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by Ron B.
Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:42 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Sleeping beauties
Replies: 0
Views: 723

Sleeping beauties

Time to brush up on your German and French while you watch this fascinating video.

http://youtu.be/rfDgc6u3xjk
by Ron B.
Sat Dec 31, 2011 7:52 pm
Forum: Members Cars & Projects
Topic: Morris 10M
Replies: 65
Views: 16104

Re: Morris 10M

Fordson dexta?
by Ron B.
Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:03 pm
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: ford flat head v8 distributors
Replies: 6
Views: 1459

Re: ford flat head v8 distributors

I have an EDIS on my Mercedes 6.3 . It has unleashed even more power from this already powerful device. I grew up with Ford sideys in New Zealand and in my teens I ran a '39 Ford standard with a '48 mercury engine. The best V8 dissy was always the crab and yes ,both the diving bell (or rugby ball) d...
by Ron B.
Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:53 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: N Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies
Replies: 7
Views: 1178

Re: N Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies

REunification will ruin South Korea financially so it will be interesting to see if the son carries on the family tradition of blood letting or decides that starving his subjects to death is not a good look anymore. The only thing stopping reunification is the Chinese government who have supported t...
by Ron B.
Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:08 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: USA S.O.P.A. law will effect everbody world wide
Replies: 14
Views: 2367

Re: USA S.O.P.A. law will effect everbody world wide

Are we seeing the end of Democracy as those who lived in the 50's and 60's knew it? Australia already has strange laws like that in place right now . So far the only 'victims" have been those who seek out a particular type of porn on the web with many being arrested in the last 4 years. Under OZ law...
by Ron B.
Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:03 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What classic vehicles have you seen?
Replies: 2264
Views: 511837

Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?

Nice Targa,I had one in Green back in the 1980's . A lot came here in the early 90's and were converted to roadsters as the Targa was seen as too old fashioned by then. :(
by Ron B.
Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:57 am
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Mercedes timing chain (use a split link?)
Replies: 17
Views: 4068

Re: Mercedes timing chain (use a split link?)

I agree with Al (g'day mate!) . I have stripped mercedes engines with several hundred thousand clicks on them and all had replacement chains with joining links, all were OK .I have also worked on industrial machinery where chains were under severe shock loads and all were joined with the same links....
by Ron B.
Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:52 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What is your dream classic?
Replies: 33
Views: 5078

Re: What is your dream classic?

I am mad about Mercedes ( i have several ) but i saw on our local internet auction site a listing for a low light Fiat 850 spider. My mum bought one new in 1968 and it served us well for about 2 years before being traded on a New V6 Capri GTE . I would love to buy this one but with 13 mercs about th...