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[Shackeng]

I was musing on how much easier it was in my early days of motoring. A friend returning from leave in a pre-war Austin 10 or similar, threw a big end. He pulled into a lay by, drained and dropped the sump, fitted a set of big-ends, and still got back to camp without sanction. While cars are of course mechanically much more reliable these days, the sort of problems we encounter causing breakdown are exponentially more difficult to fix without suitable spares and equipment.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I was musing on how much easier it was in my early days of motoring. A friend returning from leave in a pre-war Austin 10 or similar, threw a big end. He pulled into a lay by, drained and dropped the sump, fitted a set of big-ends, and still got back to camp without sanction. While cars are of course mechanically much more reliable these days, the sort of problems we encounter causing breakdown are exponentially more difficult to fix without suitable spares and equipment.

Open the bonnet and plugs and distributor with points were easily accessible. As was the coil and often the dynamo.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I still have a small spanner on my key ring that fits the mixture adjusting nut on the bottom of SU carbs.

Last needed it on my 1976 Triumph 2500S........along with the trusty colourtune.

I could only get it to run smoothly when the engine was running 'rich' which gave 13 MPG.

[dave the builder]

Indeed,
all the sensors to reduce emissions etc and no room to get at things make repairs a pain.
it is nice to be able to read fault codes and look at live data ,which you could not fo back in the day .
no one bothers doing big ends these days,just scrap the car, I did a full rebuild on a corsa including shells ,rings,lifters etc etc early this year and parts alone was £400 ,more than the car was worth if you included labour (which was fee because i did it) but it meant the engine was sorted and the corsa was for a family member,
 I feel sorry for people who don't have a clue ,and just take their car to a main stealer for £500+ of repairs on a regular basis .
 cars seem to be built in chunks now, computer says replace this chunk , so that big expensive chunk gets replaced,rather than stripping it to replace the 10p  O ring ,that caused the issue.
 A "throw away society" that talks about recycling 

[JasonH]

Nothing's changed.....we drove past an Austin 7 the other day, the owner had broken down just as he entered a major  motorway junction style roundabout. He had managed to pull over in a sort of chevron area in the middle of the road and appeared to be rebuilding his engine! As we went past he had a distributor in his hand.

That was August 2018!

[STEMO]

Indeed,
all the sensors to reduce emissions etc and no room to get at things make repairs a pain.
it is nice to be able to read fault codes and look at live data ,which you could not fo back in the day .
no one bothers doing big ends these days,just scrap the car, I did a full rebuild on a corsa including shells ,rings,lifters etc etc early this year and parts alone was £400 ,more than the car was worth if you included labour (which was fee because i did it) but it meant the engine was sorted and the corsa was for a family member,
 I feel sorry for people who don't have a clue ,and just take their car to a main stealer for £500+ of repairs on a regular basis .
 cars seem to be built in chunks now, computer says replace this chunk , so that big expensive chunk gets replaced,rather than stripping it to replace the 10p  O ring ,that caused the issue.
 A "throw away society" that talks about recycling 

A bit like telecomms. I used to drive around in my little van taking people's telephones to bits to fix them. Then someone had the bright idea of plugging them into a socket and sending a new one out in the post.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Indeed,
all the sensors to reduce emissions etc and no room to get at things make repairs a pain.
it is nice to be able to read fault codes and look at live data ,which you could not fo back in the day .
no one bothers doing big ends these days,just scrap the car, I did a full rebuild on a corsa including shells ,rings,lifters etc etc early this year and parts alone was £400 ,more than the car was worth if you included labour (which was fee because i did it) but it meant the engine was sorted and the corsa was for a family member,
 I feel sorry for people who don't have a clue ,and just take their car to a main stealer for £500+ of repairs on a regular basis .
 cars seem to be built in chunks now, computer says replace this chunk , so that big expensive chunk gets replaced,rather than stripping it to replace the 10p  O ring ,that caused the issue.
 A "throw away society" that talks about recycling 

A bit like telecomms. I used to drive around in my little van taking people's telephones to bits to fix them. Then someone had the bright idea of plugging them into a socket and sending a new one out in the post.

