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Re: breakdown truck
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 2:39 pm
by JPB
That Volvo is amazing, but I'm almost sure that the propshaft and clutch slave cylinder should be attached to something?
Still, how hard can it be to get a gearbox for that? I recall being able to buy upgraded (steel instead of Paxolin for the camshaft gear) timing gears and a new radiator from a Volvo dealer for my 142S and they still carry loads of stuff for older models generally, or they did as recently as twelve years ago. Dammit, doesn't time fly!
Shiny caravans are cool, IMHO, but I'd wait for something with the door in the correct place to come along, or better yet, a 'van with two doors that could be used in both RHD and LHD countries. Or a Sprite Cadet, Portafold or Anusfold, all of which came with a door at the back, now that makes far more sense.
Re: breakdown truck
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 7:45 am
by rich.
Re: breakdown truck
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 3:31 pm
by JPB
No joke, the Anusfold is very similar to the Portafold and because of the way they fold, the doors on both are at the rear, here's a piccie:
Some prefer the Portafold, because it has fins so looks great behind a '60s car or bike/sidecar combo, Dr Who liked these so much that he took time out from fighting bad scenery and faulty sonic screwdrivers to promote the product:
Re: breakdown truck
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 10:03 pm
by Grumpy Northener
One for John - pity it's a manual - but look at the guide price
http://angliacarauctions.co.uk/en/class ... tsun-120y/
One for Rich - must be worth it with such a low mileage
http://angliacarauctions.co.uk/en/class ... cra-10-ls/
Re: breakdown truck
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 10:21 pm
by Grumpy Northener
Re: breakdown truck
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 11:09 pm
by JPB
@ all of the above, from both of Chris' posts!
Rich, I think that the Jowett-driving master of the molten body solder has actually won this thread because a low mileage Sunny and an AEC Militant on the same page has never, ever happened before anywhere in cyberspace! Probably. And look at that K10. You could, potentially, almost smell Anna Friel's perfume on the seats if you get in there and have a good sniff. Well it's not actor woman, Janet Dibley's Collette version of the car, hers was black over silver.
Then we have the 1957 Tourette Supreme. I have invented a little
historic research on this curiosity and may yet post in Wikipedia that the vehicle was named as it is because it came from the showroom with neither brakes nor horn fitted as standard. This meant that, when the absence of brakes became nearly critical, the pilot would suddenly find the need to shout a seemingly random oath at anyone who stood in the way of the uncontrollable device, which led onlookers to consider that this brave soul may have been experiencing a symptom of the condition that shares the car's distinctive name. Yep, it's a grand ride for sufferers of Supremitis.
Re: breakdown truck
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 8:03 pm
by rich.
Re: breakdown truck
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2016 1:59 pm
by rich.
Re: breakdown truck
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2016 5:35 pm
by JPB
Wow! Thanks mate, Three superb - and ridiculously expensive in one case but you decide which that may be - commercial classics there.
What about the guide price on that Bedford TJ though? I could understand it if the truck were anywhere close to a concours machine but with so many modifications, pretty though it may be, it won't get near the prizes.
Also on the TJ, what donor vehicle does that pickup bed come from? I'm thinking that it's not of the period and that I recognise its shape, but cannot think where it's from or why it looks so familiar.
That'll bug me all night now.
Re: breakdown truck
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 8:04 am
by Flatlander
JPB wrote:That Volvo is amazing...
...Still, how hard can it be to get a gearbox for that?...
Gearboxes in those things are to a certain degree, unique. Although they are based on the standard Volvo M40 box, they are strengthened, and have therefore som unique parts.
As a piece of totally useless information, the diffs are copies of the american Dana unit, built in the good ol' UK by Salisbury.
surely thats a joke 
