Miscellaneous Car News

I bet ..
Hope the damages are manageable

 

Sorry to see this Pat... we dodged a bullet here, great waves today...

 

Hope everyone is going ok down there.

 

Still windy, but not as bad. Still pissing down. House smells like a wet musk ox

 

I think the rain will last a while longer with the depression unfortunately Pat..Hopefully you are high up and not getting everyone else’s water!..
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At least the shops opened. Almost ran out of milk! Water tanks overflowing so much, it's eroding their foundations - another engineering fix for my retirement

 

I'm all back to normal

Should have kept the 355 here but if worst case had happened I'd be upset

Thanks again mate for storing the car for me

 

Bizarrely, it blew up here late yesterday and I finally had to haul in all the balcony furniture... rained all night and my living room still looks like a furniture depot!

 

Some sensational cars at ICE at St Moritz:
https://velocetoday.com/up-close-with-the-classics-at-the-ice-st-moritz/

And just to show y'all,they're not all there to show,just show off!


The Auto Union is fabulous.

 

This could interest some coffee/carholics around here:
https://online.doningtonauctions.com.au/m/lot-details/index/catalog/237/lot/54900/A-decorative-fiberglass-nbsp-coffee-machine-table-in-the-form-of-a-Fiat-500-the-metal-frame-construction-built-to-take-weight-of-machine-nbsp?url=%2Fm%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F237

 

Adelaide part 1,bit of a yawn hope part two is better:
https://velocetoday.com/repco-adelaide-motorsport-festival-part-1/

..............https://velocetoday.com/repco-adelaide-motorsport-festival-part-2/

 

https://www.justcars.com.au/cars-for-sale/1975-audi-100-s-2d-coupe/JCW5335431
https://www.classic-trader.com/uk/cars/listing/fiat/dino/dino-coupe/1968/346793

Confushused?...I prefer the Eyetie in 2.4 and manuel.

 

This has gotta the most amazing waste of dosh I've seen since God was a little boy.

A fuly restored OFFROAD car with a range of................250klms.
I hope there's room for the 5KVA geny and 10 jerrycans,FFS.

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/1964-land-rover-rover-manual-4x4/OAG-AD-24271799/

 

LHD POS

 

Thanks for the memories

 

I watched that today. I always liked them.

 

I’d like to restore one as a retirement project and make it perfect

 

So you're going to get rid of the Truimph engine and stick an LS7 into it.

 

*cough*

I said perfect, not a stories car! The original V8 has an awesome exhaust note. All it needs is proper maintenance and minor mods to the cooling system

 

Surely an electric water pump would be a good start?

 

Yep, this is the way to do it

https://daviescraig.com.au/media/960/1433393863.Stagcoolingmodscompressed12-07-2011.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOopZ0t3-LinVmOFhjfU5lisGzG9wrpnBzx9hJr60TU_2zb_ub63n

 

I ran one in my Elan for 20 years - fantastic system.

 

I didn't know about the offset head retaining bolts though.

Or is that no longer an issue with a properly working cooling system?

 

I think basically you would need to start from scratch, remove the heads, rebuild everything then sort the cooling system. If it overheats again and the heads warp, then start from scratch, remove the heads, rebuild everything then sort the cooling system

 

Sounds like a triumph over the original engineering.