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Grumpy Northener
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Re: Bonkers

#11 Post by Grumpy Northener »

Tractorman wrote
I'm not looking for campers now - I have just written a much smaller cheque for my "new" classic!
Planning on keeping it secret ? - or are you going to let us all know what you have bagged ? ;)
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Re: Bonkers

#12 Post by tractorman »

Perhaps a guessing game until it arrives!

Hint: it's blue (mainly)
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Re: Bonkers

#13 Post by TerryG »

Is it a tractor?
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Re: Bonkers

#14 Post by Grumpy Northener »

Hint: it's blue (mainly)
July 1976 edition of Playboy ?
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
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Re: Bonkers

#15 Post by tractorman »

Terry - some might say so.

GN. My last Playboy was damaged and pages stuck together. I don't want that to happen again as the value drops remarkably.

Hint: it has a towbar

I got a phone call this morning and the cheque has arrived. That may mean I'll get it in a week. I suspect I won't be able to be obtuse enough to make this last that long!
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Re: Bonkers

#16 Post by TerryG »

A blue tractor would suggest New Holland or McCormick. Classic wise it could be a Ford. (I have lived on a farm for too long)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Re: Bonkers

#17 Post by arceye »

Hmm, I reckon its not a real tractor.....

Landy?
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Re: Bonkers

#18 Post by TerryG »

"real" landies are green :S
;)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Re: Bonkers

#19 Post by tractorman »

McCormicks tend to be orangey red. Mind you, there are one or two other makes of blue tractor.

Dammit, I forgot about arceye!

OK smarta**e, you've spoilt the game, now prove yourself - find the reg number!

I'll narrow it down for you - I don't have to pay VED!

Yep, I'm awaiting an alleged S2A Landy. Alleged as it has cloth seats and an S3 dash. It also has a Perkins engine but the DVLA says it has a petrol one!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1963-LAND-ROV ... 2a302108dd

Aw nu*s, arceye will get the number from the pics!

As I mentioned elsewhere, I have a use for an estate car. However, swapping the Golf isn't an option - it would cost £5K or more to get something "suitable". OTOH, the Landy is under £3K delivered. I could have bought a newer one, but the VED is rather steep compared to the "daily" (more like frightening for a 2001 or newer!) and unlikely to get any cheaper! OK, it still won't take 3m lengths of timber (or an 8x4 sheet of whatever), but I have access to a decent trailer or two and the Landy should just about manage them - though I don't intend going far with it!

I'll try to get some interesting pictures and start a thread in a few days.
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Re: Bonkers

#20 Post by zipgun »

Whilst on the subject of Land Rovers..I bought some Shogun sliding windows for our Paj , on Ebag last night , and saw these too :( http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Panoramic-Sid ... 4125wt_933
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