Would this be during the old GPO era when there were still more horses than cars?

[STEMO]

Indeed,
all the sensors to reduce emissions etc and no room to get at things make repairs a pain.
it is nice to be able to read fault codes and look at live data ,which you could not fo back in the day .
no one bothers doing big ends these days,just scrap the car, I did a full rebuild on a corsa including shells ,rings,lifters etc etc early this year and parts alone was £400 ,more than the car was worth if you included labour (which was fee because i did it) but it meant the engine was sorted and the corsa was for a family member,
 I feel sorry for people who don't have a clue ,and just take their car to a main stealer for £500+ of repairs on a regular basis .
 cars seem to be built in chunks now, computer says replace this chunk , so that big expensive chunk gets replaced,rather than stripping it to replace the 10p  O ring ,that caused the issue.
 A "throw away society" that talks about recycling 

A bit like telecomms. I used to drive around in my little van taking people's telephones to bits to fix them. Then someone had the bright idea of plugging them into a socket and sending a new one out in the post.

Would this be during the old GPO era when there were still more horses than cars?

Yep.

[2boxerdogs]

Got to say most people nowadays don't even know how to check oil & tyre pressures let alone do running repairs when required , having said that can't remember the last time I broke down or had a car that wouldn't start .

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Got to say most people nowadays don't even know how to check oil & tyre pressures let alone do running repairs when required , having said that can't remember the last time I broke down or had a car that wouldn't start .

Can't be that long. This is an Omega forum after all.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Got to say most people nowadays don't even know how to check oil & tyre pressures let alone do running repairs when required , having said that can't remember the last time I broke down or had a car that wouldn't start .

Can't be that long. This is an Omega forum after all.

 

[BazaJT]

Going on standards these days it seems a lot of people barely know how to drive their cars let alone fix them In some ways it's a bit of a balancing act given the labour rates charged by stealers in particular[although in fairness to them the "techies" don't earn anywhere near what some people believe]means it can be a close call-if not cheaper-to replace a part rather than pay the labour cost of taking something apart to fix it.

[2boxerdogs]

Very lucky to have had a father in law who was a proper mechanic (Jag & Aston Martin specialist) who used to work on my cars provided  I assisted & listened & watched exactly what he was doing taught me no end of useful things  to do with cars he died 14 years ago but often think of him when doing the odd jobs on our vehicles. Just wish he could have seen the Mercedes think he would have been very impressed with it, but probably would have talked me into buying an Aston Martin instead.

[Lazydocker]

Indeed,
all the sensors to reduce emissions etc and no room to get at things make repairs a pain.
it is nice to be able to read fault codes and look at live data ,which you could not fo back in the day .
no one bothers doing big ends these days,just scrap the car, I did a full rebuild on a corsa including shells ,rings,lifters etc etc early this year and parts alone was £400 ,more than the car was worth if you included labour (which was fee because i did it) but it meant the engine was sorted and the corsa was for a family member,
 I feel sorry for people who don't have a clue ,and just take their car to a main stealer for £500+ of repairs on a regular basis .
 cars seem to be built in chunks now, computer says replace this chunk , so that big expensive chunk gets replaced,rather than stripping it to replace the 10p  O ring ,that caused the issue.
 A "throw away society" that talks about recycling 

Because there aren’t many mechanics these days, just fitters. 

[Nick W]

Because there aren’t many mechanics these days, just fitters. 

And they're expected to diagnose and repair increasingly complex systems too - carburettors and distributor ignitions are simple and so are their faults. That is not true of modern inter-connected electronics

[TheBoy]

A bit like telecomms. I used to drive around in my little van taking people's telephones to bits to fix them. Then someone had the bright idea of plugging them into a socket and sending a new one out in the post.

