Andrew Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 I've had two Mk3 Spitfires (and a 1500) in my dark past, and they both "ate" half shaft U.Js !! I got quite slick at changing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Albert Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Might have been something to do with the Herald rear end, swing axles and all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Yes, the half shaft was acting partially as a bottom wishbone, putting all sorts of stresses on the poor old U.Js !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Albert Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Yup, never can forget my first wife's face the day I showed her what her 2l Vitesse drophead could do when I yumped sideways and the right rear folded underneath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Spitfires were not too bad, if you kept your foot down in the bends, it's when you had to lift off mid-corner things got interesting!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilux Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Completely refurbished a Rover P5B 3.5 Litre Coupe if you are too young see here Never again. Difficult but rewarding, then I realised once it was finished I had to sit in a field with a bunch of w*****s who polished their tyres, their cars and their ego`s (the worst I ever saw were the Allegro owners club who had the crappiest cars I ever saw or the Ferrari owners club who were simply arrogant t*ss*rs ) Which is why I now own a Westy (which is nice) Mind you round copse in Rover was like white water rafting...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stanton Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Allegro owners club who had the crappiest cars I ever saw or the Ferrari owners club who were simply arrogant t*ss*rs ROFLOA I totally agree I had the occasion to attend a few car shows in the Westfield many years ago and they were always about - we found some great pubs while the saddos paraded around the show-ring and polished their nuts Capri Owners were another source of fun and the the Marina OC I shouldn't but can't help it memories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westfields Rock On Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 if you kept your foot down in the bends, it's when you had to lift off mid-corner things got interesting!! Interesting!!??!!?? almost took out a honda civic on a mini roundabout The old man driving it had a good laugh though seeing a 35 year old car going sideways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Albert Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Christ Hilux, all that crome, you must have been polishing while every else was drinking Still I remember when, aged 17 (can you imagine this today?), I had a summer job as a delivery driver for Henlys in Colindale delivering Austin 1100s to insurance reps all over the UK. They used to give me £24 + a full tank to deliver a car to Glasgow. Took me approx 8 hours to get there (at 40mph to save fuel), get the rep to drop me at the airport. £4 standby BEA Viscount to Heathrow then half a crown (12.5p to those lucky enough not to remember) Red Rover to get home. Could manage 3 a week, at £18 net each trip, bl**** fantastic job, especially when they began to trust me with exotica (TR6, etc.) until the day the brakes failed on the used P5 resulting in a T-bone with a Roller Them were the days, NOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westyfield Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Bugs Rust? Whats that? In1969 at 17 YOU probably wanted a Cooper. Me? a Bond Bug!Couldn't afford the £633 back then so had to make do with £450 Regal van to tow my trials bike to events. Now, aged 50, guess what, you can laugh but I've got my Bug and its a hoot, 750cc, 4-branch manifold, hi lift cam, hi compression head, SU carb, and high ratio back axle (from a modern Rialto! Heaven! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Albert Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Oy Gevalt See world, there are people out there with worse aspirations than an original Allegro square wheel or colour co-ordinated nuts I'm off to bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markg Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 herself has a 72 midget! thought about converting a roadster to a v8 ! then found that westfield made a chassis for my engine so my choice was made! when i was a lot younger there was a bloke in our road who had a three wheeler, to p*** him off we used to get three or four of us and we would pick it up and put it against his back fence, being a terraced street, he had to walk round the front, by which time some b******* had shot a load of his pigeons with their airgun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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