Can't wait to see your talbot all finished I have the highwayman too

Great idea about site reviews, can't get enough of them.Hope the repairer's do a cracking job.

Man, i did mine over lockdown, damp, structure roof, refabricates aluminium sheeting and all, was hell of a job lots aff tears, but all worth it when done. have some photos that would make you cringe during the process lol! basicly the aluminium becomes very porus with tiny hols, had to shine light through the skin on entire van lol...my god...Ive loads of tips, what to focus on and what not easy to get losts on these and i prob went well over the top. When you get it warm, water tight ect it does the job of a 60k van so its worth it in the end and i would say more character and i love the size of these, parking small uk roards ect wouldnt want anything bigger perfect. getting it all tuned up is key, .

It's the heating valve had to do mine . £25 in coasted parts they have most things

Well I never would've guessed you was planning that lol. Can't wait to see it in a month. Need a place for a CB. Get up Langdon hills.

Thats great new additions.All the best

i cruise happily at 60mph in my 1.8 petrol

@richardoloot1295

Жыл бұрын

60-65 in mine after all the tweaks on the flat, lovely.

thats the best wy to do it wish i could of done it that way myself

the fuel capacity for a talbot express is 70L. Divide that by 4 to get quarter of a tank = 17.5L, Convert that in to Gallons = 3.8 Gallons. Now divide the 37 miles by 3.8 gallons and it turns out your averaging 9.7 miles to the imperial gallon. Lovely stuff!

@RSPYT

Жыл бұрын

Ooooo so that’s pretty good then for that little engine!

@joesargent9750

Жыл бұрын

That's not good ive driven 18 tonne trucks at 9 miles a gallon good luck

@RSPYT

Жыл бұрын

Well it’s better than my old Focus yes to be that was 4MPG haha

@joesargent9750

Жыл бұрын

@@RSPYT wouldn't it be great if we could swop out are petrol and diesel engines for affordable electric batteries and motors . I would do it tomorrow if I could afford it . I'm enjoying your channel it was cb and radios that got me watching but I like all thinks machinal including camper Van's. I don't know what you do for a living but I'm guessing something to do with driving diggers

Any updates mate? ✊

can't wait to see the finished talbot it has a 2 liter 5 speed. i have a 2006 toyota tacoma 2.7 liter 5 speed 4 wheel drive. love it i get 29 miles per gallon the guy i bought it from said i would get 27 but i put a tonneau cover love camping started with a 17 ft hybrid but the wife hated the tent part clostrofobick weight 2600 lbs i would shift a lot rarely used 5th.but wound up seasonal and wound up with a 41 ft park model 2012.

@ronleblanc9832

Жыл бұрын

how much does the talbot weight ???

@RSPYT

Жыл бұрын

About 2.9tonnes

I reckon you could shove a dirty diesel in that talbot. A Renault f9q diesel engine pre dpf 😁. Those engines went into loads of cars and vans. More smiles to the gallon

@lyndonwebber1389

Жыл бұрын

Or even Astra derv .

@richardoloot1295

Жыл бұрын

@@lyndonwebber1389 nope you want lpg like mine 70 pence a litre and seem to run better than petrol. in this market job done and couldnt afford to run it on petrol. the lpg is pretty much the same effeciency give or take.

@lyndonwebber1389

Жыл бұрын

@@richardoloot1295 very true, maybe Ben will go for it 👍

I had a Talbot horizon back in the 80s that was exactly the same, you sort of wondered where 5th gear was. You might get lucky with the heater and put a jet washer through it. It cured a van that I had. My Son Ben's Fiesta heater packed up years ago and the hot and cold control was electric so I took it apart and jammed it on full hot which was great until summer came and then I was the nasty Dad for "doing it on purpose " ha ha.

Get a webber carb and a stainless steal exhaust you might achieve 65 :)

@user-yu6no1zz3f

9 ай бұрын

My old man did this with his and got a straight through pipe lol