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Sniper


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Malcolm Jay's old car, Street Addict Humber Super Snipe gasser has been found alive and well. biggrin


I'd heard of the car and had always been interested in it, rumours were that it was still in the Ipswich area, but no-one really knew.


Just after christmas I had a phone call, as area rep for the Humber club, asking if anyone would be interested in buying a yellow customised Humber, I went to look and this is what I found. biggrin




It looked to be in remarkably good condition and complete except for one obvious item, the bonnet!. A deal was reached and it was moved home yesterday.




After a wash and removal of the naff checkered stickers. The dent in the rear will push out easily, probably caused when reversing in to the garage, the back wall was pushed out!



I hope to get it on the road sometime this year, it will appear at the Nats if nothing else.



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We would like to say a HUGE thanks to Trevor (aka Digger) for all his help with operation Street Addict.

Anyone wishing to have a peak, please contact us to arrange a viewing and I might make some cakes. wink

-- Edited by giggles at 18:41, 2008-03-02

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Mitch


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I like that!

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Mr POPular


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Who is the strange man in the hat???!!!!

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They don't get much stranger than the Digger!

Since you said that you were building a gasser Si, I've been noticing them at shows and starting to like them.


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loud paint , big wheels , big motor and a bit of history thrown in.
whats not to like .

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Since I said I was going to build a gasser they have come back into fashion but they will be out of fashion by the time the bloody thing gets finished!!!



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Don't be so negative, you'll soon be on the show fields taking the p1ss out of every spub thrower and window licker you and Ian see, whilst quoting Monty blinking python and wearing silly hats. wink.gif

-- Edited by giggles at 21:56, 2008-03-03

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Mr POPular


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No you have the wrong people!!! Me and shrek aint like that!!!

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It's been that long that you've forgotten? Must awful when you get to your age!


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Love this Motor, looks the nuts

Wish I had neighbours like yours !

mine winge at me having 1 car on the drive yet alone 3-4 or 5 ! lol

Looks good is it going to the Nats ?? if not ill have to pop round for some cakes !!

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cruisecentral wrote:


Looks good is it going to the Nats ?? if not ill have to pop round for some cakes !!


Hopefully it will, even if it's a just as a trailer queen.

As for the cakes, Digger will tell you all about my new muffin recipes that I have been trying recently. :wnk: Watch this space for details.



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Do they contain cannabis !! Might explain why u keep tripping over Fi !!

Lol jk hun



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Sshhh! You weren't supposed to tell everyone.

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Mr POPular wrote:

Since I said I was going to build a gasser they have come back into fashion but they will be out of fashion by the time the bloody thing gets finished!!!


The speed you move at fatty,, cars will be out of fashion before you finish that poop !!
mind you ! drivin a mopa your used to going everywhere slowly ... ha,ha

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Yea I know but at least I wasnt born before cars were invented old man!!

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you mean you were actually born !!!
I thought you were an experiment that went terribly wrong ??
when did you escape from castle frankenfurter ??biggrinbiggrin

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When your parents let me out freak boy!!!

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 now ! now ! play nicely ...LARD ARSE !!!biggrinbiggrin

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I always play nicely, you just bring out the bad side of me!!!!

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I always play nicely, you just bring out the bad side of me!!!!


after speaking to your dear wife , I hadn't realised that you had a good side !!!!
I thought you were fat all the way round ?? ha/habiggrinbiggrin



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Yea its just one continuous side!!!!

My dear wife??? I think you have the wrong person!!

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looking good Fi!!!

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Mr POPular wrote:


My dear wife??? I think you have the wrong person!!


oh dear !!!! you're gonna be in trouble !!! text, text, text !!!
ha.ha



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Mr POPular wrote:

looking good Fi!!!



Thank you, one day it will look something like that. Probably around the same time as your Pop is back on the road. And don't be nasty to Jo, she's lovely.



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It wont take that long Fi, Mikes not as lazy as me!!!!

