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August 15, 2019 at 10:32 PM #127908

elliot
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As a full time Mot Tester, I am presented with a wide range of vehicles.

Just thought I would share the good, the bad and the ugly with you guys.

First up, really clean car. 36k on the clock.

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August 15, 2019 at 10:54 PM #127909

elliot
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FPM 375. MSD 350/380/400

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August 15, 2019 at 10:55 PM #127910

elliot
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FPM 375. MSD 350/380/400

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August 16, 2019 at 7:18 AM #127911

71-bda
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Love the Fiat 500 ! funny when I did my apprenticeship on them , I hated the 500 and 126, then years later as a car dealer loved them ! You find yourself laughing all the time in one, was a great ice-breaker for a first date with a bird as it always made them laugh and you were literally rubbing shoulders with them and the seats would go full recline at the slightest opportunity!

No nothing.

No Mods. No rockers. Just a chunky knob, thats now been replaced by an RS knob innit.

No tackiness.

Std as Ford intended, but with a space saver wheel and jack and nuts and wheel brace. oh.. and flaps, a man has got to have flaps.

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August 16, 2019 at 7:51 AM #127914

coastliner
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Not keen on the Moggy 1000, my girlfriend had one now my wife.

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August 16, 2019 at 8:21 AM #127915

bobcat
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@elliot, wow some classic vehicles there

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August 16, 2019 at 8:53 AM #127920

71-bda
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When I left FIATs in 1983 i got a job in a backstreet garage, it was quite a culture shock from the clean modern FIAT UK headquarters workshop working on brand new cars, my first job was a brake master cylinder on a Moggy 1000, I couldnt believe the state of it, the cylinder was under the floor in the chassis rail or something, then I had to weld up a front rod to the chassis which was totally rotten, had enough of it after a year and went back to a main dealer !

No nothing.

No Mods. No rockers. Just a chunky knob, thats now been replaced by an RS knob innit.

No tackiness.

Std as Ford intended, but with a space saver wheel and jack and nuts and wheel brace. oh.. and flaps, a man has got to have flaps.

Innit?

August 16, 2019 at 9:59 AM #127930

Kenny
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Love the 500. Local Italian ice cream shop here used to have one branded up. Always a head turner

August 29, 2019 at 9:02 PM #129016

elliot
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Have a Porsche specialist round the corner. Been testing a lot of this sort of stuff lately. Most of them are shiny on top but not so good underneath. This was one of the better ones.

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August 29, 2019 at 9:47 PM #129019

marty_rs
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What a motor. Youd think a car of this sort of caliber would be looked after.

August 29, 2019 at 11:03 PM #129023

Kenny
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Surprised at the Porsche’s being rough underneath. Do you get to drive any of these on the road at all?

August 29, 2019 at 11:52 PM #129026

nicklulu
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Wooowwwwwwww, nice!

August 30, 2019 at 7:44 AM #129032

coastliner
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Are you near specialist cars of Malton?

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August 30, 2019 at 8:06 AM #129034

oasked
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Nice! Thanks for sharing, very interesting array of nice metal

August 30, 2019 at 10:01 AM #129037

elliot
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@coastliner

Yeah, just up the road from them.

@kenny

I get to road test the awd models, won’t go in the brake rollers.

Just been out in this carrera 4

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