Benzine
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| posted on 9/2/06 at 04:13 PM |
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Check out my new car
About a month ago I bought a new car. I say new, it's actually quite old. Anyway yes it's ugly but I've never had so
much fun driving a car before 
I've taken it around some great tracks and roads around my area and it's like driving a go-kart. The reactions from people are hilarious
including lots of dropped jaws. I bought it as I saw it locally and had a test drive in it. I want to learn more about rebuilding engines, something
which I didn't do with my MK so I want to rebuild the scamps engines and tidy the whole car up for a small project, something to do 
Pics:
Feel free to laugh, most people do 
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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ditchlewis
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| posted on 9/2/06 at 04:19 PM |
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Cool
I love it
My son wants one as his first car. I love the hard top made out of an old land rover hard top...
can you remove the top for the summer??
ditch
P.S. brought a real smile to my face and i needed that. trying to move house and also mine and my fiance's grandmothers both died this
week.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 9/2/06 at 04:21 PM |
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Ah yes the Scamp - great name for a mini based Moke type thingy.
You will probably get used to rebuilding the engine in that as they never seem to last too long - something to do with the gearbox being in the engine
sump and knocking the big ends out with all the swarf off the gears i think.
You 'll soon get sick of it
Cheers
Mark
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mookaloid
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| posted on 9/2/06 at 04:22 PM |
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ps just noticed - it seems to have a lot of white foam leaking out from underneath it - do they all do that?
Cheers
Mark
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Kissy
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| posted on 9/2/06 at 04:45 PM |
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thought the 'foam' was airbrushed in to give the sense of speed??
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Danozeman
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| posted on 9/2/06 at 05:11 PM |
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Beast i like it. Put a metro turbo lump in it!!!
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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donut
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| posted on 9/2/06 at 06:33 PM |
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Yep that looks like a right larf!!!!
Nice one!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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froggy
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| posted on 9/2/06 at 06:41 PM |
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thats begging for a k series conversion 1.4 with a carb from a 92-93 metro
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donut
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| posted on 9/2/06 at 06:43 PM |
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Moolakid: theres nowt wrong with the A series engine! Good bit of kit!!!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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Benzine
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| posted on 9/2/06 at 06:55 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ditchlewis
can you remove the top for the summer??
I think it's just a series of bolts around the cab although I haven't really checked yet.
Does anyone know much about mokes/scamps? What's the difference? I looked on ==>this
website<== but none of them look like my scamp (mine is a 1973). Looking at the timeline at the top of the page mine should be a Mk1 but
looks nothing like it.
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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phillippe
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 posted on 9/2/06 at 07:10 PM |
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it looks like a land rover with ishoos
cheep to inshure thou
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donut
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| posted on 9/2/06 at 08:24 PM |
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quote:
it looks like a land rover with ishoos
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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stevebubs
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| posted on 9/2/06 at 08:42 PM |
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Looks like a Mk I
Looks like a Mk 1 they've (cunningly) tried to disguise as a landy...
More for sale here
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 9/2/06 at 09:05 PM |
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Not my cup of tea sorry. Defo looks like a big bad landy has porked a mini moke and this is the offspring though
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andyps
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| posted on 10/2/06 at 11:05 AM |
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If you get a minilite wheel to replace the odd offside front one you have let me know as I need one like that!
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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iank
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| posted on 10/2/06 at 11:31 AM |
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Doesn't look like a scamp - I'd say it's an Anderson Cub (moke copy).
http://www.minimarcos.org.uk/altpics/cub.html
Looking it up on the rac it's registered manufacturer is "Leyland Cars" with no model name. Hope the new computerised MOTs
don't give you problems with that.
[Edited on 10/2/06 by iank]
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Hellfire
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| posted on 10/2/06 at 12:13 PM |
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That's just goddamn fugly IMHO Like they say though....... Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
PS - The beholder should have gone to Specsavers.
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iank
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| posted on 10/2/06 at 01:04 PM |
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Surely all 12 previous owners can't be wrong
Well I suppose they can .
Will look better without the doors/hardtop and a lick of bright yellow or NATO green paint.
Great fun for those that don't give a toss what others think  
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7 in a fancy suit
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| posted on 10/2/06 at 01:35 PM |
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{Does anyone know much about mokes/scamps? What's the difference?}
Don't know much about the different types of Scamps, but AFAIK the Moke was the original Austin/Morris version and had a pressed steel type
monocoque, not a box section chassis....hence they have mostly rotted away.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 10/2/06 at 01:40 PM |
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mate at college had a scamp (rebuilt it from a effing wreck!) with a tweaky metro turbo engine in it and a Jack Knight box, went surprisingly well and
was right hoot in the summer!
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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tadltd
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| posted on 10/2/06 at 07:46 PM |
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MAD!
Put a bike engine in it!
Best Regards,
Steve.
www.turnerautosport.com
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Benzine
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| posted on 11/2/06 at 12:09 AM |
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Don't tempt me
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 11/2/06 at 07:57 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
Doesn't look like a scamp - I'd say it's an Anderson Cub (moke copy).
Definately a Scamp, look at the square wheel arches.
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iank
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| posted on 11/2/06 at 08:21 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
quote:
Originally posted by iank
Doesn't look like a scamp - I'd say it's an Anderson Cub (moke copy).
Definately a Scamp, look at the square wheel arches.
Bang to rights
The front end is nothing I've ever seen put on a scamp though.
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Ferg
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| posted on 11/2/06 at 12:51 PM |
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I put a Moke front on a MK1
Scamp many years ago. It may be the same one, I'm off to find some pictures!
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