Poor things, some people should not be allowed near a tool box!
Badly modified cars
Badly modified cars
http://www.barryboys.co.uk/phpBB2/viewt ... =1&t=39322
Poor things, some people should not be allowed near a tool box!
Poor things, some people should not be allowed near a tool box!
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Martin Evans
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Re: Badly modified cars
The Cortina reminds me of what you used to see in the 1970s. Werdonkies are nothing new 
The Spitfire looks like a cross between a sports car and a yobb truck.
As to modern prattmobiles, I have noticed fewer Saxocorsiestas about of late and I wonder whether insurance costs have finally take their toll (Perhaps high umempoyment too)
The Spitfire looks like a cross between a sports car and a yobb truck.As to modern prattmobiles, I have noticed fewer Saxocorsiestas about of late and I wonder whether insurance costs have finally take their toll (Perhaps high umempoyment too)
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MG Midget 1500, MGB GT V8, Morris Minor Traveller 1275, MG Midget 1275 & too many bicycles.
MG Midget 1500, MGB GT V8, Morris Minor Traveller 1275, MG Midget 1275 & too many bicycles.
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suffolkpete
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More likely the high rate of attrition due to collisionsMartin Evans wrote:
As to modern prattmobiles, I have noticed fewer Saxocorsiestas about of late and I wonder whether insurance costs have finally take their toll (Perhaps high umempoyment too)
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mr rusty
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Re: Badly modified cars
The youngest Saxos are over a decade old now so that's probably why you don't see so many, anyway, here's a particularly ghastly bit of modification.....I snapped this with my blackberry while queueing up on the M11 a couple of weeks back, it's modern, but the principal of utter tastlesness is the same. This appears to be an attempt to impart a PPorsche-like elegance to an agricultural truck- note the alloys and low profile rubber which must've cost a fortune but which still manage to look too small for the arches......and yes that fastback did have a hatch in it.....yeurghhhhhhh.....
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tractorman
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Isn't that an L200 Warrior double cab? It seems a stupid thing to make as a standard vehicle, let alone modifying the thing! There are the odd one or two around here and I tend to laugh at them when I see them: what's the point of a "fastback" on a Ute?
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I rather like all of them 
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its ok you are among friendsHawk wrote:I rather like all of them
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rich. wrote:its ok you are among friendsHawk wrote:I rather like all of them
Very fine vehicles, all of them.
Though there are possibly even better looking tops for the pickup bit at the end of those double cab jobbies, below is one that can accommodate three whole alpacas:
I wonder; is the MK3 'Tina for sale? I want it.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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You know how barryboys works by now.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Cortina- ... 1121522072
it was for sale, contacting the seller / high bidder can't hurt if you fancy a new project.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Cortina- ... 1121522072
it was for sale, contacting the seller / high bidder can't hurt if you fancy a new project.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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That's a real V8, not just a cardboard replica glued in over the top of a Pinto. Amazing, automatic too. That could be good for daily use. 
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..