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Lee_D

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New addition to the fleet

Oscar, 1998 v8i Disco ES on LPG

Bye bye Granada...

Mrs D gets the new toy and I get the cast off (Rangie) ...it's a hard life!

I've suggested a couple of signs for the house we should think of purchasing
now... "Service" and "Reception"

:)

Lee D

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"Lee_D" <leeremovehatandcoatbits@histerminalhat.freeservecoat.co.uk> wrote
in message news:llFEc.258$gN2.147@newsfe5-win...
> New addition to the fleet
>
> Oscar, 1998 v8i Disco ES on LPG
>
> Bye bye Granada...
>
> Mrs D gets the new toy and I get the cast off (Rangie) ...it's a hard
life!
>
> I've suggested a couple of signs for the house we should think of
purchasing
> now... "Service" and "Reception"
>
> :)
>
> Lee D

I have tentatively suggested to Mrs K that we do the same with her Granada -
I think even the ex-military types would blush were I to append her
instructions

Si


 
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:26:09 +0100, "Lee_D"
<leeremovehatandcoatbits@histerminalhat.freeservecoat.co.uk> wrote:

>New addition to the fleet
>
>Oscar, 1998 v8i Disco ES on LPG
>
>Bye bye Granada...
>
>Mrs D gets the new toy and I get the cast off (Rangie) ...it's a hard life!
>

What is it about women? You buy a new car and immediatly they have
appropriated it, and you're relegated to the old one.

Alex
 
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:26:09 +0100, "Lee_D"
<leeremovehatandcoatbits@histerminalhat.freeservecoat.co.uk> wrote:

>New addition to the fleet
>
>Oscar, 1998 v8i Disco ES on LPG
>
>Bye bye Granada...

Very posh! You're a 100% rover household now!

>I've suggested a couple of signs for the house we should think of purchasing
>now... "Service" and "Reception"

:)
We got a parcel addressed to 'The landrover workshop, 76b....'. Nobody
was in so it got delivered to the house across the road. I'm not sure
how impressed they were!


 
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 23:04:21 +0100, Alex <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk>
wrote:

>What is it about women? You buy a new car and immediatly they have
>appropriated it, and you're relegated to the old one.

Charlotte is now making tentative "how easy is it to ride a trike?"
noises... :-(


--
Some Land Roveresque (101 biased), links available
from: http://links.solis.co.uk/Geek/X4_Land_Rover/
I also have a little Land Rover site biased toward
my beloved 101 "Grumble", at: http://www.101fc.net


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there's a group FAQ: http://www.aflfaq.dyndns.info
 
On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 14:53:58 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 23:04:21 +0100, Alex <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>What is it about women? You buy a new car and immediatly they have
>>appropriated it, and you're relegated to the old one.
>
>Charlotte is now making tentative "how easy is it to ride a trike?"
>noises... :-(

Don't start me on trikes again...

I've been browsing ebay, but they're either rediculous price or
complete dogs (ie bastardised VW's etc etc)

Alex
 
"Alex" <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk> wrote in message
news:5qs8e0124bcq71bnjk7909vvo7pde3cls2@4ax.com...
> >Charlotte is now making tentative "how easy is it to ride a trike?"
> >noises... :-(
>
> Don't start me on trikes again...
>
> I've been browsing ebay, but they're either rediculous price or
> complete dogs (ie bastardised VW's etc etc)

You wanna trike? How about one of these:
http://www.fresh-breeze.de/en/en_flyke.htm
http://www.fresh-breeze.de/en/en_pictures_flyke.htm

David


 
On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 21:18:56 GMT, Alex <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk>
wrote:

>I've been browsing ebay, but they're either rediculous price or
>complete dogs (ie bastardised VW's etc etc)

There's a couple of really nice custom Reliants (no joke) been
floating around on eBay recently. These not only look good but,
unlike a Harley, are cheap to maintain and run.


