Bullet2012
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Not mine but love the slammed trucks
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Matchless
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I think it was a Dart and then for the Mk2 an SP250 but not 100%, never owned one..
Barking Mat
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About 16 odd years ago, I bought this, well actually I bought two.
French military Renault R2087n.
Fully restored and repainted in in six weeks, then we drove down to the dunes in Morocco.
we didn't actually drive through the sand, it would have got stuck, just posed for a photo.
Then....
Some low life burnt it out one night, not just out truck, a bus, some cars, a few chalets, ram raided a photographers shop and a tabacconist.
They did 4 years in prison, got it low loaded home, removed the body, then other projects came along ended up selling one and a half, sadly.
French military Renault R2087n.
Fully restored and repainted in in six weeks, then we drove down to the dunes in Morocco.
Then....
They did 4 years in prison, got it low loaded home, removed the body, then other projects came along ended up selling one and a half, sadly.
Barking Mat
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When I sat in it the following morning, I pulled the start handle and the engine turned over....
It's now been fully restored, but I've not seen it.
It's now been fully restored, but I've not seen it.
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I'm not normally a fan of big American stuff but there are a couple I'd really like to see. One is the Tucker 48 the other is the GM Futureliner.
Most Tuckers survive and there are a couple of Futureliners around too but I suspect a trip to the US would be needed to see either!
Most Tuckers survive and there are a couple of Futureliners around too but I suspect a trip to the US would be needed to see either!
Matchless
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More rubbish pictures, we used to import those rubber rear spoilers, 100 at a time, once flew the Cessna to Antwerp to collect a load, removed the rear seats to get them in, I had the Cessna registered to the business and so was in part tax deductible,
and VAT reclaimable 
so felt it was a good idea to do the odd business flight!
and VAT reclaimable so felt it was a good idea to do the odd business flight!
Barking Mat
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RWD3M
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I do, but too much to write here. Seriously, Google them, they are fascinating things. About a dozen were made back in the late 40's and used by GM as promotional vehicles showing how the future would look. One sold recently for $4.000.000!
Tuckers raise huge sums too!
Edit: Looks like they have a wiki page!
My mates dad had a yds7? with that MAXARET abs,wow,what happened to our industry??
Matchless
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yet more, the Transit parcel van was mentioned in an earlier thread, I had just bought it in those pictures, replaced the York diesel after a few years with a Capri 2.8i and manual O/D box from a Sherpa diesel! used it for years for trips to Germany collecting BMW parts, the Bedford J type was a six cylinder petrol, I think the white van in the background was a Morris J2 that I inherited with the workshop unit, I used the rear axle in the trailer in the bottom picture featuring my MIL and my now 38 year old daughter, who recently moved back home...… the trailer is still going strong and living with a mate in the village! how time passes...
I wish I had known that the J2 gearbox was an MGA twin cam close ratio box! as I had my MGA by then.
I wish I had known that the J2 gearbox was an MGA twin cam close ratio box! as I had my MGA by then.
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I used to work on a fleet of Hunters that had Maxarets! (yes, Hawker ones
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Hi Wallace
It was at a show in Greenhill park, Low Edges in Sheffield back in 2017, I'd guess there was around five or six hundred cars/lorries/steam hehicles, Even Horses/Donkeys and knights in armour whacking each other with gret swords/axes!!
Years ago my aunt had an Interceptor, 7.2 litres from memory, It had a load of carbs and a massive air filter box that covered most of the engine, My dad brought it back on the M1, He gave it full throttle for a few seconds and hit 150mph
John
I think they may be prior to 2015 as the mustard Healey and aubergine FF belonged to Dave & Helen Newby, he is in one of the photos and Dave sadly passed away in 2015.
Your Aunties Interceptor may have been an SP if it had multiple carbs, they used the 440ci 6-Pack Chrysler engine from the Charger/Challenger R/T that used 3 twin choke carbs and a big oval air filter. If you can find any details or photos I can see if it has survived. If your Father had it up to that sort of speed you can see the fuel gauge dropping!
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Easy way to upset an FF owner, call in an Interceptor FF! 320 made in total and there was a CV8 FF development car. Completely different chassis on an FF, different wings, bonnet and front too plus as mentioned 4" longer wheelbase. The passenger seats are narrower too to clear the floorpan hump for the transfer box. The Maxaret anti-lock brakes were developed from the aircraft system.
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I've been looking for these trucks, and my internet trawling is turning up nothing.
What searches and keywords are you using please.
My brother has a sedan (or saloon not sure how you call these) for sale but it is defenately not in such a nice condition.
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You are about 5 years to late as i let my ford engines go but maybe worth asking on retrorides in the wanted section, the guy who had min used to use a modern ford engine from something like a KA? and got it into a mk1 escort i think it was a valencia engine.
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I think they may be prior to 2015 as the mustard Healey and aubergine FF belonged to Dave & Helen Newby, he is in one of the photos and Dave sadly passed away in 2015.
Your Aunties Interceptor may have been an SP if it had multiple carbs, they used the 440ci 6-Pack Chrysler engine from the Charger/Challenger R/T that used 3 twin choke carbs and a big oval air filter. If you can find any details or photos I can see if it has survived. If your Father had it up to that sort of speed you can see the fuel gauge dropping!
I'll take your word for the date as i've been to a few of the shows (They're always brilliant when the weather obliges!)
That air filter box is exactly as I recall my aunts car!, It got run over by a mahoosive articulated lorry, The insureance allowed her £5,000 to get it repaired, She got it done with two grand spare!! (She knows someone in every field of anything that needs doing!!)
EDIT!- I just went looking at my folders and found one named 'Festival of Transport, Graves Park' Those Jensen pics were in it, They were taken in 2009!
Cheers, John
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Some old Americans
Just found this from last year on a forum, It seems Helen still owns both the Healey and the FF
EDIT- Seems it's her forum, Taken over from her hubby
John
Nice one John, see if you can find any info on the car as there is a good chance someone has it and all those stories about the history are fantastic.
Just found this from last year on a forum, It seems Helen still owns both the Healey and the FF
EDIT- Seems it's her forum, Taken over from her hubby
John
