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Bigron

#30
15 October 2016, 11:59:44
I fully expected a major p*ss-take, but believe it or not, you never knew it was a two-stroke (yes, your memory serves you well; 3 cylinder 992cc.) unless you sniffed the exhaust!
Sorry, but it was cheap and we all had our impecunious periods, which are rapidly returning for me, in retirement!  :(

Ron.

BazaJT

#31
15 October 2016, 17:51:16
You're not alone Bigron,I too once owned a Wartburg Knight estate,3cyl,two stroke and a coil per cylinder.It also had a Perspex rear window-possibly the entire rear door was plastic?Seem to recall it was also fitted with a freewheel system[but could be wrong].

Bigron

#32
15 October 2016, 21:13:01
Phew, I'm not alone!   :)
The entire rear door was indeed fibreglass, but I thought the rear window was real glass?
Yes, 3 coils and 3 contact breakers! Adjusting the points was made easier with a milking stool in front of the car and a mug of coffee as support.
The freewheel was essential for the 2-stroke engine because on the overrun , no fuel and hence no lubrication for the engine = seizure.
Until you get used to it, also seizure for the driver - or a quick visit to Marks and Spencers! :-[ :-[ :-[

Ron.

STEMO

#33
15 October 2016, 21:49:03
Quote from: Bigron on 15 October 2016, 21:13:01
Phew, I'm not alone!   :)
The entire rear door was indeed fibreglass, but I thought the rear window was real glass?
Yes, 3 coils and 3 contact breakers! Adjusting the points was made easier with a milking stool in front of the car and a mug of coffee as support.
The freewheel was essential for the 2-stroke engine because on the overrun , no fuel and hence no lubrication for the engine = seizure.
Until you get used to it, also seizure for the driver - or a quick visit to Marks and Spencers! :-[ :-[ :-[

Ron.
Skint, yet still buying your undies from M&S? Dear me, Ron.  ;D

Bigron

#34
15 October 2016, 21:56:17
STEMO, I used to get them from C&A (remember them?) because their label told you which way round to wear them, i.e. C*ock and A*se!
Nowadays we have to rely on more basic methods - yellow at the front, brown at the back!
The good thing about M&S knickers is their repeat wearability, checked by throwing them at the wall and if they slid down they were fit for another week, but if they stuck there, for god's sake change them!  :-[ :y

Ron.

Ever Ready

#36
16 October 2016, 08:51:33
Some lovely looking cars there :y :y
An ounce of experience is worth more than a pound of enthusiasm.

Gaffers

#38
16 October 2016, 09:39:21
A lot of things we dont like about american english actually come from......England.  Well, old England anyway.

Soccer, is an English phrase as football used to refer to rugby football (aussie and kiwis still call rugby league 'footy'). Spelling words without the 'u', was a common and acceptible usage in england at the time of the colonies.  In the UK English has since moved on and 'normalised' but stayed in the 17/18 hundreds over the atlantic.  You see the same with Quebec French and France French,  for example the Quebecois still use the phrase carriole (carriage, as in for horses) for a motor car.  Ironically they also use the word 'blonde' for wife ;D

Ever Ready

#39
16 October 2016, 15:16:13
If memory serves I remember an Aston with a brace of Purdey's in a rack.
An ounce of experience is worth more than a pound of enthusiasm.

Mister Rog

#40
16 October 2016, 16:21:43
Quote from: Ever Ready on 16 October 2016, 15:16:13
If memory serves I remember an Aston with a brace of Purdey's in a rack.

WOW ! TWO Joanna Lumleys    :y
"The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever becoming one." Billy Connolly

Ever Ready

#41
16 October 2016, 17:23:27
Twice the fun :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y
An ounce of experience is worth more than a pound of enthusiasm.

Doctor Gollum

#42
16 October 2016, 21:21:58
Quote from: Guffer on 16 October 2016, 09:39:21
A lot of things we dont like about american english actually come from......England.  Well, old England anyway.

Soccer, is an English phrase as football used to refer to rugby football (aussie and kiwis still call rugby league 'footy'). Spelling words without the 'u', was a common and acceptible usage in england at the time of the colonies.  In the UK English has since moved on and 'normalized' but stayed in the 17/18 hundreds over the atlantic.  You see the same with Quebec French and France French,  for example the Quebecois still use the phrase carriole (carriage, as in for horses) for a motor car.  Ironically they also use the word 'blonde' for wife ;D
Use of the letter Z instead of S also predates the Colonies ;)
Onanists always think outside the box.
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