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Old 01-06-06, 01:16 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by enginedriver
Anyway as it hasn't run on the road since 1988 what would be your collective opinion on using unleaded fuel.would it be safe enough to assume that it was converted? I seem to recall that it was a modification to timing that was necessary at the time?
IIRC the one I had use of when I was a kid (just messing around on scrubland) used to run on Wood Preserver when I couldn't find any petrol in the garden shed !!

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. . . Yes £3,500 for a bloody fizzy
We have a dealer round these parts who has been after the Fizzy that he owned as a kid for the last 4 years (it's been totally rebuilt to original spec & looks as anything) - his last offer was £5000 - but the owner won't sell !!
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