Woo with lots of added Hoo.

True. I can't say the B was ever a favourite of mine. They handled like
shit when new and were pretty gutless.

 

Absolutely spot on, although they did attract Plod back in the 70's. My pal
got done for speeding in one and I watched it all happen in the rear view
mirror of my car AFTER I'd overtaken him. Plod *should've* pulled me coz I
was well over the limit (speed, not booze) whereas my pal was barely over.

Apparently the rear view on the MGB is crap too


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Beav wrote

Bollox. Granted the suspension was not in the same league as yer modern
hot hatch but...

.... they was quicker round a corner than *any* Jag.

And an 1800 lump assisted by a couple of nice big SUs pulling a little
over half a ton of bodywork? They was easily into three figures with a
gear left to go, two if you had overdrive.

It's just fine with the cover off.

 

I was parked next to an immaculate G-reg MGC ragtop today.
I hoped the driver would return before I left so I could offer my
condolences.

 

If you say so.

Still took an age to get there though.

Not through them shitty plastic "windows" it's not.


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I had an old Morris 1000 convertible (toured Stalinist Europe in it) and
that had a yellow viewing port that had no earthly use and wing mirrors
that, well, didn't.
http://www.sweller.dynalias.org/images/mm-gdr1.jpg

Teaches you a certain devil may care attitude to to driving on the wrong
side of the road. TBH, it teaches you a certain attitude no matter what
side, country or vehicle

 

Ferkov. Any XJ Series driven with gusto and a modicum of nous would belt
round a corner like on glued rails.

Got news for you. That horrible old B lump was pushed to put out 90bhp
and often less when it left the factory - and that was with the twin
SUs.
The only good thing about the B lump was the bottom end - tough as old
boots and lived on for decades under the O series head, even formed the
base of the Perkins diesel engine in the Montego.

 

Unlike the earlier 3.4 - http://www.mike-hawthorn.org.uk/finality.php

Anyone who says a car corners as if it were on rails isn't driving it
fast enough.

 

True for trains as well.

 

Heh I drove up to my Son's this morning on *completely* empty roads,
slick and slippy at only 4degC. I would guess that's the highest
sustained speed in an urban environment I've managed so far and it was
largely sideways ;o))

I didn't exceed the almost 140mph in a 30 achieved on London Road
Edinburgh in '89 on a 1000EXUP though, which got very sideways stopping
for the lights on Leith Walk.

 

Careless fucker.

True. My main point though, is that it wasn't bad at all.

 

Heh. But a little scary...

 

'Kin hell, I bet they thought Royalty was visiting when you cruised through
Moscow in that

Not being able to see behind can also teach you things you never thought
you'd need to know.


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We only did the GDR, some Poland and bits of Czechoslovakia in it - this
was early 1990.

It caused a stir near a school as the children couldn't work out where it
was from and spent some time arguing amongst themselves why the steering
wheel was on the wrong side.

We were stood on the balcony of a friend's flat [1] watching the children
crowd round the car.

We got stopped for speeding but the Volkspolizei let us off the M300 fine
with the quote "Only an Englishman would come so far in something so old".

Result, although my current SAAB is now only a few years younger.



[1] Me: How come your flat's got a balcony and the others haven't?
Petra: Courtesy of the RAF.
Me: Oh.

 

Still, in the land where the Fiat 500 reigns supreme, the Mggie must've been
"luxury". Funily enough, me and the boy-chic have just finished a body resto
on a Moggie and it looks pretty damned good, even if I do say so myself.

Deported septics?

He's got a point.

Did you see the report of a guy in Sweden who sent a picture of his SAAB to
SAAB as it clocked 1.6 million kilometres? He thought they'd send him
"something", but the called to see him personally with a brand new SAAB (top
of the line version of his current car) and asked if he'd swap it so they
could put his i their museum. He did and so did they.

Good old RAF.


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Beav

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