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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/02/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent

    Official engine of the Anadol, Turkey's first mass-production car. #1960s
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/02/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent
    Some of these things had a stroke barely long enough to qualify for the name, 48mm. I mean, I think I've seem some bigass aftermarket camshafts with more lift than that. #1960s
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    Image of velocecrat velocecrat
    11/01/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent
    Also powered the sexylighthotness that was the DeTomaso Vallelunga. #1960s
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    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    11/01/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent
    My first car, a '71 Pinto, had a 1.6L with FOB (Ford of Britain) cast on it. POS burned #4 piston after a year of abuse. I did a quickie rebuild on it. A year later it burned #4 piston. I rebuilt it again by the book. Bored, new pistons, new valves and surfaced every gasket surface I could including the manifolds. A year and a HALF later it puked reverse and burned #4 piston within a week of each other. Tossed that hateful beast in the weeds and installed an FOG (Ford of Germany) marked 2.0 engine and trans and never had a single problem after that.

    Is it because I didn't use Whitworth wrenches? Or did the non-paraffin oil I used damage the British alyoominium in the pistons?
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    Novaload promoted this comment Edited by joneez wants the clunkers he paid for at 11/01/09 8:04 PM joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was starred joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was unstarred
    Image of bozoerrebbe bozoerrebbe
    11/01/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent
    Ford Racing recently announced that they would be selling a reengineered Kent crate engine to meet the needs of the thousands of Formula Ford racers who are starting to have trouble finding replacement parts. #1960s
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/01/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent

    Oh, Ford. If only you'd shared this with the US. (I believe this Capri also packed the Kent.) #1960s
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    Image of ssrock64 ssrock64
    11/01/09


    @Novaload: Or as seen here in later production form. #1960s
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    Image of Ralph Wiley Is Poised Ralph Wiley Is Poised
    11/01/09

    @Novaload: I think the Landies are circling this toad in preparation to beat it to death with pitchforks. #1960s
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/01/09

    @Ralph Wiley Is Poised: Indeed. They have scented "not-us." #1960s
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/01/09

    @Novaload: The Consul Capri was actually sold by Ford in the US in the early '60s. The scarcity today reflects what Americans thought of it then. After all, for the price of this thing, you could buy a Falcon Sprint. Oh, and it did 0-60 mph in 22.6 seconds according to Motor magazine. That alone made the Sprint more compelling of a buy.

    The twin fender mirrors on this car were not normal fittings. They look more like the mirrors once seen on Japanese home-market cars. Wonder if this Capri lived in Japan?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/01/09

    @tonyola: Rare indeed. I never, ever saw one. Then again, I wasn't in a major city/urban area. #1960s
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    09/12/09

    In reply to You Choose The Winner Of The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest!
    IMHO, 5 is awesome.

    No wonder Murilee has so many friends.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/12/09

    In reply to You Choose The Winner Of The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest!
    I liked 14 and 15, though I guess they were cheating...
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    Image of evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
    09/12/09

    In reply to You Choose The Winner Of The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest!
    I'm laughing so hard right now I can barely type, let alone vote on these.

    This is just chock full of win.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    09/12/09

    In reply to 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Traveller
    That's awesome, and looks like my old traveller. I miss that car, I should really go and buy it back.
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    Image of J-2-da-B J-2-da-B
    09/12/09

    In reply to You Choose The Winner Of The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest!
    it was down to the last 2 for me... but the phrase: "doing to england what the german's couldn't" just sealed it off!
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    09/12/09

    @J-2-da-B: That, and the: "pigeon full of ripe figs" bit earned my vote, as well.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/12/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: Same here.
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    Image of J-2-da-B J-2-da-B
    09/13/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: i laughed that one out loud... but what sealed my vote was an instant classic!
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    09/12/09

    In reply to You Choose The Winner Of The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest!
    "Lucas... doing to England what the Germans couldn't" is absolutely brilliant.
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    Image of I was drivin' that Model A I was drivin' that Model A
    09/12/09

    In reply to You Choose The Winner Of The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest!
    All are good, and I was tempted to read them to my wife, but better judgement kicked in....

    As a result, I'll be randomly snickering all day.

    #7 is tough to beat because of both the humour and the honesty. Still, I really wish I could have voted multiple times...like in Chicago.

    Vote early, vote often!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/12/09

    In reply to 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Traveller
    With that much detail, those are probably indecent photographs of a Minor. Good thing you can claim that they're artistic.
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    Image of skitter skitter
    09/12/09

    @FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway: It could still be construed as a Minor infraction by the Minors union.
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    09/12/09

    @FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway: A photography Minor can do that for you.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/12/09

    In reply to You Choose The Winner Of The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest!
    Brickyard's (1,4,7) are brilliant, but the subtlety of Beni's (5) won me over.
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