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From: Blue Heeler on 15 Apr 2007 00:23 Noddy wrote: > > > Whilst I agree that the Opel box was not the strongest thing ever > > made, if you actually drove it correctly rather than like an > > ex-WWII blitz crash box, they did sort of last. > > I disagree. > Yeah well fair enough..... I certainly wouldn't ever try to argue that they were "wonderful" and I must admit to having forgot about the distinction between the commercial and the rest variants of the aussie box. But, I never broke one, mind you, to be fair it probably wasn't in the car long enough to break anyway.... Somebody mentioned Vauxhal Vivas. I once had a girlfriend who had one of the early Toranas that was nothing more than a rebadged Viva. Complete with the most gutless little engine it's ever been my misfortune to drive behind, and the poor thing had a trimatic into the bargain. I remember going up to Paluma in it one day, and most of the morning is what it took, locked in 1st gear revving its ring out. Coming down wasn't much faster either, the teensy little drums cooked by about the third corner, so it was downhill all the way in first, revving its ring out as well. --
From: John McKenzie on 15 Apr 2007 02:56 Noddy wrote: > > "Blue Heeler" <woof(a)bark.net> wrote in message > news:58dghlF2fe2u9U1(a)mid.individual.net... > > > Actually, the Opel wasn't all that bad... > > There was a couple of variants of the Aussie box. Namely the commercial and > the regular passenger car types. If I remember correctly, the commercial > variant had a super low first gear, while the regular types had a more > conventional ratio spread. m22 > I wouldn't have used an Opel box in anything if you gave me one for free, > and I can distinctly remember making that the first thing to be ditched on > any early Holden I bought that had one. as did so many people that you'd probably get a bit for them from idiots who pay ridiculous prices for early monaros. frankly, I'd rather put up with a 2 speed (with a stock 186) glide than an opel. > I can't tell you the number of broken ones I'd seen just from normal service > behind moderate things like 161 engines and the like. The most popular thing > to do with an Opel back in their day was to throw them in the nearest bin. -- John McKenzie tosspam(a)aol.com abuse(a)yahoo.com abuse(a)hotmail.com abuse(a)earthlink.com abuse(a)aol.com vice.president(a)whitehouse.gov president(a)whitehouse.gov sweep.day(a)accc.gov.au uce(a)ftc.gov admin(a)loopback abuse(a)iprimus.com.au If you didn't know it was wrong,why did you cover it up? abuse(a)msn.com $USER@$HOST $LOGNAME(a)localhost -h1024(a)localhost root(a)mailloop.com abuse(a)federalpolice.gov.au fraudinfo(a)psinet.com abuse(a)cia.gov $USER(a)localhost abuse(a)sprint.com abuse(a)fbi.gov abuse(a)asio.gov.au $LOGIN(a)localhost
From: Jason James on 15 Apr 2007 03:00 "Blue Heeler" <woof(a)bark.net> wrote in message news:58dnm6F2ebi87U1(a)mid.individual.net... > Noddy wrote: > > > > > > Whilst I agree that the Opel box was not the strongest thing ever > > > made, if you actually drove it correctly rather than like an > > > ex-WWII blitz crash box, they did sort of last. > > > > I disagree. > > > > Yeah well fair enough..... > > I certainly wouldn't ever try to argue that they were "wonderful" and I > must admit to having forgot about the distinction between the > commercial and the rest variants of the aussie box. > > But, I never broke one, mind you, to be fair it probably wasn't in the > car long enough to break anyway.... > > Somebody mentioned Vauxhal Vivas. I once had a girlfriend who had one > of the early Toranas that was nothing more than a rebadged Viva. > Complete with the most gutless little engine it's ever been my > misfortune to drive behind, and the poor thing had a trimatic into the > bargain. > > I remember going up to Paluma in it one day, and most of the morning is > what it took, locked in 1st gear revving its ring out. > > Coming down wasn't much faster either, the teensy little drums cooked > by about the third corner, so it was downhill all the way in first, > revving its ring out as well. Oh yes,..the Vauxhall Viva was a UK product but Vauxhall had been taken over by GM, so GMH rebadged the small Vauxhall and called it a Torana. My Dad almost bought a LC 4 cylinder Torana. I said to him "look at the motor, its tiny". They used to get very noisey in the pistons and the gearboxes used to get real noisy in 2nd as well,..terrible cars. A family friend bought a LC 4 cylinder and after about 12000 miles, he put it in to have the front wheels balanced on the car,..they gave it back saying the ball-joints were so worn it was impossible. The other oddity, was the sign on the diff-housing warning not to jack the car up by the diff-centre, the belief being the axle-tubes could bend!! Yikes! Wonder why no-one restores them :-) Jason
From: John McKenzie on 15 Apr 2007 02:56 Dan--- wrote: > > On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:21:42 +0000, Blue Heeler PCM code reading says : > > > Noddy wrote: > > > > > >> LC GTR's had an Opel box, but the XU1's had the aussie four speed. The > >> poor old Opel wouldn't have lasted ten minutes behind a triple carb'd > >> 186, and it really struggled behind the single carb 161. > > > > Actually, the Opel wasn't all that bad... > > No they were worse than bad actually to put it plainly they were weaker > than David Z chances of actually getting a real root. real root with a real doll? -- John McKenzie tosspam(a)aol.com abuse(a)yahoo.com abuse(a)hotmail.com abuse(a)earthlink.com abuse(a)aol.com vice.president(a)whitehouse.gov president(a)whitehouse.gov sweep.day(a)accc.gov.au uce(a)ftc.gov admin(a)loopback abuse(a)iprimus.com.au If you didn't know it was wrong,why did you cover it up? abuse(a)msn.com $USER@$HOST $LOGNAME(a)localhost -h1024(a)localhost root(a)mailloop.com abuse(a)federalpolice.gov.au fraudinfo(a)psinet.com abuse(a)cia.gov $USER(a)localhost abuse(a)sprint.com abuse(a)fbi.gov abuse(a)asio.gov.au $LOGIN(a)localhost
From: Dan--- on 15 Apr 2007 03:10
On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:56:57 +1000, John McKenzie PCM code reading says : > > real root with a real doll? Probably still be rejected. :-p -- Regards Dan |