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« Reply #315 on: January 29, 2013, 05:12:29 PM »

dead chuffed.

thats what happened to the train spotter when he got run over by a steam train,,,, Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
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« Reply #316 on: January 29, 2013, 09:20:37 PM »

 Cheesy
whatcha buying Shuan?
Lots to do on my Pop if you fancy getting your hands dirty!
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« Reply #317 on: January 30, 2013, 08:36:18 AM »

I purchased a complete Y front axle and I mean complete  Grin for £5 on ebay, got to pick it up from Andover Sunday...
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« Reply #318 on: January 30, 2013, 09:03:56 AM »

I saw that and nearly bid on it for possible future use but storage is a problem. Glad it's gone to a good home. There was also a pair of doors
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« Reply #319 on: January 30, 2013, 11:36:11 AM »

 Grin  Wink
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« Reply #320 on: January 30, 2013, 09:32:40 PM »

For a minute there I thought you said you'd purchased a complete pair of Y fronts.
Was that from the guy who seemed to be selling a complete Model Y in pieces?

Chris's Moggy with the bonnet fitted. Knowing how tiny the original motor was in my old Moggies, (no bigger than a Reliant), I'm amazed you can shoe-horn a V8 in there & still shut the lid.
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« Reply #321 on: January 30, 2013, 10:19:23 PM »

even in that condition theres something about that moggy
I'm lost for words,i just like to have it myself
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« Reply #322 on: January 30, 2013, 10:40:24 PM »

Me to. Cool
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« Reply #323 on: January 30, 2013, 10:52:18 PM »

Chris's Moggy with the bonnet fitted. Knowing how tiny the original motor was in my old Moggies, (no bigger than a Reliant), I'm amazed you can shoe-horn a V8 in there & still shut the lid.

Yes but with the old Moggie (I had one as my second car, very posh after the Pop) you could get in the engine bay alongside the engine.  Infact you could probably get one person each side!
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« Reply #324 on: January 30, 2013, 11:35:53 PM »

The reason the engine bay is so "roomy" is that the post war saloon body was to have had a completely new flat 4 motor,purpose designed and built for this then new model, but whether the company ran out of cash or time, or both! to achieve that, I don't know, but as you all know, they ended up using what was available, the little pre-war side valve motor, as used in the Morris 8, and then on to the two OHV motors later, so hence all the room! well that's the story I was told many years ago, and it seems to fit!! so..... Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
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« Reply #325 on: January 30, 2013, 11:49:40 PM »

The reason the engine bay is so "roomy" is that the post war saloon body was to have had a completely new flat 4 motor,purpose designed and built for this then new model, but whether the company ran out of cash or time, or both! to achieve that, I don't know, but as you all know, they ended up using what was available, the little pre-war side valve motor, as used in the Morris 8, and then on to the two OHV motors later, so hence all the room! well that's the story I was told many years ago, and it seems to fit!! so..... Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

modified ,jowett,  Wink from a twin to a four  Wink Wink
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« Reply #326 on: January 31, 2013, 09:40:29 AM »

Jowett's a 4, mate has just picked one up  Wink
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« Reply #327 on: January 31, 2013, 10:08:23 AM »

got to say my personal fav Moggy  Cool Cool Cool Kiss
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« Reply #328 on: January 31, 2013, 10:10:09 AM »

my interpretation would use a 4 door shell.. sit in the back seat, weld up the front doors and run a blown Jag straight 6...
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« Reply #329 on: January 31, 2013, 10:10:17 AM »

Pre 1936 Jowett 7hp flat twin, there after flat 4.
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