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Dude that thing is sweet, do it up be easy as

just powerwash and fit a tang and do a skid as said earlier

the rest of you need to harden up, everything is fixable and it actually looks quite solid

If it was a rx2 the'd be no question of saving it

Reg on hold too is sweet plus cert for Mazda, fit dohc turb

Vauxhall club has heaps of spares including new guards last time I checked

If repco still sells Jack oil id use that as worked mint for me in the past, havent seen it in ages tho

Prob get at supercheep, often called Hydraulic oil- not to be confused with hydraulic fluid

Would be piece of piss to use Herald chassis as it already fits and chuck a big six in as it fits, RB25 etc and weld a Jag rear end in- inboard discs, lsd, irs = epic win

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Oh snap, Rootes group in da house!!!!!

Rootes group did the largest engine order between companies of all time 15000 engines

The plug was pulled when Chrysler brought them as Chrysler couldn't bear the thought of selling a car in the states with a Ford motor.. Plus the Mopar unit wouldn't fit, too wide and distributor at rear of motor, shame coz apparently according to the old boys the Sunbeam would outhandle the Cobra, not surprising as Shelby had a crack at designing it before they got Jensen to do it, who ironically used Chrysler motors for their products..

Keen to hear more about the V6 prototype, would explain why the Talbot V6 was in development before the PRV V6 that powered it.. Have heard about the twin cam prototypes and seen a Avenger Twincam in the flesh.

Back to the subject of the Superminx, yeah the Hunter unit will fit, just use the backplate from the Arrow motor and front plate for engine mounts. Done, but ditch the SU's or strombergs they dont suit the motor, get the twin choke weber.

Cool

Still waiting for pic's...

Convert to Austin Metro-Sexual FTW

Yeah but pretty sure OS peer pressure will win out in the end..

Please use heatgun to remove mayfair stickers and side stripes

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The best conversion i've seen in a Minx-like vehicle (Sceptre- flash as Superminx) was a T series Rover 2.2 Turbo

from a Tomcat, fitted in sweet and looked the part, Hillman had prototype twin cam motors in sixties so kinda fitting.

Also 289 Ford should go in as engine bay and suspension basically same as Sunbeam Alpine, which got those motors

installed factory for the Tiger version

Meen, do it and add j-type overdrive or five speed and have power and economy

fuck the Pinto

let those boat anchors sit in bogans shed's and seize. Or use as toxic landfill

triumph herald rear suspention is fail. If you lift off under hard cornering, the rear unsquats. Then you suffer mad positve camber, lose your tyre contact and spin out. (told to me by a guy who owned a lotus 7 replica, which was based on herald chassis.

Agreed the Herald rear end wasn't the best in the world, but still a good effort for an early IRS system on mums runabout.

Remember this is sixties tech here, can be fixed easily, as anyone who races Spitfires or GT6' s will tell you

just add anti roll bar and what Triunph called swing spring- sussed.

Although if you were keen Datsun 180b rear end fits in and Skyline diff heads also fit, Nissan basing their IRs designs on the Triumph setup originally....

But who'd be drifting this fibreglass old tub anyway, wouldn't handle more than a hundred horsepower anyway, you'd want crossplies and herald spec to keep it entertaining

Anyone keen to go halves on these moulds?

So keen to build one of these they look sweet as!

Heaps of Triumph Herald hopeless cases availible and could be a sweet kit car,

could be modernised easily but kept OG looking

prob sell heaps to gullible poms, much prettier than 99.9999% of similar kit cars

K33n?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Car-parts-accessories/Other-accessories/auction-230017434.htm

1964 ford anglia estate. Been in the family since 1967, handed down to me!

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Jealous, Giz?

Pics Please

Just realised I left out all the Skoda's, ADO16's, allegros, princesses, maxi's, avengers and Marina's

Or maybe im trying to forget them...

Definitely forgetting bout the Hunters.. and the Cortina's Sierra's Vauxhall Vivas etc

Bulletin board of shame..

