P76

Thinking back , for those that can remember the p76 , and looking at what other cars were selling at the time , Ford Holden Chrysler , most were big cars , there 6,or 8 cylinder . Back them there wasn't the big choice of small 4 cylinder that we have today . I don't think I would have heard of say Hyundai , or Kia . The Americans also got caught , making big cars that weren't selling either . major reinvestment had to be done . The Japs were in a great position to supply world markets . The British auto industry , along with the motor cycle industry went into free fall . It's only resent years that It is now recovering , and none of then are British with the exception of a few low volume manufacturers , plus Triumph motor bikes !!.. Jim

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Originally Posted by Rick122

Borg-warner went on strike

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This alone was one of their major flaws, Borg-warner. Their diffs and manuals were ok. It was the auto.

A BW 35 auto should never go behind a V8. Ford tried it five years earlier and ditched it real quick when they found that they did not last.

Leyland should have learnt from Ford and not done it.

Premature major auto failure was one of the many things that plagued my dads vehicle

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Originally Posted by d2dave

This alone was one of their major flaws, Borg-warner. Their diffs and manuals were ok. It was the auto.

A BW 35 auto should never go behind a V8. Ford tried it five years earlier and ditched it real quick when they found that they did not last.

Leyland should have learnt from Ford and not done it.

Premature major auto failure was one of the many things that plagued my dads vehicle

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Some people just got unlucky, I know loads of people who towed caravans etc with their auto V8's. My wife's auto box did at least 240K between rebuilds and regularly towed trailers over its long life. I cheerfully admit though that it didn't get thrashed, obviously some people viewed a V8 P76 as a licence to try and break something, usually when borrowing daddy's P76 for a spot of tyre smoking...

The Force 7 is not a bad looking car. I reckon it's better looking than the Mustang of that era.

Wash your keyboard out Ron. :o

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Originally Posted by jimr1

none of then are British with the exception of a few low volume manufacturers , plus Triumph motor bikes !!.. Jim

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And Norton as well, Harris have just been bought out by Royal Enfield who are Indian which is a good thing, should see the price of my Harris Magnum increase!

My old man had one of the two prototype P76 Rallye's.

It was an absolute weapon for speed.

A fellow from QLD found out about it and brought a suitcase of cash with him, to take it off dads hands.

I remember one time at a motor show, and I mentioned about this to the P76 club and all the guys swarmed around to hear all about....they had only heard rumors.

Brett...

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Wash your keyboard out Ron. :o

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With ya there Ian.

Mind you, I'd rather have a Force 7 than a Mustang.

Unless it was one of these Mustangs:
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Hi all, a mate of mine Richard Rust ran 7 P76's as taxi's in Port Headland and South Headland in the 70's early 80's. 5x 6cyl's and 2 v8's. All did way over 500,000 kms and both v8's had over 700,000 kms. when they were retired. He kept one v8 as a personal car for years after. He was a mechanic so I suppose it helped in keeping them on the road. All were white. He told me that they all had their original diffs, original v8 engines but they had been reconditioned twice. The 6 cyl's had all had different motors and all the auto trans's had been changed or reconditioned many times. Only one 6cyl still had the original box in it. It was a rare manual trans he had said to me. He was the man who helped to train me as a mechanic. Great bloke.

Cheers Rod:wasntme:

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Originally Posted by bee utey

Some people just got unlucky, I know loads of people who towed caravans etc with their auto V8's. My wife's auto box did at least 240K between rebuilds and regularly towed trailers over its long life. I cheerfully admit though that it didn't get thrashed, obviously some people viewed a V8 P76 as a licence to try and break something, usually when borrowing daddy's P76 for a spot of tyre smoking...

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I think it more a case of some got lucky. Borg-warner increased the strength of the BW35 for XF Falcon and called it a BW40. This auto was at its limits behind a six that had far less torque than the V8 P76