Oh my God, I'm in love....!

[swright]

It was indeed Fen. And a stunning one at that[8D]

 

[morris944s2john]

The test would to see how far you could get from home before it broke down. Remember that Top Gear couldn't get 3 £10K Italian supercars from Bristol to Slough, one of which was suposed to have had a rebuilt engine. Mind you they did try and deliberatly break them by changing the oil, incompetantly, half way.

This one is for looking at, not for driving.

Those top gear cars were knackered. A healthy Italian supercar should be reliable as long as it is maintained. yes, that Miura is absolutely lovely, a dream car- the first ever true supercar. But from the way I've heard they drive it 's maybe best to keep it as a dream car and drive something else in the real world.

 

[zcacogp]

Yup.

Nicely restored example, burnt orange, £350,000. (Yes, that was typed correctly.)

With a lovely shot of the front upper wishbone and kingpin, shoing rebuilt brakes, shiny new nuts on everything, fresh satin black paint, brand new braided brake hoses and pidgeon-5h1t welding on the chassis to embarass even me.

Reminded me of the TVR which was up in the air at the Siverstone RR day about 18 months ago.


Oli.

 

[944s2]

Still in pistonheads classifieds under Lamborghini & other

 

[morris944s2john]

ORIGINAL: zcacogp

-snip-With a lovely shot of the front upper wishbone and kingpin, shoing rebuilt brakes, shiny new nuts on everything, fresh satin black paint, brand new braided brake hoses and pidgeon-5h1t welding on the chassis to embarass even me.
-snip-Oli.

Are you sure the front suspension has a kingpin? Thats more Morris Minor than Lambo. While a kingpin and top and bottom trunnion arrangement for the steering swivel action works perfectly well- from that pic the bottom steering swivel looks more like a balljoint than a lower trunnion.

(though both cars have something in common- they both have a bull on the badge- lambo is a raging bull, the Morris bull is calmly grazing[]).

 

[Fen]

Thanks chaps - finally the link works for me. If my numbers were to come up tomorrow (that's numbers, not number!) I'd be making arrangements to have it shipped to me on Monday. Who cares how it drives? It's worth £350k just to look at - that would only by a lower order piece of conventional art after all and I know I'd rather have a Miura than a painting.

 

[appletonn]

ORIGINAL: Fen

Thanks chaps - finally the link works for me. If my numbers were to come up tomorrow (that's numbers, not number!) I'd be making arrangements to have it shipped to me on Monday. Who cares how it drives? It's worth £350k just to look at - that would only by a lower order piece of conventional art after all and I know I'd rather have a Miura than a painting.

Couldn't agree more - automotive art that also plays muisc from its pipes....[]

 

[zcacogp]

John,

My terminology was quite possibly a bit wide of the mark ... I was searching for words and not really getting them.

Thanks for picking me up tho'!


Oli.

 

[morris944s2john]

ORIGINAL: zcacogp

John,

My terminology was quite possibly a bit wide of the mark ... I was searching for words and not really getting them.

Thanks for picking me up tho'!


Oli.

Oli, apologies- I wasn't meaning to be critical or pedantic. I'm curious as to how the Miura's suspension is configured- and why. It says upper and lower wishbones and anti roll bars on Wikkipedia but no other details.
"



Front suspension:
Upper and lower wishbones, coil springs, stabilizing bar

Rear suspension::
Upper and lower wishbones, coil springs, stabilizing bar"

I'm guessing the hub pictured has upper and lower balljoints allowing each end of the hub to swivel in the upper and lower wishbones, which is different to a 944 which has a lower balljoint in the wishbone and the upper swivel is in the top of the strut.

 

[zcacogp]

John,

I can't find the ad now, so the piccie is gone, but I recall there being an arragement as you said - upper and lower wishbones, with balljoints on the end of each. I guess it should (in theory) allow better wheel control under suspension compression than the 944 arrangement, as the angle of camber will change less as it moves up and down.

I was referring to the 'hub' as a kingpin. I suspect you are correct with the terminology tho'!


Oli.

 

[ubertub]

I thought I'd put that craving to bed... thanks for re-awakening it... I've got that sinking 'that'll never be me' feeling now.
Better get some overtime in then.
what a beautiful bus! why do Ferrari even bother picking up a pencil/mouse?