Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 20:20:56 +1200
Reply-To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: NVC: What Motorcycles/Cars Do Vanagon Owners Have?
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Bikes (in chronological order):
1970 Honda SL100 (later bored to 145 & then 160)
1974 Honda XL175 K1
1974 Yamaha RD350
197x Honda CR125M3 fitted with XL250 K1 engine & lights (road-legal)
197x Honda CB450 K4 Twin (disc-brake)
1974 Honda CB750 K2 (900 kit, twin drilled front discs, faster than CBX-Z)
1978 Honda CBX Z (aircooled six)
1974 Honda CB100
197x Honda CB400T
1974 Honda CB750 K2 (900 kit, faster then 750 but not by a huge margin)
1982 Honda CB250RS (later fitted with XR500 engine )
1984 Honda VT250 (4-stroke DOHC V-twin sporty RD/RZ competitor) (not going)
1986 Honda VT250 (totally different frame to earlier VT; fitted with
same XR500 engine)
Currently: none
Cars:
1957 VW Type 2 (Transporter) Panelvan 1.2 (later fitted with
single-port 1.6 & later still 12Volted)
(should never have sold it)
1956 VW Type 2 (Transporter) Kombi (no engine or trans)
1969 Hino Contessa 1.3 4-speed
1957 VW Beetle 1.2 (36hp)
1964 VW Beetle (fitted with single-port 1.6; 12Volted; no brakes
whatsoever... lines not even connected)
1956 VW Type 2 (Transporter) Kombi (no engine)
1966 1966 VW Type 2 (Transporter) Kombi (rustbucket fitted with
single-port 1.6, 12Volted)
1969 Fiat 850 Sport
1971 Fiat 850 Sport (parts car)
1974 VW Golf 1.2 4-speed rustbucket
1969-70 Fiat 125 (none of the 3 going)
1976 Fiat 128 4-speed
1977 Toyota RT104 Corona (fiied with 18R-G & 5-speed)
1970 Toyota MS51 Crown coupe 4-speed fitted with Holden 3.0 six (&
later Chev 5.4 V8 & 5-speed)
(wish I'd fitted a Toyota V8 & that I still had it)
1975 VW Type 2 (Transporter) Kombi 1.8 (with slip-in 1916 kit, later
fitted with 3.6 Toyota V8) man
1974 VW Passat S (Audi 80 coupe) 1.3 fitted with injected Audi 80 1.6
4-speed
1975 VW Passat TS 1.5 4-speed (not going)
1988 Nissan SR31 Skyline Passage GT-D 4-door hardtop 2.8 diesel six
SOOOOOO unreliable!! all electrics
1984 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma SuperSaloon 2.0 5-speed
1984 VW Type 2 (Transporter) Caravelle GL 5-speed with Holden 3.8 V6,
due for SVX transplant
1979 Toyota CE90 Corolla van/wagon commercial 1.8 diesel 5-speed (current)
1986 Toyota LH66 Hiace 2.4 diesel 5-door LWB 4WD 5-speed (current)
1986 Toyota LH6x Hiace 2.4 diesel 5-door LWB auto (no engine or
trans) (current)
Probably forgotten some...
= I LIKE
Wife's:
1986 Toyota CE80 Corolla DX 1.8 diesel 5-speed so basic
1989 Toyota CT170 Corona Select 2.0 diesel 5-speed all electrics (current)
1989 Toyota CT176 Corona (wagon) 2.0 diesel 5-speed
1993 Toyota Estima Lucida (narrow-bodied) 2.2 "TDi" floorshift
5-speed ("Previa") all electrics
(current)
1993 Toyota CT190 Corona 2.0 diesel 5-speed 4WD all electrics (current)
1989 Toyota ST170 Corona 2.0 (for parts)
You can see that I'm a Honda, VW & Toyota nut. two-thirds of the
forays into other makes were total disasters...
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