--
Some Land Roveresque (101 biased), links available
from: http://links.solis.co.uk/Geek/X4_Land_Rover/
I also have a little Land Rover site biased toward
my beloved 101 "Grumble", at: http://www.101fc.net


Reading this in 'alt.fan.landrover'? Did you know
there's a group FAQ: http://www.aflfaq.dyndns.info
 
On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 13:20:20 +0100, Mother <@ {mother} @@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 21:18:56 GMT, Alex <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>I've been browsing ebay, but they're either rediculous price or
>>complete dogs (ie bastardised VW's etc etc)
>
>There's a couple of really nice custom Reliants (no joke) been
>floating around on eBay recently. These not only look good but,
>unlike a Harley, are cheap to maintain and run.

I've got a mate (really) who builds five-cylinder Kawasakis by welding
two three-cylinder ones together (again, really) and crazier things -
some of his recent work is here:
http://uk.zn1300.com/

He also has a Landrover. It currently has a 4-litre Toyota diesel - if
I can get organised enough to take some snaps, I'll stick 'em on my
webspace.

--
QrizB

"On second thought, let's not go to Z'Ha'Dum. It is a silly place."
 
On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 13:20:20 +0100, Mother <@ {mother} @@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 21:18:56 GMT, Alex <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>I've been browsing ebay, but they're either rediculous price or
>>complete dogs (ie bastardised VW's etc etc)
>
>There's a couple of really nice custom Reliants (no joke) been
>floating around on eBay recently. These not only look good but,
>unlike a Harley, are cheap to maintain and run.

Mm. Don't like the look of them, I really want something that was a
bike before it was a trike, not a car in it's previous life.

Alex
 
On or around Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:52:52 GMT, Alex <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk>
enlightened us thusly:

>On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 13:20:20 +0100, Mother <@ {mother} @@101fc.net>
>wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 21:18:56 GMT, Alex <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>I've been browsing ebay, but they're either rediculous price or
>>>complete dogs (ie bastardised VW's etc etc)
>>
>>There's a couple of really nice custom Reliants (no joke) been
>>floating around on eBay recently. These not only look good but,
>>unlike a Harley, are cheap to maintain and run.
>
>Mm. Don't like the look of them, I really want something that was a
>bike before it was a trike, not a car in it's previous life.

could be arranged... how much do you want to pay?

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"The boys are dreaming wicked or of the bucking ranches of the night and
the jollyrodgered sea." Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953) Under milk wood
 
On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 08:01:14 +0100, Austin Shackles
<austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>On or around Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:52:52 GMT, Alex <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk>
>enlightened us thusly:
>
>>On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 13:20:20 +0100, Mother <@ {mother} @@101fc.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 21:18:56 GMT, Alex <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>I've been browsing ebay, but they're either rediculous price or
>>>>complete dogs (ie bastardised VW's etc etc)
>>>
>>>There's a couple of really nice custom Reliants (no joke) been
>>>floating around on eBay recently. These not only look good but,
>>>unlike a Harley, are cheap to maintain and run.
>>
>>Mm. Don't like the look of them, I really want something that was a
>>bike before it was a trike, not a car in it's previous life.
>
>could be arranged... how much do you want to pay?

As little as possible!

Alex
 
On or around Sat, 03 Jul 2004 10:33:25 GMT, Alex <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk>
enlightened us thusly:

>On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 08:01:14 +0100, Austin Shackles
><austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>On or around Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:52:52 GMT, Alex <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk>
>>enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>>
>>>Mm. Don't like the look of them, I really want something that was a
>>>bike before it was a trike, not a car in it's previous life.
>>
>>could be arranged... how much do you want to pay?
>
>As little as possible!

that's what gets you a chopped around VW, mind.

if you want to do it properly, you have to source or make a decent rear
suspension setup, ditto drive shafts etc.

diff and driveshafts from a sierra are quite handy, but the susapension
setup isn't really right. few car rear ends are much use, live axle is a
possibility of course, but again, you have problems with suspension.
Racing-car style suspension with horixontal dampers in the middle works
best, I reckon, aesthetically at least, but tends to mean custom-building.


--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"Remember that to change your mind and follow him who sets you right
is to be none the less free than you were before."
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180), from Meditations, VIII.16
 
On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 22:49:24 +0100, Austin Shackles
<austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>diff and driveshafts from a sierra are quite handy, but the susapension
>setup isn't really right. few car rear ends are much use, live axle is a
>possibility of course, but again, you have problems with suspension.
>Racing-car style suspension with horixontal dampers in the middle works
>best, I reckon, aesthetically at least, but tends to mean custom-building.

