Re: The Baron Hotel in Aleppo

Posted by kit carr on Aug 18, 2012; 4:43am
URL: http://sundownersadventures.385.s1.nabble.com/The-Baron-Hotel-in-Aleppo-tp5706532p5706547.html

myy546p

baby, as it was called by someone.

it had a serious prang in switzerland, near lausanne. we took a replacement coach out, and brought baby back. i cant remember who was with me. i can remember the black beetles coming out of the gaps between the white lines on the foggy autoroute on the way back. time for a sleep.

baby was driven by murray clifford first, and was bought new. rod was bought 2nd hand. I think from trathens but not sure. I think silver had that one first.

both the volvos were good coaches.

when greg paul did the gear box job on rod, he took the heads off to check inside. it had done around 600,000 miles, and the original hone marks were still on the cylinder walls.

they were really powerful, 265 bhp compared to the 140 bhp of the fords. smooth, good brakes. only a 5 speed gearbox, but the extra power and torque made up for it.