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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2013 10:44:34 GMT -5
1970 Ford Ranchero GT, smooth. I restored one of these in 1990, Different color though.
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Post by shred on May 22, 2013 13:09:44 GMT -5
Nice motor, front of it looks a bit like a Rover P6
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Post by badmedicine on May 22, 2013 14:23:14 GMT -5
1970 was a good looking model year for Rancheros, but they didn't last long here in the rust belt...the frames started going within a couple years.
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Post by shred on May 22, 2013 15:13:27 GMT -5
A lot of what British Leyland made were also rot boxes, the 70's Rover flagship car the SD1's which replaced the P6 being a good example.
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Post by clusterchuck on May 24, 2013 17:30:09 GMT -5
This fellow owns one the most beautiful Ferrari's ever produced. The BB512. If I remember correctly, they were called Red Heads or Testarosa. Although the video imbedded in this article shows the engine bay and the heads are not red. I had the priviledge of working on a BB512 in the early 80's. Put a nice little stereo in it for a customer that had some very nice vehicles. Enzo always said, if you want sound, roll down the windows and step on the gas. autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/inside-world-most-stylish-garage-145758797.html
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Post by shred on May 25, 2013 3:16:25 GMT -5
Triumph Rocket III Alas it's not mine.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2013 9:14:54 GMT -5
Triumph Rocket III Alas it's not mine. Oh MY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Sweet.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2013 9:25:06 GMT -5
This fellow owns one the most beautiful Ferrari's ever produced. The BB512. If I remember correctly, they were called Red Heads or Testarosa. Although the video imbedded in this article shows the engine bay and the heads are not red. I had the priviledge of working on a BB512 in the early 80's. Put a nice little stereo in it for a customer that had some very nice vehicles. Enzo always said, if you want sound, roll down the windows and step on the gas. autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/inside-world-most-stylish-garage-145758797.htmlI remember 15-18 years ago there was a young man(kid) that had one, he drove it like he was crazy, But, it sounded great when he had his foot in it, which was all the time. Often wondered it he is still alive?
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2013 10:10:45 GMT -5
1970 was a good looking model year for Rancheros, but they didn't last long here in the rust belt...the frames started going within a couple years. I had a couple of rust problems behind the rear wheel wells, nothing bad I could cover them with one hand. Your right of course out here in the SW rust isn't much of a problem dry as it is. But if I remember right all cars were bad for rust back then.
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Post by clusterchuck on May 25, 2013 10:11:24 GMT -5
Nice motor, front of it looks a bit like a Rover P6 This is my 67 E Type. I call her Bad Kitty.
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Post by clusterchuck on May 25, 2013 10:14:43 GMT -5
1970 Ford Ranchero GT, smooth. I restored one of these in 1990, Different color though. Bad Kitty lost her British roots somewhere along the way. I didn't do the conversion. Bought her this way in 2000. Other than the conversion to a 350 Chev / 350 TH, she appears fairly stock.
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Post by clusterchuck on May 25, 2013 10:18:40 GMT -5
I let her sit too long so took her over to a friends shop where we could get her road worthy again.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2013 10:26:37 GMT -5
1970 Ford Ranchero GT, smooth. I restored one of these in 1990, Different color though. Bad Kitty lost her British roots somewhere along the way. I didn't do the conversion. Bought her this way in 2000. Other than the conversion to a 350 Chev / 350 TH, she appears fairly stock. Chuck, your kitty is pure Classic, capitol C. I hear a lot of Jags got the same 350 conversion. Must have been something about the easy fit? Prolly a lot easier to work on the 350 vs the original also. The wife had a 71 MGB that always (every few months) had to go to the shop mostly for carb work, the Webers like a lot of attention at about 1.5 - 2 times the going shop rate at the time.. Love that one too. What a fun car to drive in the mountains with the top down..
