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The Classic Marque

He did, eventually, Jeremy...well his insurers did. The Bristol is still extant last time l checked, albeit a different colour.
Turns out he owned two of the six such cars built.
Dave

Don't know if it's an urban myth but Honda's VTech engines supposedly haven't had a single failure caused by a manufacturing defect? They are remarkably reliable machines despite their complexity.
8 valves Grey? They did it because they could maybe? Presumably with 8 valves they produced considerably more power than 'standard' 4 valve heads?
Take it LJKS stumped up for your wing David?

I agree, and was tempted to make the same point. General discussions, nmc or not, help keep the bbs alive. We aren't single trick ponies. Even when I was younger, and spent FAR more time on cars (esp' my Sprite) than others considered sane, I still had other interests and knew/discussed what was happening in the news.

Now, I/we spend FAR less time working on/driving/talking about cars. So...

"I note there has been criticism that post have not been related to Midgets/Sprites but if they were restricted to these there would only be one post per week. I think the popularity of this site shows thaqt Midget and Sprite owners still have a keen interest in current affairs, albeit with differing view points, and this is a healthy situation."

Very true, and if you look at all of the B...

I see Rachael has now confirmed she is not going to increase income tax but has she ever hinted she was? I think it was just media speculation and it is dangerous. The media constantly speculated that the lump sum that could be taken tax free out of a pension would be abolished or reduced, Many people approaching pension age have taken a knee jerk reaction and withdrawn their allowamce. If there i...

My Honda is shaft drive. I've never noticed torque reaction with it, although it is a transverse engine (V-twin).

It's done over 100,000 miles, although not with me.

"Honda fan here too but for their cars as no experience of their bikes. Did they make an oval piston for one of the bike engines and did their engines rotate anti clockwise?"
They did build oval piston engines, starting with the NR500 racer which wasn't successful.
All sorts of problems with it, but a lot of the tech they developed to solve them were applied to later machines. Slipper clu...

Thanks Willy. Fella doing it used new bolts so I guess he knew what he was doing.

I recall meeting LJK Setright...January 1976...when he drove his Zagato bodied Bristol into my Midget. Cost me £30 for a wing and parts from Richardsons in Staines. No doubt HIS repair bill wad somewhat heftier😖
All part of my car's back- story...

I've only ever had one Honda bike. An FT500. Very reliable and very comfortable. I used it to hack through London traffic every day from Streatham to the City for a few years. Never caused a single problem. Sold it for what I paid for it, circa 400 quid I think.

Like this. Not mine, pic' from google search. But exactly the same.

Quite a nice bike, wouldn't mind one again, if I had a ...