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Richard
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Just seen in the paper on Top Gear tonight Richard Hammond has a piece about
the Rover V8.
Richard
the Rover V8.
Richard
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Jon
Guest
"Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just seen in the paper on Top Gear tonight Richard Hammond has a piece
about
> the Rover V8.
> Richard
>
>
Top Gear
Motoring magazine. Jeremy Clarkson tests the new Ford GT, Richard Hammond
says goodbye to a motoring icon - the Rover V8, and James May reviews the
Maserati Quattroporte. This week's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is Martin
Clunes.
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[email protected]
Guest
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 17:30:13 GMT, "Richard"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Just seen in the paper on Top Gear tonight Richard Hammond has a piece about
>the Rover V8.
>Richard
There's supposed to be a piece on a Rover V8 on discovery channel 20th
July, if anyone tapes it I'd like a copy as it was once mine, one day
I'll get paid for it :-(.
AJH
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Just seen in the paper on Top Gear tonight Richard Hammond has a piece about
>the Rover V8.
>Richard
There's supposed to be a piece on a Rover V8 on discovery channel 20th
July, if anyone tapes it I'd like a copy as it was once mine, one day
I'll get paid for it :-(.
AJH
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David G. Bell
Guest
On Sunday, in article <[email protected]>
[email protected] "Jon" wrote:
> "Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Just seen in the paper on Top Gear tonight Richard Hammond has a piece
> about
> > the Rover V8.
> > Richard
> >
> >
> Top Gear
>
> Motoring magazine. Jeremy Clarkson tests the new Ford GT, Richard Hammond
> says goodbye to a motoring icon - the Rover V8, and James May reviews the
> Maserati Quattroporte. This week's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is Martin
> Clunes.
I'm watching Fred Dibnah...
Anyone ever fitted a steam engine to a Land Rover.
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[email protected] "Jon" wrote:
> "Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Just seen in the paper on Top Gear tonight Richard Hammond has a piece
> about
> > the Rover V8.
> > Richard
> >
> >
> Top Gear
>
> Motoring magazine. Jeremy Clarkson tests the new Ford GT, Richard Hammond
> says goodbye to a motoring icon - the Rover V8, and James May reviews the
> Maserati Quattroporte. This week's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is Martin
> Clunes.
I'm watching Fred Dibnah...
Anyone ever fitted a steam engine to a Land Rover.
--
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Tim Guy
Guest
Bu@@er, It was pants! I hope the Discovery channel one is better!
Tim
"Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just seen in the paper on Top Gear tonight Richard Hammond has a piece
about
> the Rover V8.
> Richard
>
>
Tim
"Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just seen in the paper on Top Gear tonight Richard Hammond has a piece
about
> the Rover V8.
> Richard
>
>
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John Moppett
Guest
David G. Bell wrote:
> On Sunday, in article <[email protected]>
> [email protected] "Jon" wrote:
>
>
>>"Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>Just seen in the paper on Top Gear tonight Richard Hammond has a piece
>>
>>about
>>
>>>the Rover V8.
>>>Richard
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Top Gear
>>
>>Motoring magazine. Jeremy Clarkson tests the new Ford GT, Richard Hammond
>>says goodbye to a motoring icon - the Rover V8, and James May reviews the
>>Maserati Quattroporte. This week's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is Martin
>>Clunes.
>
>
> I'm watching Fred Dibnah...
>
> Anyone ever fitted a steam engine to a Land Rover.
>
>
I worked for Henlys in the 70's - Series lla time - and the diesels
would have benefited from a half decent stesm emgine.
John
> On Sunday, in article <[email protected]>
> [email protected] "Jon" wrote:
>
>
>>"Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>Just seen in the paper on Top Gear tonight Richard Hammond has a piece
>>
>>about
>>
>>>the Rover V8.
>>>Richard
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Top Gear
>>
>>Motoring magazine. Jeremy Clarkson tests the new Ford GT, Richard Hammond
>>says goodbye to a motoring icon - the Rover V8, and James May reviews the
>>Maserati Quattroporte. This week's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is Martin
>>Clunes.