Once owned a Honda More than once actually but dont tell anyone or they will think im gay, or worse inbred or from wainui.....

1937 Austin 12, black, pulled from cold in top, great heater

1950 Austin A40 Devon, Forest green, red wheels and whitewalls, looked like dinky toy

1955 Austin A50- fridge, made big end bearings out of beer cans

1957 Austin A30- Girls loved it

195? Morris Minor 4 dr no reverse

1960 Citroen id19 worst example of a good car, sent to wreckers

1963 Citroen id19, drove everywhere, 55000kms in six months once, blew gearbox- sold to flange

1958 Fiat 500D abarth replica mk 1, made flares out of Alfa guards and pop rivets. Epic

1962 Fiat 500F abarth replica mk 2, same flares + spoiler, could sit on roof and drive with feet, once got 7 inside

1963 Jaguar Mk 10 still in shed awaiting head repairs and chauffer

1973 Rover 3500 V8 using at mo, lord of overheating

1968 Triumph 2000 mk1 BRG M/oD webasto sunroof and factory tan leather, regret selling..

1962 Daimler 2.5 V8, Mint car, bogged sills, sold for profit at train station. want another

1973 Citroen Ds21 Pallas injection electronique, beautiful fast and fragile, most ever spent on car, sold for 7k, went for 25k recently

1973 Jaguar XJ6 Executive, red with tan leather, 21st present to myself, never had so much sex in a car

1976 Daimler Double Six, 3mpg, epic power slides, walnut and hand stiched carpets- n i c e

1964 Vauxhall Victor, 3spd, unkillable, even with no compression it would do the rimutakas

1963 Bedford Dormobile Debonair camper, fridge, cooker for spots, double bed mystery machine.

1983? Nissan Cedric 280C Brougham, pillarless, turbo, elec seats, tv, paid $45 bucks for it (had modgies)

197? Mitsubishi Celeste 1600 twin carb was a minter, shit handler from memory

1970 Mercedes 280E 300D for sale

1973 250- MJF's car now, was californian import

1972 Mercedes280E now owned by x, car has herpes

1974 250, blew motor apart

1973 Sunbeam Rapier H120 Holbay, 33% more awesome, sold it to a noob who crashed it and destroyed a rare car

196? Hillman Minx

1964 Hillman Superminx, did 120 mph, was super minx indeed

1963 Hillman Superminx estate, want another wagon

Thats all the classics I dailied, will prob remember more at some stage

New cars

1994 Volvo 850R, holds record for fastest trip across north Island (6 hrs) through wanganui, would do off the clocks, 245 speedo...

199? Mazda MX5, had before they were cool, i defended it but the hairdresser comments were daily, had HKS supercharger, coilovers and no aircon or weight sapping shit, used to scare poo out of those who dared mock it and came for a ride

got backed over by a pajero at speed crushing windscreen and most of car, sold after repairs.

1989 SAAB 9000 turbo, abbott racing chip, mod wastegate etc, was mint as 33k when brought, made heaps on sale

1992 Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 fun but fragile

1990 Mercedes 190E, standard NZ new 1 owner, had 15000ks from new! swapped for current Jag

1993 Mercedes 230E, best car ever made ( for daily use ) smashed into curb and ripped suspension out, car saved my life

82.35% OS awesomeness yuss..

Just reverse steels for max awesomeness, then come get parts from my shed

Got 2 grilles, 4 hubcaps, heaps of front lights, carbs, interior parts like switches dash clusters, handles etc

all too good to bin or I would have done already. Kept for X gf's 280E but she can go choke on a cyanide dildo

hence free to someone else..

Same as Allegro, Princess, Maxi, MGF actually a wicked system when its not deflated. Basically its a citroen setup thats non adjustable and less complicated but somehow seems to shit itself most regularly...

My suggestion, cane it, take lol photos rallying it, daily it till it gets to be pig bait, get it pink stickered, roll onto roof on gravel road then rip out running gear and brakes and put into Mini clubman or chuck on tardme- profit

Speaking from experience, or make into convertible for lols..

