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After kinky sex with a woman who whipped me with the radio antenna from a Mercedes Sprinter, I have contracted van aerial disease.


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If you are over 90 kg Mercedes recommend the reinforced seat option for the 124 range which consists of a foam base not a spring box.
 
The name Probe was given by Ford initially to the concept car on which the 1982 Sierra was eventually based.

It was originally conceived as a mid-engine car hence the low sloping front, and was called Probe III.

Come production time, Ford worked-out that the maintenance costs for a mid-engine car (difficult / time-consuming access for servicing) would put potential fleet buyers off - not a good idea for the Cortina replacement.

Subsequently the mid-engine was scrapped in favour of traditional front engine, but the overall design of the car including the sloping front and radiator-less grill look was kept.

http://classics.honestjohn.co.uk/news/comment/2013-06/friday-concept-ford-probe-iii/
 
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With the help of Ferguson Research --- they of Jensen FF fame---- Ford developed a 4wd drive version of their Mark IV Ford Zephyr for the police force. There was plenty room at the front end because rumour had it the MK IV Zephyr chassis was originally intended to be FWD till Ford bottled it.
Memory Lane - Ford Mk 4 Zephyr 4x4

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The group b rally mini metrol 6r4 used a shortened (by 2 cylinders) rover v8 making it a v6
 
There was plenty room at the front end because rumour had it the MK IV Zephyr chassis was originally intended to be FWD till Ford bottled it.
Memory Lane - Ford Mk 4 Zephyr 4x4

I had a drive of the V4 version once. With the short V4 block there was room enough under the bonnet for a dance. Awful handling car with manual steering and something like 5 or 6 turns lock to lock.
 
Ferrari's "Berlinetta Boxer" was in fact a 180 degree vee twelve, and not a boxer engine at all.
 
Both are true the early prototype engines were based on a cut down Rover V8, but the later engines were a custom design by ex-Cosworth employee David Wood
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Ferrari's "Berlinetta Boxer" was in fact a 180 degree vee twelve, and not a boxer engine at all.


As an owner of a boxer engine you got me with that one. A 180 degree V12 is a flat engine so it must be a boxer. No. In a boxer engine, opposing pistons go in opposite directions i.e. they both go outwards away from the crankshaft together and come back in together. In a flat engine opposing pistons go in the same direction i.e. one piston going away from the crank and the other coming in towards the crank.

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The Citroen 2CV Sahara was a 4 wheel drive car but not as we know it.... it had two 425cc Engines, two gearboxes, and two fuel tanks.
 
The Citroen 2CV Sahara was a 4 wheel drive car but not as we know it.... it had two 425cc Engines, two gearboxes, and two fuel tanks.

For a while, there was a record breaking Scirocco with two engines - one driving front wheels, one driving the back.
In those days, it was hard to match the engine revs for both engines - making driving tricky. These days, with electronic control - it would be much easier.
The Dual-Engined Volkswagen That Never Was
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The Citroen symbol represents the edges of gears as Citroen started out machining and cutting gears.
 
For a while, there was a record breaking Scirocco with two engines - one driving front wheels, one driving the back.
In those days, it was hard to match the engine revs for both engines - making driving tricky. These days, with electronic control - it would be much easier.
The Dual-Engined Volkswagen That Never Was
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I am assuming that the second engine on the 2CV was only meant to be used off-road i.e. on sand or soft ground, where the lack of central diff or rev matching was not an issue as the front and rear wheels could be allowed to spin at different speeds without damaging the drivetrain.
 
The last mass produced car that used lead loading on the bodyshell was the Ford Corsair.


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The last Corsairs were shipped as a body shell on flatbed train carriages from Halewood where they were made to Dagenham to be built to make way for the Escort,you might be right about the Corsair being the last car to have lead mashing,but the MK 2 Cortina also had it and they both finished in 1970.the Corsair was put on the Mk 4 Zodiac line it was 3 zodiacs then a Corsair,it was a very slow line as neither set the world alight.
 
One side of the Austin Princess was longer than the other side producing a car that wasn't rectangular in design.
 
I remember walking round Chrysler's Ryton plant in 1975, and they were still lead loading the c pillar seam on the Avenger. That's why it eventually got a vinyl roof as standard - they couldn't get the paint finish right over the lead.
 

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