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2013 10:31:15 GMT -5
I let her sit too long so took her over to a friends shop where we could get her road worthy again. How clean it is, not many hours on the clock I see... Engine compartment clean too, lovin the dash, 160 Oh My goodness. LOLOL
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Post by clusterchuck on May 25, 2013 10:43:50 GMT -5
Chuck, your kitty is pure Classic, capitol C. I hear a lot of Jags got the same 350 conversion. Must have been something about the easy fit? Prolly a lot easier to work on the 350 vs the original also. The wife had a 71 MGB that always (every few months) had to go to the shop mostly for carb work, the Webers like a lot of attention at about 1.5 - 2 times the going shop rate at the time.. Love that one too. What a fun car to drive in the mountains with the top down.. Convertibles are SO much fun. And Webers are finicky to say the least. Way back when I had a Karmann Ghis convertible, the motor was punched to 1800CC, had dual port heads and twin 48IDA Webers that drove me insane. Don't think I ever got them in sync. Stubborn!
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Post by clusterchuck on May 25, 2013 10:53:17 GMT -5
A lot of what British Leyland made were also rot boxes, the 70's Rover flagship car the SD1's which replaced the P6 being a good example. Speaking of rot boxes, a friend of mine was commissioned to repair the metal on this 250GT Ferrari. He is an amazing metal man. This is a bad photo but this is a panel he crafted to replace a completely rotted original.
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Post by shred on May 25, 2013 10:58:59 GMT -5
Nice motor, front of it looks a bit like a Rover P6 This is my 67 E Type. I call her Bad Kitty. That's a beauty!
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Post by clusterchuck on May 25, 2013 12:25:02 GMT -5
This is my 67 E Type. I call her Bad Kitty. That's a beauty! Thanks Shred. She is a blast to drive. When I first got her, I took the front and rear suspension out, everything was stock and well worn so all the parts were powder coated gloss black, after market adjustable billet shocks all around - 6 altogether - 4 in the rear, urethane bushing were used in place of all rubber parts and she got 4 piston Wilwood calipers up front to replace the old single piston Lucas version. On the advice of a slalom driver, the rear sway bar was omitted. The rear end is an engineering marvel! Not very serviceable, but the combo of independent suspension and inboard disc brakes is pure genius. She tracks nicely but I'm afraid to drive her too hard because she has some hidden rust issues. In my opinion, the body design is one of the most beautiful ever produced by humans. Surpassed only by some of the classic Aston Martins. Your home land is responsible for some of the best engineering this planet has ever produced.
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Post by badmedicine on May 25, 2013 13:40:42 GMT -5
Triumph Rocket III Alas it's not mine. Nice Bike. When Triumph finally brought back the swingarm frame in 2002, I bought a brand new Bonneville. Unfortunately it's so choked off by US emission standards it only runs decent when it's too cold to ride. There are also couple other design flaws with the battery box & air filter, but custom technology has finally caught up, so if I ever have the extra money I can actually get some use out of it.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2013 14:54:56 GMT -5
Nice motor, front of it looks a bit like a Rover P6 This is my 67 E Type. I call her Bad Kitty. so THAT's big kitty!!!
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Post by clusterchuck on May 25, 2013 15:37:46 GMT -5
This is my 67 E Type. I call her Bad Kitty. so THAT's big kitty!!! Yessum, that's her. Took me a while to find pictures of her. She ain't no passive kitty. In fact, she's a pretty good growler.
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Post by clusterchuck on May 25, 2013 15:45:04 GMT -5
I let her sit too long so took her over to a friends shop where we could get her road worthy again. How clean it is, not many hours on the clock I see... Engine compartment clean too, lovin the dash, 160 Oh My goodness. LOLOL Thank you Sir. Photo's don't really reveal her true condition. In person, bondo fill ins that cover up certain issues become evident. So I try not to drive her too hard. But a light weight vehicle with a torguey V8 makes it difficult to keep the right foot off the floor. OH, and by the way, I dunno what the gearing is, but at freeway speed, she winds up pretty good, so there is no way she could ever bury the speedometer, but that isn't related to wind resistance!
