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50 year old Elite?
« on: 10 November 2009, 22:37:22 »
Even i would'nt pay this much & dislike the colour but back in the day this would've been the one to have.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180430550414&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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Re: 50 year old Elite?
« Reply #1 on: 10 November 2009, 22:42:02 »
the offside rear lower quarter has been played with & the door bottoms look odd, but i must admit i wouldnt mind one of those :P
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Re: 50 year old Elite?
« Reply #2 on: 10 November 2009, 22:48:14 »
Looks good from a distance I reckon.
On closer inspection needs loads of work to worth £4k

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Re: 50 year old Elite?
« Reply #3 on: 10 November 2009, 22:52:16 »
I agree, not as good as it should be for that money..... :)
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Re: 50 year old Elite?
« Reply #4 on: 10 November 2009, 22:55:09 »
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Re: 50 year old Elite?
« Reply #5 on: 10 November 2009, 23:42:46 »
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Door bottoms full of body filler poorly finished!
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Re: 50 year old Elite?
« Reply #6 on: 11 November 2009, 12:39:41 »
It would be great to drop a 3,0 in there. looks like theres enough space. not to sure if the stearing could handel it though and you would need a new speedo.
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Re: 50 year old Elite?
« Reply #7 on: 11 November 2009, 13:01:28 »
I had one of those in two-tone blue back in the early seventies.

It was a pig to start (single downdraught carb with automatic choke if I recall) and getting the head off involved sawing the studs there was so much hermatite on it.

Still you could climb in alongside the engine to work on it!  Not so the Omega.
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Re: 50 year old Elite?
« Reply #8 on: 11 November 2009, 13:14:22 »
Ah - A Batmobile!
We put a 3.3 Ventura engine in one in the late 60s, it got 50 yards & tore the differential off the car! :'(
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Re: 50 year old Elite?
« Reply #9 on: 11 November 2009, 19:38:09 »
For an early '60's VX it's a wonder it still holds together :D The quality of the steel used then was sh*te ;D As already mentioned, the bodging has been very poorly done and the colour is putrid  but it's nice to see the old girl still strutting her stuff ;D :y
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Re: 50 year old Elite?
« Reply #10 on: 11 November 2009, 20:22:59 »
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the offside rear lower quarter has been played with & the door bottoms look odd, but i must admit i wouldnt mind one of those :P
Sorry son, did you squeak? I was busy watching your avatar!!! :P

Oh not you too :-[ :-[ :-[ ;D Glad i'm not the only one :D :D ::)
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Re: 50 year old Elite?
« Reply #11 on: 11 November 2009, 20:56:28 »
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the offside rear lower quarter has been played with & the door bottoms look odd, but i must admit i wouldnt mind one of those :P
Sorry son, did you squeak? I was busy watching your avatar!!! :P

Oh not you too :-[ :-[ :-[ ;D Glad i'm not the only one :D :D ::)

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« Reply #12 on: 11 November 2009, 21:23:59 »
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the offside rear lower quarter has been played with & the door bottoms look odd, but i must admit i wouldnt mind one of those :P
Sorry son, did you squeak? I was busy watching your avatar!!! :P

Oh not you too :-[ :-[ :-[ ;D Glad i'm not the only one :D :D ::)

I can never read anything that Dave E from the ABS forum says ........
    Add this to Missy MV6's avatar & i think we have all tastes covered!!!! :P



























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