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graham holdsworth
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 07/11/2012 : 13:03:34
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I really enjoyed Simon Jonhston's article on J3437 in this months Safety Fast. Also good to put a face to a name of another forumist. Well done Simon.
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Robin Hamblett
United Kingdom
534 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2012 : 13:27:56
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I totally agree, an excellent piece and a great story.
J2 J3666 & J3 3764 |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6137 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2012 : 15:26:55
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 Thank you chaps |
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PeterL
United Kingdom
1723 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2012 : 17:43:29
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Here, here...
have you spotted the L2 for sale in SF, complete with what looks like a half tonneau???
Cheers
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6137 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2012 : 18:02:38
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Thanks, Peter. I'd missed that advertisement as I'm abroad and just scanned SF online. But I'll certainly follow up with the vendor as, while the tonneau cover isn't remotely like the one originally on my J2, it would be good to know if it is the original one.
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greg
United Kingdom
833 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2012 : 00:41:00
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| it's a top j2 exactly like my dads j2 if you park them together you wouldn't know who's is who's apart from yours having the big rev counter. |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6137 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2012 : 09:01:25
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Originally posted by greg
apart from yours having the big rev counter.
And the Russian MIG 29 clock! |
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mike armstrong
United Kingdom
63 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2012 : 22:14:53
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Another J2 with a Russian MIG 29 clock is currently for sale in Safety Fast (blue). At least it had one (from the same source as Simon's (great article by the way)) when I rebuilt the car and sadly sold it a few years ago. Hope he gets his price!!
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6137 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2012 : 08:55:13
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For anyone curious about the MIG 29 clock, here it is.
With its etched dial (like the J2 speedo) it looks just the part in the J2 dash I reckon and it's hard to believe that these clocks were actually fitted to MIG fighters in the 1980s! It's a two day mechanical clock with an hours and minutes elapsed time function (the small upper dial) and a minutes and seconds stop watch (the small lower dial) both of which are operated independently by the knobs on either side of the main dial (which also serve to wind the clock and adjust the time). It works extremely well as a rally clock with its various stop/start functions but it's probably best suited to cars without supercharger and with 8" brakes as it's only rated to Mach 3 and 6G 
You can find these on fleaBay fairly easily these days but I bought mine (and the one Mike Armstrong was referring to) in the Russian market in Warsaw when we lived there in the early 90s (in Warsaw, that is, not in the Russian market!). As I recall I paid two million Polish zloty for each of them (about twenty quid in those days!).
EDIT: On reflection, I think it was one million zloty each, not two! |
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davies
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/11/2012 : 09:53:35
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| Unfortunately the Russian Market is no longer. It was removed to make way for the football Stadium that was recently in the news ! Rich |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/11/2012 : 10:26:04
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| Indeed Warsaw has changed a lot over the last twenty years and in fact the Russian market had more or less gone when I was last working there about eight years ago although the old stadium remained until it was demolished to make way for the new stadium for Euro 2012. But in its heyday it was a great source of all sorts of things, including it was said, Kalashnikov rifles! |
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