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galwaygreen
Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
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40 years of playing with off roaders (in a modest way)
started with petrol austin gypsy,then to lada niva,old range rover v8
d1.then d2.then d3...........now d4 new
what a transformation over 40 years
did pick up a d2 last weekend for a bit of fun...
5 years since last driven one and i was a bit strange to say the least
enjoyed every minute...wonder whats next
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 20th Mar 2014 10:32 pm |
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Alan B
Member Since: 12 Feb 2013
Location: Fife
Posts: 6528
  
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D5 ?
 D3 57 xs Stornaway grey
D2 02 commercial silver gone but a great servant and won't be forgotten
Iid Bluetooth
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| 20th Mar 2014 10:44 pm |
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highbayrack
Member Since: 09 Jul 2008
Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 2776
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Didn't Austin Gypsy's have Rolls Royce engines at one point ? Actually I just googled it and I think it was the Austin Champs that had them. On a mission to find the perfect Pork Pie. Just Found it (I think)..(Yes I have)
Official product sponsor for "Bloodhound SSC" 1000+ mph world land speed record
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| 20th Mar 2014 11:22 pm |
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A1GSS
Member Since: 12 Sep 2010
Location: Saffron Walden, Essex
Posts: 4691
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That was the Champ I think ____
Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey
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| 20th Mar 2014 11:28 pm |
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A1GSS
Member Since: 12 Sep 2010
Location: Saffron Walden, Essex
Posts: 4691
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Doh. Eyesight again. Missed yr second sentence.. 
My uncle Jimmy had one. Also a Jensen Interceptor. ____
Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey
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| 20th Mar 2014 11:29 pm |
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highbayrack
Member Since: 09 Jul 2008
Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 2776
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The Champs were built like brick s  t houses On a mission to find the perfect Pork Pie. Just Found it (I think)..(Yes I have)
Official product sponsor for "Bloodhound SSC" 1000+ mph world land speed record
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| 20th Mar 2014 11:36 pm |
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BLFarrar
Member Since: 02 Aug 2006
Location: Deepest, Dankest, Darkest, Dingiest......Le Halifax, West Yorkshire...with strong links to Ireland
Posts: 6222
 
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was I beleive the same as the Vanden Plas Princess 4 litre
I had to look this up in the usual place (Wiki-whatsit)
The Vanden Plas Princess 4-litre R with its Rolls-Royce all-aluminium 175 bhp engine was announced in August 1964. With an unusually high power to weight ratio the car gave easy cruising at 90+ mph and was capable of 112 mph.[17]
The big change was under the bonnet where there was a result of more than two years technical collaboration between BMC and Rolls-Royce. The aluminium Rolls-Royce FB60 engine was a short-stroke version of the Rolls-Royce Military B: 4, 6 and 8 cylinder units of which more than 30,000 had already been produced.[17] The 6-cylinder engine weighed only 450 lb (204 kg).[18] Its cubic capacity was 3.909 litres (239 cu in). Over-square: bore was 95.25 mm (3.8 in), stroke 91.44 mm (3.6 in); with a 7.8:1 compression ratio its output was 175 bhp (130 kW; 177 PS) @4,800 rpm. Twin SU carburettors were fitted. Both block and head were aluminium, tappets were hydraulic self-adjusting operating on overhead inlet and side exhaust valves. The counterbalanced crankshaft ran in seven bearings.[19]
The company I served my appranticeship with in Halifax (William Asquiths Ltd) made the machinery that machined the engine block & head...we had this set of machines back in Halifax for upgrade & modifications in the late 60's..this wasnt the usual transfer line but terme unit machines....sets of machines that progressively did the task of taking a raw block to a finished engine.... BREXIT - done properly.
Right now ...We need Government - not Politics
Save the Dipstick Flagbearer-keep it simple, less likely to fail campaign-agenda items:Starting Handles, Acetylene Lamps.
Founder: Dipsticks-R-Us Inc
D3 HSE-perfectly formed, passenger friendly...has real DIPSTICK
Jag XK-but sadly no DIPSTICK...HUGE design fault
FL2 has DIPSTICK..."real comfort in rear seats"
VW Golf wondermobile (?)..has real DIPSTICK
Morris Minor..original DIPSTICK technology..and a real KEY.
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| 21st Mar 2014 8:36 am |
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LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23538
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The Princess R, was the first car that I can remember. My father owned one until about 1972. When I was old enough to sit upright unaided, my seat was the wide central armrest in the front.
H&S hadn't been born then. If my father thought he was going to brake a bit sharpish, he'd just stick his left arm out to stop me smashing into the dash  
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| 21st Mar 2014 2:02 pm |
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flydive
Member Since: 21 Aug 2007
Location: Lugano
Posts: 1535
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A1GSS wrote:My uncle Jimmy had one. Also a Jensen Interceptor.
The Gipsy's body was made by Jensen
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| 21st Mar 2014 5:42 pm |
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jeepmadmike
Member Since: 18 Jan 2014
Location: Devon
Posts: 269
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My dad had a princess R in the early seventies, I loved the thing as a small boy. Think he loved it to as it was the only car he didn't sell- I cut it up when we cleared his house and grounds a couple of years ago (the guys clearing the place found it to heavy to deal with!)
I've had a real burning desire to buy one since, it smelt the same inside as I remembered and was made in the way cars used to be before ford showed the world how to do it sensibly!
The amazing thing was the engine would still turn - It had sat there outside for 30+ years
Champ had a FB40 RR engine R had a FB60 MY14 post man pat van
70series land cruiser
1947 willys jeep
Hobby 670 motor home
And lots of other stuff in my shed, on my driveway or abandoned in the village
Several VW T5's
Mitsubishi outlander
And a Suzuki X90... Only drive that at night
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| 21st Mar 2014 11:51 pm |
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