selectedgrub
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Yes the black one.
That's wild. Cheers
That's wild. Cheers
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Only just noticed this.
My first car was an NSU Prinz. I only got it because the boss of a garage I was working for then (in 1976) sold it to me via a customer for 12 quid! That counted as cheap even then! It was the standard air cooled 2 cylinder. There was a quicker version, a 4 cylinder 'TT' which I always fancied but never owned. This must be the TT engine. I remember even my basic 2 cyl was quite advanced having overhead cam.One New years Eve a year or so later I just returned all the way back to South London from visiting my Brother in Blackburn when we were in a bad crash in the early hours with some kids in a stolen Mini at a crossroads. That was the end of it, it was so bent I couldn't even open the door to chase them as they scarpered up the road. Funny looking car, I have a pic somewhere.
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I was asked by a friend to change the clutch in a TT Prinz years ago, no idea how to do it & asked about, lots of sucking through teeth & “don’t touch it’ it took about 20 minutes, remove cover, use one of the bolts to pull out a small shaft & the diaphragm was held in by a huge Circlip sort of spring ring arrangement, all done from the top. It was so well thought out, never seen anything like it.Only just noticed this.
One New years Eve a year or so later I just returned all the way back to South London from visiting my Brother in Blackburn when we were in a bad crash in the early hours with some kids in a stolen Mini at a crossroads. That was the end of it, it was so bent I couldn't even open the door to chase them as they scarpered up the road. Funny looking car, I have a pic somewhere.
arther dailey
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brother had the simca version of this , greeat fun , used to cock a wheel easily on corners , he put a bagof sand in the front to stop it.happy happy daysA clever little car.
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One odd thing I remember the Prinz had was the gear ratios, the second to third gear ratios were a huge gap, you had to rev the guts out of it in second & into third the revs would drop right off. First-second was fine, third-forth was as well, just second-third.
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Common to a lot of run of the mill cars at the time, the advent of the 'GT' version in the range introduced the close ratio gearbox as a selling point.
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selectedgrub
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Ok it's a vehicle and it's old and rare.
War canoe carved from 1 tree.
War canoe carved from 1 tree.
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Some very nice machines there, one seems to be missing a couple of wheels though 
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Bobupndown
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Great Mini show today in Portrush, Northern Ireland. A class win for my little 1963 mk1. A truly immaculate 1959 example from first year of mini production. (red car with open bonnet ) was there and I'm amazed it didn't win so really pleased.
We used to have a customer with 1959 Mini at a garage I worked at. It was immaculate, mind you that was a few years ago (1977) but rare even then. I remember it had a strange straight gear lever instead of the familiar cranked one that even my own 63 Mini had. The reg of mine was 8608LJ if anyone happens to own it now, you can keep it!
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Some of you may know that I own the only Matchless car in the world, a four wheel wooden chassis 1250cc ohv flat twin light car from 1923-24, well I was contacted by someone who recons that they have the only Matchless car in the world, bu==er I thought, but it turns out to a a 1912, 3 wheel car that I had seen reference to but thought none existed, it may well be heading my way! It formed the basis for a dam in a river for 50 years so will need a bit of work!
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They are very collectable (and valuable) now and have a lot of parts unique to that year.We used to have a customer with 1959 Mini at a garage I worked at. It was immaculate, mind you that was a few years ago (1977) but rare even then. I remember it had a strange straight gear lever instead of the familiar cranked one that even my own 63 Mini had. The reg of mine was 8608LJ if anyone happens to own it now, you can keep it!
8608LJ hasn't been taxed since 1986. It's either hibernating in someone's garage or more likely scrapped years ago
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Is this the one at Waitangi?Ok it's a vehicle and it's old and rare.
War canoe carved from 1 tree.
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