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Post by shyamwestwind on Mar 27, 2008 4:15:22 GMT
Simmo, you really are well organised............ thats the way to go !!!! Would love to see pics of the trolley with all your stuff, so if you can do mail it to me.
Shanless, your Vauxhall Carlton is a dream car and I bet you're mighty proud of it. Thanks for the pics.
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larryc
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Post by larryc on Mar 27, 2008 10:27:07 GMT
I drive my trusted 1993 Vauxhall Carlton 24v 3.0L Diamond Estate....Ive tried to upload some pics of it but failed.....it is featured on the totalcarlton.com website....under carlton show offs...page 5 and then under... re 3.0l Diamond Estate....only 96 of these models were made and only 32 remain...and mine is the only one registered over here....it holds all my gear even with the rear seats up.....no problem with power either......my wife drives a S Class Mercedes Limo.....so if I need any parts I will be calling on you Larry lololol Anytime Kev  |
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skiday
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Post by skiday on Apr 15, 2008 23:57:26 GMT
If you get yourself a BOSE L1 PA system you can drive almost anything.
I've had a Vauhxhall Calibra for years, which has a nice big rear with the seats down and looks nice too, but now with the Bose I can get all my stuff into my beautiful Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo (Sprint blue - the only colour to have) which looks nice and goes like stink!
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Post by shyamwestwind on Apr 18, 2008 17:40:20 GMT
Guys I just got meself a Fiat Uno Diesel and my brother fitted a Hand Clutch for me. As you know I'm handicapped with poilo of the left leg and actually all I need is a normal Automatic transmission car. The two autromatic cars I have have given up the ghost and I need to go for a relative's wedding tomorrow so here I am with this lovely reliable car with a Hand Clutch !!
Its actuallya Hand brake lever from a SUV, complete with the ratchet etc and its fitted on the steering column and there's a strong rod attached to the clutch pedal. I pull the lever with my right hand and the clutch pedal is depressed. Simple and I've taken it around this chaotic city with no issues.I pull the hand clutch, change my floor gears and release the lever and I'm off. !! The ratchet comes in useful to keep the cluch depressed at the half clutch position.
Well, atleast I have a reliable car now till I get my brand new Wagon R - AX (Suzuki).I need to get a lot of paper work done to get my Excise Concessions and Waiver of Ste Road Tax, so that'll take atleast two months.
Have any of you made such alterations. I would love to hear from them.
I'm off in a few hours, guys, with my wife and my man Friday and I will be driving about 450 kms, and 200 of them will be in the Ghat Section (hilly terrain, elephant country,with hair pin bends and the like.
Wish me well, guys. I'll send you all the details when I return on Thursaday.
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Post by Emerald Midi on Apr 18, 2008 18:08:56 GMT
Guys I just got meself a Fiat Uno Diesel and my brother fitted a Hand Clutch for me. As you know I'm handicapped with poilo of the left leg and actually all I need is a normal Automatic transmission car. The two autromatic cars I have have given up the ghost and I need to go for a relative's wedding tomorrow so here I am with this lovely reliable car with a Hand Clutch !! Its actuallya Hand brake lever from a SUV, complete with the ratchet etc and its fitted on the steering column and there's a strong rod attached to the clutch pedal. I pull the lever with my right hand and the clutch pedal is depressed. Simple and I've taken it around this chaotic city with no issues.I pull the hand clutch, change my floor gears and release the lever and I'm off. !! The ratchet comes in useful to keep the cluch depressed at the half clutch position. Well, atleast I have a reliable car now till I get my brand new Wagon R - AX (Suzuki).I need to get a lot of paper work done to get my Excise Concessions and Waiver of Ste Road Tax, so that'll take atleast two months. Have any of you made such alterations. I would love to hear from them. I'm off in a few hours, guys, with my wife and my man Friday and I will be driving about 450 kms, and 200 of them will be in the Ghat Section (hilly terrain, elephant country,with hair pin bends and the like. Wish me well, guys. I'll send you all the details when I return on Thursaday. Congratulations on your new purchase, I hope you have many, many great and trouble free trips in it. Looking forward to hearing how things went  |
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Post by knimmo on Apr 18, 2008 19:19:58 GMT
nothing at the moment lads.written of last sunday by two drunks.
