Surprisingly not shitty Commie car Tuesday

"BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228) 11/19/2013 at 12:14 • Filed to: None

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Considering we bought it for under £1000, it's been surprisingly good. The broken diff it was advertised with turned out to be nothing. The steering had 90 degrees of play in it from 50,000 offroad miles on jacked up suspension. We adjusted it and subsequently broke it. We finally managed to find a replacement steering box for it (they're like hen's teeth and the old one just wouldn't come apart). It's so damn close to being back on the road. It's just an exhaust gasket away (at the moment, it sort of gasses you as you drive along). Then I can get an oppo review up :)

Milky > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 11/19/2013 at 12:17

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so is it a 2010 or 1970 model year? I always get those mixed up.

Takuro Spirit > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 11/19/2013 at 12:18

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Gaskets, pfft.

Get that thing on the road TODAY!

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Takuro Spirit 11/19/2013 at 12:30

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Tried that. Still gasses me :(

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 11/19/2013 at 12:31

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I need to import one and go around trolling the everloving hell out of 4wd meets.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Milky 11/19/2013 at 12:32

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It's a '96, but you couldn't tell the difference if you tried :)

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/19/2013 at 12:34

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As soon as it's on the road I'm going to go out mudding with my mate's Defender.

I'll get a winch too so I can winch out his decadent capitalist Land Rover with my stalwart communist Lada :)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 11/19/2013 at 12:42

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Watch the winch armature fail because the wiring was supplied by alleged wreckers and Kulaks.

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 11/19/2013 at 12:50

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I'm Jelly.......

505Turbeaux > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 11/19/2013 at 13:38

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Gaskets, pfft - version 2

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > 505Turbeaux 11/19/2013 at 14:04

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'Lightweight welding jacket', 'welding gloves', 'leather apron'. What is this, cookery class?

Try short sleeve shirt (in the summer), jeans full of holes* and fingerless gloves.

That's more like it :)

*like these, but with naturally formed holes and less structural integrity

Milky > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 11/19/2013 at 14:10

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Haha, nice purchase though, esp. for 1k.