One for LUD

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Thu 8 Mar 2007 05:22
One for LUD - mrmender
On my way through manchester airport last week whilst en route to Sudan i got my monthly ration of car Mags,this
Included was the latest copy of Practical Classics. With wait for it..... A buyers guide to Skoda Estelle! wow! that 1/you have taking root in your garden maybe worth something Lud!
It's full of interesting facts about the model... Like for example they have no valve guides!.....
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Thu 8 Mar 2007 07:25
One for LUD - tr7v8
No valve guides isn't that strange, neither did Fords for a long time. Estelles are OK their used to be loads around when I lived in Norfolk because that was the import docks & Headquarters.
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Thu 8 Mar 2007 07:31
One for LUD - drbe
Back in my youth, it seemed that we removed the cylinder heads of our cars - ooh - every other day!

Almost as a matter of routine we replaced the valves and guides, that isn't done nowadays - is it? If not, why not?
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Thu 8 Mar 2007 14:15
One for LUD - Lud
Thanks mm, it's still there but I doubt if it will ever run again now.

Back in Sudan eh?

Bet it's more relaxing than the Arabian peninsula...
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Thu 8 Mar 2007 14:44
One for LUD - mrmender
Yes back in Sudan Nothing to do with relaxing, more to do with MONEY!
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Thu 8 Mar 2007 14:26
One for LUD - SpamCan61 {P}
We replaced SWBO's Metro 1.0L with an Estelle 120 for a couple of years in the mid 90s. A fairly pleasant drive around town, much better equipped and less rusty than the pfding Metro; a bit of a pain for motorway driving in crosswinds. I see one fairly regualrly in New Milton, but they do seem very thin on the ground these days.
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