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Guest mark little

I'm going to have to get my Westfield roadworthy, I've got the same 1600 gt engine, manifold and twin 40s, looks like it's going to be fun though that Harris engine was a work of art, certainly gives me an incentive.

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I'm going to have to get my Westfield roadworthy, I've got the same 1600 gt engine, manifold and twin 40s, looks like it's going to be fun though that Harris engine was a work of art, certainly gives me an incentive.

 

Certainly was a thing of beauty. It`s true what they said. Where are all the boy racers????

For a guess priced out of the game by insurance companies. I hardly hear a wheel spin these days

Well apart from some of our run outs :rofl:

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It wouldn't be so bad but I was one of those boy racers of those times, we all had escorts, capris and cortinas, if anything broke you just went down to the local scrap yard and stuck another bit on, those days seem to be long gone.

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Yeah Andi could not agree more, great programme agree though with all the comments " Keep it as it was when it was built " Mine was still 100 percent original when I sold it a few years ago apart from the fact that I had the car " Ziebart Wax Protected " from the day I bought it from Adlards in Wimbledon via a friend who worked for Fords at South Ockendon where they were Finally assembled. Had the pleasure of going to visit the plant in 1974 on the day that mine was being assembled and talk to the Guys who where putting it together.

The Guy I sold it to agreed as part of the Sale that he keep me in touch with its life, it Won Mexico of the Year last year from the AVOOC meet. It is still all original and now has 32000 on the clock about 24000 when I sold it to him. He says he gets tired of telling people that the Paintwork and Interior are all original as no one seems to believe him. When he moved house I was sent a picture not of the new house but of the interior of the new garage with the car in it and without so I could see the flooring that had been laid.

The reason I bought the 2B was that I had wanted a Lotus 7 when I was about 17 or 18 but finances and insurance ruled it out I also missed having a car that had some performance and a bit of character. My father had worked on a Lotus 7 which the owner had had a Coventry Climax engine fitted that he had obtained that was previously used for a Water Power Pump / Fire Tender. The Climax engine was too tall for the engine compartment and my Dad modified the bonnet with a Power Hump to enable the bonnet to be fitted without a problem.

HAPPY DAYS..

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Guest Ian & Carole

Great program, just wished they had spent more time showing the rebuild and a little less of the "boy racer" side of things, just my opinion though.

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Guest mower man

Awhile ago [40+years ] agood freind lent me a pistacio green mk 1 a real sleeper ,the only thing that gave it away was 2 tail pipes, petrol filler on both rear wings ,2 tanks and 3000gt badges .160 hp essex v6 snuggled under the bonnet by god was it quick !!!! mowerman :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: :crazy:

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Watched some of the program last night 2 clowns playing with a Fiat 500 seemed very happy to spend £2000!!!! in the engine? which seemed to be a glorified decoke ! won't be watching again mowerman :lazy:

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I might be missing something but I thought they had only aired an episode about the escort Mexico so far and that the only price mentioned was the price of the car in the first place? The engine build on the Mexico seemed to be quite involved and included carbs etc didnt it?

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Guest Ian & Carole

I am wondering if Mick was watching that "Classic car rescue" with the blinky blimy cokeny and the little Guy, now they are really annoying !!!!

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