Why so high?

[rat rod]

newsatten said:

rat rod said:

Best news ever mate Weather predicted to get hotter so your be out and about ,

Started my reshuffle today, MK 2 is on the internet, doubt if i will get any calls but at least it's out there, Gallardo next when

or if i get it running.Empty garages bank full of money and go and relax on the beach all summer ,

Ye and another pig just flown by . ::

Sounds absolutely perfect! out with the old good luck with the Jag, good time to get it out there, and yeah be glad to get out and about, and hopefully i may be able to get the last couple of jobs done,

So whats the plan? TA, C2 and a Pantera

Small world the guy who wants to have a deal with this Lister also ownes a AMG Hammer sec gull wing Merc only one in UK he says who

bought it from the guy who owns the T/A ,Would have asked if he had seen it but kept stum just in case,

Declined the offer of a deal with Lister as nice as it is it's a lot of money for a XJS ,rather keep what i got, but he still has the 59 convertible,

429 Cobra Jet and 440 Charger but think he's going to want top dollar for them.

Ye a C1 or C2 could be on the cards but the Pantera's are to dear ,at least the one i would want is the GT5 S around £150K/£200K

Had one call on the MK2 ,very posh guy , felt like i was on a cross between being on a quiz and being interrogated by the Gestapo

Jag and MG people are so hard work, had to go and have a lay down after.

Edited by rat rod on Tuesday 13th April 21:24

[rat rod]

LeighW said:

I've always thought the 65 Riviera is a handsome thing, especially in black. It's those hideaway headlights that makes me like the 65 in particular.

And growing up in the late 70s into the 80s, watching American TV shows and movies made me want, amongst others, a 68 or 69 Charger, a 78 Trans Am, and a 49 Mercury. I'd also still like a boat of a car like Burt Reynolds drove in White Lightning, complete with brown paint and black steelies. Was it a Ltd or a Galaxie?

Edit to add:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqaFGM-AyNA

Crazy chase , seen a blancmange with better handling,

[roscobbc]

When you think that you'll never see a Galaxie, Fairlane or Mustang with even a genuine 427 lump seeing a 'SOHC it to me' cammer is a very rare treat. Anyone remember the blue and white '64 Galaxie set up for track use that had the cammer lump? - it was up for sale for ages a few years back.......

[rat rod]

roscobbc said:

When you think that you'll never see a Galaxie, Fairlane or Mustang with even a genuine 427 lump seeing a 'SOHC it to me' cammer is a very rare treat. Anyone remember the blue and white '64 Galaxie set up for track use that had the cammer lump? - it was up for sale for ages a few years back.......

Saw it at Goodwood on display , had a good look round it as i had my 64 at the time,

They never took it round the track so don't know how quick it was or wasn't

[roscobbc]

rat rod said:

roscobbc said:

When you think that you'll never see a Galaxie, Fairlane or Mustang with even a genuine 427 lump seeing a 'SOHC it to me' cammer is a very rare treat. Anyone remember the blue and white '64 Galaxie set up for track use that had the cammer lump? - it was up for sale for ages a few years back.......

Saw it at Goodwood on display , had a good look round it as i had my 64 at the time,

They never took it round the track so don't know how quick it was or wasn't

The fellow selling it (dealt in Land Rovers) also had a couple of videos that had been filmed on what seemed to be the Top Gear track - tbh it didn't sound or look very fast. Car had been built-up from a XL coupe for race use and was so clean you wouldn't want to danage it - really odd build as it wasn't an FIA registered car, and couldn't ever be with that engine which was never supplied from new in a road car.......

[aeropilot]

roscobbc said:

rat rod said:

roscobbc said:

When you think that you'll never see a Galaxie, Fairlane or Mustang with even a genuine 427 lump seeing a 'SOHC it to me' cammer is a very rare treat. Anyone remember the blue and white '64 Galaxie set up for track use that had the cammer lump? - it was up for sale for ages a few years back.......

Saw it at Goodwood on display , had a good look round it as i had my 64 at the time,

They never took it round the track so don't know how quick it was or wasn't

The fellow selling it (dealt in Land Rovers) also had a couple of videos that had been filmed on what seemed to be the Top Gear track - tbh it didn't sound or look very fast. Car had been built-up from a XL coupe for race use and was so clean you wouldn't want to danage it - really odd build as it wasn't an FIA registered car, and couldn't ever be with that engine which was never supplied from new in a road car.......

Was it a real cammer engine?
Only ask, as some cleaver guys in the USA have been adapting repro cammer cam covers to fit Coyote V8's as part of 'vintage dressing' modern lumps and they look mighty convincing at first glance, especially as the Coyote is a very wide engine, so you have to know what you are looking at....as sound wise, there really is no mistaking a cammer.

