I like the Pacer, does this make me a bad person? 
breakdown truck
Re: breakdown truck
I like the Pacer, does this make me a bad person? J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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Grumpy Northener
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Re: breakdown truck
Not bad John - however wasn't it the Pacer that the fuel tank used to rupture on and explode in a ball of flames when anyone ran into the rear of them at 5 MPH ?
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
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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suffolkpete
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Re: breakdown truck
I thought that was the Ford Corvair - subject of Ralph Nader's book "Unsafe at any speed"suffolkpete wrote:No, it was the Ford Pinto.
See here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_at_Any_Speed
Cheers!
Some people are like Slinkies - they serve no useful purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them downstairs.
Re: breakdown truck
Hmm, needs a good half dozen tins of T-Cut to sort that cab out properly but I can see the appeal of the thing. 
You do realise that there's also a Transit pickup on the page where the Datsun is listed? Much more your sort of thing, no?
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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as much as i love my transits i once owned a cabstar like that, column change bench seat & just so much fun.. in an ideal world i would have already bought it..
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Ah yes, the joys of the bench seat and the column change. Add a foot-operated parking brake for the hat trick of Japanese retro eccentricity.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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Grumpy Northener
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Re: breakdown truck
- Thought you were talking about my Javelin for a min, no foot operated handbrake but the leaver is tucked away under the dashboard to adjacent to the inner wing - far more comfortable than any Cabstar but then again the Cabstar with it's higher ride height hence clearer forward vision and the fact that it can carry close to a ton of builders tat & rubble has it's plus points - but I can bet that Rich like every builder has had his Cabstar loaded down to the spring stops on several occasions - more like 2 ton carrying capacity thenAh yes, the joys of the bench seat and the column change
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
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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Rich, this caught my eye. Most survivors are the later "upmarket" (
) Sisleys, this is the raw, crude and very capable original version:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1987-Fiat-Pan ... SwpLNX9UTr
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..