Can't beat restrapping a 746 to get it to work as a Plan 107 extension. Or, in the middle of Martins Newsagents, crawling around the floor looking for all the springs and contacts that had shot everywhere after I popped the top of an HES4

[dave the builder]

Indeed,
all the sensors to reduce emissions etc and no room to get at things make repairs a pain.
it is nice to be able to read fault codes and look at live data ,which you could not fo back in the day .
no one bothers doing big ends these days,just scrap the car, I did a full rebuild on a corsa including shells ,rings,lifters etc etc early this year and parts alone was £400 ,more than the car was worth if you included labour (which was fee because i did it) but it meant the engine was sorted and the corsa was for a family member,
 I feel sorry for people who don't have a clue ,and just take their car to a main stealer for £500+ of repairs on a regular basis .
 cars seem to be built in chunks now, computer says replace this chunk , so that big expensive chunk gets replaced,rather than stripping it to replace the 10p  O ring ,that caused the issue.
 A "throw away society" that talks about recycling 

A bit like telecomms. I used to drive around in my little van taking people's telephones to bits to fix them. Then someone had the bright idea of plugging them into a socket and sending a new one out in the post.

Sadly Mr STEMO , a plug in phone (if anyone still uses one) costs about £5 now ,so I can't argue your case and get you your job back 

a better example would be a fuel gauge on a car not working, 20 years ago you'd fit a new gauge to the binnacle ,about £15. now the computer says replace complete binnacle ,£350 plus programming because it is coded 
ok, so savvy motorist would buy second hand virginised binnacle , but most would sell or scrap the car,or pay the £500+ bill to a dealer to sort 

[TheBoy]

Because there aren’t many mechanics these days, just fitters. 

And they're expected to diagnose and repair increasingly complex systems too - carburettors and distributor ignitions are simple and so are their faults. That is not true of modern inter-connected electronics

Fully managed engine systems are easy as well. Probably more so than carbs and dizzy timing.  Its a different type of skill though, one that many old school cant deal with.

[TheBoy]

now the computer says replace complete binnacle ,£350 plus programming because it is coded 

I bet mine is well over a grand, just for the part

[dave the builder]

now the computer says replace complete binnacle ,£350 plus programming because it is coded 

I bet mine is well over a grand, just for the part

probably worth investing in a decent quality battery then, so your car can cope with 10 days of not being used 
rather than running your voltage sensitive ,very expensive car electrics on a near flat/close to dead battery
 Ask Santa for one , I've his address somewhere 

[Nick W]

now the computer says replace complete binnacle ,£350 plus programming because it is coded 

I bet mine is well over a grand, just for the part

probably worth investing in a decent quality battery then, so your car can cope with 10 days of not being used 
rather than running your voltage sensitive ,very expensive car electrics on a near flat/close to dead battery
 Ask Santa for one , I've his address somewhere 

don't you have to be a good boy for Santa to visit with presents? Or have I been lied to for all these years

[TheBoy]

I have serious worries about an old man who likes young kids bouncing on his knee....

[TheBoy]

now the computer says replace complete binnacle ,£350 plus programming because it is coded 

I bet mine is well over a grand, just for the part

I take it all back, just looked it up, and according to my 5yr old Russian EPC, the instrument cluster is £650 ex VAT...

[dave the builder]

now the computer says replace complete binnacle ,£350 plus programming because it is coded 

I bet mine is well over a grand, just for the part

probably worth investing in a decent quality battery then, so your car can cope with 10 days of not being used 
rather than running your voltage sensitive ,very expensive car electrics on a near flat/close to dead battery
 Ask Santa for one , I've his address somewhere 

don't you have to be a good boy for Santa to visit with presents? Or have I been lied to for all these years

No, I'm a complete ***t and still get presents every year 

I have serious worries about an old man who likes young kids bouncing on his knee....

yep, for some nonses, who get a seasonal job ,this time of year must be like Christmas to them 
lets hope all santa types are closely monitored /supervised

[2boxerdogs]

now the computer says replace complete binnacle ,£350 plus programming because it is coded 

I bet mine is well over a grand, just for the part

probably worth investing in a decent quality battery then, so your car can cope with 10 days of not being used 
rather than running your voltage sensitive ,very expensive car electrics on a near flat/close to dead battery
 Ask Santa for one , I've his address somewhere 

don't you have to be a good boy for Santa to visit with presents? Or have I been lied to for all these years

No, I'm a complete ***t and still get presents every year 

I have serious worries about an old man who likes young kids bouncing on his knee....

yep, for some nonses, who get a seasonal job ,this time of year must be like Christmas to them 
lets hope all santa types are closely monitored /supervised

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I'm surprised nobody has put a claim in from 30 odd years ago claiming Father Christmas touched them inappropriately, or have they ?  If not it's bound to happen.