>
>
> I'm watching Fred Dibnah...
>
> Anyone ever fitted a steam engine to a Land Rover.
>
>
I worked for Henlys in the 70's - Series lla time - and the diesels
would have benefited from a half decent stesm emgine.
John
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Alex
Guest
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:56:50 +0100 (BST), [email protected]
("David G. Bell") wrote:
>On Sunday, in article <[email protected]>
> [email protected] "Jon" wrote:
>
>> "Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > Just seen in the paper on Top Gear tonight Richard Hammond has a piece
>> about
>> > the Rover V8.
>> > Richard
>> >
>> >
>> Top Gear
>>
>> Motoring magazine. Jeremy Clarkson tests the new Ford GT, Richard Hammond
>> says goodbye to a motoring icon - the Rover V8, and James May reviews the
>> Maserati Quattroporte. This week's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is Martin
>> Clunes.
>
>I'm watching Fred Dibnah...
>
>Anyone ever fitted a steam engine to a Land Rover.
I've seen a sort of heathrobinson steam affair, mostly constructed out
of bits left over from other steam engines, which definitly used
series axles. About the only landrover bit in it though, and the front
one had no diff.
Alex
("David G. Bell") wrote:
>On Sunday, in article <[email protected]>
> [email protected] "Jon" wrote:
>
>> "Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > Just seen in the paper on Top Gear tonight Richard Hammond has a piece
>> about
>> > the Rover V8.
>> > Richard
>> >
>> >
>> Top Gear
>>
>> Motoring magazine. Jeremy Clarkson tests the new Ford GT, Richard Hammond
>> says goodbye to a motoring icon - the Rover V8, and James May reviews the
>> Maserati Quattroporte. This week's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is Martin
>> Clunes.
>
>I'm watching Fred Dibnah...
>
>Anyone ever fitted a steam engine to a Land Rover.
I've seen a sort of heathrobinson steam affair, mostly constructed out
of bits left over from other steam engines, which definitly used
series axles. About the only landrover bit in it though, and the front
one had no diff.
Alex
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Colonel Tupperware
Guest
On 19 Jul 2004 05:34:54 -0700, [email protected] (Richard
Brookman) wrote:
>"Alun P"
>> >
>> watched Top gear last night........
>>
>> RIP the Rover V8, I never knew how many guises and different vehicles it was
>> fitted into!!!!!
>>
>
>I must admit I'd never heard of it in a Sherpa van. What a thirsty
>beast that must have been.
ISTR that the SPG of the Met Police had a few of those.
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Brookman) wrote:
>"Alun P"
>> >
>> watched Top gear last night........
>>
>> RIP the Rover V8, I never knew how many guises and different vehicles it was
>> fitted into!!!!!
>>
>
>I must admit I'd never heard of it in a Sherpa van. What a thirsty
>beast that must have been.
ISTR that the SPG of the Met Police had a few of those.
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Graham Jones
Guest
In message <[email protected]>, Richard
Brookman <[email protected]> writes
>I must admit I'd never heard of it in a Sherpa van. What a thirsty
>beast that must have been.
I am a retired ambulance technician (27yrs) with Greater Manchester, we
used to have the v8 sherpa's. It did 6mpg but you knew where it was
going!! On Saturday nights you'd get the idiots out cruising and you
would leave them for 'dead' so to speak. You could out accelerate a
Golf GTi from a standing start and their faces would be a picture. I
was clocked on the M6 at 122.7mph. The only problem at speeds above
50mph was stopping the f*****g things.
--
Regards
Graham Jones
Brookman <[email protected]> writes
>I must admit I'd never heard of it in a Sherpa van. What a thirsty
>beast that must have been.
