your wish has been granted HEMI426
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Forum Name: Non bike related projects
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Topic: your wish has been granted HEMI426
Posted By: redratbike
Subject: your wish has been granted HEMI426
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2022 at 09:44
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what started out as a comment from Hemi426 on the where is Diablo thread well here it is guys a page that you can post about anything thank you Spoonz for making it so. this is away from bikes, so any house or garden projects ,garage , man cave , travelling , , road trips , art , some weird skill you have you can show it off here , car builds or a wish list of what you’d do to one if you could buy your dream car etc, cycling ,paragliding, kayaking, fell walking, gym, running, weights, cooking , bbq idea’s , healthy diets (ha ha one thing i struggle with), car show photos , dogs (perfect for Diablo and Mari) ,what happened in lockdown did you pick up a new skill, sport , hobby , any good books , films , museums,etc , you name it post it in here. we all have different stuff we do and you never know it may inspire someone to get involved and try it or just give feedback that could encourage you more. the forum has been very quiet since facebook has come on the scene so it would be good to see some new stuff we aren’t all just about bikes or Aprilia’s. cheers guys it’s over to you to make this what you want it to be and i’m really looking forward to seeing some interesting posts.
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Posted By: 426hemi
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2022 at 12:32
Well I might as well start it off, as my forum name suggests I like things with v8’s, it all started with my grandfather in early 60’s buying a Plymouth car off of an American service man and the transmission failed after a while, gramps was an engineer so ordered a repair manual from the USA and fixed it himself, he realised there was a market for this so set up his own business which he ran up until retirement, my father got the bug also but due to him falling out with gramps he set up his own company in 69 which we sold 3years ago, I was looking through some web sites and found a picture of his old company truck that he had in 73, I’d of only been 3 but can remember it clearly. I’ve had a couple of dodge Dakota’s myself and hopefully a few more in the future before it all goes electric. |
Posted By: JimmyV4
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2022 at 21:02
| big V8 man myself, big big big, never owned a diesel, never owned a hatchback currently own 4 V8 powered cars. |
Posted By: redratbike
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2022 at 21:20
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JimmyV4 wrote:Posted By: 426hemi
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2022 at 21:24
| I’ve only owned one diesel which was my discovery, still own my 4.7 Dakota and my Audi s4 v8 and have a 5.7 hemi crate motor for possible future project, my dream car would be a 69 pro touring charger or a 76 pro touring trans am. |
Posted By: JimmyV4
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2022 at 22:17
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16 c63S 4.0 v8 TWINTURBO 680wheel Mrs motor 01 ML55 AMG 5.5L V8 the old big fat girl 79 350SL 3.5 V8 98 C43 i don't have a driveway so i have them in storage apart from the top 2. my priors are huge as well owned nearly AMG up to about the 2010. i mean you can get a 2010 E63 FOR 20K https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265611313235?hash=item3dd7ab0053:g:A04AAOSwirliakb7" rel="nofollow - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265611313235?hash=item3dd7ab0053:g:A04AAOSwirliakb7 cant say no at such bang for buck value. |
Posted By: redratbike
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2022 at 23:03
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nice little collection brothers into Merc’s got an ML , CL500 and we have been shopping for sl350/450’s but a lot of rubbish out there ------------- |
Posted By: JimmyV4
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2022 at 09:27
yeah i have had everything from masarati, audi, bmw whatever. nothings built like a AMG i also have 3 brothers all well into Cars and bike so between us we have had a taste of almost everything, Ferrari to jag, but AMG is where we all are. is the CL a 215? how he get on with the strutts i had a w220 S500 thats was a pain in the ass until i swapped to a coil over kit, for the 107s i had mine completely refurbished by steven griffin with a concourse paintjob. a 19 glc250 i got me mum before lockdown  in all fairness its a piece of sh*t 4 pot, it drove ok but feels generic as anything.      took about 2 years, if your brother wants to chat about them with me im a self confessed classics nerd and would be willing to help in anyway i can, some of the cuff advise for 107 buying - if it "needs work" avoid, these are not really project cars lot of specialized unobtainable parts, the glass headlights are rare as f**k and can kill the project, the same for the centre tunnel before buying a 107 it has to be gone through. sorry to hijack the thread but my thread about insurance devolved hard into pizza delivery bikes   also a friend had a minto 202 just look at the size comparison next to the 205  |
Posted By: IanG
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2022 at 14:08
Thank you Mark,Colin, Warren and whoever else helped this new facility to happen  ------------- www.apworkshops.co.uk www.apriliaforum.co.uk www.apriliaownersclub.co.uk Looking forward to the next track day |
Posted By: davidrsurfer
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2022 at 14:33
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Never mind all that stuff. Sad to lose Olivia Newton John. Her in those black pants in grease will stick with me for ever.
------------- Motorcycle friendly self catering holiday apartment Acorn Studio. See us at Air bnb. |
Posted By: cwp
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2022 at 15:02
Grease...Omg yes, stunning lady taken too soon. ------------- born ugly what's your excuse!! |
Posted By: redratbike
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2022 at 22:37
yeah it’s got those funny struts , seem ok at the moment but he know he can swap them out , his mate a mechanic has one too so it’s about to be serviced and them ito the body shop for a bit or paint and a tart up… yeah i can imagine that 107 rebuild was a pretty penny the one we just looked at was a south african import that needed paint as every panel is a bubble or micro blistered allegedly gone though and checked i jumped under the front and pulled a chunk of the chassis leg off with a finger without any effort told him to walk would have been a money pit by the looks of it
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Posted By: JimmyV4
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2022 at 14:41
yeah about £30k ish give or take, depends on what it needs obviously, the 215 strutt swapps is not a straight swap but if you know people it should be easy enough
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Posted By: JimmyV4
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2022 at 03:44
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you cant have nothing nice, no note, but i suspect a diesel sh*tbox.  look what they did to my beautiful rare big girl. |
Posted By: redratbike
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2022 at 07:41
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