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Chuck
PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:08 pm 
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Dark Skies
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I still don't - I drive a Series 2A Landy.
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The Avenger had an extra special feature, if you were at a loose end you could sit and watch it rust.

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For a while I had a nice little sideline stripping the instruments out of scrapped Dolomites, Toledos, and Stags for kit car enthusiasts. They were the only bits on them worth having.
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Pete
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My '91 Eunos Roadster is fixed with spanners etc. (AND they're metric........ :good: )

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I seemed to spend half my time, in my youth, pulling apart "A" series engines - A30, A35, A40, Moggies, Midgets, Sprites, Mini's (Elf, Hornet) 1100, 1300, Kestrel, Marina, Allegro, Ital, Metro, Maestro etc. Happy days working on my own in a workshop on a farm.

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A`hh A and B series engines and the Ford cross flows you have just reminded me of those wonderful times getting hands dirty.
I swear you could stand and watch the engine and see exactly how it was working and what every component was doing.
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1066
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I'm sure it was poking a bit of hose in my ear while balancing twin SU's that destroyed my hearing (nothing to do with 60 years of shooting) :)

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Andy632
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I'm sure it was poking a bit of hose in my ear while balancing twin SU's that destroyed my hearing (nothing to do with 60 years of shooting) :)



I've still got the proper tool for doing that and a Mini clutch puller!

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Pete wrote:
My '91 Eunos Roadster is fixed with spanners etc. (AND they're metric........ :good: )

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Well you've surprised me there Pete.....never had you down as a hairdresser! :p

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