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Vintage voltage.
« on: 13 February 2021, 13:26:10 »

There are some impressive engineering solutions.

Nice little mid-seventies Lancia Fulvia  given the treatment recently.

 
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Re: Vintage voltage.
« Reply #1 on: 13 February 2021, 13:29:03 »

There are some impressive engineering solutions.

Nice little mid-seventies Lancia Fulvia  given the treatment recently.

Looks great!  ::)
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Re: Vintage voltage.
« Reply #2 on: 13 February 2021, 13:34:08 »

Got a bit fed up with that after about episode 2, I'm afraid.

Guy seems to think he's some kind of rocket scientist for chopping up an old shed and bodging in a battery and motor. ::)

Some of the conversions have been rather cool, others sacrilegious IMHO.

Anything Italian really needs its quirky petrol engine breathing through twin DCOEs IMHO. Take that away and you're left with just a battle against rust and dodgy electrics. ;D
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« Reply #3 on: 13 February 2021, 13:37:36 »

There are some impressive engineering solutions.

Nice little mid-seventies Lancia Fulvia  given the treatment recently.

Looks great!  ::)


Perhaps they can give your 'soon to be purchased' Audi V10 the milk float treatment.

That would obviously be sacrilege, but if your car has the engine from a canal boat or cement mixer then why not. :)
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« Reply #4 on: 13 February 2021, 13:41:35 »

Got a bit fed up with that after about episode 2, I'm afraid.

Guy seems to think he's some kind of rocket scientist for chopping up an old shed and bodging in a battery and motor. ::)

Some of the conversions have been rather cool, others sacrilegious IMHO.

Anything Italian really needs its quirky petrol engine breathing through twin DCOEs IMHO. Take that away and you're left with just a battle against rust and dodgy electrics. ;D

Agreed. Exchanging an Italian V12 with 6 weber carbs for a bank of PP9's is against all that is right and proper. :y
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Re: Vintage voltage.
« Reply #5 on: 13 February 2021, 13:48:44 »

Its sacrilege to do that to old classics. Should be hung, drawn and quartered.
A bloke just joined the Boxster forum who has converted one to a milk float. I posted that he should change his username to Ernie.
He didnt seem very impressed.  :D
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Re: Vintage voltage.
« Reply #6 on: 13 February 2021, 14:02:44 »


Perhaps they can give your 'soon to be purchased' Audi V10 the milk float treatment.

That would obviously be sacrilege, but if your car has the engine from a canal boat or cement mixer then why not. :)


Worryingly, I find myself agreeing with you. Electric conversions are best when the car's original drivetrain is crap, like a Mini or anything else afflicted with an A-series. They're also well suited to the conversion; a small light car doesn't need a huge motor, which reduces the requirement for lots of batteries, and there's room in the rear subframe for those, it's already a good city car but a poor cruiser. The real problem is that a good conversion is expensive enough to exceed the value of the car. By a lot.


That isn't the case with converting an E-type or Aston, but the drivetrain is a major part of the appeal of the car and they aren't the worst aspect of owning one.
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« Reply #7 on: 13 February 2021, 14:24:29 »

Its sacrilege to do that to old classics. Should be hung, drawn and quartered.
A bloke just joined the Boxster forum who has converted one to a milk float. I posted that he should change his username to Ernie.
He didnt seem very impressed.  :D
https://youtu.be/8e1xvyTdBZI ;)
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« Reply #8 on: 13 February 2021, 23:02:10 »

The late brake show had a converted defender which was pretty smart.

Again, doing away with some wheezy diseasel lump.
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Re: Vintage voltage.
« Reply #9 on: 13 February 2021, 23:26:05 »

This is cool!  8)  and reassuringly expensive!  :o  :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9yCOCufjDA
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« Reply #10 on: 14 February 2021, 11:29:30 »

This is cool!  8)  and reassuringly expensive!  :o  :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9yCOCufjDA
Surely there's a better chassis than that :-\ nice colour, mind :y
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Re: Vintage voltage.
« Reply #11 on: 14 February 2021, 11:35:45 »

Anything Italian really needs its quirky petrol engine breathing through twin DCOEs IMHO. Take that away and you're left with just a battle against rust and dodgy electrics. ;D
Blimey, you sound just like someone I work with, who in a former life was a tuner and engine builder.  Are you sure you're not a mad nutter from Dudley, and hacked Kevin Wood's account? ;D


As much as I think electric is probably the (technically) best form of traction, I do have to concede you are 100% correct though.
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Re: Vintage voltage.
« Reply #12 on: 14 February 2021, 11:52:41 »

The chap a couple of doors down has just acquired a brand new/freshly rebuilt looking roadster type thing... Looks like a 3/4 scale Bentley/Ford Model A hybrid that sounds like a stock car... Apparently it's powered by a Fiat Twin Cam. It could use an exhaust and a decent tune though as it idles rougher than a badger and sounds like half a big block running a 4" straight pipe ;D

His daily is an Audi TTS which says alot ::)
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« Reply #13 on: 14 February 2021, 12:27:38 »

The chap a couple of doors down has just acquired a brand new/freshly rebuilt looking roadster type thing... Looks like a 3/4 scale Bentley/Ford Model A hybrid that sounds like a stock car... Apparently it's powered by a Fiat Twin Cam. It could use an exhaust and a decent tune though as it idles rougher than a badger and sounds like half a big block running a 4" straight pipe ;D

His daily is an Audi TTS which says alot ::)

Sounds like one of the better Fiat Twin Cams, then. ;D
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« Reply #14 on: 14 February 2021, 12:34:21 »

The chap a couple of doors down has just acquired a brand new/freshly rebuilt looking roadster type thing... Looks like a 3/4 scale Bentley/Ford Model A hybrid that sounds like a stock car... Apparently it's powered by a Fiat Twin Cam. It could use an exhaust and a decent tune though as it idles rougher than a badger and sounds like half a big block running a 4" straight pipe ;D

His daily is an Audi TTS which says alot ::)

Sounds like one of the better Fiat Twin Cams, then. ;D


That.


They always promised a lot more than they actually delivered. Unless you wanted a fast Minor, because it was about the only readily available 4cylinder that fitted the stock bulkhead. Which was important because it houses the torsion bar for the front suspension.
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