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| 2116.1 | come out of the closet! | KERNEL::LEYLANDS | Sharon Leyland | Fri Jul 02 1993 18:21 | 7 |
| My dad swears by his, every time it gets bumped and injured, he just
rebuilds it...and it never rusts. He has had his since brand new and
it's a T reg (I remember, I was so embarrased the day he picked it up!)
I think he is on his 3rd engine but this little "resin rocket" still
just keeps on going...
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| 2116.2 | Does this have the 850 engine? | VANTEN::MITCHELLD | "Management is opaque" | Thu Jul 08 1993 14:29 | 2 |
| if so then there are some tuning wheezes to be obtained from from
the 750MC
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| 2116.3 | It's gotta HUGE 850 | AYOU63::RDODD | | Fri Jul 09 1993 16:21 | 18 |
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Well, it's got the 850 engine, that I do know. It's also got a new
owner, me.......thought that it would be a very different kinda project
car.
Needs some tender loving care...apart from anything else it needs
cleaned out (don't think the insides ever been cleaned in the last two
years) ?? There's a couple of minor inconveniences......like the clutch
seems to be incredibly harsh in first....lotta judder, and then again,
sometimes it jumps out of 1st/2nd. Also there's a knocking sound coming
from the front offside.
BUT, cost price was less than the cost of a new exhaust for my Isuzu,
it's got a years MOT, you can pick it up with one hand, AND, it might
be fun to work on (assuming that I can find the bits) ??
RR
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| 2116.4 | | VANTEN::MITCHELLD | "Management is opaque" | Tue Jul 13 1993 09:30 | 4 |
| gearboxes and engines are all availible
contact the 750MC
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| 2116.5 | plastic pig farm | JURA::BULLOWS | | Fri Jul 16 1993 13:56 | 10 |
| If you want to have a realy interesting project, then take a tape
measure to a baby lotus elan. They have almost the same wheel base and
driving position. I considered putting the kitten van body on top of
the elan chasis and engine to make quite a quick car that the vandals
would never think of joy ridding. You should find all the elan parts
of the shelf apart from the diff, and soneone did a conversion using
the sierra diff.
Be Brave , Be Radical, Have Fun
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| 2116.6 | Kitten to Citation? | PEKING::GERRYT | | Fri Jul 16 1993 14:01 | 13 |
| My brother had one in splendid beige/mink colour!
One of its selling points (not too many) was that it could do 70mph in
third!
It was faster than a mini, and didn't rust....just crack!
Fuel economy was also very good for its era (near 50mpg) which means
its bound to be better than the Isuzu (which is what my brother drives
now!)
You aren't my brother are you???
tim
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| 2116.7 | kitten v8 | PIECES::63543::clayton | Place holder for NOTES | Wed Jul 28 1993 13:23 | 6 |
| theres a kitten that races at santa pod raceway "drag racing" its got a
rover v8 in it with a holly carb ive seen it run an 10 on the quarter
that was something to see..
rich "drag racing fan"
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| 2116.8 | That's scary !! | AYOU48::RDODD | | Mon Aug 02 1993 16:09 | 9 |
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God, that's scary !!
No, I don't mean the Santa Pod freak. I also drive an Isuzu Trooper �
Could I be a long lost brother ?? What colours the Isuzu ?? Hope it's
not that maroony kinda colour ??
RR
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| 2116.9 | disposable cars | NEWOA::DALLISON | | Wed Aug 04 1993 07:23 | 9 |
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There was a thing in the paper yesterday about a women who won a Kitten
in a competition.
The radio station found and bought it for �28.00 and gace it away to
an old granny, who was please as punch with it. It had full MOT etc..
Not bad for �28 quid.
-Tony
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