breakdown truck

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TerryG
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Re: breakdown truck

#764 Post by TerryG »

Don't muck about with piddley little things, get one (or 5) of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ALVIS-STALWAR ... 1503051634
I'm sure there must be enough there to make 1 or 2 good ones from that lot.
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: breakdown truck

#765 Post by UKJeeper »

rich.
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Re: breakdown truck

#766 Post by rich. »

cant see anything.. have broken ebay now :?
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#767 Post by JPB »

rich. wrote:cant see anything.. have broken ebay now :?
It's a 1978 Reliant Scimitar with a Jeep-style body slung low over its chassis. Looks nicely done as well, here a picture from the listolomiging:

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Ooh-er Missus, it's as camp as Uncle Fronk but even less useful! A lesson in how to wreck a useful estate car and an off road tool in one sharp hit, or art on wheels? I like it :oops: but mainly for the bits that came from Tamworth, Canley and Dagenham.
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"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true.. :oops:
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Re: breakdown truck

#768 Post by rich. »

thanks john, thats really ruined a good something :lol:
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#770 Post by UKJeeper »

The more i stare at it, the more i like it!
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