[Nick W]

I'm surprised nobody has put a claim in from 30 odd years ago claiming Father Christmas touched them inappropriately, or have they ?  If not it's bound to happen.

Who would they report it to? Elf and safety?

[2boxerdogs]

I'm surprised nobody has put a claim in from 30 odd years ago claiming Father Christmas touched them inappropriately, or have they ?  If not it's bound to happen.

Who would they report it to? Elf and safety?

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😀😁😂 I like that 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

[dave the builder]

join the support group , or help by buying a T shirt clicky

[2boxerdogs]

join the support group , or help by buying a T shirt clicky

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It just gets better 🎄🎄🎄

[Nick W]

A midnight vigil wouldn't be any good, as that's when he's most powerful.....

[dave the builder]

A midnight vigil wouldn't be any good, as that's when he's most powerful.....

We are NOT dissing the REAL santa 
Just the sick B****rds who need hanging by their balls for 12 months a year to keep them away from kids 

[2boxerdogs]

A midnight vigil wouldn't be any good, as that's when he's most powerful.....

We are NOT dissing the REAL santa 
Just the sick B****rds who need hanging by their balls for 12 months a year to keep them away from kids 

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Far too mild a punishment , hung drawn & quartered or fed to pigs whilst bound & gagged would be my choice.

[Nick W]

A midnight vigil wouldn't be any good, as that's when he's most powerful.....

We are NOT dissing the REAL santa 
Just the sick B****rds who need hanging by their balls for 12 months a year to keep them away from kids 

No, he's BAD; swearing, drinking stealing etc. I've seen the documentary.

[dave the builder]

A midnight vigil wouldn't be any good, as that's when he's most powerful.....

We are NOT dissing the REAL santa 
Just the sick B****rds who need hanging by their balls for 12 months a year to keep them away from kids 

No, he's BAD; swearing, drinking stealing etc. I've seen the documentary.

That was Fake, google "Billy Bob Thornton" 
the REAL santa can't be captured on film because of the magic fairy dust refracts light 

[Lazydocker]

Because there aren’t many mechanics these days, just fitters. 

And they're expected to diagnose and repair increasingly complex systems too - carburettors and distributor ignitions are simple and so are their faults. That is not true of modern inter-connected electronics

Indeed

[STEMO]

A bit like telecomms. I used to drive around in my little van taking people's telephones to bits to fix them. Then someone had the bright idea of plugging them into a socket and sending a new one out in the post.

Can't beat restrapping a 746 to get it to work as a Plan 107 extension. Or, in the middle of Martins Newsagents, crawling around the floor looking for all the springs and contacts that had shot everywhere after I popped the top of an HES4

Martins Newsagents? I'm talking about going missing for two days in United Biscuits, or Plesseys, try to figure out which way some twonk had routed the wiring for an extension on the PABX. I've been known to go 'deep cover' for almost a week. 
Switchboard operators liked nothing better than groping the young lad's bollix while he was crawling around their feet. Made me go quite red sometimes. 

[Bigron]

Would that be male or female gropers?

Ron.

[STEMO]

Would that be male or female gropers?

Ron.

Doesn't really matter, they feel the same when you're trapped under the switchboard. 

[Nick W]

A midnight vigil wouldn't be any good, as that's when he's most powerful.....

We are NOT dissing the REAL santa 
Just the sick B****rds who need hanging by their balls for 12 months a year to keep them away from kids 

No, he's BAD; swearing, drinking stealing etc. I've seen the documentary.

That was Fake, google "Billy Bob Thornton" 
the REAL santa can't be captured on film because of the magic fairy dust refracts light 

that's why they had to get an actor to play him in the reconstructions. Just like vampires always look like someone you've already seen on the screen.

