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Nibby

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Felonious Crud said:
Straight Outta Harlow, Chris.
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Back in the 60s my local football team Nazeing Bumbles Green we’re playing a team from Harlow, a teenager called Colin Cutts stood on his coal bunker which enabled him to see the whole pitch across the road, spent the whole 90 minutes shouting obscenities at the Harlow team, fortunately as my dad came from the East End I was already familiar with the language he was using. About a week ago on the Nazeing Facebook page who’s name should pop-up. Lol
 
DLax69

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conaero said:
Morning. Working on a Lambo customers wife’s Brera 3.2 Q4 auto. It’s interesting that you can feel the Italian linage:

Rusted front subframe
AC compressor front pulley rattling
Rad leaking
Handbrake sticking

The Italians, if nothing else, are consistent.
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Being of Italian provenance, I resemble this remark.

Morning, all. Work from home, though trying to do as little as possible as i'm still recovering from whatever the heck this is/was. I have had every possible vaccine, in every conceivable combination...so lawd knows what is kicking my @ss.

Need to do so much around here...including tackling the new fuel leak on the Spyder, and making some frames for Courtney's art. Being minimally functional shouldn't be such a high bar...and yet.
 
Nayf

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conaero said:
Morning. Working on a Lambo customers wife’s Brera 3.2 Q4 auto. It’s interesting that you can feel the Italian linage:

Rusted front subframe
AC compressor front pulley rattling
Rad leaking
Handbrake sticking

The Italians, if nothing else, are consistent.
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Brera subframes were a first-time MoT failure from what I remember, along with 159s and Spyder.
That lineage of cars is Alfa's Rover SD1; one of the most gorgeous shapes that deserved so much better than the car it adorned.
 
Wack61

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Scaf said:
It’s that in the U.K ?
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It's a regular occurance, there's been quite a few UK deaths, the videos of some of the meets are broadcast live on tiktok, nobody in charge so people (mostly kids) stand where they shouldn't while Billy Big balls drifts into them, or more likely gives it the full 300+ bhp on cold tyres and ploughs into the crowd
One killed in Warrington earlier this year amongst others.
 
conaero

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Oneball said:
Is it chain drive or drop gears?
Does it have a separate gearbox oil supply?
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It’s a Peugeot derived engine called the XY or ‘the Suitcase’ as the gearbox is underneath and shares the same engine oil. The engine is a 4 cylinder Sat back at a 73 degree angle with a transfer gear that comes out of the clutch and goes under to the 5 speed gearbox.

4cy wet liners, 8 valve, chain driven timing, Solex twin choke, Ducellier distribution and electrics. Also seen in the Pug205 XS, Pug104, Talbot Horizon and the Citroen Visa

…well, you did ask
 
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conaero

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GeoffCapes said:
Same make as mine.
They do some good stuff Vevor. And relatively cheap.
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They do, it’s been bob on so far I tend to fill it with just water and float the parts in grip sealed bags filled with Jizzer.

Run it at 60 degrees and 30 mins duration.
 
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