I am a retired ambulance technician (27yrs) with Greater Manchester, we
used to have the v8 sherpa's. It did 6mpg but you knew where it was
going!! On Saturday nights you'd get the idiots out cruising and you
would leave them for 'dead' so to speak. You could out accelerate a
Golf GTi from a standing start and their faces would be a picture. I
was clocked on the M6 at 122.7mph. The only problem at speeds above
50mph was stopping the f*****g things.
--
Regards
Graham Jones
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[email protected]
Guest
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:17:57 +0100, Colonel Tupperware
<[email protected]> wrote:
>ISTR that the SPG of the Met Police had a few of those.
And quite a few ambulances.
Was anything said about what V8 will be in the US market new
discovery?
AJH
<[email protected]> wrote:
>ISTR that the SPG of the Met Police had a few of those.
And quite a few ambulances.
Was anything said about what V8 will be in the US market new
discovery?
AJH
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Graham Jones
Guest
In message <[email protected]>,
[email protected] writes
>Was anything said about what V8 will be in the US market new
>discovery?
I heard a while back from a L/R roaming service engineer that they were
testing a Detroit diesel.
--
Regards
Graham Jones
[email protected] writes
>Was anything said about what V8 will be in the US market new
>discovery?
I heard a while back from a L/R roaming service engineer that they were
testing a Detroit diesel.
--
Regards
Graham Jones
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Jon
Guest
"Graham Jones" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In message <[email protected]>, Richard
> Brookman <[email protected]> writes
>
> >I must admit I'd never heard of it in a Sherpa van. What a thirsty
> >beast that must have been.
>
> I am a retired ambulance technician (27yrs) with Greater Manchester, we
> used to have the v8 sherpa's. It did 6mpg but you knew where it was
> going!! On Saturday nights you'd get the idiots out cruising and you
> would leave them for 'dead' so to speak. You could out accelerate a
> Golf GTi from a standing start and their faces would be a picture. I
> was clocked on the M6 at 122.7mph. The only problem at speeds above
> 50mph was stopping the f*****g things.
A while back I saw a twin wheel sherpa tipper pickup thing with a v8 in.
--
Jon
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Richard
Guest
On Discovery Home and Leisure tomorrow evening Mark Evans builds an off
roader out of an old Range Rover
Richard
"Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just seen in the paper on Top Gear tonight Richard Hammond has a piece
about
> the Rover V8.
> Richard
>
>
roader out of an old Range Rover
Richard
"Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just seen in the paper on Top Gear tonight Richard Hammond has a piece
about
> the Rover V8.
> Richard
>
>
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[email protected]
Guest
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 20:13:25 GMT, "Richard" <richardsemail
[email protected]> wrote:
>On Discovery Home and Leisure tomorrow evening Mark Evans builds an off
>roader out of an old Range Rover
>Richard
That's the one, now will anyone tape it for me?
AJH
[email protected]> wrote:
>On Discovery Home and Leisure tomorrow evening Mark Evans builds an off
>roader out of an old Range Rover
>Richard
That's the one, now will anyone tape it for me?
AJH
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David French
Guest
"Jon" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> > I am a retired ambulance technician (27yrs) with Greater Manchester, we
> > used to have the v8 sherpa's. It did 6mpg but you knew where it was
> > going!! On Saturday nights you'd get the idiots out cruising and you
> > would leave them for 'dead' so to speak. You could out accelerate a
> > Golf GTi from a standing start and their faces would be a picture. I
> > was clocked on the M6 at 122.7mph. The only problem at speeds above
> > 50mph was stopping the f*****g things.
>
> A while back I saw a twin wheel sherpa tipper pickup thing with a v8 in.
There's a chap I've seen at Nick Kerner Land Rover with a VW van with a
4.6V8. He claims it's good for 115mph+. It sounds quite unusual without
that good old air-cooled clatter.
