The perkins engines were slugs.I used to build and test the n/a and turbo versions.I also had a commer truck with a perkins and driving up mount ousley(spelling) from wollongong my offsider used to jump out have a piss then run after the truck,then jump back in all while i had the foot to the floor. Andrew Smith
Brad Hallett wrote: > Diesels were exported using a Perkins (?) conversion. Some were kept in > Oz and used as taxis. Very very very slow vehicle, never thought they > could make a HQ smellier or slower, and manual steering with that diesel > block weighing one and a half times a 202 block was a treat > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of mark krawczuk > Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2001 9:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: WHY SO QUIET? > > hey , that rings a bell....... wer`nt they exported to south africa? > my idiotic brother reckons that they were deisels, not rotarys, but i > reckon they were rotaries.... > > mark k > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "FJ510" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 8:35 PM > Subject: Re: WHY SO QUIET? > > > anyone ever seen the factory rotary Holden? > > HZ or HQ i can't remember... now that was funny > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "E Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 1:37 PM > > Subject: RE: WHY SO QUIET? > > > > > > > Suzuki RE5 from memory. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Feral Errol > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.datrats.com.au/ > > > > > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send > submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised > redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
