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Australian Pink Floyd

They rock!

until you open the throttle and it tries to run away

The pickup is AMAZING! See what increase in bhp we get tomorrow

They're in



Off to Northampton Motorsport (1200bhp rolling road) tomorrow for a bit of fettling and then first outing of the season is Goodwood on Easter Monday so if anybody is around, come and say Hi!

Dear Mr. Monkey and Mr. Car As always in awe of your skills and vision but I feel a small revision of your matchless prose is in order Ballast my arse Ballast = his arse I speak as someone who knows because the side tubes of my old race seat needed to be hydraulically 'adjusted' somewhat to allow my...

The Healey does not have any sound deadening so my experience is they sound like Lucifer's sewing machine under 3000 rpm however if you have a BIG cam they aid driveability quite a lot.

So impressed that I grabbed TWO beers and told Jay to let me know when the heads were done

Bl00dy managers!

Tone,

Get the log burner so when SWMBO kicks you out for spending too much time on your car you've already got somewhere warm to sleep and cook with your first love

Wood burning stove from Machine Mart or similar. Burn old pallets and other scavenged wood and it's essentially free to run. Make sure you do a good job on the chimney as smoke and carbon monoxide is not a good combination. The one below is about £240 inc. VAT from Machine Mart and while expensive t...

Seems the original was a Cadillac! Taken in again

Looks pretty good! Another of my fantasy cars, find it here

Mike,

Yes they are 48's and I don't understand this 'part throttle' thing

Have a good Christmas all!

Ian

made here at Gelmonkey Towers

I seem to remember it was Gelmonkey Corporation for the courier

Oi why does Kiwicar get sarnies and not the rest of us?????? .....and just for you Paul & Mike; the fat man in the red suit (not Kim Il Jong) has come up trumps early http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/kev_the_mole/2011_1219iansnewsetup0002.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/kev_the_mole/201...

I would have thought that an Inglese injection set up with downdraughts Paul, I do mostly classic events like Cholmondeley and Jersey so I have to 'look' right. Nobody is going to let me in with ram pipes sticking out the bonnet as it would be too 'hot rod' :roll: This setup allows me to keep it al...