Quick Trivia 3

[wolseley]

Easy one for Crosswind. It's your turn mate.

Fuego is a very stylish car of that era .......

[Crosswind]

The Japanese think it's a sports vehicle...

If they only knew what Sri Lankans are using this for... I'm sure a few of them will commit hara kiri

[Sierra Charlie]

  On 10/19/2015 at 5:12 AM, Crosswind said:

The Japanese think it's a sports vehicle...

If they only knew what Sri Lankans are using this for... I'm sure a few of them will commit hara kiri

NIssan Stagea? I saw what I think is a Stagea being used as a hearse. I died little, inside.

Edited October 19, 2015 by Sierra Charlie

[Crosswind]

Yes. Nissan Stagea.

And yes, that was what I was talking about. Sri Lankans are using them as hearses!

I guess some folks would love to make their last trip on one...

Over to you, SC.

Edited October 19, 2015 by Crosswind

[terrabytetango]

  On 10/19/2015 at 5:27 AM, Sierra Charlie said:

NIssan Stagea? I saw what I think is a Stagea being used as a hearse. I died little, inside.

There are a few Stageas being used as hearses, I've seen them parked at the big garage at Madiwela. I wonder how many of them are Turbos.

[Sierra Charlie]

A car found in Sri Lanka as scarce as hen´s teeth.

[Davy]

That's a Galant Wagon. Also called Legnum.

[Sierra Charlie]

Indeed it is. I've seen at least two of these here in SL. One has the 1.8 L 4G93 GDI engine in it. Tad underpowered in this application I reckon.

Edited October 19, 2015 by Sierra Charlie

[iRage]

  On 10/19/2015 at 6:10 AM, terrabytetango said:

There are a few Stageas being used as hearses, I've seen them parked at the big garage at Madiwela. I wonder how many of them are Turbos.

There is a white RS (Turbo) at a funeral house in Punchi Borella

[Schiffer]

  On 10/19/2015 at 3:39 PM, iRage said:

There is a white RS (Turbo) at a funeral house in Punchi Borella

i dont understand why all these good cars ended up being hearses, you dont need 150hp to lug around a coffin at 25kmph.

speaking of which i momentaraly did buy a used hearse

[Davy]

I guess it's my turn. Keeping the hearse theme going... . Try this guys:

According to my memory, the Galant Wagon (AKA Legnum) in Australia has a V6 Twin Turbo. The one posted by Sierra Charlie above is also a V6 I believe. I think I see a "V6" badge above the indicator on the fender.

Edited October 20, 2015 by Davy

[tiv]

  On 10/19/2015 at 10:58 PM, Davy said:

I guess it's my turn. Keeping the hearse theme going... . Try this guys:

According to my memory, the Galant Wagon (AKA Legnum) in Australia has a V6 Twin Turbo. The one posted by Sierra Charlie above is also a V6 I believe. I think I see a "V6" badge above the indicator on the fender.

Mercury Grand Marquis

Edited October 20, 2015 by tiv

[Davy]

  On 10/20/2015 at 2:54 AM, tiv said:

Mercury Grand Marquis

Yes, a Mercury. A Colony Park to be precise. Only a little different from the Grand Marquis I guess.

You can see part of a black Mercury with 39- plates in the background of the 4th photo in this post. I think that one was a Grand Marquis.

Your turn mate...

[Sierra Charlie]

  On 10/19/2015 at 10:58 PM, Davy said:

I guess it's my turn. Keeping the hearse theme going... . Try this guys:

According to my memory, the Galant Wagon (AKA Legnum) in Australia has a V6 Twin Turbo. The one posted by Sierra Charlie above is also a V6 I believe. I think I see a "V6" badge above the indicator on the fender.

Indeed it is. Called a VR4. There are both Legnum and Galant variants of the VR4 running the 6A13TT engine. Displacement of 2498CC. I tried to find a picture of one of the Legnums in Sri Lanka. But the guy who owns it seem to have taken down the picture he put on FB.

[Sampath Gunasekera]

  On 10/19/2015 at 5:15 PM, Schiffer said:

i dont understand why all these good cars ended up being hearses, you dont need 150hp to lug around a coffin at 25kmph.

speaking of which i momentaraly did buy a used hearse

In Sri Lanka, old vans ended up as school vans, CTB buses ended up as private buses, spacious station wagons ended up as hearses.

I frequently see two old hearses (make unknown) at Kadawatha and both are "face-lift" with a Trad Sunny "face" and a Sunny B15 "face".

I was surprised when I see white B15 with 15 Sri plates.

Some history on hearses in Sri Lankan given below.

http://www.afraymond.lk/home.htm

Visit history page.

Edited October 20, 2015 by Sampath Gunasekera

[tiv]

  On 10/20/2015 at 3:22 AM, Davy said:

Yes, a Mercury. A Colony Park to be precise. Only a little different from the Grand Marquis I guess.

You can see part of a black Mercury with 39- plates in the background of the 4th photo in this post. I think that one was a Grand Marquis.

Your turn mate...

My dad had a Mercury Grand Marquis sedan, I pretty much grew up in that thing, The steering wheel was so light as a 4 year old I could turn it. Sheer land barge, red velvet interior, apparently it had a thirsty V8, automatic and the boot could hold an entire bbq grill plus cylinder.

Ok fellas try this

Edited October 20, 2015 by tiv

[terrabytetango]

Landrover Lightweight, or whatever it's called.

Edited October 20, 2015 by terrabytetango

[tiv]

Yes it is, we do have several examples here,

Your turn mate!

[terrabytetango]

[tiv]

Land Rover Series IIA Forward Control

[terrabytetango]

  On 10/21/2015 at 2:43 AM, tiv said:

Land Rover Series IIA Forward Control

ado ehema ba ban. We need a rule where the one who posted last cannot answer the next question. else some people will never get a chance to answer :/ But yes you're right.

Edited October 21, 2015 by terrabytetango

[tiv]

  On 10/21/2015 at 3:51 AM, terrabytetango said:

ado ehema ba ban. We need a rule where the one who posted last cannot answer the next question. else some people will never get a chance to answer :/ But yes you're right.

Haha, this was lakshans vehicle, sheer delight how he built this, there was a thread

Try this,

[JFLanka]

First Gen Toyota Highlander?

tiv can you please post the link to the build thread of that land rover?

[tiv]

Yup, Highlander / Kluger, what I saw locally

anyways

The 101FC Threads

http://forum.autolanka.com/topic/3098-land-rover-101-forward-control/

Sadly the pic links may have expired

http://forum.autolanka.com/topic/10001-my-2b-forward-control/

[JFLanka]

guess ill be taking the floor..

Thanks tiv for the links..

Edited October 21, 2015 by JFLanka