Albert's Page

"Bill and Hilary have one, a blue one. I saw a photograph of them in it about 5 years ago. "

"Welcome to the wonderful world of Funtech ownership. "The car's the star !"."

"It is interesting to learn that the engines are virtually unbreakable. I didn't know that. I thought the Lombardini 340 air cooled engine was subject to the same caveats as any other engine.  I blew a gasket on mine so mine must be the…"

"The other point I have just thought of is risk of getting water into the brake drums. It may affect the braking efficiency and also the return spring and activating assembly may gather rust. If the return spring gets rusty it can fracture. This…"

"The whole engine gets very hot. This is because the engine is air cooled and dependent on the rush of air as you motor to cool it a bit. Therefore also it is not a good idea to run the engine while stationary for long periods. When it rains,…"

"It took me 4 days to get my radio / casette player to fit in. I had to make a chassis for it that would fit the slot, otherwise it would not be supported and it would have suffered the same fate as yours. The problem is that there is a void under…"

"I know Sompting reasonably well. There is a super pub there and they have (or used to have)  live jazzon Wednesday nights, fabulous. If you know Worthing we lived at Wallace Avenue, Parallel to Grand Avenue. I got fed up with the Nanny State…"

"Aw ! Poor Poddy...what a shame...cruel !"

"That is a beautiful beastie. I have never seen one in silver. I am in Gibraltar. What part of the UK are you in ?"

"I have in my garage a second funtech (in a dilapidated state) which belonged to a chap who is disabled owing to a very serious car accident several years ago. As he is not well he was never able to look after it properly and it is a non runner so he…"

"ooH...here's another one... "very interesting....what engine has it got ?" "Lombadini" "WHAT ! LAMBORGINI !" (me)..."well...its special edition, you know, Formula 7" (stifled giggle)."

"Ok, thanks, that's great."

"Secma are very unhelpful with everything. Are the mudguards on A QPod wider than the ones on a Funtech 350 with skinny tyres ? But the principle would be the same...metal bashing...I expect. Don't drift away. Let's stay in contact."

"I have actually considered having replica mudguards made in aluminium. There are some very skilled and clever people around who can make complicated things out of sheet metal, like replica helmets, breastplates and the like for enthusiasts who…"

"I have skinny tyres on my Funtech 350. I have done 16,000 miles on them and they are mint, practically. I don't think taking it off road is a good idea anyway with nobblies or otherwise. It cannot do the suspension springs any good or the…"