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And Melville's gangster flicks. I should have guessed sooner, seen 'most all of them! -
they tried to sell those things in the UK?Originally posted by boxxxComment
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there is a club in Australia for those things, was about 20 of them at a motel at Pinnaroo recently, there are 2 sitting under a tree in a paddock in Murray Bridge that look to be in pretty good nick too (out of sight of road)E36 M3 12.92 @ 108.64mph, N/A 3.0LComment
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Originally posted by T0nyGTSt View Postin every europe theater ww2 movie ever
That looks sweet. Needs to be dropped on a rod chassis with viper driveline stat.David Fraser - Automotive Historian!
Originally posted by bigmuzComment
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Looks sweet, but trust the Frogs to fuck it up and make it FWD.Comment
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Beat me to it. Dad is restoring one at the moment. The gear lever is the giveaway.
They were made in RHD and LHD.
The gearbox its infront of the engine. The suspension is pretty advanced for a car built in the 30s."If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough horsepower." - Mark Donahue Penske Porsche 917
"In Japan we no give fark for Subaru" - Trust Japan Technical Director
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"You can never have enough power. I remember when we had Group B cars... THEN we had enough power!"
Juha Kankkunen - Rally of Argentina '02Comment
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Guy at work's dad runs one in Targa... nutter."Where can we get hold of a Vincent Black Shadow?" "Whats that?" "A fantastic bike," I said. "The new model is something like two thousand cubic inches, developing two hundred brake-horsepower at four thousand revolutions per minute on a magnesium frame with two styrofoam seats and a total curb weight of exactly two hundred pounds."Comment
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Fucked up worse than dropping it on a rod chassis with a Viper engine?Originally posted by Marv View PostComment
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They should have known that Aussie bogans would want to get these things later on, paint them to look like a flock of rainbow lorrikeets that had been mashed together and fit a high performance 308ci Red motor w/Trimatic and Jag IRS.Originally posted by Zac View Post
RWD Viper-engine Traction Avant might just be cooler than the American DS19 that sits on the C6 Corvette body (with LSx powahs).Comment
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seeing these made a trip to Versailles(sp) interesting:
.... because every driver experiences the destructive potential of the effortless surge of power available through the smallest of body movements.
Dr Hoon.
DrNick is king!!!! No, Mark Webber is now! Long live the king!... hold on a minute mate, Ricci is in charge nowComment
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Yeah the suspension is out of this one at the moment. Its these green orb things with some green liquid pumped like hydraulic fluid all over the place to keep it levelOriginally posted by itsnotagsr View PostOriginally posted by NucciComment
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The wishbone arms are pretty complex for their time too. They were prized for their handling. Look at a British (or American) car from a similar period and you'll see how far ahead of their time they were.Originally posted by AJC13B View Post
I've always liked the shape. The suicide doors are pretty cool too."If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough horsepower." - Mark Donahue Penske Porsche 917
"In Japan we no give fark for Subaru" - Trust Japan Technical Director
(TM - AVENGE)
"You can never have enough power. I remember when we had Group B cars... THEN we had enough power!"
Juha Kankkunen - Rally of Argentina '02Comment
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First to identify all these arse ends wins an all expenses paid weekend staying in Daves Bus shelter.
1978 Opel Manta SR Berlinetta 1UZFE
2013 Opel Insignia OPC
2013 Kia Rio
2018 LDV T60
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Ford Capri, ALfa Montreal , Opel Manta, Ford anglia, Renault 17, Citroen GS, not sure of the last two."Where can we get hold of a Vincent Black Shadow?" "Whats that?" "A fantastic bike," I said. "The new model is something like two thousand cubic inches, developing two hundred brake-horsepower at four thousand revolutions per minute on a magnesium frame with two styrofoam seats and a total curb weight of exactly two hundred pounds."Comment
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