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Was on the car park behind the Railway this aft, and the was an Austin of England parked on there think they were called Austin A40 it was an A reg, 1962 I think, not bad 49 years old and still on the road

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Did it have Max's Taxi's on the side. :D:D:D:D

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:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:
nice one Alan

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I bet it does not have 246,000 miles on it like my Mondeo and it is only 9 years old :D

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You have to say. Ford do know how to make a motor that lasts.

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171K on my 6 year old honda...


49YO aint that old in classic car scene, there are plenty of pre suffix reg cars around if you look for them...

:D

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Hell that means you've been round the clock a few times youself:D:D

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Its not often you see them in everyday use though:)

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This rust bucket seems to be in regular use, it was parked at Winfields last week.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1315151158

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I think they should allow more old cars to be tax free.

As for going round the clock jay its a long time since you drove. Cars have had 6 figure odometers fir years

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Nice one Gremlin :confused::confused:how long have you had it:D:D

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I never did jaysay, i just took the photo with mi phone as I was passing.

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It's not the amount of miles a car has done, it's how it did them that matters!!!! :D:D:D

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Thats on the same lines as "its not the size of the gun that matters its the shot it fires":rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::D

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The A40s c 1952 were Austin Somersets. There was a similar-shaped Austin Devon. The one on the photo is c1962.

I recently read that the Land Rover was introduced c 1948 and the number of those still on the road is a very high proportion of the total manufactured.

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The one in the picture is a Cambridge I think,I see It round town quite a lot.

Mine Is 20 years old and done 55,000 miles.:eek::):)

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My little Seat is nearly nine, and has done 9,500.

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It would be cheaper getting a taxi when you went out Margaret, 1000 miles a year,:eek:that's hardly turning the engine over:D

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I get ultra cheap fully comp insurance due to low mileage
road tax 110.00
car insurance 175.53
mot 40.00
petrol 30.00
car service 70.00
total 425.53 (35.46pm)

Last sunday I went out by taxi to my son's house and the trip to Huncoat and back cost me £12.

I will be giving up my car when the tax and insurance expire near year end, but what has decided me to do that is not running costs but the repair bills (electrical/battery problems) I've had in the past two years.

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1000 miles/year on 30 quids worth of fuel is approx 200mpg.... you should be talking to guiness book of records there! working on 40 mpg around town you are really looking at 150 quid a year for petrol


You are also forgetting

depreciation got to be 200 /year min even on a 9 year old car.. ,

tyres ( should be replaced after 5 years as they go off ) so working on 150 a set is another 30 quid a year,

as you also mention repairs 50 quid for general bits per year would be a sensible figure to start with but understanding that a big bill ( in this case ~ 200+ ) you might even be in the point of throwing the car away losing even more in "depreciation"

Dont forget to someone as careful as I know you are you are missing out on the interest on the money tied up in your car that could be making you money elsewhere,

adding that lot in rather increases the real cost /month to approx 55-60 /month in my rough estimates

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During the first few years I did far more than 1000 miles per year.
I visited my cousin in South Wales and made trips every couple of months to Gilsland Spa in Northumbria.

It was when I became ill 3/4 years ago that mileage plummeted.
For the last 3 years I have filled the tank annualy, hence the £30.

Tyres have been replaced since new due to punctures.

I will be giving my car to my son for general use by my family.
I doubt it is worth much more than £1,500 - £2000 - money I don't need.
Interest rates are abysmal with no signs of improvement, so the interest on money from a sale would provide just a handful of taxi trips a year.

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in which case, 30 quid of petrol is 5 gallons so no more than 200 miles/year in which case you definately would be better using taxis......

BTW, its not good to fill up annually as modern petrol "goes off" and can cause injectors etc to gum up leading to big bills for replacing....

I do find it intersting that you sate its 1-2K that "you dont need" yet you profess to searching out every possible deal to save pennies here and there.....

