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Re: RE: RE: star cars
Richard,
Thanks for that. Faversham Classics reconditioned
my heads about five years ago and, as you say, they do
spend your money (without asking!!). My final bill was
around �1,300 and I could have had the whole engine
rebuilt by Harts for less.
Interestingly, I took the car back a few days after they
had finished, to complain of a lack of power. They kept the
car for a day, gave it back saying it was perfect and charged
me an extra �80. A week later I drove it through France and
it started to misfire as the outside temperature rose. It broke
down in darkest Provence and was trailered to the AA's agent,
a Fiat garage, who played around with it for an hour and told
me there was no compression and I probably needed to replace
the valves!! They got it going but it finally expired in Nice and
had to be trailered back to England. I finished the holiday in the
Opel version of a Vauxhall Cavalier -- not quite the same.
Worryingly, the Stag had not got back by the time I had, but
it arrived a few days later. I had an independent AA garage look
at the engine and they found all the tappets had been over-shimmed.
I went back to Faverham Classics, who hotly denied any liability,
so I ended up taking them to the Small Claims Court where I won
and was awarded about �300 damages.
However, next to Faversham Classics is Faversham Restorations
who are, apparantly, unconnected and I am getting a price from them
at the moment, but they are muttering labour costs of between �3,000
and �6,000 plus parts, so I thought it might be prudent to get a second
quote.
Anyway, thanks for the thought,
Stan Barnett.
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:22:01 +0100 Richard Hudson
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Stan
>Try talking to Faversham Classics, Trevor is your man. I will dig out
>his phone number tonight or you can check out the small ads in the
back
>of SOC mag if you have one.
>
>Faversham Classics restore and maintain only Stags, therefore they
>regard themselves as specialists. They certainly can do absolutely
>everything for you. Beware however they do have a very good habit of
>spending your money for you.. They helped me with my Engine rebuild
and
>proved extremely helpful and knowledgeable.
>
>I'll see if I can get any more companies for you tonight.
>
>Richard Hudson
>73 Auto White Stag
>maybe that E-Type one day (I'll never sell the Stag though)
>
>P.S. Pinewood studios in north London, I think these guys were
>responsible for Sweeney and other such shows. It was reputed that
most
>of the way through the early 70's they were trashing MkII and S type
>Jags at the rate of 1 per week. Amazing that there are any left
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Barnett [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent: 17 June 1998 20:06
> To: Richard Hudson
> Cc: 'Ronald Brown'; 'Stag Digest'
> Subject: Re: RE: star cars
>
>
> Twenty odd years on it seems to be senseless vandalism
> to destroy such cars, but, at the time they weren't nostalgic
> collectors' pieces but everyday (albeit quality) vehicles. I
> seem to remember adverse comment at the time about the
> Lambo, which was the only expensive write-off (E Types
> were only about �2,000 new) and the Studio issued a
statement
> to the effect that the car was purchased as a write-off from
> an Italian breaker's yard and cosmetically restored for its
> brief part in the film.
> As for the systematic destruction of current collector's cars,
>
> I remember watching The Sweeney every week, hoping there
> would be a Mk. 2 Jag. driven by one of the villains, because
if
> there was you could bet your life that, near the end of the
>episode,
> there would be a great car chase and the Jag. would be
>spectacularly
> written off. Now I'd love to own a good 3.8 manual, but can't
>afford one!
> Can anyone recommend a good bodyshop in East Kent, as I
> need to comprehensively restore my Stag's coachwork this
year!!!
>
>Stan Barnett.
>
>
>
> On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 14:33:03 +0100 Richard Hudson
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Hi Ronald
> >
> >Thanks for the additional Info. All goes into the database..
> >
> >The cars in the Italian Job were sadly not mock ups.. The
>Ferrari that
> >you mention was most probably the Lamborghini Miura. The
Mafia
> halted it
> >with a JCB as it raced through a tunnel, The Lambo not the
JCB.
>The
> JCB
> >then shovels the Miura over the wall at the side of the road
>and the
> >camera sticks on it as it bounces all the way to the bottom of
>the
> >ravine. Engine, interior, wheels the lot. What a crime.. The
>crew should
> >have been locked up for life...
