Phasing out Diesel vehicles

[trevskoda]

My aircooled VW's were always reliable , sluggish but reliable and simple to work on I
Loved them

I had a 1303 dub,it was the slowest worst handling crap brakes never mind the amount of fuel it drank,kept it 3 mth and was well happy to see the end of it.

 

[shawbags]

You were lucky then as the rest of them are blocking the A30 on the way to Cornwall :lol-053:

I did see a few over the years normally after they had blasted past me thrashing the nuts off them , I used to sit at a steady 55 mph and if I had been driving for a couple of hours and came to a notorious steep hill like the A38-380 just after Exeter I would stop for a cuppa co the van could cool
down , I used to be down to second gear with me the wife 2 kids 2 dogs packed to the rafters with camping gear , beer �� and anything else we needed and chug over the brow of the hill , I would then pull up at the next lay-by and let it rest again , old vehicles need to be cared for and treated with respect

 

[2cv]

Old vehicles are like old people !
Not nice to look at and don't serve any purpose :dance:

I think that some old vehicles are nice to look at

 

[shawbags]

Old vehicles are like old people !
Not nice to look at and don't serve any purpose :dance:

I've always
Loved older vehicles and would search high and low for a good one that had a few years life in it , the trouble is the good old type that don't have all the silly electrics , ECU's etc are becoming hard to find , give me a good old Perkins that would chug Along all day at a steady
Pace rather than some of these new cock ups that cost you a fortune in silly things like catalyst that keep blocking up , there are filters all over some the newish stuff that cost a fortune to repair , I wouldn't mind if they are seriously serving a purpose but a lot of these gadgets we can do without .

 

[vwalan]

I had a 1303 dub,it was the slowest worst handling crap brakes never mind the amount of fuel it drank,kept it 3 mth and was well happy to see the end of it.

what you really needed was a 1500cc based on swing axle .
mine was a 67 still on 6v but worked great.
i also had a couple of notchbacks . put a later 1600cc fuel inj in the first one . that would fly . and handled great . changed it to 12v to work the inj .


thought better let you see some of them. mind the trike drove nice as well.
built several but usually on our fibre glass bodied version .
i prefer the beetle style as it amazes more folk.
hate to think how many i have had . built my business up just out of a hobby.

 

[trevskoda]

Old vehicles are like old people !
Not nice to look at and don't serve any purpose :dance:

Not unless they have money in the bank which may come your way then anything goes never mind the looks.:shag::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053:

 

[trevskoda]

I did see a few over the years normally after they had blasted past me thrashing the nuts off them , I used to sit at a steady 55 mph and if I had been driving for a couple of hours and came to a notorious steep hill like the A38-380 just after Exeter I would stop for a cuppa co the van could cool
down , I used to be down to second gear with me the wife 2 kids 2 dogs packed to the rafters with camping gear , beer �� and anything else we needed and chug over the brow of the hill , I would then pull up at the next lay-by and let it rest again , old vehicles need to be cared for and treated with respect

Stopping and cooling a engine does more harm than keeping her LIT,pedal to the metal and keep her on the pipe.

 

[shawbags]

That's the first time I've ever heard anyone say that , Well it never failed me so I did something right.

 

[trevskoda]

what you really needed was a 1500cc based on swing axle .
mine was a 67 still on 6v but worked great.
i also had a couple of notchbacks . put a later 1600cc fuel inj in the first one . that would fly . and handled great . changed it to 12v to work the inj .
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thought better let you see some of them. mind the trike drove nice as well.
built several but usually on our fibre glass bodied version .
i prefer the beetle style as it amazes more folk.
hate to think how many i have had . built my business up just out of a hobby.

No i wish i still had this baby i built until some sod rammed my ass,a real car.

 

[vwalan]

No i wish i still had this baby i built until some sod rammed my ass,a real car.

dont worry i have worked on a few of them . my oldest lads first car was a estelle . it had a bump in the front but it was easily repaired , secondhand front panel and bonnet . pulled the inner wings straight . the actual wings were ok.
it had only done 6,000mls so he was lucky lad at 17yr old .
he had another one later as well.
then swapped for citeon 2cv,s .
so galvanized chassis fitting became another game .
always something to pass the time away.
my wife had a 2cv for awhile . great little cars .
found a pic of his 1200 estelle but only a back view . was a real nice salvage one .

 

[maingate]

Trev had a puncture on his Skoda. While he was changing the wheel, a bloke stopped and said, "If you are having the wheels, I'll have the battery". :lol-049:

 

[2cv]

Mine first got a galvanised chassis about 20 years ago, at least that will now last. A couple of pics of it's most recent body rebuild about 5 years ago.

 

[Moonraker 2]

I think you might be stretching it a bit saying the T4 is iconic. That ended with the end of the T2.

Iconic VW Camper Van To Return In 2022 As An Electric Car

Well I am sorry to have suggested that I might have an iconic vehicle! I guess I am vintage rather than antique.
However I like the look of the electric one and am glad that they may live on in the future...that's if you can find anywhere to park that is.

Thanks for the discussion and debate some useful comments.

 

[trevskoda]

dont worry i have worked on a few of them . my oldest lads first car was a estelle . it had a bump in the front but it was easily repaired , secondhand front panel and bonnet . pulled the inner wings straight . the actual wings were ok.
it had only done 6,000mls so he was lucky lad at 17yr old .
he had another one later as well.
then swapped for citeon 2cv,s .
so galvanized chassis fitting became another game .View attachment 59081View attachment 59082
always something to pass the time away.
my wife had a 2cv for awhile . great little cars .View attachment 59083
found a pic of his 1200 estelle but only a back view . was a real nice salvage one .

1300 estelle Gl or xle were the best as they had full ind back axle same as coup plus four pot split crossover brakes,then you could stick the coup engine in with twin 40 webs and a fast cam & pipe,real flyers,the most successful standard rally car of all time.