General Chat with an emphasis on BMC Minis & Other iconic cars of the 1960's.
Pete
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by Pete Tue Mar 01, 2011 1:49 pm
12g295 wrote: Well I asked the vendor a question
and recieved this reply
" I guess GRX 309D driven by the late Graham Hill has slipped by you. If you have seen this car in person, as I have, or view any images on either the web or issue March 2005 of MiniWorld magazine you will clearly see the red tipped needle.
There is a chance I suppose the car is not 100% acurate
I am loving the last sentence !
There's 100% chance that's not GRX 309D !
One thing I do like about the ex works Mini scene is it's not short on laughs.
mk1
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by mk1 Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:33 pm
Wooooooooooooo!!
Looked like you prodded a raw nerve
steve1071
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by steve1071 Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:43 pm
Anyone see the comment in the MCR mag about 407ARX being for sale after its recent Top Gear 'restoration'? Recreation more like, even the vendor will tell you that it's a plate nailed to a shell and a load of parts collected over many years. £100k anyone?
Pete
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by Pete Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:48 pm
There's a bit of a who-ha about that car on the Pistonheads forum.
mk1
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by mk1 Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:09 pm
Its a works car, what do people expect?
Pandora
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by Pandora Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:25 pm
history??????
whatever next?
mk1
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by mk1 Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:10 pm
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMC-Parts-Bag-/15 ... 230fdde409
This is getting silly, but at least the bag is included.
I used to collect stuff like this, but now I only buy the parts as the packaging is usually too expensive
Gray
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by Gray Thu Apr 14, 2011 3:57 pm
Check out the works dash, starting price £1.3k
now if he had a halda twinmaster on there then it would be realistic start price.
mk1
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by mk1 Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:28 pm
That is hilarious!
YMJ
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by YMJ Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:20 am
steve1071
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by steve1071 Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:52 am
No doubt some fool will buy it.
Be very careful with that seller, I had a very near miss last year until I ranted at ebay customer services several times and they refunded my money.
9330FN
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by 9330FN Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:53 am
I'm sure someone re-manufactures those Lodge plugs and leads
In the shed
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by In the shed Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:28 am
I dunno, but the old 66 Cooper I bought (bastard) has a set of those leads (new).
sandman
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by sandman Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:24 pm
I think Holden have sold these or years too...
Cheers,
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by mk1 Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:03 am
They are good plug caps, all be it unsuppressed. However if you are an ultimate rivet spotter the repros don't have the LODGE branding on them.
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