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by Joske Vermeule, September 1
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Rudy,
That 'workshop' looks more like a hospital operating theatre!
Cheers,
Graham (G4FUJ)
Sold L44FOR 4/4 Giallo Fly
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Definitely Old School Learner Plates Off!
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Definitely Old School Learner Plates Off!
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Ruud - that's more like it!! Colour coordinated with the Morgan I see! British Leyland used to export cars in CKD form (Completely Knocked Down)- which means crated components with fully assembled shells. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock-down_kitActually DaveW if my memory is correct,----- British Leyland used to export complete cars that became "knock-down" after they had been driven for a few months  (if you were lucky!!!) Hey ho and another thread starts....
David of SW19
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Rudy,
That 'workshop' looks more like a hospital operating theatre!
Cheers, That is not our workshop, but our livingroom !!
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BL were let down by using poor quality steel Davis, so things just rusted away. Most of the mechanical stuff worked well enough.
All my BL Cars presented a major battle with rust despite a major effort on my part. The paintwork on my 1980 MGB was shocking.
DaveW
'05 Red Roadster S1
'16 Yellow (Not the only) Narrow AR GDI Plus 4
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Rudy,
That 'workshop' looks more like a hospital operating theatre!
Cheers, That is not our workshop, but our livingroom !! Just my kind of living room... Unfortunately,  doesn't agree  Cheers,
Graham (G4FUJ)
Sold L44FOR 4/4 Giallo Fly
'11 MINI Countryman Cooper D All4
'90 LR 90 SW
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Well this one was originally built at Malvern but "slightly" modified in the good old US of A ......... http://www.morgancars-usa.com/isis_corvette.html Looks to me as though it is still wearing a Morgan badge. Perhaps it is the ultimate automotive "Q Ship"
Peter ![[Linked Image]](http://bradley.it/public_images/drive.jpg)
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..........cars that became "knock-down"....... Or knocked-up as the Americans would say?  Correct me if I'm wrong, but part of the Plus 8 'charm' is that the Rover v-8 engine was used consecutively for 35 years by Morgan, and that was more by accident than design. Whatever one's viewpoint on 'diluting' the Morgan essence, you surely have to sympathise with a car company at the mercy of others for sourcing powertrains in this day and age.
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