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(Msg. 16) Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:55 am
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In article <Xns989A67CEEBE4Aadrianachapmanfreeis.RemoveThis@204.153.244.170>,
Adrian <toomany2cvs.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It's very similar in layout to the Rover V-8. I wouldn't be surprised
> > if the same engineers were involved with both units at one time.
> Unlikely - IIRC the Royce v8 was British designed and loosely based on a
> Chrysler lump,
Ah - I thought it was based on a GM design. Rolls had tie ups with them
through their auto boxes.
> whilst the Rover unit was of course bought in from GM.
It was based on the Buick design but not identical and certainly not
bought in from them - it was made in the UK using different casting
processes.
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(Msg. 17) Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:09 pm
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RichardK wrote:
> if you gave me a Shadow/Spirit free, I'd rapidly
> find someone to trade it with for something less obnoxious, like a
> gold-plated Hummer or something.
I wouldn't. The plasma cutter and I have a hankering to make a
pickup... 
> offer it as a swap for the best Citroen CX or even XM I could find).
I've already had an XM. Wouldn't mind a CX (or an SM!) though. At least
their hydraulics are more reliable than my limited exposure to Shadows! |
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(Msg. 18) Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:17 pm
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(Msg. 19) Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:23 am
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(Msg. 20) Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:33 pm
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(Msg. 21) Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:51 pm
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(Msg. 22) Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:20 am
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(Msg. 23) Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:46 am
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> Or any other comparable car of that era? And especially the Jag you
> recommended. They rusted for England. We're talking near 40 years old.
> But with the electrics they can be fixed. No surface mount throw it away
> stuff.
I don't recommend a Jaguar of the same era, though - I recommended a
much newer Jaguar. It is as much about image, though - I like Bentley,
not Rolls Royce.
Richard
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(Msg. 24) Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:24 pm
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(Msg. 25) Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:49 pm
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On 19 Dec 2006 11:20:11 -0800, unit244.TakeThisOut@defencecontracts.org.uk wrote:
> >Doing that to a Rolls Royce should be a criminal offence.
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>> Why? It's only a car. Get a life.
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>Peasant
No, he's right.
If I had the money, and just for the halibut, I'd buy a 250GTO, redo
the inside in neon and crushed pink velvet, put a Chevy small block in
it, jack up the rear end and drive it up and down the street in front
of your house every day.
Why? two reasons. 1. Because I can. 2. Evidently, it will piss
you off. >> Stay informed about: Rolls Royce Silver Shadow/Spur/Sprit advice |
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(Msg. 26) Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:11 pm
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unit244.TakeThisOut@defencecontracts.org.uk wrote:
> >Doing that to a Rolls Royce should be a criminal offence.
>> Why? It's only a car. Get a life.
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> Peasant
Hahahahahahaha 
You can call people Peasant when you're not looking at rusty old Rollers 
Richard
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(Msg. 27) Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:19 am
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> the inside in neon and crushed pink velvet, put a Chevy small block in
> it, jack up the rear end and drive it up and down the street in front
> of your house every day.
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> Why? two reasons. 1. Because I can. 2. Evidently, it will piss
> you off.
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3. Because you have no class. >> Stay informed about: Rolls Royce Silver Shadow/Spur/Sprit advice |
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(Msg. 28) Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:55 pm
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(unit244@defencecontracts.org.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :
>> If I had the money, and just for the halibut, I'd buy a 250GTO, redo
>> the inside in neon and crushed pink velvet, put a Chevy small block in
>> it, jack up the rear end and drive it up and down the street in front
>> of your house every day.
>>
>> Why? two reasons. 1. Because I can. 2. Evidently, it will piss
>> you off.
> 3. Because you have no class.
Be fair - he's talking about a 250GTO. Not exactly the best looking 250.
Now, if it'd been a Lusso, TdeF, SWB - or, to be frank, almost any other
250 - I'd be with you.
As it is, it'd just be revenge for all the 250GTEs that have been chopped
up to make wannabe-GTOs. >> Stay informed about: Rolls Royce Silver Shadow/Spur/Sprit advice |
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(Msg. 29) Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:55 pm
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Dean Dark
<ddrake.RemoveThis@comcast.notthis.net> saying something like:
>If I had the money, and just for the halibut, I'd buy a 250GTO, redo
>the inside in neon and crushed pink velvet, put a Chevy small block in
>it, jack up the rear end and drive it up and down the street in front
>of your house every day.
Second that. One doesn't get the chance to see a real pimpmobile very
often.
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(Msg. 30) Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:55 pm
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember unit244 DeleteThis @defencecontracts.org.uk
saying something like:
> >Doing that to a Rolls Royce should be a criminal offence.
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>> Why? It's only a car. Get a life.
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>Peasant
No; you've heard of Flucker, the peasant?
I'm the Peasant Flucker's Mate.
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