[BazaJT]

Isn't it amazing that one night a year people welcome the idea of some big fat stranger gaining access to their homes in the middle of the night,where on any other night they'd be waiting for him with a baseball bat/shotgun/other

[Marks DTM Calib]

Very lucky to have had a father in law who was a proper mechanic (Jag & Aston Martin specialist) who used to work on my cars provided  I assisted & listened & watched exactly what he was doing taught me no end of useful things  to do with cars he died 14 years ago but often think of him when doing the odd jobs on our vehicles. Just wish he could have seen the Mercedes think he would have been very impressed with it, but probably would have talked me into buying an Aston Martin instead.

Sounds like a very sensible man!

My father was also a traditional mechanic from a time when you fixed everything from scraping white metal bearings to tuning by ear multi carb setups, taught me a lot!

[2boxerdogs]

Very lucky to have had a father in law who was a proper mechanic (Jag & Aston Martin specialist) who used to work on my cars provided  I assisted & listened & watched exactly what he was doing taught me no end of useful things  to do with cars he died 14 years ago but often think of him when doing the odd jobs on our vehicles. Just wish he could have seen the Mercedes think he would have been very impressed with it, but probably would have talked me into buying an Aston Martin instead.

Sounds like a very sensible man!

My father was also a traditional mechanic from a time when you fixed everything from scraping white metal bearings to tuning by ear multi carb setups, taught me a lot!

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Isn't it great to have had someone like that in your life, it certainly helps me a lot especially when sometimes I tackle something that is a bit tricky , I stop & think how would Ron have done this and it seems to do the trick really miss the old boy.My missus is also very practical he wouldn't allow her to drive unless she was capable of at least changing a wheel & when it comes to electrics she is brilliant , very lucky to have married into the family.🎄🎄🎄

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I have serious worries about an old man who likes young kids bouncing on his knee....

......in what was basically a dimly-lit cave.

[Shackeng]

You gotta love OOF thread drift.

[ronnyd]

By the time the thread comes back onto topic, i,ve forgotten what the hell it was about in the first place.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

The price of fish.

[Kevin Wood]

Because there aren’t many mechanics these days, just fitters. 

And they're expected to diagnose and repair increasingly complex systems too - carburettors and distributor ignitions are simple and so are their faults. That is not true of modern inter-connected electronics

Fully managed engine systems are easy as well. Probably more so than carbs and dizzy timing.  Its a different type of skill though, one that many old school cant deal with.

Indeed. And the real reason "old school" mechanics could diagnose and repair carbs and dizzys is that they took time to understand how they work and were thus able to work through a sensible problem solving procedure from symptoms to cure, trying things to reinforce their findings along the way.

Managed systems are just as simple in their operation, but these days they can't be @rsed to get on top of their game, so just replace parts at random.

[Bigron]

Because there aren’t many mechanics these days, just fitters. 

And they're expected to diagnose and repair increasingly complex systems too - carburettors and distributor ignitions are simple and so are their faults. That is not true of modern inter-connected electronics

Fully managed engine systems are easy as well. Probably more so than carbs and dizzy timing.  Its a different type of skill though, one that many old school cant deal with.

Indeed. And the real reason "old school" mechanics could diagnose and repair carbs and dizzys is that they took time to understand how they work and were thus able to work through a sensible problem solving procedure from symptoms to cure, trying things to reinforce their findings along the way.

Managed systems are just as simple in their operation, but these days they can't be @rsed to get on top of their game, so just replace parts at random.

Agreed, Kevin. Back in my field service days (a lifetime ago!) we used to call such people "panel jockeys", who replaced circuit boards until the equipment worked, and brought the faulty boards back to the workshop for us cleverer types to repair properly!

Ron.

[Shackeng]

And one reason for this is that we now live in a throwaway society, such that it is cheaper to replace a mass produced part than pay the labour costs for troubleshooting.

[Kevin Wood]

And one reason for this is that we now live in a throwaway society, such that it is cheaper to replace a mass produced part than pay the labour costs for troubleshooting.

.. but that only works if you can identify the correct part to replace!

Although with the electronics to which Bigron eludes, most of it is now so densely integrated that it's impossible to fault find and rework at the component level at a customer premises, if at all.

