What a waste

[Vista]

I took a run up to the Retro rides gathering today and bumped into a few other OSF faces whilst there, but this got my attention in the Haynes motor museum.

 

Waste of a cosworth lump eh? A full working enginge that was cut up and sectioned by Duckhams whilst a nasty VW engine was installed in the back to drive the car

 

So here's the chopped up engine

 

 

 

And the car it's installed in

 

 

And the nasty VW lump in the boot

 

 

And the story

 

 

On a lighter note, the Haynes museum is well worth a visit if you're driving by.

[Jiffer]

total sacrilege, god only made that engine for one reason and that was to have the nut thashed out of it.

send the vw back to fuhrer

[Mick The Cabbie]

A very expensive waste of an engine & a waste of a Cossie

[paul capri]

i hope he takes it out and it gets rear ended

[Mr Sam]

the good thing with the haynes museam is that all the cars are taken out on track and used regular to keep them in good running order

 

 

i quite like the idea of a VW motor in the back but could of put the cossie lump to better use

[Takeshi]

the good thing with the haynes museam is that all the cars are taken out on track and used regular to keep them in good running order:

 

That must be the best job in the world.

[Vista]

the good thing with the haynes museam is that all the cars are taken out on track and used regular to keep them in good running order:

 

That must be the best job in the world.

 

You haven't seen the track, they say it's 1km long but I reckon that's being generous

 

 

Here's a mini going round it

 

[andytechno]

such a shame.

[285Andy]

aint so bad. atleast its got a nice dry home! and just think, 20 years from now, this will be one of the last jelly moulds left thats more or less redo-able (apart from the engine) well aslong as it stays off the roads maybe . it could be a lot worse lets put it that way

[Takeshi]

the good thing with the haynes museam is that all the cars are taken out on track and used regular to keep them in good running order:

 

That must be the best job in the world.

 

You haven't seen the track, they say it's 1km long but I reckon that's being generous

 

 

Here's a mini going round it

 

 

I went to RR '09, and yes its a good track...

 

I guess there must be at least 1 car on the track a day when they take them out..?

[5hane]

Guys... its only a mass produced engine for gawd's sake ?

[Vista]

Guys... its only a mass produced engine for gawd's sake ?

 

All of our cars were mass produced, would you want to see them chopped up for the sake of it?

 

If it had been done to a scrap engine and put on a stand for educational purposes then fine but this was a serviceable car and a fine piece of engineering cut up..............ergo a waste.

 

I went to RR '09, and yes its a good track...

 

I was there too and thought the track was..................limited.

[Boreham]

 

AT LEAST PUT A damn ford lump in the boot FFS

 

 

[5hane]

Guys... its only a mass produced engine for gawd's sake ?

 

All of our cars were mass produced, would you want to see them chopped up for the sake of it?

 

If it had been done to a scrap engine and put on a stand for educational purposes then fine but this was a serviceable car and a fine piece of engineering cut up..............ergo a waste.

 

 

i its a bit diffrent, but really if there was a osf cut in half, showing whats underneath it and cutaways of everything, i dont think i would mind no..

 

and i think it is there for educational use, its not there cuse some one got bored now is it ? what better way to see what atually happens inside an engine if you dont know?

 

and tbh, why would duckhams go out and buy a 2ndhand engine lol i think they can afford to buy a crate engine out of ford and cut it up if they want to, and not wait for a blown up engine to come up on ebay / local ads? besides, who says it isnt/wasnt a srap engine? could have had a crack in the block, or crank or something

 

its spilt milk. besides it was almost 20 years ago !!

[Vista]

Guys... its only a mass produced engine for gawd's sake ?

 

All of our cars were mass produced, would you want to see them chopped up for the sake of it?

 

If it had been done to a scrap engine and put on a stand for educational purposes then fine but this was a serviceable car and a fine piece of engineering cut up..............ergo a waste.

 

 

i its a bit diffrent, but really if there was a osf cut in half, showing whats underneath it and cutaways of everything, i dont think i would mind no..

 

and i think it is there for educational use, its not there cuse some one got bored now is it ? what better way to see what atually happens inside an engine if you dont know?

 

and tbh, why would duckhams go out and buy a 2ndhand engine lol i think they can afford to buy a crate engine out of ford and cut it up if they want to, and not wait for a blown up engine to come up on ebay / local ads? besides, who says it isnt/wasnt a srap engine? could have had a crack in the block, or crank or something

 

its spilt milk. besides it was almost 20 years ago !!

 

I stand by my assessment, What a waste, cue for a song:

 

[RossMK2]

iv been twice good day out

[5hane]

lol, maby im not as "diehard" as some of you lot then

 

rofl, wonder what it will be like in 10 years time every one having kitten's over it