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Post by cybot on Oct 8, 2017 7:58:45 GMT
That's shame John but no point in continuing to sink money into it. This might sound a bit daft but why get an MGB and go down the classic car route. Not overly expensive and things can be done to them. Also very likely to appreciate.
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Post by Dweenimus on Oct 8, 2017 8:15:26 GMT
You could get a triumph spitfire and put your charged mc5 engine in it 😂
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Post by melx5 on Oct 8, 2017 9:34:00 GMT
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Post by melx5 on Oct 8, 2017 9:35:44 GMT
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Post by myothercarsa2cv on Oct 8, 2017 9:54:18 GMT
You could get a triumph spitfire and put your charged mc5 engine in it 😂 I see where you're going with this Dean...  |
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Post by myothercarsa2cv on Oct 8, 2017 9:55:57 GMT
That's shame John but no point in continuing to sink money into it. This might sound a bit daft but why get an MGB and go down the classic car route. Not overly expensive and things can be done to them. Also very likely to appreciate. I've already got the 2CV sitting about doing nothing while I wait for the little one to be big enough to take out in it... although I'm tempted to use the money from the 5 to get it looking glorious again. The problem I have with classic cars is that I just don't have the time to invest in keeping them mint at the moment  |
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Post by Dweenimus on Oct 8, 2017 10:34:56 GMT
Would probably be cheaper for me to have your charged engine in the spitfire than rebuild it 😣 but not allowed!!
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Post by myothercarsa2cv on Feb 1, 2018 13:56:08 GMT
Well this is probably my last post on this thread... the shell is bare, I just need to arrange it to be collected. However I thought I’d add a little pic... you might remember my diff died a while back. I finally got round to inspecting it properly and while the crown wheel and pinion are goners, the reason the diff broke was not crownwheel bounce after all. It was... TORSEN GRENADE. Not sure I’ve seen this happen before, but ho hum. I was planning to remove the Torsen unit to sell separately (nice little project for someone but when I got it out a few pieces dropped out the casing...  This is a perfect cross-section of a Torsen gear. It should be round! It looks like the damage to the CWP was caused by bits of Torsen, rather than the other way round. So in the bin that went! Anyway, it’s been fun. Maybe I’ll be back. Maybe not. I’ll still lurk  |
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Post by myothercarsa2cv on Mar 8, 2018 15:58:29 GMT
Cheerio shell.  The End. |
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Post by FFS Corders on Mar 8, 2018 17:28:29 GMT
Byeee  |
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Post by tsp on Mar 8, 2018 18:32:43 GMT
Sad times John! It’ll live on though mate... Well parts of it will!  |
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Post by myothercarsa2cv on Mar 8, 2018 20:07:50 GMT
Sad times John! It’ll live on though mate... Well parts of it will! Three parts of it in some cases 😂 |
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Post by scottydugg on Mar 9, 2018 7:34:46 GMT
Sitting here trying to tally up my parts count Sad to see it go, but the Stagea seems to be keeping you plenty busy. |
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Post by FFS Corders on Mar 9, 2018 9:58:18 GMT
.y shed contains a couple of major components |
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Post by myothercarsa2cv on Mar 9, 2018 21:07:33 GMT
I should probably add some context to the ‘three parts’ comment... tsp’s postman apparently isn’t the most gentle!  It’s exciting to know how many parts will help other people’s builds though, and really happy I was able to help some people out. It’s been an interesting exercise, but I wouldn’t break a car again. It’s been about 6-7 months overall and I still haven’t sold everything! Talk about major faff. And yes the Stagea will keep me busy... 😉 @nursehalliday has just picked up a bit of a contender so I’ve got some work to do! |
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