What is special about your normal car
Discussion
NateWM said:
My old Mondeo ST220 was used in an attempted bank robbery and was once caught full of drugs at the Dover port. Ironically, it was also once an unmarked fast response vehicle for West Mercia!
Sometimes they're used after they've been seized. Would be bizarre if it were police vehicle first, though I suppose buying ex-police is a cheap and easy way of finding discreet performance cars matt21 said:
Flawless Victory said:
So your VIN is DC2-1100001? Or is your numbered plaque 0001?
My DC2 plaque was 2762, which didn't match the VIN number.
So if your plaque is 0001, it's just the numbered plaque the interior-assembly guy grabbed at random out of the plaque bin.
Granted. Plaque is 0001. Chassis number 30. Engine number 4. My DC2 plaque was 2762, which didn't match the VIN number.
So if your plaque is 0001, it's just the numbered plaque the interior-assembly guy grabbed at random out of the plaque bin.
Letter from Honda who confirm chassis and engine do not start at 1. It might not literally be the first in the true sense, but still pretty chuffed.
Flawless Victory said:
matt21 said:
Flawless Victory said:
So your VIN is DC2-1100001? Or is your numbered plaque 0001?
My DC2 plaque was 2762, which didn't match the VIN number.
So if your plaque is 0001, it's just the numbered plaque the interior-assembly guy grabbed at random out of the plaque bin.
Granted. Plaque is 0001. Chassis number 30. Engine number 4. My DC2 plaque was 2762, which didn't match the VIN number.
So if your plaque is 0001, it's just the numbered plaque the interior-assembly guy grabbed at random out of the plaque bin.
Letter from Honda who confirm chassis and engine do not start at 1. It might not literally be the first in the true sense, but still pretty chuffed.
A fully standard (i.e not chaved up) peugeot 106
weird spec though, I think it might be one of the first mpi (silver top) tu engines, but its got 3 stud wheels, with a 21mm diameter anti roll bar on the front, and 19mm on the back. But it hasn't got powersteering, electric windows, sunroof, 4 stud wheels etc that they all got 6 months later.
weird spec though, I think it might be one of the first mpi (silver top) tu engines, but its got 3 stud wheels, with a 21mm diameter anti roll bar on the front, and 19mm on the back. But it hasn't got powersteering, electric windows, sunroof, 4 stud wheels etc that they all got 6 months later.
Noesph said:
A fully standard (i.e not chaved up) peugeot 106
weird spec though, I think it might be one of the first mpi (silver top) tu engines, but its got 3 stud wheels, with a 21mm diameter anti roll bar on the front, and 19mm on the back. But it hasn't got powersteering, electric windows, sunroof, 4 stud wheels etc that they all got 6 months later.
Interesting. There were a few funny version like the Roland Garros (although that was phase 2?)weird spec though, I think it might be one of the first mpi (silver top) tu engines, but its got 3 stud wheels, with a 21mm diameter anti roll bar on the front, and 19mm on the back. But it hasn't got powersteering, electric windows, sunroof, 4 stud wheels etc that they all got 6 months later.
iggysport said:
Gotta love a nice cheap fix if the tie snaps i'll just add another
When the clutch adjuster qaudrant went on my Escort the RAC chappy came out and on hearing I had to get to a meeting 50 miles away first thing in the morning fixed it with two jubilee clips and a random bracket off something. Got me home but wasn't completely secure so I spent hours filing a slot in a collar off a paint roller to back it up. The clutch was superbly firm and I was a little disappointed when I got it fixed a week later.scarble said:
When the clutch adjuster qaudrant went on my Escort the RAC chappy came out and on hearing I had to get to a meeting 50 miles away first thing in the morning fixed it with two jubilee clips and a random bracket off something. Got me home but wasn't completely secure so I spent hours filing a slot in a collar off a paint roller to back it up. The clutch was superbly firm and I was a little disappointed when I got it fixed a week later.
Quality bodge Noesph said:
A fully standard (i.e not chaved up) peugeot 106
weird spec though, I think it might be one of the first mpi (silver top) tu engines, but its got 3 stud wheels, with a 21mm diameter anti roll bar on the front, and 19mm on the back. But it hasn't got powersteering, electric windows, sunroof, 4 stud wheels etc that they all got 6 months later.
What colour and spec is it? A mate of mine had a BRG 106 Independence in exactly the same spec. Created problems when he came to service it and found the engine under the bonnet didn't resemble the one in the owner's manual. He always felt it had an awful lot more power than it was supposed to as well.weird spec though, I think it might be one of the first mpi (silver top) tu engines, but its got 3 stud wheels, with a 21mm diameter anti roll bar on the front, and 19mm on the back. But it hasn't got powersteering, electric windows, sunroof, 4 stud wheels etc that they all got 6 months later.
My Land Rover was the offical motoring press review vehicle for the launch of that model in 1982 - as I found out to my surprise when this cutting came up on ebay:
Check out the performance figures!
Incidentally, I know that excerpt is from an issue of Autocar between Feb and Aug 1982 - can anyone narrow it down to a particular issue?
The Landy at a show with said clipping:
Check out the performance figures!
Incidentally, I know that excerpt is from an issue of Autocar between Feb and Aug 1982 - can anyone narrow it down to a particular issue?
The Landy at a show with said clipping:
Twincam16 said:
Noesph said:
A fully standard (i.e not chaved up) peugeot 106
weird spec though, I think it might be one of the first mpi (silver top) tu engines, but its got 3 stud wheels, with a 21mm diameter anti roll bar on the front, and 19mm on the back. But it hasn't got powersteering, electric windows, sunroof, 4 stud wheels etc that they all got 6 months later.
What colour and spec is it? A mate of mine had a BRG 106 Independence in exactly the same spec. Created problems when he came to service it and found the engine under the bonnet didn't resemble the one in the owner's manual. He always felt it had an awful lot more power than it was supposed to as well.weird spec though, I think it might be one of the first mpi (silver top) tu engines, but its got 3 stud wheels, with a 21mm diameter anti roll bar on the front, and 19mm on the back. But it hasn't got powersteering, electric windows, sunroof, 4 stud wheels etc that they all got 6 months later.
Mine is the same, the engine in the manual and the engine in the car don't look like each other at all. It's the 1.1 (tu1jp) that started off in the 206. I worked out over the years that early Independences in the uk are Sinsiba's in Europe, while the later indys are euro "move" or "pop art" models.
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