Practically Classics Forum

life would be far too dull if we all liked the same type of car mate.. relax, have a pot of tea to calm your nerves.. then get a copy of max power

meanwhile this is ideal for john to bring home his weekly wages
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ALBION-BULLIO ... rmvSB=true

Good old Baldev! I've bought a vehicle from his yard before and the bloke is an absolute legend when it comes to agreeing to take in end of life vehicles that no sane human being could ever actually want to buy. I've messaged him to ask whether he could shove that on his car transporter trailer and drag it up to my place behind his Shogun , what the hell will I do if he says yes and gives me a realistic price?

here's hoping

JPB wrote:I've bought a vehicle from his yard before and the bloke is an absolute legend when it comes to agreeing to take in end of life vehicles that no sane human being could ever actually want to buy.

The key word there John, is sane. If you vote UKIP, then you are obviously a contender, didn't the prime minister call UKIP voters: Fruitcakes, Nutjobs & Swivel Eyed Loons? The Albion might be a tad big on the drive but there was a time when DAF made little Noddy cars that ran on elastic bands.

Typical anti-CVT propaganda there! There's nothing "elastic" about the belts, how could they be elastic and maintain their length across the pulleys' entire range of adjustment? Answer: They couldn't, which is why earliest ones were made of heavily reinforced rubberised Kevlar mat and later CVTs, of the type that are encased in the manner of a gearbox, use steel belts.
The Verso S (with CVT) costs a mere £30 per year for the VED, the manual version of the same car would have cost £120 because not only is an engine that runs at a fairly constant engine speed more lively in spite of feeling much more refined, it uses a whole lot less fuel. That car, like the IQ that shares its engine/CVT combination, demonstrates how good CVT can be.
The Daf 88 (AKA Volvo 340) that I ran for a while back in 2009 had the older, external type of CVT that was situated under the back seats and the only real downside to those was that, when fitted with the modern steel-reinforced belts, the device was quite noisy, especially when I had the seats flat down to carry stuff in the back of the car. Neighbours used to reckon that they'd know when I was reversing up my drive because of the sound, which was akin to a washing machine on a spin cycle, but in perfect balance and without the whine from the drum bearing that characterises Miele's finest.
I liked the simplicity of the Volvo/Daf Van Doorne transmission, which had a perfectly conventional SDP clutch like a manual (though older Dafs used centrifugal clutch shoes inside a drum), no unreliable ferrofluid clutches like those found in Fiat/Ford "Selecta" CVTs from Pandas, Fiestas, etc. and these things were really rather clever, but to some, the notion of accelerating at a constant engine speed yet still being able to pull away from Audi TTs down slip roads was so alien as most of us expect engine speeds to rise and fall as we (pointlessly) change gear ourselves in the mistaken belief that doing so is the efficient way to drive.

Oh, and apparently I can't have the truck delivered.

John, you deserve a medal for techno-gibberish. The little Noddy DAF had an elastic band that was wound up by a starting handle device, and well you know it. How else do you explain all that wind-up guff that you went on about?

john, if you want the truck delivered richard long transport are pretty good... ght is there any car that does not upset you in some way??

meanwhile..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Z1A-The-World ... 2236577221

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980-Mini-EL- ... 3641.l6368

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sado-550/1120 ... 2236577221

rich. wrote:john, if you want the truck delivered richard long transport are pretty good... ght is there any car that does not upset you in some way?

Don't take me seriously Rich, I'm the world's worst tease. I'll keep it quiet if you like.
Let me see, is there a car that doesn't upset me. Mmm, difficult one that. Three of the most popular classics are The E-Type, The Morris Minor Traveller and The MGB GT. I really like all three. Wouldn't have any one of them though. The Jag's too expensive and the other two are just too common. That's common as in not unique. Temptation came by way of a pre-war Duesenberg,but then cold reality set in and I bought a house for the kind of money they were asking for the car. That and the fact that the guy who looks after the MG gave me a coffee cup with that time honoured expression on it: "If it's got t*t's or tyres, sooner or later there's 'gonna' be trouble." Duesenberg trouble comes in six figure repair bills.
Even the MG that I have is controversial. The MG TD was the most built of the T sports cars, and the most sold. The YB that I bought, shares a great deal with the TD. MG types think of the marque as being two seater sports cars. The YB is often referred to by those MG types, as a donor car for the TD. So by purchasing a YB, I've stuck two fingers up at those who suggest that it's just a donor car.

GHT wrote:I'm the world's worst tease.

I disagree, in fact I think that you tease at very nearly a professional standard! I've never been teased more effectively by anyone else, apart from Madame Whiplash of course, and her brand of teasing costs a darned sight more than the internet, so is poorer value.

JPB wrote: I've never been teased more effectively by anyone else, apart from Madame Whiplash of course.

Ooh, like a bit of whippin' and swippin' do we?

Years ago, I worked in company where my regional manager was way out of his depth. He was also something of a Lothario. When he suggested that the ladies that worked in customer services get some sort of Christmas bonus, I suggested that I would agree, but only if the single guys got a similar bonus on Palm Sunday.
It went right over his head.

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