They look good though. If I had the time I'd be tempted to drop in a Ford Zetec engine from a Focus. Those things are bulletproof.
On Mon, Aug 8, 2022, at 11:31, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > I recall these, along with the Spitfires of similar vintage. They were > notorious for overheating and stretching timing chains within about > 20k-30k. Dissimilar metals in the engine (iron block, AL head) wreaked > havoc on the cooling system, too. > > -D > >> On Aug 8, 2022, at 12:15 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> It was a miserable car when sold new. It has not improved with age.. >> Sourcing parts was a horrible problem, right off the showroom floor. That >> is unlikely to have improved. >> Ohh... did I mention is has Lucas electricals? >> >> On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 9:11 AM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> Don’t, you’ll be doing yourself a favour. >>> >>> -D >>> >>>> On Aug 8, 2022, at 11:56 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I would be tempted to go look at this if it had a proper gearbox. >>>> >>>> >>> https://bloomington.craigslist.org/cto/d/bloomington-1973-triumph-stag/7518769526.html >>>> >>>> Allan >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