The handful of taxi trips would also be more than none........

I'd also ask how "good" a driver can be with so little exposure to the road and driving conditions today. Its often said the roads are not what they were and even a pup like me can see the difference in volume/attitude/quality of driving over the last 10 years...

I know that when I dont ride my motorcycles for a short while I am "rusty" when I get back on so I'd hate to think how you must feel....

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My father drove a Mini City was a 1983 reg, he taxed it insured it fully serviced it and did around 500 miles between MOTs, he only used it to go to Accy once a week and up to my gaffe 3 times a week, I had just persuaded him to pack in driving when he died in 2003, in his case a taxi would have been much cheaper

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Seeing as the thread mentioned Land Rovers I thought you may want to see one my brother took to South Africa and back in the early 60's. The only problem he had, apart from a few punctures, was a gear box cross member breaking, he got it welded by a chap who got it red hot and beat the parts back together with a big hammer. When they re-fit it the bolt holes matched up spot on.

The old Landy got back Ok and was in regular use for many years after, it is still rotting away somewhere in one of his buildings at his mill.

Brother is on the near side of the Landy in the photo, he didn't even have a driving licence until he returned even though he drove half of the miles

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1315151428
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1315151428
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1315151428

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An old II series Lanny short wheel base, cantankerous bluddy things, but they could take some abuse.

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I could never get second gear on any I drove in the army without a clonk.

The one my brother took to SA and back was the over head/side valve engine type and I made up a system of fuel lines, pumps and valves to take fuel from the two tanks we fitted and he could pump fuel from either tank via either pump and from one tank to the other if one sprung a leak. The front steering ball joint were really bad when he returned and I can remember driving it with about three quarters of a turn play on the steering wheel. They had originally painted it red but was advised to change it in case they came up against any Commie hating tribes.

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Had one of them on the site were I served my time in the sixties Dave, that's when I learnt to double declutch, which funnily I did quite a lot right up to stopping driving in 95:D

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Hahaha - Saw broken cars outside Tommy Blank's in Accrington......One appears to be a blue VW Polo saloon......X plate........... registered only 10 years ago.

And for Alan, there is a VW Passat-MAX Taxis parked out there.......with a smashed front.

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Back in the 70's I had a mate who had an early Land Rover with a valve radio in it. If he gave you a lift in a morning the radio took about 10 minutes to warm up.

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It would probably cost you less money to use taxi's instead

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I was assure by the owner of the Ford that it is in regular use.

The other vehicle is a Leyland DAF ex post office wan converted.

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I owned an almost identical zephyr only mine was black with column gear change and bench front seat. I loved that car and would love another.

The car pictured is a zephyr 4 but is actually has the early all white indicator/side light fitted so is technically illegal :D you could only use them up to feb 1963...

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I had a Zodiac Mk 2 in 1962, I think it was four years old when I bought it.
That also had column change and a bench seat.
The only photo I have of it was taken at Morecambe. It has me and all the other six people who went in it with me stood along side it. Not much car showing.


My first car was a 1947 Anglia, 8hp side valve. Similar to the one pictured below.

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difference is I was only 22/23 ish at the time and the Zephyr was 6 years older than me!

I've always enjoyed playing with old cars, they just have so much more character than new stuff. Its only the fact I drive 120 miles a day to work that a classic Daily Driver is not practical to me. otherwise I'd not be driving a bland jap box... :D

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seem to recall the zephyr was called the "Flying Pig" back in the day.

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I like my 1990 Caddie de Ville ... V-8, 4.5L ... just under 118,000 km ... original paint ... wire wheels .... never driven in winter ... interior immaculate ... tinted windows ... all the whistles and bells:alright: A genuine full load road toad.:D

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When I was about 23 me and mate had an Oldsmobile Rocket 88. Very quick off the mark but when it saw a corner it surrendered.

I have no photo but i scanned the brochure that I took from the glove box.

