Vehicles of the Zombie Apocalypse - VW of the Zombie Apocalypse (VW Pic's pg.6)

[Rheged]

Actually the cause of the problems were owners and garages not following the proper maintenance procedures, but by the time that became known it was too late for many of the Triumph engines.

As my tame mechanic says " The problem with a lot of cars is the nut that holds the steering wheel"

[jcf]

Actually the cause of the problems were owners and garages not following the proper maintenance procedures, but by the time that became known it was too late for many of the Triumph engines.

The cause of many a problem with so many of the European cars of the '50s through '70s
exported to the US, aside from the VW Bug. Far too many of the buyers expected to be able
to drive and maintain them like a Detroit lump, ignoring the maintenance schedules and
lugging them by not learning to shift them properly. Sorry folks a four, especially an alloy
twin-cam, can't be driven like an iron-lump Detroit I-6 or V-8.

[PR19_Kit]

..and hell even the original Triumph V8 was a American and was found on a rubbish pile but if i remember right that was just rumour.

Nope, not the case.

The Triumph V8 in the Stag was effectively two Triumph Dolomite 1.8 litre engines joined together at 90 deg to each other.

The Rover V8 was originally a GM design used by Buick, Oldsmobile and Pontiac, that was taken over by Rover in 1965. The 'rubbish pile' business was a rumour as the sale of the engine was negotiated after Rover's American head saw one of them at Mercury Marine's HQ the previous year.

[Wardukw]

Putting 2 Dolomite engines together was probably why its wasnt a success..by themselves there not bad little engines and they can be modded to make some pretty good power..ive done some work on the Sprint verison..one a race car..that was quite a quick car really.
Yeah thought the engine in the scrap pile was bogus ..ive brought engines from scrap piles for full rebuilds and ive brought engines that have been blown to bits ..for the wall of death in our old workshop 
The prize engine we had was a nitro drag engine which had blown itself in half and i do mean in half..pretty amazing to look at i can tell ya.
We did build a supercharged Rover V8 for a customer which went into a P76 Layland car he owned..wasnt to serious a build..just a 6/71 blower ..rebuilt heads..bigger valves and the rest..springs and keepers ..the engine got a 40 thou bore which is nothing much and a custom camshaft..quite a special grind on the cam..that really brought this little motor to life..good for 700HP ..so nothing crazy but more than enough for that motor..any more and that motor would end up on the wall.

[zenrat]

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20200909_163634 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
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Look at the crap they make cars out of now.  I've seen thicker tin in a beer can.

[Wardukw]

Thats what happens Fred when you drive to fast past a truck with is folding tail ramp down..ive got a lovely little scar on my left leg cause i wasnt looking where i was walking ..those ramps csn be nasty 

[zenrat]

I had a little Hyundai go into the rear of a trayback ute I was driving.  The angle iron mounting the tray opened up the bonnet and wing of the car like a can opener.  The ute suffered a bent rear light bracket which I straightened by hand.

[Wardukw]

Long gone are the days when cars were made of thick steel..its all money now as we know.
So many cars today are boring to the point its almost getting impossible to tell em apart and small is the by word now..i hate small ..the sub compact car is something which ill never own ..i like the feeling of size around me not that if i fart i might buckle a door.
Nope ill stick with my Diamante thank you very much.

[PR19_Kit]

SMALL?

I'll try and remember that the next time the gawp who lives up the hill from me drives his GARGANTUAN Audi Q7 down, barely missing all the smaller cars parked alongside my house........... 

[Wardukw]

I was talking cars Kit not SUVs which are all over the place size wise..you do have the Euro jobs which seem to be getting bigger and here in NZ they congregate pretty much only in cities..bloody great place for them where there's bugger all space for them anyway.
Here in the country towns we get a crap load of 4X4s but thats to be expected..but their farmers and the like where as 90% of people who drive Q7s and Range Rovers here are twats.
I was talking about ugly little puke boxes like the toyota yaris and Nissan micra..there everywhere here ..luckily we still have plenty of fokes here who like big cars .
Most blokes here are 6ft + and 100 kgs and up ..imagine 4 guys that size trying to fit in a yaris 

[Old Wombat]

Man, has this build dragged on, or what!?

Anyway, it's 3:45am here & I've finally finished the VW T3 Transporter (base still needs to be done), so there should be photo's tomor ... later today!

[Old Wombat]

Here we go! Photo's of the (finally) finished vehicle!























I think it looks better in the plastic, the yellows (especially in the rust) seem to have been enhanced it the photo's.

Still, not too shabby!

I hope to have a completed dio base done soon but I have to tidy the work bench first.

[Mossie]

Still, not too shabby!

Not bad since there's an apocalypse on, I've seen worse in running condition. 

[Old Wombat]

Thanks, Mossie!

[NARSES2]

That's come out really well