My Uncle had a few Hillman Hunters and it had a steering lock like a London taxi.
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My Uncle had a few Hillman Hunters and it had a steering lock like a London taxi.
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Ah yes, the Hunter GLS. Quite a rare beast now.
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I suppose they were really, never thought of them like that. Or as a rival to the Capri, which again I suppose they were. I do like them though and have often looked for one, it would have to be an H120 mindWell, we always called them a Hunter fastbackI also had two of the previous Audax Rapiers, a S4 and S5. I remember my step bros friend had an arrow series Alpine in a metallic limey yellow. Looked faster than it actually was, and the upholstery fell to bits. I guess it was supposed to be a Capri rival, and although I have never been a Ford fan, it didn't seem to compare really IMO
Probably nipped out via a short cut through the fence wire
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Bought a new bandsaw blade, think it was £18.95, didn't need one at the time but it's an odd size and I thought it would be sensible to have a spare.
A couple of months pass and a tyre disintegrates on the bandsaw driven wheel, takes a couple of weeks to source a new pair and for them to be imported from the US. In the meantime the bandsaw stands unused and partially disassembled.
I fit the two new tyres but have now lost the old blade and the new spare.
I need to use the bandsaw and am forced to purchase another new blade and within a week, the old blade and its newer partner turn up, packed together in the same box the spare came in. Stored on the same shelf as my circular saw blades, yet when I looked there, the box couldn't be found.
I live alone, so there's no one else to blame but me.
Total cost of exercise:-
2 x blades at £18.95 each
2 x tyres at £42.
Total: £ 79.90
With the use my bandsaw gets, it's likely I'll be dead before I use up all three blades.
A couple of months pass and a tyre disintegrates on the bandsaw driven wheel, takes a couple of weeks to source a new pair and for them to be imported from the US. In the meantime the bandsaw stands unused and partially disassembled.
I fit the two new tyres but have now lost the old blade and the new spare.
I need to use the bandsaw and am forced to purchase another new blade and within a week, the old blade and its newer partner turn up, packed together in the same box the spare came in. Stored on the same shelf as my circular saw blades, yet when I looked there, the box couldn't be found.
I live alone, so there's no one else to blame but me.
Total cost of exercise:-
2 x blades at £18.95 each
2 x tyres at £42.
Total: £ 79.90
With the use my bandsaw gets, it's likely I'll be dead before I use up all three blades.
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Ages ago, mid 80's before online purchasing, I had a front end smack on my XS250, stripped the front end, forks needed straightening which I got done and then laid all the parts out ready for assembly. For the life of me I could not find the fork tube oil end bolts.
Having looked everywhere I could think of for weeks, I bit the bullet and ordered the bolts from a seller advertising Yam parts in MCN, cash on delivery! They arrived 3/4 weeks later as they were special order coming from Japan!
Asked a mate to give me a hand who knew the missing bolts saga (Mark)
On reassembly he was the one that spotted I had put the original bolts back in the forks for safekeeping
he nearly wet himself.
Having looked everywhere I could think of for weeks, I bit the bullet and ordered the bolts from a seller advertising Yam parts in MCN, cash on delivery! They arrived 3/4 weeks later as they were special order coming from Japan!
Asked a mate to give me a hand who knew the missing bolts saga (Mark)
On reassembly he was the one that spotted I had put the original bolts back in the forks for safekeeping
he nearly wet himself.
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Pub quiz trivia: The Rapier shared the same floorpan as the Hunter Estate.No mate, The Hunter was only ever a saloon (had one of them too!
The saloon floorpan was a different animal.
Overseas markets got some strange models: pickup / Ute in Australia, also some with what looked like the back end from a Renault 4CV panel van grafted on
I ran a Hunter estate for 10 years until it got written off less than 10 years ago, lovely to drive with 1725 + overdrive gearbox. Many parts including wheels, brakes & suspension are Ford-compatible so the world is your oyster for maintenance and upgrades
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Well I didn't know that! Every day eh?
Could have taken your rusty/damaged Hillman Hunter and built a Ginetta GRS.
Which looked like someone had taken a Dutton Sierra and improved the styling in the dark, with their eyes shut, using. 2" paint brush as a pencil.
Even more fun fact - I believe Ford Mo Co had to pay Mr. Dutton a decent wodge of notes after he took them to court when they launched their Sierra . .
Which looked like someone had taken a Dutton Sierra and improved the styling in the dark, with their eyes shut, using. 2" paint brush as a pencil.
Even more fun fact - I believe Ford Mo Co had to pay Mr. Dutton a decent wodge of notes after he took them to court when they launched their Sierra . .
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do a bit of clay shooting , none of us ever seem to have a pen to mark cards ..untill some one asks my brother, he hauls out 6 or 7 ..it was then we all realised where our pens were going
Pub quiz trivia: The Rapier shared the same floorpan as the Hunter Estate.
The saloon floorpan was a different animal.
Overseas markets got some strange models: pickup / Ute in Australia, also some with what looked like the back end from a Renault 4CV panel van grafted on
I ran a Hunter estate for 10 years until it got written off less than 10 years ago, lovely to drive with 1725 + overdrive gearbox. Many parts including wheels, brakes & suspension are Ford-compatible so the world is your oyster for maintenance and upgrades
They were manufactured and sold in Iran up until 2015.
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But hopefully your Guide Dog would have talked you out of it.
(former Ginetta owner and racer.)
I’m a fan of BAHCO tools.
I worked for a Swedish company over 40 years ago and their tools have stood up to time exceptionally well.
Go on, buy yourself a new one...
It’s probably with your keys.
If you’re anything like me I can never find them either.
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The perfect size for fitting in that little coin pocket in your jeans, it goes through the washing machine and is still there next time you need it
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I rate Bacho.
I got a multi-purpose adjustable / croc-jaw spanner many years ago that was originally supplied as part of a Volvo toolkit.
It's so handy I bought another when I saw one several years later and that's now in the toolkit in my car.
