Jon Dor
Well-Known Member
We'll pray for you matey...
I'd leave it where it nestles now...snug as that "bug in a rug".
RangeRoller dt
Well-Sprung Member
Maybe this one will last long enough to mot it 
Thewilbury
Member
so driving for a bout a week now........
known issues are......
knocking front suspension
air susp inactive - locked in position
visor for sunroof is stuck closed. sunroof itself works perfectly.
some rust on rear arches
2 x 12v sockets arent working
appears to be no power to phone.
intermitten HDC inactive warning
known issues are......
knocking front suspension
air susp inactive - locked in position
visor for sunroof is stuck closed. sunroof itself works perfectly.
some rust on rear arches
2 x 12v sockets arent working
appears to be no power to phone.
intermitten HDC inactive warning
norseman
Well-Known Member
I take it you mean phenomenal for a 20 year old JLR product ?
My current RRC will be 35 years old this June & will happily achieve that & more
Datatek
Well-Known Member
My Toyota MR2 is 36 years old and would also happily do that kind of run no problemI take it you mean phenomenal for a 20 year old JLR product ?
My current RRC will be 35 years old this June & will happily achieve that & more
brianp38dse
Well-Known Member
My Toyota MR2 is 36 years old and would also happily do that kind of run no problem
My Cortina is 56 years old and it would cost me a fortune in petrol to drive that far in one go thats if i could manage to drive it for that long
thats only 30+ gallons
norseman
Well-Known Member
My Toyota MR2 is 36 years old and would also happily do that kind of run no problem
Don't want to turn this thread into a competition, but when my hobby was ex military vehicles I had WW2 trucks built in the US that achieved runs to Europe & Scandinavian without breakdown & they were 50+ years old back then.
Don't think I could afford the petrol now
norseman
Well-Known Member
Never look at the numbers, my aforementioned WW2 trucks were capable of drinking far more petrol that a Classic, for me it's the experience that counts
Is that a Mark one?My Cortina is 56 years old and it would cost me a fortune in petrol to drive that far in one go thats if i could manage to drive it for that long
I'm assuming so!
I got married for the first time in France, having driven mine there and then back, two years previous to that we toured Scotland in it. Sadly only a 1200 but loved it. It would only do 30 to the gallon at 50 mph on the motorway.
Think it was D reg, so, '66.wish I still had it, as I do about most of my old cars that I sent to the scrappy or very occasionally sold on!
brianp38dse
Well-Known Member
Is that a Mark one?
I'm assuming so!
I got married for the first time in France, having driven mine there and then back, two years previous to that we toured Scotland in it. Sadly only a 1200 but loved it. It would only do 30 to the gallon at 50 mph on the motorway.
wish I still had it, as I do about most of my old cars that I sent to the scrappy or very occasionally sold on!
Yes 1966 mk1 1200 deluxe 2 door but now 1500cc full rally spec twin 40s caged the lot and more power than the lotus and the works GT rally cars, 145bhp
hence the very low mpg, down to 8 smiles per gallon when i play
So started off like mine then!Yes 1966 mk1 1200 deluxe 2 door but now 1500cc full rally spec twin 40s caged the lot and more power than the lotus and the works GT rally cars, 145bhp
I'd love to see it! 145 bhp out of one of those engines must have taken bit of getting.
