Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[xkjaguar]

re the lpg
i've been quoted various prices but its a v8 and the lowest is 1400 quid the highest 2500
thats 5 monkeys or a hundred ponies
or maybe a hippo with a bad leg

[Uncle Joe]

Over here, 2.5k would get a perfect Volvo Duett or PV, which would be my choice.

xkjag, I'm not sure where you are based, but have you thought of travelling over to Holland or Belgium? You would be able to get an LPG conversion there for £500 easy, and the ferries dont cost all that much either.

But there is one thing, (with me there always is). i hope that you are not planning to do the conversion on a Jag. Thats heresy!

[admin]

hehe is it heresy to put LPG on a Jag?? putting a diesel engine into an old XJ, or a Chevy V8, now that would be baddddddd

Rick

[Uncle Joe]

I cant think of a word to describe putting diesels or chevys in jags...rape springs to mind!

But the worst one that I have EVER seen, is the guy who put a Ford D series (if I remember correctly) in a RR Phantom III!

[admin]

I remember seeing an entry for a vintage auction not long ago, and it was a 30s Lagonda (I think), one of 3 that prior to WW2 had been professionally converted to Perkins or Gardner diesel power

Rick

[alfanut]

Hi Rick, thanks for the welcome. Favourite Alfas are the Bertone GTVs of the 60s and 70s, but at present I drive just a modern Alfa, a 156 sportwagon. I'd love a GTV to share the garage (really the drive) with it but until the sums add up I keep going on my collection of models and automobilia (all makes though) and the odd visit to classic car events, and steam fairs, always a surprisingly good selection of the older cars there.

[buzzy bee]

I love steam fairs!

Cheers

Dave

[admin]

Hi Alfanut

Hehe yeah storing memorabilia is often easier than the real cars, less maintenance too! although if you collect too much, you end up needing a garage just for the stuff, let alone full-size cars

As a daily runaround I often wondered if the Alfa 75 V6 was much good? are they rwd?

Rick

[alfanut]

Hi Rick

Yes storing automobilia can be a problem, why do you think the sportwagon lives on the drive
I think a 75 would make a great everyday car. A real Alfa, with rwd and also the gearbox in unit with the back axle for perfect weight distribution. I've no direct experience of them, but you can get all the parts to keep them on the road from specialists andI would think that the now survivors have had 15-20 years to fix all the bugs, they should be fairly reliable now. Is that the same with other cars that started off with a poor reputation, Triumph Stags, etc?

[admin]

yeah I think if they've made it to their 20th birthday, their bugs should have been ironed out by now. Although with the Stag, many survivors only made it thanks to engine substitutes in mid life - eg Triumph straight 6 or Rover V8s - many of which have now been re-converted back to the original 3.0 lump

Are Dolomite Sprints now sorted re reliability and so on? flick through some of the mid 70s magazines (Motor Sport springs to mind) and they were full of letters from narked owners. Admittedly some of the gripes were about dismal after sales service, but many were bemoaning terrible reliability with their 16v hotshot Triumphs.

Rick

[Uncle Joe]

I know a guy here with a Stag, and he is still having the same problems now that were around when they were new. The only difference is that they dont happen as often, due to the fact that its not an everyday car!