The"Pics of my Amazon on the road"thread...

[bened]

Originally Posted by peter740

Nice one. Any pictures of the Morgan. A 4/4 Morgan has always been one of my dream cars.

There you are Pete. We came across it by chance at the Morgan dealership (Life's at Stockport??) in the late 90's a few years after Dad sold it and it had been painted green. This was a 4/4 4 seater (pretty sure they're a 1600cc) and he had a +4 2.0l until not so long ago, lovely cars and I recommend you take one for a spin if you ever get the chance.

[peter740]

Woah absolutely fantastic. I must try hiring one at some stage. I think most of the 70s and 80s 4/4s had either a Ford crossflow or CVH engines. About six years ago I had a poor mans Morgan in the Marlin Roadster. It was a great machine.

[Amma122s]

Nice motors ..but if I had one as a present I'd have a Healey 3000

Off to the testing station again for the second time,...and guess what ?


It passed

[Faust]

In the sun at work today...

[peter740]

Originally Posted by Amma122s

Nice motors ..but if I had one as a present I'd have a Healey 3000

Off to the testing station again for the second time,...and guess what ?


It passed

Well done on passing the MOT. I take it Sweden has government run testing centres like here in Northern Ireland. The guy who owns my local car parts shop has a big Healey. It's a cracking machine. It was modified in the 70s so has flared arches and fat alloys. Looks a bit like a road going 70s Modsports racer. I'd love a spin in it. He has a thing for old Volvos as well and keeps promising himself an Amazon.

[Alf ista]

Originally Posted by Amma122s

Its a great car, but the roof just wont hold that flag.....way too big...lol

[jamie]

while on the subject of brake lines, and well done ammo for passing test, what is the view on ss brake lines from for instance goodridge?
Jamie

[Derek UK]

Jamie, put the brake question in a new thread. It will get lost here.

[Amma122s]

Thanks guys Peter740 yes they are government run in the main but a couple of years ago they franchised a part to a couple of other companies. Still run on the system where you have to take the car to a testing station not like in UK where most garages can do it. Mot for the Amazon is every two years and that goes for motorcycles too, they send out a reminder in the post about one month before =0)

Just briefly on the subject of braided brake lines, I was going to fit them(have single circuit and no servo but front discs yay!) but after asking around at a few garages that have knowledgeable folk concerning Amazons they said it was a waste of money unless I was going to take it on the race track, the standard good quality rubber ones are fine for everyday use so that's what I had fitted.

[Amma122s]

Real nice to get off the train and know the ol' Amazons waiting in the car park followed by a few miles of uncluttered country roads on the way home