Vixen 1300 on Youtube

[vixen1700]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQaC_amLVJU

Sounds great and love the colour.

Anybody on here?

[dram]

VERY NICE....

[Cerberus90]

Knew I'd seen it somewhere.

It was at the TRVCC Pre 80s Extravaganza this year.

Lovely colour, bloody hard to photograph though,

[Moto]

It is a great colour. I think possibly early 1970's Ford Escort Mexico.

[nwarner]

When I spoke to the owner he told me the colour was a Lotus colour used on Elises.

[Moto]

Ah, well he should know. It was a good guess though!

[nwarner]

Moto said:

It was a good guess though!

Certainly was

[Adrian@]

You would be hard pressed to tell the colour difference between the Tuscan and the Vixen 1300 that were there.
Adrian@

[kermit1300]

The actual colour of my 1300 is Lotus Pistachio (Green) - original. Currently running with a modified 1500 Spitfire engine but thinking of swaping this to a usual upgraded crossflow engine. (Not happy with the carbs over the manifold which glows orange at high revs)

Edited by kermit1300 on Monday 9th August 18:28

[heightswitch]

kermit1300 said:

The actual colour of my 1300 is Lotus Pistachio (Green) - original. Currently running with a modified 1500 Spitfire engine but thinking of swaping this to a usual upgraded crossflow engine. (Not happy with the carbs over the manifold which glows orange at high revs)

Edited by kermit1300 on Monday 9th August 18:28

if you are going to the trouble of a swap, Then a 2.0 zetec is a bolt in swap and probably cheaper these days than building up a decent crossflow. The work will be the same so you might as well put something in there that will make it less fussy and more everyday useable.

N

[Slow M]

kermit1300 said:

The actual colour of my 1300 is Lotus Pistachio (Green) - original. Currently running with a modified 1500 Spitfire engine but thinking of swaping this to a usual upgraded crossflow engine. (Not happy with the carbs over the manifold which glows orange at high revs)

Edited by kermit1300 on Monday 9th August 18:28

Get the exhaust manifold ceramic coated and a heat shield installed. An engine swap will buy you new problems.