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MacotheIsles wrote:I have memories of being able to watch the road going by through holes in the floor of some of my dad's old cars. I think that was more or less normal in those days.
Boxer6 wrote:I had an Imp too!
Magic wee car it was, despite needing loads of new head gaskets (head got skimmed in the end, to no avail; the place that did it - behind the Kelvin Hall, but name escapes me - is still there) and a new thermostat. Engine out took 15 minutes from a standing start - the rear bumper came off with about 4 bolts, undo the rubber "spiders" on the drive shafts and unclip the throttle and choke cables and fuel line, simply roll the car away with the engine on blocks! Easy peasy - my dad and I did that at least half-a-dozen times!
Another time, I had to brake hard to avoid someone who pulled out in front of me and the front wishbone detached completely from the bottom of the spare wheel well! Tied it up with a bit of rope, drove around in it like that til I could get it to a welder.
Ah .. those were the days!
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