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08-10-08, 15:23
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Things the Hilman taught me.
If you continue to drive after the flange gasket blows it melts all the solder in the starter
 If you hold your foot hard to the floor for just over two hours on a well worn engine disaster can strike, it droped a valve, smashed a piston, put the conrod through the block which also smashed the camshat into four pieces  so I learnt how to swap engines more than fix them 
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08-10-08, 16:11
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The triumph herald . The 'P' plates displayed , tell other road users there is a probationary driver at the wheel..who has less than 12 months experience .
The car had twin SU carbies and I was always fiddling with them .. it would fart and miss . I didnt know what i was doing .. until a relative who was a mechanic altered the diss points gap and it ran a lot better . They had weak diffs and nylon front suspension bushes that were prone to wearing out in quick fashion. My 2nd everyday car was a 1942 MB Jeep .. still on P plates when I got it ... and LHD too . The 34 Ford in my original post, was sitting in the same back yard.. 20 years previously ! The other car in the background is my brothers 1956 Vanguard . Another Herald , same as mine is behind the Vanguard.. we had 3 of them on the road at one point... people were almost giving them away then. Mike
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1940 cab 11 C8 1940 Morris-Commercial PU 1941 Morris-Commercial CS8 1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.) 1942-45 Jeep salad Last edited by Mike K; 08-10-08 at 16:21.
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