British Leyland

[unstuck]

Found an old austin 7 ruby under a hedge on the weekend that I wouldn't mind getting, just cant decide wether I should keep it original or put a supercharged 3.5 rover in it.
Something like this would be cool too.

[Indiana_Jones]

If it's in poor condition etc, new engine.

If it's real tidy, original.

-Indy

[unstuck]

It is fairly rough, but I am sure I could do most of the work myself. Wife wants me to get an old car to go pootling in the weekends, but I have never been a fan of pootling.

[Indiana_Jones]

Then if you're gonna be doing a bit of body and rust work etc, might as well get a new engine etc in there. Straight 6, off a dead Triumph 2000/2500

-Indy

[unstuck]

Then if you're gonna be doing a bit of body and rust work etc, might as well get a new engine etc in there. Straight 6, off a dead Triumph 2000/2500

-Indy

If it gets an engine I imagine it will be a v8. I know where there is a lexus v8 for bugger all.

[Indiana_Jones]

Come now, sir. You must use a British engine!

-Indy

[unstuck]

Well I guess it would be a rover in that case. This one here is very pretty, but pretty slow.

[Indiana_Jones]

Rover 3.5? Those fucking engines grow on trees lol

-Indy

[avgas]

MX5 and MGF owners can get married now

Think of the children

[unstuck]

For fucks sake, someone give that young lady a feed, she starting to look like a bangladeshy.

[scumdog]

For fucks sake, someone give that young lady a feed, she starting to look like a bangladeshy.

Hey..hey..hey..it's not Gore ya know and that ain't the Mataura river...not all shielas live on KFC and Maccas and have the triple-muffin-top thing going....

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[QUOTE=unstuck;1130559126]Found an old austin 7 ruby under a hedge on the weekend that I wouldn't mind getting, just cant decide wether I should keep it original or put a supercharged 3.5 rover in it.Something like this would be cool too.
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Cool, this is whats in my garage............

[unstuck]

Hey..hey..hey..it's not Gore ya know and that ain't the Mataura river...not all shielas live on KFC and Maccas and have the triple-muffin-top thing going....

Not all of em are like that.

That is a cool toy you have there flip, love the external passenger heating system running up the side.

[ducatilover]

I've just spent the last week on MK2 Escort coupes none that are quite normal, highlights being a 200hp Pinto rally car (very nicely built car, been doing some Doug secrets to the rear suspension to get it working nicer), a very tidy 1.6 Sport, rebuilt the front brakes and have still to do a thrust bearing in it. Been playing around getting a very hot 1.6 in tune, very wild cam, worked head etc (poor old bitch is bogging down when hot, goes like the clappers for a kent xflow though) and last, my favourite, went for a WoF in a very sexual MK1 Lotus Escort very, very rare. I'm not allowed to drive that one, but I can say it's a beautiful little motor, very smooth and pulls very well, must have been a rocket back then

I get to do MOAR work to them this week too, and hopefully more in the future.

Now, me being me, I get to go over a Morrie 10 Series M to get it up to scratch for a Vin, and I'm strangely excited about that idea

[unstuck]

Sounds like fun duccy. Best Escort I drove was a v8 left hand drive one, damn that sucker could move. Maybe a couple of pics of the morry wouldnt hurt either.