At the same time, it has got much cheaper (for the manufacturer if not for the end user!), making hours spent fault finding less worthwhile.

[johnnydog]

I still have a small spanner on my key ring that fits the mixture adjusting nut on the bottom of SU carbs.

Last needed it on my 1976 Triumph 2500S........along with the trusty colourtune.

I could only get it to run smoothly when the engine was running 'rich' which gave 13 MPG.

Still own a Carmine Red 1976 Triumph 2500S which I bought in 1998. Great car, and still rust free (I did a lot of rust preventative measures when I got it). I get about 24mpg on average - it runs sweet as a 'nut'! A bit less whilst towing, but as long as it is running well, the mpg is not worth worrying about! Get plenty of 👍 when out and about from other 'knowledgable' motorists...

[2boxerdogs]

I still have a small spanner on my key ring that fits the mixture adjusting nut on the bottom of SU carbs.

Last needed it on my 1976 Triumph 2500S........along with the trusty colourtune.

I could only get it to run smoothly when the engine was running 'rich' which gave 13 MPG.

Still own a Carmine Red 1976 Triumph 2500S which I bought in 1998. Great car, and still rust free (I did a lot of rust preventative measures when I got it). I get about 24mpg on average - it runs sweet as a 'nut'! A bit less whilst towing, but as long as it is running well, the mpg is not worth worrying about! Get plenty of 👍 when out and about from other 'knowledgable' motorists...

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Watch a lot of the American motoring programmes on Sky they seem to me to appreciate the older cars more than we do in the UK there seems to be a lot of "snoberry" about having the latest registration plate , on chasing classic cars yesterday there was 69 Mercedes 280 se cabriolet which sold for over 200,000 dollars, I would give my right arm to own one of those, that type of front grille on that model is a piece of art + the stacked headlights are superb.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I still have a small spanner on my key ring that fits the mixture adjusting nut on the bottom of SU carbs.

Last needed it on my 1976 Triumph 2500S........along with the trusty colourtune.

I could only get it to run smoothly when the engine was running 'rich' which gave 13 MPG.

Still own a Carmine Red 1976 Triumph 2500S which I bought in 1998. Great car, and still rust free (I did a lot of rust preventative measures when I got it). I get about 24mpg on average - it runs sweet as a 'nut'! A bit less whilst towing, but as long as it is running well, the mpg is not worth worrying about! Get plenty of 👍 when out and about from other 'knowledgable' motorists...

My 1976 2500S was finished in a fetching shade of jasmine yellow and looked very smart with standard fit 'Stag wheels'.

Being a long stroke OHV unit designed by Brunel  it was not fond of high revs, but had good low speed torque with overdrive fitted on second, third and top.

It was about 6 years old when I first owned it. The tin worm had already eaten through the sills and the floor under the back seat.

PAS as standard which was not common on cars built in 1976.

 

[Kevin Wood]

My 1976 2500S was finished in a fetching shade of jasmine yellow and looked very smart with standard fit 'Stag wheels'.

Being a long stroke OHV unit designed by Brunel  it was not fond of high revs, but had good low speed torque with overdrive fitted on second, third and top.

It was about 6 years old when I first owned it. The tin worm had already eaten through the sills and the floor under the back seat.

PAS as standard which was not common on cars built in 1976.

Good job it wasn't as "popular with the ladies" as Tigger's Marina, or you'd have gone through that!

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

My 1976 2500S was finished in a fetching shade of jasmine yellow and looked very smart with standard fit 'Stag wheels'.

Being a long stroke OHV unit designed by Brunel  it was not fond of high revs, but had good low speed torque with overdrive fitted on second, third and top.

It was about 6 years old when I first owned it. The tin worm had already eaten through the sills and the floor under the back seat.

PAS as standard which was not common on cars built in 1976.

Good job it wasn't as "popular with the ladies" as Tigger's Marina, or you'd have gone through that!

I suppose something exotic and Italian would be needed to surpass the sexual vibes given off by a Marina 1.8TC..........something like a Morris Ital perhaps.

[Doctor Gollum]

Weren't they penned by an Italian 

Not that counts for anything when they were that badly built... 

