Wolf in Sheeps clothing

John Goddard Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:08 am

I've been trying to blag a go in my pals 'old banger' for years.
Yesterday he gave in and handed the keys over for the Morning.

Wolf in Sheeps clothing Pictu168

I doubt most of you guys will ever see one as they only sent about 25 to North America.
It's an 1998 C43 AMG and boy does it go.

What old tech (apart from Cox's obviously) has made you guys smile recently?

**Cribbs74** Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:29 am

This!

Ear to ear grin every time I walk into the shop. Pretty soon I will have my '58 MGA saddled next to it. If I could stop messing with the planes for 5 mins I might could finish them.

Ron

John Goddard Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:34 am

We'll have to start calling you the Wild One Marlon,
sorry Ron.
Very Happy

Cracking bit of iron BTW

**Cribbs74** Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:41 am

John Goddard wrote:We'll have to start calling you the Wild One Marlon,
sorry Ron.

Cracking bit of iron BTW

I'm not nearly as cool as Brando...... I can't wait to hear the triple bark! I spent 2K on the engine and that was me doing all the labor and assembly apart from the machine work. Now I have room to start sandblasting the frame and tins.

altidsulten Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:38 pm

Ohh, that is a nice bike!! Is it a 66-67?
I have a 1952 Triumph TRW and a 1963 T21, the last one is going through a complete restauration, any one who have a set of pistons Smile

Regards
Thomas Pedersen

coxaddicted Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:36 pm

That's my p200x from '81, not a real wolf but for a vespa it is quite fast. I do only a ,,road'' tuning in order to prevent engine blow up.

I fitted a 210 Malossi aluminium nicasil plated cylinder, do some porting, mounting a longstroke crank (60mm cam instead of 57mm cam) = so it has now 221ccm = 13,481 cui, mounted a 28mm Dellorto (still rotary slide), lightened and ballanced flywheel (1800g instead of 3000g), reinforced clutch and a shortened 4. gear. The exhaust is from a vespa t5 125 with a welded ,,200'' manifold (something between resonance exhaust and original, really quit). In order to stop I also installed a aftermarket disc brake.

It delivers now around 21 hp at the rear wheel and has an acceptable accelaration by low fuel consumption.

nitroairplane Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:56 pm

no beast but it's old and fun!

**Cribbs74** Thu Jul 19, 2012 4:18 pm

altidsulten wrote:Ohh, that is a nice bike!! Is it a 66-67?
I have a 1952 Triumph TRW and a 1963 T21, the last one is going through a complete restauration, any one who have a set of pistons

Regards
Thomas Pedersen

It's actually a '74 T150 model, last year of the right side shift. 1975 went to T160 designation with electric start and left shift. The entire T150 run went from 69-74 and was doomed from the get go by the introduction of '69 Honda CB750

It was Meridian's last ditch effort to compete with the very popular Japanese multi cylinder superbikes. Unfortunately the T160 was 6 yrs too late. As Honda already came out with the lekky starter and left shift yrs before.

Ron

lousyflyer Thu Jul 19, 2012 6:14 pm

Kenmore. Heavy Duty Plus. Date of manufacture: Mid 80's
Wolf in Sheeps clothing Dryer_12

Real chick magnet. They flock to it.

Got some minor finish issues, but they may buff out.

Original data plate.
Oversized horizontal intake.

Wolf in Sheeps clothing Kenmor10