British Leyland

[Indiana_Jones]

Always liked those, but they do cost quite a bit to keep on the road

Yup lol. One day.....one day.

[Ocean1]

Not as much as the V12.....

Mate had one of the rare V12 Jag coupes. In the course of working on it discovered that the inlet manifolds stud spacing suited 2 inch SU's as well as the std 1 1/2 inch strombergs or solexes, and the manifolds were sized for the 2 inch carbs... Naturally he tried the SU's. Markedly faster - MUCH faster...
But, he reported that on a very fast pass up the South Eyre road, you could actually see the fuel gauge drop....

The old man had a double six. He noticed the original lump was absolute shite and bunged a 350 chev in it instead. He reported damn near double the hp and about half the fuel consumption.

Was a much better wagon all round, in fact. He did eventually get sick of the ongoing work in repairing fukt window winders, wipers, door locks, speedo, wiring shorts, etc etc. So it ended up at the tip.

The chev went into to a CF bedford, and when that rotted around it found a home in a Toyota ute. Last I heard it was still going strong.

[Woodman]

The old man had a double six. He noticed the original lump was absolute shite and bunged a 350 chev in it instead. He reported damn near double the hp and about half the fuel consumption.

Was a much better wagon all round, in fact. He did eventually get sick of the ongoing work in repairing fukt window winders, wipers, door locks, speedo, wiring shorts, etc etc. So it ended up at the tip.

The chev went into to a CF bedford, and when that rotted around it found a home in a Toyota ute. Last I heard it was still going strong.

Yup, 350 chev. Best engine ever made. And I am a ford man.

[neels]

Saw this one on the telly last night, an engine bay you could eat your dinner off.....

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/spec...1094382970.htm

[Virago]

Did anyone else see this little beauty on Seven Sharp last night?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/spec...1094382970.htm

It's been donated to the Cancer Society for auction. During the course of the programme the bids shot up from around $10K to over $20K - currently sitting at $23,650.

It's had a full ground-up rebuild, meticulously documented and receipted. Apparently the rebuild cost over $19K.



Edit - lol, beaten to it.

[YellowDog]

That's a stunning example and not far away from my dream classic car, being a Humber Sceptre MKI.

My Dad had a Hillman Super Minx, which looks quite similar to this model.

Absolute classic, thanks for posting

[Swoop]

Not as much as the V12...

Ahh, yes.
The "biggest car you can fit fuck-all in to".
You get more carrying-capacity from a GN250.

[pete376403]

That's a stunning example and not far away from my dream classic car, being a Humber Sceptre MKI.

My Dad had a Hillman Super Minx, which looks quite similar to this model.

Absolute classic, thanks for posting

Parents had a 63 Humber 90, cream and tan, 4 speed column change. Learned to drive in it, got my licence in it, and had my first crash (slid off a hill road into the ditch) in it.
Super minx was the Hillman version (badge engineering, Todd motors could bring in twice as many cars if half were Hillmans and the other half humbers)

[Motu]

Looks like he's tried to update the crankcase breathing by running the hose into the airfilter with a brass angle fitting - at least on the engine side, unlike Rootes later attempt on the Hunter, where it was fed in before the filter, and got it soaked in oil. This will just put oil into the carb...oh, it's OK, the engine is mint eh. This engine was unable to go full PCV because of a missing vital component - an actual timing cover oil seal....they just ran a reverse worm.

[Virago]

Did anyone else see this little beauty on Seven Sharp last night?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/spec...1094382970.htm

Bloody hell. Closed at $45,000.

The top bidder has a history of not completing trades, hopefully it's not a dickhead shitting on a charity.

[YellowDog]

Bloody hell. Closed at $45,000.

The top bidder has a history of not completing trades, hopefully it's not a dickhead shitting on a charity.

New TM member, with no rep bids, $5k higher to win.

No chance and fat chace of paying up :wank:

[Virago]

Yeah, as expected - hoax bid. But it all ends well - it's gone to the underbidder for $40K. And TradeMe are coming to the party and topping up the shortfall for the charity.

[neels]

Publicity brings all the tards to the yard,.

Upside is that it beat the price up for the charity, so good outcome all round.

[sidecar bob]

Charity or not, there's a lot of cars I'd rather have for 40k on trademe rather than a very plain family car for very average families from my childhood.

[YellowDog]

Charity or not, there's a lot of cars I'd rather have for 40k on trademe rather than a very plain family car for very average families from my childhood.

Yes, I do agree. You could get yourself a really nice classic V8, for that kind of cash and it wouldn't have the "Brits are crap car builders" associated problems.

BUT for around $5k, bring it on