Shaggable old cars (and bikes)
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Eastbourne 2cv6
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 Re: Shaggable old cars (and bikes) Suppose Volvo would have gone rear wheel drive too  .
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| October 30th, 2012, 2:50 pm |
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Jacqueslemac
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Re: Shaggable old cars (and bikes) Surely people aren't still making rear wheel drive cars nowadays are they?
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| October 30th, 2012, 2:59 pm |
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Rhythm Thief
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Re: Shaggable old cars (and bikes) RWD is tremendous. Try opposite locking a 2cv round a wet roundabout ... you can do it dead easy in an elderly Volvo estate. 
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Alkie
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Re: Shaggable old cars (and bikes) Rhythm Thief wrote: RWD is tremendous. Try opposite locking a 2cv round a wet roundabout ... you can do it dead easy in an elderly Volvo estate. Agreed. Have a secret desire for one done like this: 
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ben
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Re: Shaggable old cars (and bikes)  BSA Ladybird..powered by the same aircooled 250cc parallel twin they used in the bsa sunbeam and triumph tigress scooter.   I don't think the microcar got past prototype stage though.
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golftyp19martin
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Re: Shaggable old cars (and bikes) Alkie wrote: Rhythm Thief wrote: RWD is tremendous. Try opposite locking a 2cv round a wet roundabout ... you can do it dead easy in an elderly Volvo estate. Agreed. Have a secret desire for one done like this: i just love the stance on that 245, but its the green 142 next to it love, they look brilliant as a 2door
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Smiffy
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banjo
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Re: Shaggable old cars (and bikes) BSA Ladybird..powered by the same aircooled 250cc parallel twin they used in the bsa sunbeam and triumph tigress scooter. I had a BSA Subeam back in 1966 only because my mother wouldn't let me have a bike, It was quicker and sounded better than the Vespa's and Lambetta's of the day,but so bloody unreliable,who in there right mind would put the silencer right behing the rear wheel,so it collected all the road muck and rain,so rots before your eyes? Then there was the worst designed clutch release ever, simply an unlubricted sytem that had the nasty habit of friction welding itself together,snapping the pushrod and enging the clutch all good fun 'not'. My engineering dad made up phosphurbronze parts to try to stop this,they lasted longer but still caused problems, I was'nt sorry to see it sold 
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Smiffy
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rustybus
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Re: Shaggable old cars (and bikes) Parents are wierd - "you can't have a motorbike, but you can have a deathtrap"  banjo wrote: I had a BSA Subeam back in 1966 only because my mother wouldn't let me have a bike, It was quicker and sounded better than the Vespa's and Lambetta's of the day,but so bloody unreliable,who in there right mind would put the silencer right behing the rear wheel,so it collected all the road muck and rain,so rots before your eyes? Then there was the worst designed clutch release ever, simply an unlubricted sytem that had the nasty habit of friction welding itself together,snapping the pushrod and enging the clutch all good fun 'not'. My engineering dad made up phosphurbronze parts to try to stop this,they lasted longer but still caused problems, I was'nt sorry to see it sold Anyway, pics..........     (what can i say, having a 76 lada 1200 makes me biased
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