Pics from The Hull Motor Show

[Chris Green90]

Just a few pics of the Hull 4x4 club stand at The Hull Motor Show. We are trying to got involve in a lot more things to clear a bad name some ex-members gave us a few years back.

Excellent day at The Hull Motor Show. Still think we were robbed for best club stand.
Here's some piccies

 

[Shayne]

Cool that Patrol looks mental i always liked the old Patrol but my mate had one and said he would use a full tank of fuel just getting to the shop and back . Did you get to drive that ... erm buggy ? bet that would be a scream shame its not road legal .

 

[silvercruiser]

looks a good club stand. What size tyres are on the Patrol?

 

[PETE BELL]

WOW yep just wow

 

[clivehorridge]

Cool that Patrol looks mental i always liked the old Patrol but my mate had one and said he would use a full tank of fuel just getting to the shop and back . Did you get to drive that ... erm buggy ? bet that would be a scream shame its not road legal .

If I'm not mistaken, the Patrol has portal axles on, that's why it looks so high. It is!

They're great, and I'd love portals on mine, but they're bloody expensive. Can be 5 or 6 grand an axle, I think.

Love that V8, what car was that in?

The buggy looked fun, but it takes a lot of setting up a car like that to perform well.

What a good show, liked the pics of Dirty Gal, she just looked a bit too clean for my liking!

 

[Chris Green90]

A little more information then

The Green Rock Crawler started life as this



It is an Axial AX10 and has been copies to quite exact detail 10 times the size. Its still a bit of a work in progress but the basic spec thus far is a 1.8TD Escort engine and gearbox mounted transversly so that the axle that did drive the front passanger wheel now drives the front prop and drivers does the rear. Make gear changes interesting as now 1st is back and to the left, 2nd is back and to the right and so on with neutral being front to back as opposed to side to side. The axles come from the Patrol and the new tyres he has to go on are 25" wide by 52" tall (exactly 10 times the size of the model ones.

I have had a play in it and frankly hate it. the guy who built it is a bit of a short arse and put the pedals in accordingly which made it very difficult for me to drive

The Patrol now has Portal axles and 42"tyres.

As for the cleanliness of Dirty Gal that is thanks in no small part to my little brother (some of you have met him). He used to be very much into the modified street car scene and has had several cars at this type of show before. He turned up at my house on saturday morning with shampoo, polish and wax in hand, left him to it, he was in his element. Don't know if you can tell in the pics but I have now painted the roof matt black, plastics and bumpers are to follow before the new green goes on. with a little luck and fair weather it may be getting done next weekend so I could be upsetting people at Lincomb.

The "V8" is actually the 1.6 DOHC engine in an import MX5 and won the cleanest engine bay award

 

[Shayne]

I was gonna suggest the whole truck be matte black when i mentioned painting the rear window/metal sheet . But decided against saying it as matte never wears well and there's always a danger of the vehicle being taken for one of them uncared for rats as they call em .............. However satin black , now that can be hard wearing and leave a tidy finish

 

[clivehorridge]

A little more information then

The Green Rock Crawler started life as this



It is an Axial AX10 and has been copies to quite exact detail 10 times the size. Its still a bit of a work in progress but the basic spec thus far is a 1.8TD Escort engine and gearbox mounted transversly so that the axle that did drive the front passanger wheel now drives the front prop and drivers does the rear. Make gear changes interesting as now 1st is back and to the left, 2nd is back and to the right and so on with neutral being front to back as opposed to side to side. The axles come from the Patrol and the new tyres he has to go on are 25" wide by 52" tall (exactly 10 times the size of the model ones.

I have had a play in it and frankly hate it. the guy who built it is a bit of a short arse and put the pedals in accordingly which made it very difficult for me to drive

The Patrol now has Portal axles and 42"tyres.

As for the cleanliness of Dirty Gal that is thanks in no small part to my little brother (some of you have met him). He used to be very much into the modified street car scene and has had several cars at this type of show before. He turned up at my house on saturday morning with shampoo, polish and wax in hand, left him to it, he was in his element. Don't know if you can tell in the pics but I have now painted the roof matt black, plastics and bumpers are to follow before the new green goes on. with a little luck and fair weather it may be getting done next weekend so I could be upsetting people at Lincomb.

The "V8" is actually the 1.6 DOHC engine in an import MX5 and won the cleanest engine bay award

Interesting story about the crawler, I'd like to see that engine & box set-up in the flesh!

Sorry for my FOPAR on the V8, don't know what possessed me, a senior moment maybe! I've lost touch with engines over the years, I remember the beautiful twin OH cam engine in the early Lotus Mk 1 Cortina, that was 1.6 and wasn't it called the BDA or was that something else? Belt Driven Accessories or something similar. It really was something special in the 60's I remember, what a fantastic car that Lotus was in its day! "A" frame at the rear, when everything else was still on leaf springs.

It's all beyond me now with computers and chips. That engine in your photo is one that you can see how it works! The owner must be very proud of that, whether he wins prizes or not!

Great thread, like it! Thanks!

 

[AndycruiserguyLomas]

BDA in relation to Ford engines is "Belt Driven A type" only in Ford Escorts Clive. The older "Twin Cam" engine in the Cortina/Escort Twin Cam was Duplex chain driven 2V/cyl sweet engine. These things were from "my era" too.

Andy