I was chatting to a couple of HOG (Harly Owner Group) members in
Brighton yesterday about trikes et al... One of them also has a
Reliant trike which he built himself. Reckons it to be a better ride
than the renegade (although I suspect there was an element of sour
grapes in there). Thing is, when it comes to Trikers, any self build
is thought better. Take the Harley factory trikes as an example,
which are not seen as 'true' trikes - often even by HOGs.

At some point I'm going to progress the Landie Trike idea - however I
suspect this will be some 10 odd years off yet, looking at my other
unfinished projects ;-)


--
Some Land Roveresque (101 biased), links available
from: http://links.solis.co.uk/Geek/X4_Land_Rover/
I also have a little Land Rover site biased toward
my beloved 101 "Grumble", at: http://www.101fc.net


Reading this in 'alt.fan.landrover'? Did you know
there's a group FAQ: http://www.aflfaq.dyndns.info
 
On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 10:37:22 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 22:49:24 +0100, Austin Shackles
><austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>diff and driveshafts from a sierra are quite handy, but the susapension
>>setup isn't really right. few car rear ends are much use, live axle is a
>>possibility of course, but again, you have problems with suspension.
>>Racing-car style suspension with horixontal dampers in the middle works
>>best, I reckon, aesthetically at least, but tends to mean custom-building.
>
>I was chatting to a couple of HOG (Harly Owner Group) members in
>Brighton yesterday about trikes et al... One of them also has a
>Reliant trike which he built himself. Reckons it to be a better ride
>than the renegade (although I suspect there was an element of sour
>grapes in there). Thing is, when it comes to Trikers, any self build
>is thought better. Take the Harley factory trikes as an example,
>which are not seen as 'true' trikes - often even by HOGs.
>
>At some point I'm going to progress the Landie Trike idea - however I
>suspect this will be some 10 odd years off yet, looking at my other
>unfinished projects ;-)

It's been done. Was it scrapheap wars or something, they took a rangie
and turnd it into a trike. Can't remember the program, but is also had
a bunch of farmer boys who fitted a thumping rolls deisel into a
Bedford 4x4 chassis.

Alex
 

"Alex" <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk> wrote in message
news:0ehje0pp18gohqk83gud9u0vueih7mrl1l@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 10:37:22 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
> wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 22:49:24 +0100, Austin Shackles
> ><austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>diff and driveshafts from a sierra are quite handy, but the susapension
> >>setup isn't really right. few car rear ends are much use, live axle is
a
> >>possibility of course, but again, you have problems with suspension.
> >>Racing-car style suspension with horixontal dampers in the middle works
> >>best, I reckon, aesthetically at least, but tends to mean
custom-building.
> >
> >I was chatting to a couple of HOG (Harly Owner Group) members in
> >Brighton yesterday about trikes et al... One of them also has a
> >Reliant trike which he built himself. Reckons it to be a better ride
> >than the renegade (although I suspect there was an element of sour
> >grapes in there). Thing is, when it comes to Trikers, any self build
> >is thought better. Take the Harley factory trikes as an example,
> >which are not seen as 'true' trikes - often even by HOGs.
> >
> >At some point I'm going to progress the Landie Trike idea - however I
> >suspect this will be some 10 odd years off yet, looking at my other
> >unfinished projects ;-)
>
> It's been done. Was it scrapheap wars or something, they took a rangie
> and turnd it into a trike. Can't remember the program, but is also had
> a bunch of farmer boys who fitted a thumping rolls deisel into a
> Bedford 4x4 chassis.

scrappy races


 
On or around Sat, 03 Jul 2004 10:33:25 GMT, Alex <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk>
enlightened us thusly:

>On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 08:01:14 +0100, Austin Shackles
><austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>On or around Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:52:52 GMT, Alex <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk>
>>enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>>
>>>Mm. Don't like the look of them, I really want something that was a
>>>bike before it was a trike, not a car in it's previous life.
>>
>>could be arranged... how much do you want to pay?
>
>As little as possible!

that's what gets you a chopped around VW, mind.

if you want to do it properly, you have to source or make a decent rear
suspension setup, ditto drive shafts etc.

diff and driveshafts from a sierra are quite handy, but the susapension
setup isn't really right. few car rear ends are much use, live axle is a
possibility of course, but again, you have problems with suspension.
Racing-car style suspension with horixontal dampers in the middle works
best, I reckon, aesthetically at least, but tends to mean custom-building.