> >
> >Check out this URL, Autocar found the road
> >http://www.sonnet.co.uk/seventony/rtt_ch.htm
> ><http://www.sonnet.co.uk/seventony/rtt_ch.htm>
> >
> >The other three cars DB5 convertible and two E-Types both
>series 1
> (one
> >FHC and one Roadster) were also real cars. The DB5 was
>definitely a
> >write off as it met a similar fate as the Lambo but one of the
>badly
> >mangled E-Types survives to this day it was the Roadster
Reg
>848
> CRY
> >(couldn't be more suitable). Believe it or not it was the very
>first
> >E-Type to win a production car race back in 1961. (I think it's
> >registration was 2 BBC then.) I believe the car is now
restored
>and
> >owned by Paul Skilleter, a well respected Jaguar Historian.
> >
> >Bearing the above in mind, I don't think the producer was too
>bothered
> >about sending three Cooper S mini's to their unfortunate
>death..
> >
> >I love the film, but have to leave the room at the scene's of
>senseless
> >destruction of those now "respected" works of art. As they
say
>you
> can't
> >change what has happened..
> >
> >Regs
> >
> >Richard Hudson
> >73 Auto White Stag
> >E-Type series 1 1/2 FHC... maybe .. someday ahhhh
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ronald Brown
[SMTP:[email protected]]
> > Sent: 17 June 1998 12:40
> > To: Dave Biggs; Stag Owners Club
> > Subject: Re: star cars
> >
> > Stags that I remember are from Londons Burning
"Malcolm"
>
> and
> >Hazel , which
> > featured Nicholas Ball ( sob sob they trashed it with
a
>garden
> >fork, of all
> > things ).
> >
> > I seem to remember shedding a tear or two at the
Italian
>Job
> >"when I were a
> > nipper" to see a Ferrari , a DB5, 2 E types and
numerus
>Mini
> >Coopers
> > written off. I seem to remember my dad saying that
they
>were
> >only body
> > shells, oh to have one of them now !
> >
> >
> > ----------
> > > From: Dave Biggs <[email protected]>
> > > To: Stag Owners Club <[email protected]>
> > > Subject: Re: star cars
> > > Date: Monday, 15 June 1998 22:25
> > >
> > > Richard Hudson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Dear all
> > > >
> > > > With regard to Stags on the telly I recall that
>James Bond
> >stole/drove
> > > > one, I think in Diamonds are Forever, where are
you
> now??
> >Does anybody
> > > > remember the registration number it was
definitely
>one of
> >the
> > > > pre-production cars and H reg despite the movie
>being
> >released in 1971.
> > > >
> > > > It was early in the film and I seem to recall the
>immortal
> >Mr Connery,
> > > > pretending to be some baddy driving his car
through
> customs
> >at Dover..
> > > > could be wrong any Bond fans out there.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone know of any other films / tv shows that
>featured
> >stags.
> > >
> > > Yes it was Diamonds are Forever, right at the
>beginning. It
> >was a
> > > `mustard' colour, H reg (probably RVC???H) and
the
>sound
> was
> >dubbed over
> > > with what seemed like a Triumph Herald !
> > >
> > > There was a series on the telly in the UK a couple
of
>years
> >ago with a
> > > dark red stag but I can't remember the name ! (I
think
>John
> >Thaw was in
> > > it). A stag did appear once in Eastenders. Also
there
>was
> one
> >blown up
> > > by Jeremy Beadle !
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Dave.
> > > --
> > > Dave Biggs
> > > Senior Design Engineer
> > > Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Ltd,
> > > Birmingham Business Park,Solihull
Parkway,
> Birmingham,
> >B37 7YU.
> > > mailto:[email protected] tel: 0121 717
6094
>efax:
> >0121 717 6014
> > >
>
>
> S.A.Barnett,
> Deputy Director of Estates,
> Estates Department,
> University of Kent,
> Canterbury,
> Kent, CT2 7NN.
>
> Tel: 01227 823612
> Fax: 761404
>
S.A.Barnett,
Deputy Director of Estates,
Estates Department,
University of Kent,
Canterbury,
Kent, CT2 7NN.
Tel: 01227 823612
Fax: 761404
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