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Gyro:
Mine was a 1971 Peugeot 304... The bits that were still identifiable anyway! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_304


--- Quote from: SparkyFX on November 18, 2019, 07:07:29 pm ---Trabant 601

It featured internally adjustable front wheels...


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You HAVE to be the winner with that one!  ;D
rrinker:
 My first car was a 1979 Chevy Nova. Indestructible but gutless 305 small block V8. How indestructible? Well, after a night out at the movies with friends, I was returning home in heavy rain and traffic was stopped. Car by car inched up, couple of fire police were directing people. A notorious low-lying area was flooded. The told me if I take it easy, I can make it through, instead of making me go a different way. OK, put it in low and slowly moved out. Did have any problem, seemed pretty deep but as it was completely dark it was impossible to know for sure. Until the next morning when I looked at my car and saw the water line 3/4 of the way up the door. On opening the hood, I found water puddled in the groove between the cylinder heads and the intake manifold, as well as any other flat area under the hood. Took off the air cleaner, and water was puddled in there, and the element was completely soaked - dripping water when held up. Clearly, water had to have been sucked in, how it did not lock the motor I'll never know.
 I subsequently owned 4 cylinder cars with far more power. That's what happens when you just throw emissions controls on an existing motor with no design changes to the motor itself.

maginnovision:

--- Quote from: rrinker on November 18, 2019, 08:06:15 pm --- My first car was a 1979 Chevy Nova. Indestructible but gutless 305 small block V8. How indestructible? Well, after a night out at the movies with friends, I was returning home in heavy rain and traffic was stopped. Car by car inched up, couple of fire police were directing people. A notorious low-lying area was flooded. The told me if I take it easy, I can make it through, instead of making me go a different way. OK, put it in low and slowly moved out. Did have any problem, seemed pretty deep but as it was completely dark it was impossible to know for sure. Until the next morning when I looked at my car and saw the water line 3/4 of the way up the door. On opening the hood, I found water puddled in the groove between the cylinder heads and the intake manifold, as well as any other flat area under the hood. Took off the air cleaner, and water was puddled in there, and the element was completely soaked - dripping water when held up. Clearly, water had to have been sucked in, how it did not lock the motor I'll never know.
 I subsequently owned 4 cylinder cars with far more power. That's what happens when you just throw emissions controls on an existing motor with no design changes to the motor itself.

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I've fixed one of these after it had an engine fire. It still ran after the fire just not well.
Muttley Snickers:
It was a die cast batmobile which got run over in the driveway.   :( :'(
boffin:
is it really a good idea to post something like this, that is so commonly used as a security question ?
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