A Tribute to the mighty V8 Disco1

[CheekyD1]

As promised here is my tribute to Harry's retiring V8 Disco1
A founding vehicle of GCLRO
Has given us some great times :):twisted::angel::wasntme:

HarrysV8 - YouTube (http://youtu.be/gpBg4GzOGQM)

Will be sadly missed :(

[harry]

thanks for that gaz,
so many trips
so many boggings,

isn't it funny how the miracle events never get filmed, just the failures!

i enjoyed watching that.:cool:

[dungarover]

So that V8 finally crapped itself. I remeber hearing those lovely knocking noises at idle a couple of years back :eek:

You did well, you have as much mechanical sympathy as I do, SFA :D:D:DIf you bought a Rangie it'l be still going, the sunga had over 400K on it and still ran..... well sort of :cool:

Trav

[dungarover]

So that V8 finally crapped itself. I remeber hearing those lovely knocking noises at idle a couple of years back :eek:

You did well, you have as much mechanical sympathy as I do, SFA :D:D:DIf you bought a Rangie it'l be still going, the dunga had over 400K on it and still ran..... well sort of :cool:

Trav

Try again without the ****house spelling, bloody VB :eek::eek::eek::eek:

[harry]

Thanks Trav,
The engine is still as strong as ever, I just decided to not reregister it as I don't use it enough to warrant the grand a year rego cost
But that vid does make me want to keep it going

[dungarover]

Something I don't miss about living in QLD is the rego cost along with cane toads, cockroaches and humidity. Rego in Vic is so much cheaper for V8's, mines even cheaper because I live in the mulga not Melbourne.

PS- I was joking about the VB, I hate that **** :mad::mad::mad:

Trav

[harry]

Trav got me thinking, in 45 years driving and many cars and motorbikes I have only ever had one car engine fail and one motorbike.
The car was a 49 vanguard which threw a rod out the side at 85mph on Geelong road some years ago, the bike was a Suzuki Titan which spat both pistons down the exhaust pipes a short while after my 3.30 hour trip to mildura from moorabbin airport one Friday arvo after work also some years ago.

I would say that the most caned engines I have ever operated would be the vanguard 4 cyl 2088cc, the leyland p76 4400cc, and this land rover v8 3900cc,
I would have to say that the rover v8 is a fabulous engine, mine has 350 thou kms and has performed flawlessly apart from some electrical hiccups.
I also think engine reliability comes down to sensible operation and maintenance

[harry]

I think the v8 sent some bad karma to duggy diesel,

So the v8 is back.

Sadly duggy's engine passed away Saturday arvo,
I think I might find a voodoo disco in the v8 with a stake through the bonnet.

[CheekyD1]

Not very good news about the Terminal Detonation imminent powered disco :oops2:

But at least you have done the world a favor that's one less TDi for us to worry about :angel:

You realize that a petition was being organised to bring the V8 back :soapbox:

Post thanks to agree that we are glad that the V8 lives on :twisted:

[Grimace]

there is something wrong... it only let me thank the above post once!!!

[Outlaw]

Grrrrr poor duggy :cry:

[Epic_Dragon]

great video :) what memories you have with that car! sorry to hear bout Duggy, RIP engine. but hurray for V8 savign the day!

[CheekyD1]

Could have been worse

Look what happened to Waynes Jeep :o

Jeep vs Komatsu - Cherokee gets destroyed by Komatsu - YouTube (http://youtu.be/AzAVCGs5HbQ)


Some of you meet it on Ballina Beach at christmas

Edit
Dave still can not work out what you do to get YouTube to work....

[dungarover]

Could have been worse

Look what happened to Waynes Jeep :o

Jeep vs Komatsu - Cherokee gets destroyed by Komatsu - YouTube (http://youtu.be/AzAVCGs5HbQ)


Some of you meet it on Ballina Beach at christmas

Edit
Dave still can not work out what you do to get YouTube to work....

Is that ****pot Wayne you are talking about that I met at Coffs a couple of years back? certainly a character :D Guess the dreaded tinworm must have had it's way with the old jeep in the end.

Trav