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Post by Emerald Midi on Apr 18, 2008 19:48:22 GMT
nothing at the moment lads.written of last sunday by two drunks. Terribly sorry to learn this. Was anyone hurt? |
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Post by Tubbs on Apr 19, 2008 10:41:33 GMT
Guys I just got meself a Fiat Uno Diesel and my brother fitted a Hand Clutch for me. As you know I'm handicapped with poilo of the left leg and actually all I need is a normal Automatic transmission car. The two autromatic cars I have have given up the ghost and I need to go for a relative's wedding tomorrow so here I am with this lovely reliable car with a Hand Clutch !! Its actuallya Hand brake lever from a SUV, complete with the ratchet etc and its fitted on the steering column and there's a strong rod attached to the clutch pedal. I pull the lever with my right hand and the clutch pedal is depressed. Simple and I've taken it around this chaotic city with no issues.I pull the hand clutch, change my floor gears and release the lever and I'm off. !! The ratchet comes in useful to keep the cluch depressed at the half clutch position. Well, atleast I have a reliable car now till I get my brand new Wagon R - AX (Suzuki).I need to get a lot of paper work done to get my Excise Concessions and Waiver of Ste Road Tax, so that'll take atleast two months. Have any of you made such alterations. I would love to hear from them. I'm off in a few hours, guys, with my wife and my man Friday and I will be driving about 450 kms, and 200 of them will be in the Ghat Section (hilly terrain, elephant country,with hair pin bends and the like. Wish me well, guys. I'll send you all the details when I return on Thursaday. The best of luck with your new car Shyam!! I used to sing with a guy who drove a Lada to gigs!!  The only reason it had a heated rear windscreen was to keep your hands warm when pushing it!! ;D |
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Post by Emerald Midi on Apr 19, 2008 11:50:34 GMT
Gerry, you are incorrigible ;d
Another old Lada/Skoda joke was:
What do you call a Lada that has broken down?
A skip ;d
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Post by Tubbs on Apr 19, 2008 15:45:35 GMT
Another old Lada/Skoda joke was: What do you call a Lada that has broken down? A skip ;d ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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skiday
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Post by skiday on Apr 20, 2008 0:08:48 GMT
I've got a friend who's addicted to drinking brake fluid.
He reckons he can stop any time....... ;D
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Post by Emerald Midi on Apr 20, 2008 7:39:32 GMT
I've got a friend who's addicted to drinking brake fluid. He reckons he can stop any time....... ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by knimmo on Apr 20, 2008 12:50:42 GMT
no one hurt, just the wifes pride(she was driving at the time)
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Post by shyamwestwind on Apr 25, 2008 5:33:10 GMT
Hi Guys, I know you wont believe this and you'll probably think I'm weaving a story, but cross my heart, its true. We were driving up the "ghat" section through the Bandipur Wild Life Sanctuary when we spotted a medium sized elephant about 30 metres away. It was just about 11 in the morning and my wife thought she'd take a photograph and very foolishy I stopped the car and hardly had she pulled out the camera to click, the darned animal trumpeted and charged at us. My chest felt heavy and I was nearly frozen, but managed to operate my hand clutch and get away and it felt like we took ages to move away. Fortunately, it was just a mock charge and it just backed off. If my wife had clicked it would have made an interesting picture but we were just happy to get away.
The Fiat Uno doesnt gather speed on the 1st, 2nd amd 3rd Gears, though it has high torque in those, but it needs the 4th and 5th gears to take off, and this, combined with the fear factor just seemed to freeze us. I will never ever stop that close to an elephant unless I have a Ferari !
The heat was unbearable at the coastal town, and the hunidity was killing, but atleast the car was reliable.
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Post by Emerald Midi on Apr 25, 2008 7:14:22 GMT
Good Lord! What an amazing thing to happen. I am so glad no-one was hurt, or even the elephant, for that matter. I love elephants almost as much as I do people. Shyam, it's shame your wife didn't get the photo as it would have made a great addition to the "Members Photos" section. |
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Post by JohnG on Apr 25, 2008 9:27:48 GMT
Ah, elephant stories, I've got one too!
"Back when I were a lad" I lived in Uganda and in 1962 just before we finally left, we took a trip to a game park on the Uganda / Uranda Urundi (now Burundi) border. We visited the top of the Murchison Falls and as we drove there, in my father's old Austin A90, we noticed some tuskers off to the side of the road. We spent a little time at the falls and then turned round to start the journey on. On rounding the corner there was a small herd spread across the road. "Don't come between a mother and her calf" we'd been told. So we went back to the car park, waited a while and tried again. This time they were closer and so it went on for more than an hour. BTW there's nowhere else to go from the car park but OVER the falls. On the final try there was a gap and my father put his foot down and drove like hell (sound familiar Shyam?). We made it amongst much trumpeting, snorting and head and trunk waving from several females. I've never forgotten it it was so memorable. AND I've got some photos too ... if I can find them.
Happy days!
JohnG.
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Post by john90 on Apr 25, 2008 19:33:37 GMT
in my day the van's i remember was the j 4 austin , thames van and then the transit you were not in a group if you did not have a transit
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Post by shyamwestwind on Apr 25, 2008 20:44:21 GMT
JohnG, that must have been scary ! Those creatures can bring the constipation out of a chronic with their trumpets. I really wish wifey had clicked somehow but it really was jittery!
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Post by JohnG on Apr 26, 2008 8:56:52 GMT
Yea, Shyam scary isn't or wasn't the half of it. The trumpeting rattled the windows. Actually the pictures I got were of the herd were as it was slowly approaching. Couldn't snap whilst were we driving through. Too busy focussing on keeping my trousers clean!!! I can well believe your wife felt the same way. The last thing on your mind is a photo. Reminds me of the joke 'what's the last thing on a fly's mind as he hits your windscreen?' JohnG. |
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Post by JazzCat on Apr 26, 2008 20:43:09 GMT
I thought that was worded, What's the last thing that goes through a fly's mind. LOL
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