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Are Izuzu tied up with GM, if so in what way ? But I guess so, as they were sold through GM Holden and British GM Bedford.

And the Rileys were way ahead with their engines. High Cams, Cross flow Heads,with twin SUs Designed in 1925 for Riley 9's Nothing new under the Sun....Firsr 4 valve heads were in 1903 !!

And I thought that Auto Trans were complicated !!

The Rileybut still with the pre war wooden Bodys which eventually rot out Though my 1955 2.5 survived pretty well. into the nineties....

The older I get....(90 very soon)....the more I seem to remember of yester year......As an aprentice for the imporers of Morris cars 1950 into Nth Ireland, it was my regular job to pick up the new cars from the Docks twice a month.. Amoungst the Nuffield products I have driven brand new...

18 speeds.... now that's a lot of gears .....Is that with a two speed Diff ? Two speed Diffs were all the go when I was with Ford F500/600 semis in the fifties. They did a good job job., excppt that with a load they boiled up hills and got cold going down. Hard on head gaskets...

Manual in todays traffic Patrick ? Growing up with no syncro G/Boxes...I won't be winding the clock back A good crash box of yester year's traffic , e.g, my 1929 Desoto Doctors Coupe in Melbourne mid Fifties. Even had Hydraulic Brakes ....but wooden wheels.....

Sealed for life ?? Car Manufacturers figure that after the first owner has sold.....thats the life of the vehicle... out of the warranty period. We then sell parts. I recall trying to buy some parts for an 11 year old Holden ..... Can't help...after 10 years the vehicle is...

Mercedes learned a hard lesson with their E Class Taxies in Gernmany, when they bowed to pressure from operaters, to increase the Trans oil change distances..... a flood of warranty claims. Today's highly stressed smaller and smaller Turbo Engines just don't last. Multi speed autos makeing up...

A double comment.... These Rovers are on a different planet to the much more revered Jaguars. They were solid quality. Over priced ? I think not ... you get what you pay for. My experience ? Having attended to many many of both, of their Auto Trans. The two litre cars were not up to much. They...

Another time waster !!! Why do I bother

Light at the end of the Tunnel!!! an offer from Gumtree seems genuine Would be such a shame to dump perfectly good Parts.

Unfortunately no takers for all the left over parts from our W204 C Class, as new electric door mirrors... boot lid.... parking Sensors etc So will be in the next collection of our Yellow recycling Bin The usual time wasters wankers on Facbook who needs them !!

Dealers today are just Sales outlets at the behest of the manufactuerers . Prices are fixed ..no negotionation. With our two new A Class Benzs, which we handed back ..dangerous software you may recall. Our new Subarus also selled at a manufacturers fixed price. All Dealers have the same price...

A Seniors momentt use 98 not 92 Premium Oil and Fuel goes along way ...not to mention Tires

But.. But, nobody told me it was on ! Sharkespere's King Lear..... "Tis a pity he got old.... before he got Wisdom"

Always try to stay in the 21st centuary..... to understand modern technology. E .G., Exhaust is a matched system for the cleaning running of an ICE. Don't alter. This morning on a warm day the Forrester is feeling sprightly. I am putting this down to the ECU, has learned about the extra...

Advice ! still chasing better performance via a Hot Dog free flow muffler. ?... Do they still work on todays strickly controled ECUs etc ? In the seventies I bought a new 240 Z Datsan which was sluggish even in manual form. A cam griend just moved the Torque to a higher rev range. Then I...

Now that jogs my ageing memory Michel. Does not suprise me that Toyota is involved, they have their foot in many camps. Todays global economy is very much intergrated. Hard to know who owns who

Do Toyota make their own Hybrids ? My memory questions this. An independant Japanese Engineering Company design and manufactur and supply to all who ask. As always, todays cars are kit cars, assambled from outside suppliers. An example, Mercedes steering componants are made in Turkey...