powertool in perfect harmony. A quick coat of rust protector and that's it for the afternoon, time for a drink. ;D
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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Jul 29, 2010 19:11:42 GMT
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This car makes me smile 1098cc certainly makes one of these a bit peppier. Twin HS2s from a spridget/mini look cooler but a single HS4 might be easier to live with. I did the former Cheers for the info Seth, I see that you can now get a inlet manifold that converts the a-series to take a webber carb.
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1955 Austin A30 1981 Jawa Mustang 1990 Trabant 601 (Tommy) 1989 Trabant 601 2009 Jaguar XF 2012 Toyota AYGO 2018 Scomadi TL
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