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driftwood:
i used to like football, but unfortunatly i had an injury which put me out for a year. i finaly looked on footbal in a different light. it was no longer a friendly sport where two teams could go to a pub and drink together after a match, nower days ikts a bunch of ballerinas diving, spitting, fouling, abuse oh and the punch up's after...... :shock: wheres the sportsmanship gone?
in the past i have rebuilt a vw beetle from scratch, stripped it down to its shell lowered it etc...then i thought about a baja buggy, but wanted something a little bit bigger, hence the disco and i cant stand modern cars give me a vintage or classic car anyday one day i might aquire a series 2/3 or something. i also like the steam engine scene and the odd bit of fishing.
the rest of my time is running around after a 5 month son called ben.
V8MoneyPit:
--- Quote from: "Dave" ---If im not mistaken that a yokohama A008......
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The fronts were actually the A008R soft compound version. Not E marked so the MOT man always raised eyebrows!
I used A001HFR's on the back.... pre scrubbed to 3mm :D The launch off the line was awesome!
The last engine build produced just shy of 145bhp at 7200 rpm. In a car that weighed little more than an empty crisp packet, it made for interesting road use 8) :lol: We reckoned it achieved 0-60 in about 5.5 seconds. Doesn't sound much by todays standards, but it is only 1400cc.
V8MoneyPit:
--- Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man" ---
1968 Mustang GT390; Steve McQueens car in 'Bullitt'
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Think I'd have to go with the Shelby GT350 in preference... but any V8 Mustang before the ugly late models would do me :D
Dave:
Sounds i right scream to drive and those tyres well if i could get some for the disco as an on road tyre, "i would roll it"
Mace:
I've got a late MG Midget too. Well technically it belongs to my Dad as I had to shift the logbook out of my name (oo sounds dodgy). I bought it around 10 years ago and within 3 weeks had blown the piston rings. Dad and I completely rebuilt the engine having had it professionally rebored. I treated it well and gave it a liberal coat of waxoyl and a dash of Slick 50. When Dad took it on 6 years ago he never drove it but garaged it until now, SORN. Every couple of months he'd fire it up drive it down the drive and back into the garage.
He's retiring in 3 months and they are just moving house so he had to move the MG. Decided he'd throw caution to the wind and have it MOT's so he can drive it and enjoy it. It failed on a light bulb, 2 tyres and a King-Pin, 2 days later after being repaired it got 12 months ticket and a new lease of life. He's well chuffed and so he should be :-) Don't think I can take it back now do you ??
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