--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"Remember that to change your mind and follow him who sets you right
is to be none the less free than you were before."
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180), from Meditations, VIII.16
 
On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 22:49:24 +0100, Austin Shackles
<austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>diff and driveshafts from a sierra are quite handy, but the susapension
>setup isn't really right. few car rear ends are much use, live axle is a
>possibility of course, but again, you have problems with suspension.
>Racing-car style suspension with horixontal dampers in the middle works
>best, I reckon, aesthetically at least, but tends to mean custom-building.

I was chatting to a couple of HOG (Harly Owner Group) members in
Brighton yesterday about trikes et al... One of them also has a
Reliant trike which he built himself. Reckons it to be a better ride
than the renegade (although I suspect there was an element of sour
grapes in there). Thing is, when it comes to Trikers, any self build
is thought better. Take the Harley factory trikes as an example,
which are not seen as 'true' trikes - often even by HOGs.

At some point I'm going to progress the Landie Trike idea - however I
suspect this will be some 10 odd years off yet, looking at my other
unfinished projects ;-)


--
Some Land Roveresque (101 biased), links available
from: http://links.solis.co.uk/Geek/X4_Land_Rover/
I also have a little Land Rover site biased toward
my beloved 101 "Grumble", at: http://www.101fc.net


Reading this in 'alt.fan.landrover'? Did you know
there's a group FAQ: http://www.aflfaq.dyndns.info
 
On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 10:37:22 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 22:49:24 +0100, Austin Shackles
><austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>diff and driveshafts from a sierra are quite handy, but the susapension
>>setup isn't really right. few car rear ends are much use, live axle is a
>>possibility of course, but again, you have problems with suspension.
>>Racing-car style suspension with horixontal dampers in the middle works
>>best, I reckon, aesthetically at least, but tends to mean custom-building.
>
>I was chatting to a couple of HOG (Harly Owner Group) members in
>Brighton yesterday about trikes et al... One of them also has a
>Reliant trike which he built himself. Reckons it to be a better ride
>than the renegade (although I suspect there was an element of sour
>grapes in there). Thing is, when it comes to Trikers, any self build
>is thought better. Take the Harley factory trikes as an example,
>which are not seen as 'true' trikes - often even by HOGs.
>
>At some point I'm going to progress the Landie Trike idea - however I
>suspect this will be some 10 odd years off yet, looking at my other
>unfinished projects ;-)

It's been done. Was it scrapheap wars or something, they took a rangie
and turnd it into a trike. Can't remember the program, but is also had
a bunch of farmer boys who fitted a thumping rolls deisel into a
Bedford 4x4 chassis.

Alex
 

"Alex" <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk> wrote in message
news:0ehje0pp18gohqk83gud9u0vueih7mrl1l@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 10:37:22 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
> wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 22:49:24 +0100, Austin Shackles
> ><austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>diff and driveshafts from a sierra are quite handy, but the susapension
> >>setup isn't really right. few car rear ends are much use, live axle is
a
> >>possibility of course, but again, you have problems with suspension.
> >>Racing-car style suspension with horixontal dampers in the middle works
> >>best, I reckon, aesthetically at least, but tends to mean
custom-building.
> >
> >I was chatting to a couple of HOG (Harly Owner Group) members in
> >Brighton yesterday about trikes et al... One of them also has a
> >Reliant trike which he built himself. Reckons it to be a better ride
> >than the renegade (although I suspect there was an element of sour
> >grapes in there). Thing is, when it comes to Trikers, any self build
> >is thought better. Take the Harley factory trikes as an example,
> >which are not seen as 'true' trikes - often even by HOGs.
> >
> >At some point I'm going to progress the Landie Trike idea - however I
> >suspect this will be some 10 odd years off yet, looking at my other
> >unfinished projects ;-)
>
> It's been done. Was it scrapheap wars or something, they took a rangie
> and turnd it into a trike. Can't remember the program, but is also had
> a bunch of farmer boys who fitted a thumping rolls deisel into a
> Bedford 4x4 chassis.

scrappy races


 
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