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    Engine Of The Day: BMC A

    1965 Morris Minor For $13,500 Canadian!

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    Image of Iron coffin doesn't swerve for pelicans Iron coffin doesn't swerve for pelicans
    08/17/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: BMC A

    Look what happens when you run it with extra hamsters....
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    08/16/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: BMC A
    Well, that's BMC/British Leyland/Rover Group for you. If it works right, they build it forever. If it doesn't, they only build it for 15 years or so.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08/16/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: BMC A
    Extra bearings are just additional, potential failure points. It's not like the power production is ever going to start twisting up the crank. This piece of history is a direct link to the age of steam. And belongs back there.
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    08/16/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: BMC A
    Where do you put the food for the 2 hamsters?
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    08/16/09


    @brianesser76:

    Apparently, they just prefer to sit right on top of it... easier to access while pedaling that way.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/16/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: BMC A
    It's amazing to think of a simple, reliable British engine.

    Let down only by its wiring harness, it was.
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    08/16/09

    @FP - Funny how it seems quiet around here, eh?:

    Heeeey, I and my 1964 Hornet take offence. 40odd year old and I have yet to have an electrical problem.

    Carbs on the other hand. Urgh, damn twin carbs.

    Anayway, YAY A-Series engine and all the glory and horror it provides.
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    Image of felis_concolor felis_concolor
    08/16/09

    @Big_Adam: Ah yes, the joys of tuning "a carb named SU"; one friend, after close to a year of continuous fiddling with a pair of them, determined he was essentially swapping between 3 different jetting configurations to match barometric conditions and obtained 2 more sets of screw-in shafts for his use. It was orders of magnitude quicker and easier to change jetting that way than to deal with c-clips and sliders in the field.
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    08/16/09

    @felis_concolor:
    After dealing with the SU's on a Datsun roadster( and driving myself stark raving batshit in the process), I was let in on a little tip. The shaft that the butterfly's are on just runs through the carb body - there's no bushing, etc. The hole get's worn, and no amount of effing around with it will help you tune. Pulled the carbs, made seats/ bushings. problem solved...
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    08/16/09

    @Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness: Augh, I need to let my friend know about that alteration the next time I bump into him. It was his own experiences which kept me happy with my '72 510 sporting the ubiquitous 32/36 Weber atop the manifold. I spent so much time w/Q-jets after making a general shift to big American iron that suspecting a leaking throttle shaft bushing or pivot comes naturally there when tuning issues arise, but I never considered that as a malady for SUs as well.
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    08/16/09

    @felis_concolor: What d'you expect from something with "Union" in its name?

    (Obviously, I'm half-kidding - see Auto Union, Western Union, Union Pacific...)
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    06/02/09

    In reply to 1965 Morris Minor For $13,500 Canadian!
    Nice price, even though it doesn't really make sense to buy a ratty old English car for that much. We're thinking with the heart, not the pocket book here.


    Now if it was in crappy shape and cost half as much, I would say turn it into a gasser. But that's what I say about all cars from this era.
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    06/02/09

    @Untidy Cousin It: Or you could always go the rotary powered route, but I'm not sure if that's a fair treatment for the car.
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    06/02/09

    @Untidy Cousin It: Sorry, here that video is

    _from=PL&index=80
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    06/02/09

    In reply to 1965 Morris Minor For $13,500 Canadian!
    It's a perfect little car, what the hell. Nice price.


    Too bad our Government Motors Corporation won't take some styling cues from classics and lose the jellybean all-of-a-piece styling for some fenders/wings and shapely hoods/bonnets and trunks/boots.

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    @Novaload Misses Murilee: You saw what they came up with last time they tried that, right?
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    06/02/09

    In reply to 1965 Morris Minor For $13,500 Canadian!
    "We all know that old British cars have not been proven to be the most durable,"


    Good sir! I take great umbrage at this comment! It insults all my 1964 Hornet stands for! My car's old, rattly but can crack 100mph and off roads well.


    Flippant disregard to solidness of my automacar.

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    06/02/09

    @Big_Adam: Insulting your Wolseley was a cardinal sin.


    Although it'sdeeply non-standard if it can crack 100mph.

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    06/02/09

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    Image of How Wankelin' Got His Sig Back How Wankelin' Got His Sig Back
    06/02/09

    @85_GN: That kid could seriously do with less twinkies and more ACTUAL sunshine. Actual sunshine, of course, generally coming with exercise.


    Though, I guess his friends could roll him down the hill... I bet his coefficient of friction isn't that high at all once he starts sweating profusely from moving a greater distance than the fridge is from the couch.


    Wankelin'

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    06/02/09

    @How Wankelin' Got His Sig Back: I don't think you need to worry about coefficient of friction; more like rolling resistance.
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    06/02/09

    In reply to 1965 Morris Minor For $13,500 Canadian!
    Nice Price. According to the engineerd Fair Market Value (eFMV patent pending), the fair market value for this piece of automotive history is exactly $11,001 USD.


    $1000 for being fairly rare on these shores. Hell, an operating one is rare on any shore. $10,000 for being from England. The English have been our closest allies for a very long time. Of course, we had to kick their asses twice before they came around. $1 for being from Canada. Our friends from the north are a jolly lot, for sure. But can you really trust a restoration by someone who is probably stoned and drunk 26 hours of the day? (Convert 24 hour days to Canadian days and you get 26 hour days).


    Therefore, this is solidly in Crack Pipe territory.

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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    06/02/09

    In reply to 1965 Morris Minor For $13,500 Canadian!
    It's the Village Green Preservation Society on four wheels. Rule Britannia, God Save the Kinks and Nice Price.
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    06/02/09

    In reply to 1965 Morris Minor For $13,500 Canadian!
    Didn't Ron Weasley drive a blue one in one of the Harry Potter movies? Regardless, this has Wallace and Gromit written all over it. Where do I go pick it up?
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    06/02/09

    @HurtsSoGood: Nope, it was a Ford Anglia.
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    06/02/09

    @SCROGGS!!: Which would be infinitely cooler, even without the whole flying thing.. just look at those Rambleresque roof and rear quarter lines.
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    06/02/09

    @Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable: Makes a mean looking race car too
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    06/02/09

    @SCROGGS!!: That looks surprisingly good. Did any ever get shipped Stateside?
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    06/02/09

    @SCROGGS!!: Thanks.
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    06/02/09

    In reply to 1965 Morris Minor For $13,500 Canadian!
    That's a major overcharge, eh?


    There are too many pun opportunities and I feel compelled to act on all of them. I feel like Howard Hughes.


    I must abstain from any further commenting on this post.

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    06/02/09

    In reply to 1965 Morris Minor For $13,500 Canadian!
    It's definitely Nice Price. There's a huge problem though. It's in Calgary. And, as all Canadians know, it sucks there. Go at your own risk.
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