not too sure if this is classed as towing

[kbekl]

but it is good to se another bighorn at work

http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae19/shaunviv/Photo0091.jpg

http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae19/shaunviv/Photo0092.jpg

[lacroupade]

Just a shame the lorry was towing the Trooper downhill backwards....

:jesterbg

[kbekl]

Just a shame the lorry was towing the Trooper downhill backwards....

:jesterbg

its not a trooper its a bighorn :augie:augie :lol

[lacroupade]

No Karl, this is a bighorn....

PICTURE DELETED BY ADMINISTRATORS

[kbekl]

lol what as deleted ?? :lol

[Deleted account DD]

Just a shame the lorry was towing the Trooper downhill backwards....

:jesterbg



:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol

[Deleted account DD]

Mind you the lorry must be using a fick piece of rope to pull the trooper :thumb2

http://www.nissan4x4ownersclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10503

[rustic]

Just a shame the lorry was towing the Trooper downhill backwards....

:jesterbg

Actually I think you are right, the second picture is showing the lorry further down the hill than the first, look at the tracks in the snow in the foreground.

In fact no proof that anything was being towed, you could have done the same picture with a 2CV :lol:lol

Now if it was a Mav or Terrano, the picture would be blurred due to the speed :thumb2

[Deleted account DD]

Now if it was a Mav or Terrano, the picture would be blurred due to the speed :thumb2


:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:rolleyes:

[Deleted account DD]

No Karl, this is a bighorn....



now these could for some people :


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Auston_Maxi_2_-_October_2007_-_Ilkley.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Austin_Allegro_Brown_1.JPG/800px-Austin_Allegro_Brown_1.JPG


http://ianjf.co.uk/Album/MyFirstCar.jpg


Didnt they have a fantastic range of colours :rolleyes:

[kbekl]

Now if it was a Mav or Terrano, the picture would be blurred due to the speed :thumb2

of it going backwards, or their would just be steam as the head gasket fails :augie:augie:augie:lol:lol:lol

[rustic]

Didnt they have a fantastic range of colours :rolleyes:

They were the only colours that would complement the colour of rust.:nenau

I worked for a company that had 2 brand new Austin Maxis, the rubber bumper mounts were perished and there were bubbles on the front wings,on the day of delivery.... They had been stored in a wet field for 2-3 years before being sold.:doh

[lacroupade]

now these could for some people :


Didnt they have a fantastic range of colours :rolleyes:

Don't take the pi55...my first ever company car was a bright orange Morris Ital with a black vinyl roof.....:doh

[Ian Hunt]

now these could for some people :

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Austin_Allegro_Brown_1.JPG/800px-Austin_Allegro_Brown_1.JPG

Didnt they have a fantastic range of colours :rolleyes:

Now... I love Allegros. My girlfriend at the time had an orange one (black vinyl roof) that we inherited from her Dad. It took us everywhere - touring trips to the Highlands, Lakes & back every weekend... Could fix it with a hammer. It looked immaculate to the end - but rust took its toll on tie bar mountings etc. & it wasn't viable to keep on the road. Fond memories...
& the Vanden Plas models? With Walnut trim, folding tables & a grille like a Bentley (sort of)?.........

Memories................ :lol

[rustic]

I had an Austin Ambassador, kept it 13+ years, body work excellent, had it from new, stripped it down, waxoyled everything...........

ALL the problems were mechanical, and most were down to poor quality control.

Nothing tightened up properly, clutch and oil pump fell apart due to loose bolts, clutch slave cylinder full of casting sand. Alternator failed, on inspection, a loose fixing bolt was shorting out the field winding, removed it varnished the coil.... fixed. Rear gear selector seal leaks, easy to replace though.

I carried ball joints and wheel bearings as they used to buzz zzzzzzzzz as you went along, what that was was the small coiled wire spring that went around the outer seal, used to come off and drop into the bearing..
Solution, remove the spring, job done.

Having the same oil in the engine and gearbox :doh:doh

So how did I learn all my car mechanic skills........................Buy BL / BMC /Austin /Morris /Wolsley /Riley / they were all the same..