Metro....

Strong Bros in Glenfield have the pump to fill suspension, you'll find at least two displacers will be shot out if it was driven lots on its arse.

At least its a hatchback and you can come and get all these Merc parts out of my shed

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Chuck modgies on it

The worst bit about the alloy heads is the corrosion is often hidden untill they crack, which they do- regularly. Trust me, I ran a H120 Rapier and various rootes group cars and scrapped more useless heads than you would imagine, before giving up and putting steel head on, which your car will have and is fine as the car was designed with the extra weight of the head in mind.

The casting process wasn't up to much, they fixed it by the time the Hunter came out, the heads are slightly different and the front plate, manifolds and starters and sump are different due to the engine canted over 15 degrees in the hunter, but you can use the block and head with modification.

The hardest part to find for a Superminx is a rot free thermostat housing, you'll find out soon enough unless you got lucky. When you see how bad they rot you'll see why people warn against the alloy heads, they rusted away even early on in their lives.

Weber FTW, thats my vote

Plus find a Sunbeam Rapier roll bar for the front, stops epic bump steer

Heaps of manifolds availible for twin choke downdraft weber or solex, made locally too.

http://www.griffiths.co.nz/brands_wildcat.html

Used to be made by griffiths- now wildcat accesories, need extractors too as the inlet and exhaust manifold one piece.

Had a hot Superminx years ago, was surprisingly tuneable, had Weber twin choke, gas flowed head and volvo pistons for 1900 capacity. Good for 120mph with standard gearing, no exaduration.

Incredibly weak conrods though, known for punching nice big fun holes in blocks when worn out or making big hp

which they can make, Rootes group used this motor in the Sunbeams which did well at Le Mans etc

For touring find an overdrive gearbox out of a Rapier or Vogue, O and stay away from the alloy heads

and if it has one find a steel one and flow it.

Use the filter housing off the Hunter motor to convert it to spin on filter and get better flow and less leaks

plus Mitsubishi Lancer distributors fit, as per late model Hunter, get a electronic one ( who would of thought Mitsi's had a use?)

Keen for pics when it arrives

The Avenger engine and the Minx motor share no parts by the way

Import? Pre Vanos motor pretty bulletproof, but be real wary of transmission. They poo themselves regularly

bout those k's get it checked, or convert to manual easy swap but parts prices make it cheaper to just go out and buy a manual...

2 door mean, compact sissy, wagon choice, 4 dr Island styles.

Gheck for air leaks between manifold and AFM, can make 155's run like shit and feel like there missing

You sholud get it on the scan tool, sure someone on here has one you can use to get codes.

O2 sensors fail too

failing that check and scrape clean dist cap, bet its furry as fuck..

Mean car btw

Did my apprenticeship on those tugs, not as bad as people would have you believe..

Remember every fault mechanically or electrically gets blown out of proportion on Alfa's as people love the storys

even the customers used to boast about how many warranty claims they had made.

In reality they were a lot better than most euro products and other high end jap stuff of the era

and now have one of the highest customer satisfaction ratings, and still using the V6..

Buy my stuff

The Isabella is missing her friend the id

you should so line them up in the shed...

+6463276158 pat.boyle@xtra.co.nz

Thats the guy in Marton with a complete id for parts, its rough as but he's sweet with having all the bits picked off

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Hope Flange got orig motor still as its got more reciepts tha pak n save...

how many scoots you old washcloth james? also how many tools? I reckon it could be done.

afaik we've jsut got one motor and box to bring back. pending on how much we need to grab for others

Tryin to get rid of stuff but seem to be aquiring scooters at a rapid rate..

Still havent got anywhere in Welly for them to go so thats the main prob, prob gunna have to hire huge van

as Zundapp and the Triumph in a million pieces, plus furniture and 2000 porn mags etc

When you doing this run? your pickin up the id motor I take it??

Should drag back the id safari to Welly thats a wicked idea...

Or take my Humber, free to whoever brings trailer