And you obviously arnt talking about my Jo!!!! HA AH

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And you obviously arnt talking about my Jo!!!! HA AH


I hope jo hits you harder next time fatty !!! you deserve it ...ha.ha



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she doesnt hit me!!...My House my rules...HA HA AAAAARGGGHHHHH

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thats what we like to hear !!! simone in pain ... go on jo hit him harder .. ha.ha

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Back to the yella Humber. If anyone wants to pop over on Sunday and have a poke and a giggle at the beastie, you'll be more than welcome. Just send me a pm and I'll send you our address. smile.gif

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Fi . at least with all them humbers there is no excuse for one of them not to go to any shows
sure you can make one good one
and when your out in that street addict dont forget "DRIVE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT"
that was what it was built for

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Trouble is there is still only 24hours in a day (I'm sure we all know that feeling!smile.gif)
The blue '60 Snipe is on the road and hopefully so will the yella one. As for the other 2 on the drive, hopefully they will go in one form or another, I want my driveway back and the Fairlane home once Mike has been able to finish the electrics.

Mike has taken the blue one to work a few times this last couple of weeks when the Tess was off the road with a poorly engine (much better now). He doesn't really like taking it to Harwich and back, not on the twisty country lane to often, not after what happened last year. If he rolled the Humber I don't think he'd walk away like he did from the Fiat. And the A120 doesn't like the Humber that much.

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UPDATE: Having spent yesterday afternoon working on the Fairlane's wiring, Mike decided today as the weather so good he'd do a bit of work on Street Addict. (As well as doing a bit of clearing up in the garden and getting me a pretty container from Bourne Garden centre for one of my houseplants)

We had one of our neighbours in stitches when she heard we what we were using to clean the chrome & stainless (a peg, don't ask but our friend Mick came up with that one last weekend!) But apart from that he discovered that all the essentials like lights, wipers and fuel pump work. The brakes are in need of a lot of TLC mind you. Still haven't tried to get the car running because something or other needs doing. Don't ask me, it's oily thing what ever it is. wink.gif That lovely checker stripe is now completely off, including the glue.




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Due to the weather and Sniper doing a few little bits & bobs to the Fairlane, he hasn't been able to spend much time on Street Addict recently.

Over the Christmas holidays he did get a few minutes alone with Street Addict and treated a couple of the rusty patches.


As the weather was good yesterday he was able to left the cover and do a little bit. The carbs have been cleaned and checked over, they appear to be ok and when time permits he'll put them back and try to start the beastie again.

So once he's got it fired up, it'll be continuing the brake refurb and refitting them and see what esle needs to be done.

Will Street Addicit make it to the Nats this year???


 


 



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Its looking good Fi.
I remember the name of this car but i cant remember how it used to look, have you got any pics?
Is Mike going to restore it back to how it was in its hey day?

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Taken in the early-mid 1980's.

Not sure what Mike is planning, too many projects and not enough time sydrome is starting to take affect. I think first things first, get it running again and then able to stop!

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Looking forward to seeing it.

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the car looks cooooooooooooel ,as a street car should,dont worry about a bonnet just put a big carb and a nice chrome air pan it will look fine,whats it running ,i can see the twin su's so im assuming its a rover v8. ?

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Yip, it's a Rover v8. Bit of a pattern starting to form here as the Fairlane has a Rover under the hood.

I know Sniper is looking forward to taking it to one of our Humber Club gatherings.... That should be a giggle, but then our local group is either very open minded or too polite to make rude comments. lol

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as dodge say."dare to be different" its a custom not a standard car.im sure they'll like the mods and the roar of a v8 makes most petrol heads smile. i saw a v8 in a 80s volvo estate and it didnt look to nice but the engine sounded nice.

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NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!evileye

You'll be putting idea into Snipers head, esp as our Ovlov got another's ticket on Friday.

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lol lol.

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giggles wrote:

Yip, it's a Rover v8. Bit of a pattern starting to form here as the Fairlane has a Rover under the hood.

I know Sniper is looking forward to taking it to one of our Humber Club gatherings.... That should be a giggle, but then our local group is either very open minded or too polite to make rude comments. lol




yep it would be good if you took it to one of your classic meets that would get their jaws dropping no

 



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I can already hear the grinding of teeth on pipes....

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they all be jelous because they didnt do it to theres.i like classics and classics left standard. i drove my triumph std for 5yrs ,had the v8 sitting in the garage and my friends just kept on at me to put it in the triumph.so i did.

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The beastie started last night, but the battery decided to die. Another go tonight.

A huge thanks to Charlie (AKA Miniboy) for his help.

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Exciting stuff: Mike took it for a little and I mean little drive Thursday night, only up and down the driveway. It started, ran and stopped! winner.gif

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so hows the street addict?

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Sitting on the drive waiting for a new engine. It had a lot of time spent on it over August, the wife, kids & other cars need a bit of attention. Hint. Hint.

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