To learn body work skills you just bought a 70's Jap car, less than 3 years old, plenty of practice on front wings.:thumb2

Just remind me why I use waxoyl...............:bow

[R1cho]

how about this lol

[R1cho]

also available in purple

[Muckypup]

I once towed a 7.5t car transporter with my Mav... was amazed how easilly it moved it! :eek:

[MontysMaverick]

Judging by the original pics that Karl posted someones been busy on photoshop :naughty :naughty :naughty :naughty :naughty :naughty

[R1cho]

I once towed a 7.5t car transporter with my Mav... was amazed how easilly it moved it! :eek:

I dont know what you mean :augie:augie

[11redrex]

Ahh, Russet Brown, the colour choice of many a skint teenager round our way... well me at least

[Fez_uk]

http://fez.coldcity.com/downloads/lol.jpg

thats better

[iandouglas]

Well I will own up to buying a 1750 maxi in puke brown.
went for a test drive got in and leaned back on seat finnished up sat in the back.:doh.
NO FLOOR.:doh
IT HAD A YEARS MOT:eek: 2 MONTHS TAX.
PAID £60 RAN IT FOR 4 MONTHS PART CHOPPED IT FOR A 2 year old 2.0 MONTEGO ESTATE
THEY GAVE ME £350 FOR IT.
GOOD JOB THEY DIDNT DRIVE IT VERY FAR IT ONLY HAD 1.2.3 and reverse GEARS:naughty

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

did the allegro have a square ish sterring wheel.

to be fair, back in 78, mum took me to isle of man

had an allegro as hire car was pretty good, car ok too lol.


lter when had escort as my first motor, allegro was on potential
list, this was '86 btw.

recall could get an estate version with the 1725 motor, reckon
was quite grunty, looked like a van with windows.


seen a bobtail rangey pull a artic tanker off a filling station, was a link
on facebook will try to get image....

[The Patrolman]

My first x girlfriend bought an Allegro! - After we split!!

I had the 4 pot calipers off a princess on my capri!

My second girlfriend, now wife of 16 years, Her farther had a maxi and the next size up from that???

My Morris Minor had the 1300CC engine from a marina...

Some of the parts were useful but the cars were Sh!te!!!!

Saying that in the early years we did have a Beige Maestro 1.3L and a blue 1.6L and neither missed a beat!!

[zippy656]

I once towed a 7.5t car transporter with my Mav... was amazed how easilly it moved it! :eek:


what tow / recovery point did you use?

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

My first x girlfriend bought an Allegro! - After we split!!

I had the 4 pot calipers off a princess on my capri!

My second girlfriend, now wife of 16 years, Her farther had a maxi and the next size up from that???

My Morris Minor had the 1300CC engine from a marina...

Some of the parts were useful but the cars were Sh!te!!!!

Saying that in the early years we did have a Beige Maestro 1.3L and a blue 1.6L and neither missed a beat!!

arh the maxi family, would land crabs count as predecessors, dad brought an
austin 1800 home suprisingly one day when i was about 10, late 70s, bit of
a change from the rwd vauxhall 101 and victors had til then, didnt last long
think traded for a wolsey 2200, first car we had with a radio automatic. straight 6
too was diferent from the regualr 4 pots of past. got it hoem then it sat in garage
thru 2 months of dep snow early 78, whilst warranty ticked away!. it ate drive
shafts, never got to tow with it, shame thought the 2200 and auto and wheel at
each corner should have been good. traded it back to same dealer for a granada,
the mk 1 2 litre pinto. dad still says best tow car ever had. very fetching met brown
with beige vinyl roof. used to pretend we were like the sweeny lol,except whish
ad 3 litre essex motor....and its own fuel tanker shadowing it.

[rustic]

what tow / recovery point did you use?

I pulled a 7.5 tonne flat bed out of a muddy field, it was only being used as a carnival float at the time, but the driver said you won't pull it out with that !!!! Challenge, :thumbs put towing strap on the rear tow ball, 1st gear 4 Low, I didn't even get any mud on my wheel arches, 1 minute later he was on the tarmac. He was really impressed he said he wasn't even helping, he wasn't in gear.

Only had M&S tyres as well.

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

http://i961.photobucket.com/albums/ae97/thor1131/DSCF1394.jpg

the rangey as mentioned previously.

this was Hasland, Chesterfield, on 4th December I believe.

[waterman]

My old man had a wedge Princess 1800 and used to tow start the buses with it when they wouldnt start (Bedford starters used to click but wouldnt turn without a thump with a hammer) Mind you needed a new clutch every 10 k miles LOL