David
> > I am a retired ambulance technician (27yrs) with Greater Manchester, we
> > used to have the v8 sherpa's. It did 6mpg but you knew where it was
> > going!! On Saturday nights you'd get the idiots out cruising and you
> > would leave them for 'dead' so to speak. You could out accelerate a
> > Golf GTi from a standing start and their faces would be a picture. I
> > was clocked on the M6 at 122.7mph. The only problem at speeds above
> > 50mph was stopping the f*****g things.
>
> A while back I saw a twin wheel sherpa tipper pickup thing with a v8 in.
There's a chap I've seen at Nick Kerner Land Rover with a VW van with a
4.6V8. He claims it's good for 115mph+. It sounds quite unusual without
that good old air-cooled clatter.
David
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Austin Shackles
Guest
On or around 19 Jul 2004 05:34:54 -0700, [email protected] (Richard
Brookman) enlightened us thusly:
>I must admit I'd never heard of it in a Sherpa van. What a thirsty
>beast that must have been.
dibbles and ambulances.
I liked young whassisface racing the SD1 on standard suspenion. He was
seriously pushing it...
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should drink;
Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest we should be by and by;
Or any other reason why. - Henry Aldrich (1647 - 1710)
Brookman) enlightened us thusly:
>I must admit I'd never heard of it in a Sherpa van. What a thirsty
>beast that must have been.
dibbles and ambulances.
I liked young whassisface racing the SD1 on standard suspenion. He was
seriously pushing it...
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should drink;
Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest we should be by and by;
Or any other reason why. - Henry Aldrich (1647 - 1710)
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Austin Shackles
Guest
On or around Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:36:00 GMT, Graham Jones
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>In message <[email protected]>,
>[email protected] writes
>
>>Was anything said about what V8 will be in the US market new
>>discovery?
>
>I heard a while back from a L/R roaming service engineer that they were
>testing a Detroit diesel.
I imagine that future V8s will have a blue oval badge, not green, on the
engine at least.
mind, the caddy northstar would be a handy unit for a Rangie, 'bout 300
ponies ISTR.
oooer:
"After two years of development, Cadillac is taking a twin-turbocharged
racing version of the Northstar V8 engine into international endurance and
road racing in the Cadillac LMP, which is campaigned as a "works" team by
Riley & Scott and as a factory-supported European partner by the
internationally-known DAMS team from France. In its first iteration (during
a three-year development plan), the twin-turbo LMP V8 produces in excess of
600 horsepower and revs to 7500 rpm. The ultimate goal? Victory at the 24
Hours of Le Mans, the most prestigious endurance race in the world."
600 bhp and 7500 rpm. now *that* would go nicely in a 101...
http://www.funco-motorsports.com/northstar_v8.htm
has some praise for the engine too - if I lived somewhere with dunes, could
quite fancy one of their motors, as well.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"There are three sorts of people in the world - those who can count,
and those who can't" (Anon)
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>In message <[email protected]>,
>[email protected] writes
>
>>Was anything said about what V8 will be in the US market new
>>discovery?
>
>I heard a while back from a L/R roaming service engineer that they were
>testing a Detroit diesel.
I imagine that future V8s will have a blue oval badge, not green, on the
engine at least.
mind, the caddy northstar would be a handy unit for a Rangie, 'bout 300
ponies ISTR.
oooer:
"After two years of development, Cadillac is taking a twin-turbocharged
racing version of the Northstar V8 engine into international endurance and
road racing in the Cadillac LMP, which is campaigned as a "works" team by
Riley & Scott and as a factory-supported European partner by the
internationally-known DAMS team from France. In its first iteration (during
a three-year development plan), the twin-turbo LMP V8 produces in excess of
600 horsepower and revs to 7500 rpm. The ultimate goal? Victory at the 24
Hours of Le Mans, the most prestigious endurance race in the world."
