Dead right about that !Originally Posted by dangerous
But yeah, the older we get - the better and faster we were eh D!
Loud and Uncouth
Dead right about that !
But yeah, the older we get - the better and faster we were eh D!
Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
Una Storia Italiana
fuck off...Dead right about that !
But yeah, the older we get - the better and faster we were eh D!
cheers DD
(Definately Dodgy)
Loud and Uncouth
Had a dung-out of the garagre today and viola' - found a 1969 MOTOR magazine with a Vauxhall Ventora 12,000 mile report, I'd loved to have had that car, all the options including overdrive, top speed 108mph, and such style!Yup, 1st car I owned was a 1 year old 3.3 Victor - I wanted a Ventora but they were not common being imported from the UK by their owners.
But that Victor could haul-arse (for its day!) and I had a ball with it, covered a gazzillion miles and 'used' nearly 23 tyres in the time I had the car - about 14 months.
Comment in the mag: "it will comfortabley hold 95-100mph purrring along in overdrive top at well below a lazy 4,000rpm.."(try cruisng at THAT sort of speed today)
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" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
Hardcore Punk
Not with you and your mates around I wont be.Had a dung-out of the garagre today and viola' - found a 1969 MOTOR magazine with a Vauxhall Ventora 12,000 mile report, I'd loved to have had that car, all the options including overdrive, top speed 108mph, and such style!
Comment in the mag: "it will comfortabley hold 95-100mph purrring along in overdrive top at well below a lazy 4,000rpm.."
For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.Keep an open mind, just dont let your brains fall out.
Hardcore Punk
What sort of condition is the mag in? Could be worth a shilling or 2.
For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
FUN LOVIN CRIMINAL
What do you reckon a sales prospectus/folio and plans for a Mistral kit car would be worth?
Its dated December 1957 from Weltex Distributers Ltd 452 St Asaph st ChCh
Blue hardback with embossed logo
Hardcore Punk
Probably 3 or 4 shillings.
For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
In the riders seat
Seeing as I now have the permission of the police I think I might
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
FUN LOVIN CRIMINAL
Probably 3 or 4 shillings.according to the folio you could buy the whole car for a couple hundred quid
Loud and Uncouth
Sold my Mistral about 8 years ago for $11,000 or so...mind you it WAS powered by hotted up 302 V8 & 5-speed.
But I kept the brochure...
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" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
FUN LOVIN CRIMINAL
Christ!! a warm 302 would have twisted the frame in two looking at scale of plansSold my Mistral about 8 years ago for $11,000 or so...mind you it WAS powered by hotted up 302 V8 & 5-speed.
But I kept the brochure...
Got plans for a Lotus7 too
Hardcore Punk
were those mistrals based on a ford pop chassis or something? The pops handle an 8 ok.
For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
Jam and tarts....
It's not hard, what with vehicles being much better today and all that.
Comment in the mag: "it will comfortabley hold 95-100mph purrring along in overdrive top at well below a lazy 4,000rpm.."
Alloy, stainless and Ti polishing.
Bling your bike out!
PM me
Loud and Uncouth
New in the UK for 1,200 quid!
Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
FUN LOVIN CRIMINAL
According to the booklet "designed for direct fitting of new Prefect (100E model components)" then goes on to rattle off fitment of Morris minor parts. But the folio has a foldout for Shepard performance parts from Prefect thru to Zephyr and Chevy straight 6 (suppose blue flame motor?)
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