You like your V8's!
Know anywhere i can find some decent pictures of a stag v8 engine? I want to see how it compares to my saab which is supposed to be made form half a triumph v8.
You like your V8's!
Know anywhere i can find some decent pictures of a stag v8 engine? I want to see how it compares to my saab which is supposed to be made form half a triumph v8.
A.K.A. budding bollock remover.... Damned unstrustworthy Sturmey Archer rubbish.
No, not the 'tee bar' three speed that was mounted on the top frame tube (in line with the budding bollocks) like I had on the old Raleigh....the Grifters (well, the ones down here) had a three speed with the gears being changed by twisting the right hand handlebar grip (like a motorcycle throttle). They were the forerunner of todays 'mountain bikes'.....
1963 Series IIa SWB 3.3 Holden powered, with a 90 front on it, sometimes a truck cab, sometimes a hardtop, sometimes a ragtop.
1982 Series III SWB 2.25 Petrol in a million bits (and was sold until yesterday when the deal fell over)Other stuff
2002 Hyundai Lantra wagon (SWMBO's) 1996 Toyota Hilux 4WD 2.8 diesel (with a turbo conversion) - For Sale 1993 Toyota Hilux 2WD, 2.4 diesel 1986 Daihatsu Delta CamperChevrolet Corvette speedway saloon car - 406ci Chev V8 running methanol, self-fabricated space frame chassis, fibreglass bodywork (awaiting money to get back racing). Anyone interested in seeing how the good ones go (and fail) might like to look at the link below (4MB file)
heh - matey on the quad bike looks like he wanted a little of the limelight :)
Typical incompetant official. And the bloke that rolled his car (right on the finish line) was credited with the race win. And was back out next night with the car repaired and running well.
Yes, I had a Grifter, they weighed as much as a mountain. What I'm talking about are those rotten 3-speed hub gears that kept on slipping into neutral at bad moments, plunging you down onto the crossbar if you were standing up. Ouch!
Lee_D came up with the following;:
1996/7 300 Tdi 3 door Disco, no electric windows, mirrors or anything, as basic as they come ... 'cept for the 7 seats, BFG's, Alloys and CD player ... ;)
You're thinking of the Chopper. Pile of crap - all show, no go. Grifter ruled the world (well, the estate at least!)
Ah yes - well I'm 34 and only one child. Draw your own conclusions!
On or around Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:52:12 +0000, Ian Rawlings enlightened us thusly:
only if you had it adjusted wrong, mind, or the pawl springs were U/S.
On or around Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:26:19 +0000, Tim Hobbs enlightened us thusly:
Chopper was directly responsible for my spending 2 nights in hospital in
1975. Bloody dangerous if you hit a big bump with the silly-small front wheel.On or around Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:54:38 +0000, Dougal enlightened us thusly:
's not a 4x4 though... However, it'd be fun to have one of the old county
4x4 tractors for the purpose. Or, given the money, a JCB Fastrak.
It did take a bit of fiddling to get it to work properly, that damned twist-grip didn't help much, especially if you were in the habit of getting very very muddy, as I was at the time (and still am).
I also used to build bikes out of scrap, so I expect the grifter got recycled or had some recycled (pardon the puns) parts on it. Not healthy for a growing lad.
Yeah, and responsible for me buying a Harley - with similar, although slightly more painful, results. Still miss it, and the Raleigh (?sp) Chopper, though. The Harley Trike I got a couple of years ago wasn't half as much fun - but equally as expensive to maintain :-(
I've a longstanding search for a 101 Vampire that can cook, clean, nurse me when ill and shag me senseless...
Mother"
Sitting on the drive...
4.4 V8 Range Rover Vogue (L322) 4.6 V8 Discovery ES (Romulus) 2.5 V6 Freelander GS (CB40)Hmmm....and the future holds something with an extra 100bhp over the 4.4 :-)
If I ever get around to restoring it (paint...what else is there!) then I'll park it up at work in the back yard...should take their minds off the 101
:-)
Lee D
...and Mother"
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