600 bhp and 7500 rpm. now *that* would go nicely in a 101...
http://www.funco-motorsports.com/northstar_v8.htm
has some praise for the engine too - if I lived somewhere with dunes, could
quite fancy one of their motors, as well.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"There are three sorts of people in the world - those who can count,
and those who can't" (Anon)
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Tim Hobbs
Guest
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:27:14 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On or around 19 Jul 2004 05:34:54 -0700, [email protected] (Richard
>Brookman) enlightened us thusly:
>
>>I must admit I'd never heard of it in a Sherpa van. What a thirsty
>>beast that must have been.
>
>dibbles and ambulances.
>
And Bomb Disposal...
--
Tim Hobbs
'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'95 Discovery V8i aka "The Disco" (FOR SALE)
'03 Volvo V70
My Landies? http://www.seriesii.co.uk
Barcoding? http://www.bartec-systems.com
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>On or around 19 Jul 2004 05:34:54 -0700, [email protected] (Richard
>Brookman) enlightened us thusly:
>
>>I must admit I'd never heard of it in a Sherpa van. What a thirsty
>>beast that must have been.
>
>dibbles and ambulances.
>
And Bomb Disposal...
--
Tim Hobbs
'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'95 Discovery V8i aka "The Disco" (FOR SALE)
'03 Volvo V70
My Landies? http://www.seriesii.co.uk
Barcoding? http://www.bartec-systems.com
Tony Luckwill web archive at http://www.luckwill.com
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murphwiz
Guest
Richard wrote:
> On Discovery Home and Leisure tomorrow evening Mark Evans builds an off
> roader out of an old Range Rover
> Richard
>
>
> "Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Just seen in the paper on Top Gear tonight Richard Hammond has a piece
>
> about
>
>>the Rover V8.
>>Richard
>>
>>
>
>
>
That'll be the 'bulldog' on the scorpion stand at Billing
> On Discovery Home and Leisure tomorrow evening Mark Evans builds an off
> roader out of an old Range Rover
> Richard
>
>
> "Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Just seen in the paper on Top Gear tonight Richard Hammond has a piece
>
> about
>
>>the Rover V8.
>>Richard
>>
>>
>
>
>
That'll be the 'bulldog' on the scorpion stand at Billing
D
David G. Bell
Guest
On Monday, in article
<[email protected]>
[email protected] "Austin Shackles" wrote:
> On or around Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:36:00 GMT, Graham Jones
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >In message <[email protected]>,
> >[email protected] writes
> >
> >>Was anything said about what V8 will be in the US market new
> >>discovery?
> >
> >I heard a while back from a L/R roaming service engineer that they were
> >testing a Detroit diesel.
>
> I imagine that future V8s will have a blue oval badge, not green, on the
> engine at least.
>
> mind, the caddy northstar would be a handy unit for a Rangie, 'bout 300
> ponies ISTR.
Well. if you want power in a 4x4, I hope you caught the piece about
Clarkson's new motor -- eats Ferraris for lunch, and the engine's also
used in a Ford 4x4 pick-up.
Wossname did offer to lend Jeremy a couple of jerrycans he had in the
back of his Land Rover.
--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.
"History shows that the Singularity started when Sir Tim Berners-Lee
was bitten by a radioactive spider."
<[email protected]>
[email protected] "Austin Shackles" wrote:
> On or around Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:36:00 GMT, Graham Jones
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >In message <[email protected]>,
> >[email protected] writes
> >
> >>Was anything said about what V8 will be in the US market new
> >>discovery?
> >
> >I heard a while back from a L/R roaming service engineer that they were
> >testing a Detroit diesel.
>
> I imagine that future V8s will have a blue oval badge, not green, on the
> engine at least.
>
> mind, the caddy northstar would be a handy unit for a Rangie, 'bout 300
> ponies ISTR.
Well. if you want power in a 4x4, I hope you caught the piece about
Clarkson's new motor -- eats Ferraris for lunch, and the engine's also
used in a Ford 4x4 pick-up.
Wossname did offer to lend Jeremy a couple of jerrycans he had in the
back of his Land Rover.
--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.
"History shows that the Singularity started when Sir Tim Berners-Lee
was bitten by a radioactive spider."
