Hehe...That's actually the exhaust! It's a supertrapp I had kicking about. The pipe kept getting ripped off and it was too loud without one so I made a hole in the bonnet and stuck it through tractor style. The bullbar is an old gate of a pig pen :-) I was going to put a radiator inside the car but never got round to it. The little A series seemed to do just fine air cooled :-)
Eddie Rattley [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ratdat.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 11:37 PM Subject: paddock bashing > Eddie thats a great idea for a paddock basher! The home-made bullbar was > always a drream of mine... AND the air snorkel! Well done! It's always > hard to keep a working radiator on a thrash car. I had the idea of > installing about 4 little heater radiators with fans on them in the boot or > back seat or back of the engine bay or something. > > > > > From: Paul Stanley > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 12:39 AM > Subject: Re: Fast Fours results > > > > Yeah, Datsuns are pretty tough. This was my basher until recently... > > > > http://www.ratdat.com/e10basherf.jpg > > > > This was a '74 Datsun 100A which was unstoppable despite being FWD and > > small. It could even cope with getting through mud and towing/pushing cars > > and being jumped over ramps (never could get it on two wheels :-). I > stuffed > > the rear end pretty bad eventually ... > > > > http://www.ratdat.com/e10basherr.jpg > > > > ...and after I got an old Patrol 160 to do the work it was taken down the > > scrapyard but even then it still went okay ...even though only three > wheels > > actually went round!. It never had any water in it ever as the first thing > > to get stuffed was the radiator. Even with a cooked motor and blown head > > gasket it still started first turn. > > > > Datsun gets my vote! > > > > Eddie Rattley > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.ratdat.com > > > > > > > > > > From: "Richard Clough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > I love the humour this Fast Fours poll has generated. > > > Best paddock basher, what a corker! Dattos will win that too! (180Bs > > would > > > dominate, what else will run for years without oil and water and only > half > > a > > > body (the unrusted bits)). > > > Great idea! send it in! > > > > > From: "Paul Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > I dont know about rallying but they (Sigmas) are the most comfortable > > > > PADDOCK basher... Fast Fours should do a "Best Paddock Basher" I > > would > > > > vote the 120Y #1. Sigma would be second just because they are so > > > > comfortable as you flounder in the paddock. > > > > > > > > > --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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
