Comments on: Burly Brits http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits/ CarDomain Blog - Crazy news and CarDomain Finds Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:12:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: vinyljunkie http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits/comment-page-1/#comment-129285 vinyljunkie Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:13:44 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits#comment-129285 admire the effort,i mean you have to, but the results.....well thats another matter.the question is why? i mean the big healeys were beautiful cars, on a par with the e-type and if you wanted straight line grunt yes you had cobras, or hemi cudas, or shelby mustangs etc. designed for the job and im sorry retro man, but the shelby cobra killed more people than cancer when it debuted in britain because it just couldnt handle corners because of all that rear end power coupled with 1960's brakes and handling. twisted chassis were common.. it got so bad, it became a pr disaster so the AC car company even made new owners take a racing drivers week long course so they could handle the beast. newer replicas still have the power, but the shocks and braking have been SERIOUSLY uprated. i love em. i drive a 4.0l yank straight 6 myself but i also have a '72 midget. they're chalk and cheese. one is for the cruise and one is for the corners, this is neither. sorry, but as a feat of engineering, its excellent. admire the effort,i mean you have to, but the results…..well thats another matter.the question is why? i mean the big healeys were beautiful cars, on a par with the e-type and if you wanted straight line grunt yes you had cobras, or hemi cudas, or shelby mustangs etc. designed for the job and im sorry retro man, but the shelby cobra killed more people than cancer when it debuted in britain because it just couldnt handle corners because of all that rear end power coupled with 1960′s brakes and handling. twisted chassis were common.. it got so bad, it became a pr disaster so the AC car company even made new owners take a racing drivers week long course so they could handle the beast. newer replicas still have the power, but the shocks and braking have been SERIOUSLY uprated. i love em. i drive a 4.0l yank straight 6 myself but i also have a ’72 midget. they’re chalk and cheese. one is for the cruise and one is for the corners, this is neither. sorry, but as a feat of engineering, its excellent.

]]> By: Joe http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits/comment-page-1/#comment-25195 Joe Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:01:51 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits#comment-25195 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>I think its pretty sweet, its pretty cool to see someone doing something different, looks like they did a good job on it.</p> </div>

I think its pretty sweet, its pretty cool to see someone doing something different, looks like they did a good job on it.

]]> By: retroman http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits/comment-page-1/#comment-25196 retroman Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:41:53 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits#comment-25196 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Hey Brit, did you forget what a force the Shelby Cobra was/is to reckon with in both 289 and 427 form? Reproduction Cobras are the most popular kit cars on the market and I've seen alot of versions, from period correct to 5.4L supercharged. You should know the Cobra is still one of the fastest roadsters ever produced with 0-100-0 in just a little over 12 sec and , oh yeah, it raced road courses back in the day. I'd like to see a stock AC, MG, or Healey pull that off!!!</p> </div>

Hey Brit, did you forget what a force the Shelby Cobra was/is to reckon with in both 289 and 427 form? Reproduction Cobras are the most popular kit cars on the market and I’ve seen alot of versions, from period correct to 5.4L supercharged. You should know the Cobra is still one of the fastest roadsters ever produced with 0-100-0 in just a little over 12 sec and , oh yeah, it raced road courses back in the day. I’d like to see a stock AC, MG, or Healey pull that off!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits/comment-page-1/#comment-25197 Anonymous Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:19:12 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits#comment-25197 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>hey brit go fuck the queen and shut the fuck up ass bag learn about horsepower....</p> </div>

hey brit go fuck the queen and shut the fuck up ass bag learn about horsepower….

]]> By: Deepawater805 http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits/comment-page-1/#comment-25198 Deepawater805 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:29:39 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits#comment-25198 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Good God Magnum! That's not a car! That's Godzilla with tires! Red neck or not.....pretty cool though.....</p> </div>

Good God Magnum! That’s not a car! That’s Godzilla with tires! Red neck or not…..pretty cool though…..

]]> By: Brit http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits/comment-page-1/#comment-25199 Brit Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:30:28 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits#comment-25199 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>How heinous, way to ruin an otherwise beautiful Healey. Americans just don't bloody get it, do they? Play with your fast-in-a-straight-line, cant't-turn-corners-for-sod musclecars and leave our classic corner-carvers alone. And honestly, "Old Blue?" Can you get any more redneck?</p> </div>

How heinous, way to ruin an otherwise beautiful Healey. Americans just don’t bloody get it, do they? Play with your fast-in-a-straight-line, cant’t-turn-corners-for-sod musclecars and leave our classic corner-carvers alone. And honestly, “Old Blue?” Can you get any more redneck?

]]> By: Dave http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits/comment-page-1/#comment-25200 Dave Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:01:04 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits#comment-25200 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Wow! That is absolutely amazing.</p> </div>

Wow! That is absolutely amazing.

]]> By: tyler http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits/comment-page-1/#comment-25201 tyler Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:10:55 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits#comment-25201 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>sry for the double post</p> </div>

sry for the double post

]]> By: tyler http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits/comment-page-1/#comment-25202 tyler Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:09:55 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits#comment-25202 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>that is kick fucking ass........... ooooo boyd coddington died here is a site to tell more about it spread it <a href="http://jalopnik.com/361391/boyd-coddington-hot-rod-king-dead-at-age-63" rel="nofollow">http://jalopnik.com/361391/boyd-coddington-hot-rod-king-dead-at-age-63</a> its no joke</p> </div>

that is kick fucking ass……….. ooooo boyd coddington died here is a site to tell more about it spread it http://jalopnik.com/361391/boyd-coddington-hot-rod-king-dead-at-age-63 its no joke

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits/comment-page-1/#comment-25203 Anonymous Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:09:51 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/burly-brits#comment-25203 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>that is kick fucking ass........... ooooo boyd coddington died here is a site to tell more about it spread it <a href="http://jalopnik.com/361391/boyd-coddington-hot-rod-king-dead-at-age-63" rel="nofollow">http://jalopnik.com/361391/boyd-coddington-hot-rod-king-dead-at-age-63</a> its no joke</p> </div>

that is kick fucking ass……….. ooooo boyd coddington died here is a site to tell more about it spread it http://jalopnik.com/361391/boyd-coddington-hot-rod-king-dead-at-age-63 its no joke

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