Which pomme car did you own *and* like?
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From: Dan----.- on 3 Sep 2009 19:01 Had a Triumph Stag for a short period of time (ex finances') her old mad restored it and gave it to us for a present a tree didn't like it and decided to fall on it... Oh well sometimes you can give back gifts you don't want. ;-) -- Regards Dan
From: Dan----.- on 3 Sep 2009 19:12 On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:08:17 +1000, Jason James PCM code reading says: > > The only car I really liked, but never owned, was an LC et al 6cyl > Torana. The 161s were quite nippy given the engine size. If you think they were nippy the LJ XU1 GTR was quiet a rocket. :-) -- Regards Dan
From: PhilD on 3 Sep 2009 19:31 "Dan----.-" <HsvtourerR8PhantomM6(a)car.com> wrote in message news:02b03d3b$0$20627$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:08:17 +1000, Jason James PCM code reading says: > > >> >> The only car I really liked, but never owned, was an LC et al 6cyl >> Torana. The 161s were quite nippy given the engine size. > > If you think they were nippy the LJ XU1 GTR was quiet a rocket. :-) > And the drivers of purple ones thought they were even faster, until you changed from 3rd to 4th alongside them when they were already flat out. Was more impressed with a V6 Capri on the same night across the Hay plains in one October. Then there were the SLR5000's with a tank so small that they needed to stop at every service station when pushed. PhilD
From: Jason James on 3 Sep 2009 19:35 "Dan----.-" <HsvtourerR8PhantomM6(a)car.com> wrote in message news:02b03d3b$0$20627$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:08:17 +1000, Jason James PCM code reading says: > > >> >> The only car I really liked, but never owned, was an LC et al 6cyl >> Torana. The 161s were quite nippy given the engine size. > > If you think they were nippy the LJ XU1 GTR was quiet a rocket. :-) Absolutely. The first XU-1 had a crumby g/box. I think it was made in the Philipines for GMH. They had addressed the prob with the LJ. It also ran the 202. Was the 202 a better engine than the 186? Some say no. Jason
From: Noddy on 3 Sep 2009 21:00
"Toby Ponsenby" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:14r19in5010mg.12ohgprmsglh7$.dlg(a)40tude.net... > The battery was in the boot. > Starter solenoid somewhere between there and the engine bay:-) On the very early models, and the cabling ran under the floor. > Set-up was like that because there simply wan't room for and engine *and* > a > battery under what passed for a bonnet, and nothing whatsoever to do with > intelligent placement of a battery away from heat. > Matter of fact, IIRC the battery was sitting right above the exhaust - > well, either that or the fuel tank occupied that particular position of > honour:-) It was neither. The exhaust ran down the centre of the car as they didn't have a transmission tunnel. Rather, they had a small "exhaust tunnel" that accommodated the pipe, and the end of the tailpipe turned to the right just under the rear bumper to make it appear to come from one side. -- Regards, Noddy. |