[Nick W]

Weren't they penned by an Italian

Not that counts for anything when they were that badly built... 

Designed by Michelotti.


Triumph 2000s weren't badly built. The only one of their contemporaries that didn't start rusting away as soon as it was delivered were Volvo 144s.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Back in the seventies the 'rozzers' were fond of the Triumph 2.5 PI along with the Rover 3500V8 (the same body as the 2000/2200)

Back in my youth I was chased by both.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I was chased by armoured, albeit turbocharged, Land Rovers. They didn't stand a chance, even against my 1159 HB Viva.

[henryd]

Back in the seventies the 'rozzers' were fond of the Triumph 2.5 PI along with the Rover 3500V8 (the same body as the 2000/2200)

Back in my youth I was chased by both.

P6,nice

[2boxerdogs]

Back in the seventies the 'rozzers' were fond of the Triumph 2.5 PI along with the Rover 3500V8 (the same body as the 2000/2200)

Back in my youth I was chased by both.

P6,nice

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My Brother had a P6 3500 V8 , lunar grey with the spare wheel mounted on the boot was a lovely car, I used it a couple of times sounded very nice.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Back in the seventies the 'rozzers' were fond of the Triumph 2.5 PI along with the Rover 3500V8 (the same body as the 2000/2200)

Back in my youth I was chased by both.

P6,nice

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My Brother had a P6 3500 V8 , lunar grey with the spare wheel mounted on the boot was a lovely car, I used it a couple of times sounded very nice.

My brother also owned one.

Either 1969 or 1970, it  was 'H' registration. I remember being disappointed that it didn't come with a rev counter. Just a strip speedo.

Back in the day it seemed very potent.

[Sir Tigger KC]

A friend of mine who lives in Connecticut has a V8 P6 and shipped it over to the  US.

When he went to pick it up from the docks, he overheard a dock worker telling his mate that apparently that little car has a V8 in it! 

[2boxerdogs]

A friend of mine who lives in Connecticut has a V8 P6 and shipped it over to the  US.

When he went to pick it up from the docks, he overheard a dock worker telling his mate that apparently that little car has a V8 in it! 

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Mate of mine shipped a V8 MGB GT back from New Zealand 2 years ago to date it has cost him a total of £28,000 , it looks great & sounds awesome but you feel very vunerable hurtling along in it !

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

A friend of mine who lives in Connecticut has a V8 P6 and shipped it over to the  US.

When he went to pick it up from the docks, he overheard a dock worker telling his mate that apparently that little car has a V8 in it! 

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Mate of mine shipped a V8 MGB GT back from New Zealand 2 years ago to date it has cost him a total of £28,000 , it looks great & sounds awesome but you feel very vunerable hurtling along in it !

The name Costello comes to mind.

[BazaJT]

I believe Costello were first to come up with the idea of putting the V8 into the MGB and indeed produced some before BL[or whatever they were calling themselves that day]decided to productionize it themselves.

[Entwood]

Mate had one when I had the standard MGB roadster ... he carried the obligatory bag of cement in the boot to counteract the grossly overweight front end !! Went very well in a straight line, but any attempts to corner at any sort of speed were fraught with danger, the front would do its own thing at a moments notice... 

[Andy H]

Mate had one when I had the standard MGB roadster ... he carried the obligatory bag of cement in the boot to counteract the grossly overweight front end !! Went very well in a straight line, but any attempts to corner at any sort of speed were fraught with danger, the front would do its own thing at a moments notice... 

The MGC was the one with a cast iron straight 6 Leyland lorry engine at the front.

The aluminium block Rover V8 doesn't weigh any more than the 4 cylinder B series engine

[Entwood]

Mate had one when I had the standard MGB roadster ... he carried the obligatory bag of cement in the boot to counteract the grossly overweight front end !! Went very well in a straight line, but any attempts to corner at any sort of speed were fraught with danger, the front would do its own thing at a moments notice... 

The MGC was the one with a cast iron straight 6 Leyland lorry engine at the front.

The aluminium block Rover V8 doesn't weigh any more than the 4 cylinder B series engine

Yup you are correct .. old age affecting the memory .....  'twas a "C" that he had ....