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Post by clusterchuck on May 25, 2013 16:18:23 GMT -5
1970 Ford Ranchero GT, smooth. I restored one of these in 1990, Different color though. Hex, in the past, I was involved in automotive audio. You know what make Ranchero's and El Camino's special? They are truncated versions of station wagons, which means where the back seat used to be is now a spare tire and storage space behind the driver/passenger seats, extending under the bed of these pick up truck versions of these awesome rides. To an audio guy, this space equals room for subwoofers. These rides became my favorite vehicles to build in huge dynamic drivers and additional electronics. The baddest stereo I ever installed was a friends 1971 El Camino. Two 15" Altec Lansing woofers installed in the spare tire space with a couple of Linear 901 amplifiers paired with six inch door mounted mid-woofers and four tweeters floating in the dash and pillars behind the driver/passenger. That thing thumped hard! Not like today's BOOM SIZZLE - LOOK AT ME - stop light systems. The sound from those systems was much more articulate, defined and balanced than the wankers parading down today's main street.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2013 18:25:22 GMT -5
1970 Ford Ranchero GT, smooth. I restored one of these in 1990, Different color though. Hex, in the past, I was involved in automotive audio. You know what make Ranchero's and El Camino's special? They are truncated versions of station wagons, which means where the back seat used to be is now a spare tire and storage space behind the driver/passenger seats, extending under the bed of these pick up truck versions of these awesome rides. To an audio guy, this space equals room for subwoofers. These rides became my favorite vehicles to build in huge dynamic drivers and additional electronics. The baddest stereo I ever installed was a friends 1971 El Camino. Two 15" Altec Lansing woofers installed in the spare tire space with a couple of Linear 901 amplifiers paired with six inch door mounted mid-woofers and four tweeters floating in the dash and pillars behind the driver/passenger. That thing thumped hard! Not like today's BOOM SIZZLE - LOOK AT ME - stop light systems. The sound from those systems was much more articulate, defined and balanced than the wankers parading down today's main street. You're exactly right , many of the rebuilt ones I look at now for sale now have the custom sound systems exactly where you said. I still like to look at them, they had such a great ride. I had front and rear bumpers powder coated black along with air shocks on the rear, 351C, C4, lower profile radials to lower, with Chrome/Gold rims, painted it a mid 80's Bronco medium green with extra extra silver metal flake. I drove it for about 10 years south to Texas and north to Canada with it. Got a wild hair one day and traded it for another rare one, a 91 Buick Reatta.
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Post by clusterchuck on May 26, 2013 9:01:28 GMT -5
Triumph Rocket III Alas it's not mine. I'm not sure but the Triumph water cooled 3 cylinder bike of awesomeness may never have made it stateside. If not, damn those regulation lovers! Never seen one and you got to sit on one. LUCKY!
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2013 9:29:34 GMT -5
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Post by shred on May 27, 2013 4:15:11 GMT -5
Triumph Rocket III Alas it's not mine. I'm not sure but the Triumph water cooled 3 cylinder bike of awesomeness may never have made it stateside. If not, damn those regulation lovers! Never seen one and you got to sit on one. LUCKY! I saw another back in 2009 when I did the West Highland Way (Milngavie - Fort William): The photo was taken at Rowardennan near Loch Lomond and near this monument:
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Post by badmedicine on May 28, 2013 13:19:25 GMT -5
Triumph Rocket III Alas it's not mine. I'm not sure but the Triumph water cooled 3 cylinder bike of awesomeness may never have made it stateside. If not, damn those regulation lovers! Never seen one and you got to sit on one. LUCKY! I think they did make it here, but didn't catch on real well. I've only seen a few modern Triumphs of any model out on the roads.
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Post by stuporstitionist on May 28, 2013 14:26:41 GMT -5
I had a Gold 1968 one of these (Toyota Sports 800 Sprinter). Frigging thing had an 80hp, air cooled engine. Was a blast to drive.
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