I want to build a proper hotrod.

You could get a Hillman Hunter but no Holbay engine, from Iran. they bought the rights to build them. Piraz or something.

->Geoff wrote:

->> ->> Anyone got any ideas for something that would look pretty cool slammed

->> ->> in miledeep glass black, but isn't popular with the classic restorers

->> ->> yet.

->> ->

->> ->Hindustan Ambassador?

->>

->> Probably cost more to get back to the UK then it would to buy !

->>

->> Good idea tho.

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->Drive it back :-)

Would it make it ?

Dunno. They seem pretty tough, or at least able to be kept going, in some pretty rough conditions. Then again they are decidedly Old Tech, so probably not inherently reliable. The uncertainty adds to the thrill of it :-)

Not really, seeing as what they "churned out" were cars that were better than their direct competition...

Is that the same sort of concept as the 'please do not flush the toilet whilst the train is stationary' signs in train bogs?

In CZ they had no competition. But free trade within the soviet union made them the leading edge for mass cars.

Tatra were the state car luxury maker, Skoda were for the people. They competed with Lada, FSO, Dacia. They did fish their steel out of scuttle WW2 russian subs like Lada and FSO, they rolled it from fresh stock.

Them's the baddies I meant :)

Polonez Prima... *shudder*

Always liked the Estelle, learnt to drive in one. Boring Corolla by day (family run driving school), then the Estelle 120 at night round at a mate's farm.

Perhaps it was the combination of RWD + muddy fields that influences my memories most though... :)

Stunning. Just like that yes. Simple lines, light lowering, better wheels and a tidy interior. And no doubt a later Volvo motor and box bolted in with the hubs/discs from a 700 series and calipers from the ubiquitous 2**.

Simple, tidy, modern and classic at the same time.

I really miss mine. Of all the cars I've had, I really do think my messed with Estelle actually handled best. Others will doubt it is possible, but I think it is true. It wasn't standard but few of my crs have been.

I'd like to Rod a volvo 164..