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I would rather cover it with a sail.
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I'd rather cover it with a sale...
1964 T34 - The Razor: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=10290
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Pine wrote:For a short while our tow car ended up being a Nissan Laurel 2.8 SGL - I didn't want to be seen DEAD in that car :kots:
That dreadful Laurel looked exactly like the one in the pic below - it was the same weird metallic pink-bronze colour, I don't think there were a lot made in any other colour than that anyway :?


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I drove a 1965 Valiant SW as a student 8 Km/l. Manual 3 speed colum shift. 61c/liter.
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My dad still has a valiant VIP - before that he had a Regal which he towed the boat with, that thing is K@k strong even on a slipway. With widened back wheels it had a lot of traction.

Ek het een keer gehoor dat 'n V8 'n baie christilike kar is. as die motor idle sê hy: god-god-god-god en as jy hom trap sê hy: jjjjjjjjeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusssssssssssssssssss
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Didn't they later change thier name to Maus Performance?
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And the Valiant Coup was so sexy as well....
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Pine I think that front from the Steam Festival one comes from an Eastern European truck/bus
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Chris wrote:Didn't they later change thier name to Maus Performance?
No, they just had a mouse for a mascott. That fugly nose was used on very little cars. They mostly concentrated on T3,T25,Vanagon, whatever you wanna call it. I had one done by Jan Teken, the JT3000. The other crowd was Daan Jacobs. I had no overheating or gearbox problems and it towed my caravan like a dream. A lot of these suffered from gearbox problems though. Suppose it depended how you drove it. When VWSA launched the 2.5, most of these companies whent under. You could only convert so many Toyota Ventures.
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Maus Performance used to convert Nissans
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I think the Datsan Laural was even uglier...
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Chris wrote:Didn't they later change thier name to Maus Performance?
Blitz is correct, MAUS performance specialised in Datsun/Nissan conversions, especially the Hardbody and 1400. The company belonged to two brothers MArius and KobUS - so the MAUS name was from their names.
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