Thursday 18th October 2007

Stop Press....

...It fits. Project Retirement Rocket now has a 2.7 engine!

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We wanted to share these pictures with you that have literally just arrived in the inbox.

Jonny Smiths All- Agro now has the 2.7 engine firmly wedged into the engine bay after much head scratching and sucking of air through teeth. Despite filming commitments for 5th Gear, he's managed to get into the workshop and get the PH Retirement Rocket project off the ground.

He tells us that he needs to sort the suspension to make the thing handle, and now there is talk of supercharging the old girl!

More details to follow, just one thing Jonny? Where's the radiator going?

Previous story here

It fits!

And the bonnet closes too

 

[Insight]

if anyone can do it, jonny can do it! then he can go drifting in it like on 5th gear!

[ACW]

Just another thing Jonny - why? Just because it can be done, doesn't mean it should. Celebrating all things naff about the British car disasters of the seventies and eighties isn't big nor clever. Please, let the Fifth Gear schedule stay busy, so this POS never gets finished.
To leave on a positive note... oh, there isn't one.

[ACW]

Oh, and Insight, you need rear-wheel drive to drift.

[Beefmeister]

Do you dress up like the Grinch at xmas, and go around breaking little kids' toys?

[Garlick]

Someone got out of bed on the wrong side today

[E4UAN]

ACW said:

Oh, and Insight, you need rear-wheel drive to drift.

Speaking of which, do we know if his plans to make it RWD are likely to become reality? Seems like a huge undertaking, but would probably be worth it in the end from a handling point of view.

[sprinter885]

ACW said:

Oh, and Insight, you need rear-wheel drive to drift.

unless you try in reverse !

Seem to think he tried that with the Rascal on 5th Gear tho'........

[Schnell]

Utterly mad. Totally pointless. Completely tasteless.

I love it!

[cvegas]

The boot should be big enough to house a very large nitrous bottle!

[Insight]

come on he has to make it RWD otherwise it's a silly project

[snotrag]

Insight said:

come on he has to make it RWD otherwise it's a silly project

The engines facing in the wrong direction for it to be RWD...

[Neomagic]

Insight said:

come on he has to make it RWD otherwise it's a silly project

Kinda too late considering the engine is mounted horizontally.

[Fetchez la vache]

Schnell said:

Utterly mad. Totally pointless. Completely tasteless.

I love it!

Though somehow a big lump in an Alegro makes it quite cool

[Insight]

Neomagic said:

Insight said:

come on he has to make it RWD otherwise it's a silly project

Kinda too late considering the engine is mounted horizontally.

Well they will have to change that then, or fit the drivers controls si it goes the other way! Like those stunt show Minis.

[Turbobanana]

Suggestion for radiator mounting: the van den Plas had a vertical grille which was even more tasteless than the original and should offer some more under bonnet space.

And obviously a touch of, err... class

[J111]

Insight said:

come on he has to make it RWD otherwise it's a silly project

a) Rover 827 - transverse FWD
b) otherwise it's a silly project ?

[Strawman]

Turbobanana said:

Suggestion for radiator mounting: the van den Plas had a vertical grille which was even more tasteless than the original and should offer some more under bonnet space.

And obviously a touch of, err... class

a cunning plan


MMMmmm Tastefull

Edited by Strawman on Thursday 18th October 13:51

[jon-]

Put the engine in the middle then it can stay transversely mounted, none of this poncy FF stuff...

[Schnell]

Fetchez la vache said:

Schnell said:

Utterly mad. Totally pointless. Completely tasteless.

I love it!

Though somehow a big lump in an Alegro makes it quite cool

Careful now. it is still an Allegro

[DAVEVO9]

did you know an Austin Aggro has better aero in reverse than forwards?