Bongo Fury

Yep but to get it back somewhere near were it was some Land Rover
Diesels were known to have head problems at not much over 50,000
miles and the 1.8 petrol fitted in Rover cars and the Freelander
often blow head gaskets.

Something for Mike..........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyJREXP1JPg&NR=1

Nostalgia can be what it used to be.

dandywarhol wrote:They also built the cracking SAAB SONNET........cracking sound

You don't think this thread's going off topic do you????

Nah.. far more interesting than talking about overheating Land Rovers - in fact far more interesting than talking about Land Rovers.

scanner wrote:Something for Mike..........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyJREXP1JPg&NR=1

Nostalgia can be what it used to be.

Oh yum yum yum. Thanks+++ scanner - I really enjoyed that. My mums was canary yellow and it really suited the car. Electrically heated drivers seat and a freewheel device so you could coast with engine on tickover. Felt almost like a Bongo (same torquey feel with the V4 too). And actually, I think the Bongo has a sense of balance not unlike the Saab plus the friendly rolling characteristic that made the Saab feel dodgier than it was but which made its handling so much fun.

you guys selling your Bongos and getting saabs now

No chance Pete! That was then, this is now

Peg leg Pete wrote:you guys selling your Bongos and getting saabs now

If I could buy one of these - ummmmmm almost.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmDpC3H- ... re=related


When the music stop turn the sound right up and listen to the real music.

NOTHING, not even a Ferrari, can sound like that.

Alright a Commer TS3 on full throttle is better.
Ohh and a Deltic flat out sounds good as well.

Listening to that on LOUD, my speakers just vibrated off the back of the desk.

I'd a Suzuki GT750 in the 80s - watercooled 3 cyl 2 stroke...........pretty quick old bus

Also raced one in a sidecar outfit a couple of times with open expansion chamber exhausts - it's no wonder I'm getting deaf in my dotage

dandywarhol wrote: Also raced one in a sidecar outfit a couple of times with open expansion chamber exhausts - it's no wonder I'm getting deaf in my dotage

Did you ever race against a guy called Mick/Mike Salmon from Cambridge?

Thats a name from the past - he was pretty good......raced TZ Yamahas if I recall. I think I may have raced at a Donington Park Clubmans Championship race with him in '82 .........or was it his father.....


........think we're still on thread here

dandywarhol wrote:Thats a name from the past - he was pretty good......raced TZ Yamahas if I recall. I think I may have raced at a Donington Park Clubmans Championship race with him in '82 .........or was it his father.....


........think we're still on thread here

1 - I worked with him for about 20 years.

2 - Close enough.....................................he was always having cooling problems.

Ralph wrote:Yep but to get it back somewhere near were it was some Land Rover
Diesels were known to have head problems at not much over 50,000
miles and the 1.8 petrol fitted in Rover cars and the Freelander
often blow head gaskets.

And the problem with the 1.8 was the thermostat was on the inlet side of the engine. Ring any bells?

Surely this is off-topic, and therefore should be in the respective forum?

I take the point about the non-bongo thread -- but can't resist putting this photo on:

These were owned by someone who used to help me with Saab problems. Sadly, all went to the crusher.