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clan chieftain
Joined: 05 Apr 2008
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Location: Motherwell
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 Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 7:02 pm Post subject: Classic Diesel Cars. |
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How many I wonder on the forum have a classic diesel. There cant be that many. Standard Vanguard or BMC. There cant be that many pre1960 diesel cars. 
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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: South Cheshire
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| Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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Naturally aspirated diesel cars (which classics generally are) were so sluggish I'd imagine they would have been the first to have been scrapped, so a rarity these days.
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
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Location: Edinburgh
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| Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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Nothing like my current diesel with its 245 lbs-ft of torque but my first diesel was a Citroen BX with the 1.9litre. It was sans turbo but had a very light body (by modern standards. 900kg) and was very quick of the mark. It was great fun racing the Escort GTI boy racers. You changed up quickly from first to second and the torque took you up 50 mph and won the day.
Peter
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Churchill Johnson
Joined: 11 Jan 2011
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Location: Rayleigh Essex
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| The Hillman Minx was offered with a Perkin's 4-99 diesel at one time i think it may have been about the time the 1390cc ohv eng model was released |
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