[rat rod]

Ye saw the video's, and agree it didn't seem to go that quick, pefered mine with the 351 in it plus i had windows for fast runs and

a cold day,

Not a expert on Cammer's so i don't know if it was realm or not but the guy was advertising it as one so it probably was.

[aeropilot]

I adore this cammer powered 67 Fairlane that Steve Strope at Pure Vision built...... the design details on this thing is just and thats not even mentioning the noise it makes

[newsatten]

Love the Miura Wheels, but not the popped doors, but overall its just lovely ...........................................................

[aeropilot]

newsatten said:

Love the Miura Wheels, but not the popped doors, but overall its just lovely ...........................................................

Popped doors are not quite what you think, if you haven't watched the video's of this car and all its little design details.

The popped doors are manually operated (not some push button crap) by hooking you finger into these brass loops on the door tops and pulling up, which then pops the doors open.

[LeighW]

aeropilot said:

I adore this cammer powered 67 Fairlane that Steve Strope at Pure Vision built...... the design details on this thing is just and thats not even mentioning the noise it makes

That is stunning. My, well, soon to be mine anyway, Firebird has straight pipes with a couple of cherry bombs then down turned tips just forward of the rear axle. I quite fancy getting a new system made with side exit pipes like on this Fairlane. Yay or nay?

[rat rod]

aeropilot said:

I adore this cammer powered 67 Fairlane that Steve Strope at Pure Vision built...... the design details on this thing is just and thats not even mentioning the noise it makes

It's lovely , not a lover of gold but just being picky, watched it the other night on YT along with him thrashing the Lotus/Indy engine

Martina Mustang . Think we were all born in the wrong country

[newsatten]

Can be a drama getting the exhaust right, plus if its really loud it can be a bit tedious right under ya window! [url

|https://thumbsnap.com/S2bsi8oc[/url]

Mines got 3" Flowmasters, with 40 series cans, deffo out the back ! .........................................................
As you can see the cable ties when i was trying to fit/clearance it !

Well ive actually ordered my rims! Old skool ARE's TT 105' 8x15's with BRG's 235-60 front and 245-60 rears, NH assured me its the biggest combo without body/arch mods............. told them i didnt want roll the edges, and absolutely no rubbing going around roundabouts etc,

At the end of the day its hardly a race car

[roscobbc]

aeropilot said:

I adore this cammer powered 67 Fairlane that Steve Strope at Pure Vision built...... the design details on this thing is just and thats not even mentioning the noise it makes

I am biased I know but dosen't that shape knock all other intermediates out of the frame? - (including Chevelle's) - that gentle convex curve to the rear screen, the gentle 'kick-up' to the rear fenders, minimal chrome and that 'egg crate grille.

[newsatten]

Very nice looking coupe, currently at 11K,

[LeighW]

newsatten said:

Very nice looking coupe, currently at 11K,

Nice - like the colour as well. Link for anyone tempted.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1966-Buick-Riviera-Coup...

[P5BNij]

roscobbc said:

aeropilot said:

I adore this cammer powered 67 Fairlane that Steve Strope at Pure Vision built...... the design details on this thing is just and thats not even mentioning the noise it makes

I am biased I know but dosen't that shape knock all other intermediates out of the frame? - (including Chevelle's) - that gentle convex curve to the rear screen, the gentle 'kick-up' to the rear fenders, minimal chrome and that 'egg crate grille.

Yes I think you're right - it's a really good balance between muscle and elegance.

[some bloke]

I like the style of this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHGV8-wMTsQ

Retro NASCAR-Inspired 1960 Ford Starliner - The House Of Muscle Ep. 6. I enjoyed the series, which I think is all on YT now.

[LeighW]

some bloke said:

I like the style of this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHGV8-wMTsQ

Retro NASCAR-Inspired 1960 Ford Starliner - The House Of Muscle Ep. 6. I enjoyed the series, which I think is all on YT now.

Loved the House of Muscle series, it moved to Motor Trend from YT I think, not sure if it's even still going?

Watch the slow motion rolling burnout at 3.30, the whole car flexes.

[newsatten]

LeighW said:

Loved the House of Muscle series, it moved to Motor Trend from YT I think, not sure if it's even still going?

Watch the slow motion rolling burnout at 3.30, the whole car flexes.

One of the few car guys i can actually watch, and most of the time the cars are a bit ragged , and most of the time the proper fun ones have a Manual Box!
Id love to do one more motor, Straight clean body, 15 foot paint, but absolute killer under pinning's

As im not going to find a second car now, (i keep searching but its really a lost cause! ) i may next year pull the RT apart and build my own Road machine