Lets have a photo of your Caddie Eric.

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Is your Caddie anything like the one below Eric?

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I think the Flying pig could have been a Morris Oxford, i don't recall the Ford Zodiac being called that. Maybe the old Standard Vanguard could be the Flying Pig. I had one ex RAF and it was a pig of a car.

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I remember my fathers first car was a Ford Consul, with a three speed column change, black, with red interior, I learned to drive in it, well I did have lessons and took my test in an Austin 1100, but it helped getting used to the road driving to work in Whalley every day

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Twas a good mate,a mechanic who had one Gremlin, sure it was a zephyr wi a V6 engine?:confused:

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I learnt to drive in a 1931 Austin 7(no, I didn't buy it new and it cost me £7).
It had to be double-declutched and I only learnt how to do it after a night out on the beer. I could always do it after that and passed my test in it.
Anyone driven older than that?

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You could be right cashman, if it had a V6 it would be a later model than mine.

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My father ran a funeral and wedding business in Todmorden and he had four big old Austin twenty sixes, two were 1938 models and two were a bit older but probably not as old as 1931. I drove them all when I passed my test at 17 years old.
Father also had a Rolls Royce hearse from about the 1920 and he let me move it about a bit when I was ten. My job was to go into the back and clean the windows and polish the silver plated flower holders. That was before he put the coffin in.

I bet your Austin Seven was only a four wheeler Gordon, not like this little van , a friend of mine was a manager at the firm it is advertising and he sent me the photo.
Did you know that the first cars that BMW made were on licence from Austin and were copies of the 7. I think they were called the Dixie.

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Most of the time, Gremlin.
Until one of the back wheels fell off halfway across the Menai Bridge-that was one lane each way so we caused quite a traffic jam.

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In which case it was the Mk 4 Zephyr/Zodiac. These were initially designed to be front wheel drive and had HUGE bonnets but used V formation engines to shorten the block. however a chicken out by bosses meant that they went rear wheel drive at teh last minute but as they'd spent a fortune on designing the new engine it stayed meaning the engine bay looks almost empty :D

All the previous Zodiacs used straight 6's ( also used by Scimitar in the SE4 )

MK3 Zephyrs were either 4 or 6 cylinders ( 1.7L and 2.5 respectively)

whereas Mk2 " 4 cylinder" cars were named Consul....

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Cheers ian, thats probably the car, twas a long time ago.:)

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Apart from the color ... mine's baby blue .... exactly. I'll have to get my camera and dust it off.

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Yep austin cambridge saw it tonight on Asda car park.:eek:

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That car has been knocking around for years, I see it regularly up baxenden.

Its not pretty but it makes me happy to see it still plodding on.

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I remember the first car I had myself was an Austin Healey Frog Eyed Sprite, white with red interior, the reg was ENA 107, was a great little motor, nout like belting along on a sunny afternoon top down with the latest squeeze sat next to ya:D

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I think that right Ian,
My Zodiac was a six cylinder model and had the Aquaflow cylinder head.
Another two cars I wished I still owned were a 1933 BSA four wheeler with pre select gear box, it was a one owner and had been stood for many years after the owner died, his widow eventually gave it me for digging out some land for her with an old 3 cylinder John Deere digger, that was in 1962.
The other was a Triumph Roadster similar to the one John Nettles drove in Begerac. We didn't realize in those days what the cars would be worth in later years if we kept on looked after them.
I let the BSA go to a farmer to make a cart when the core plug popped. I couldn't be bothered to repair it because my girl friend preferred the Zodiac for her rides out. It also had a big bench seat in the front so we could snuggle up as we drove, the big bench seat in the back was reserved for when we parked up.

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@jaysay, you'll be kicking yourself if you look what a decent frog-eye brings now.... :D

@Gremlin, yep, front bench seats are ace aren't they.... :D ( Although Julie never had the pleasure as I'd moved onto a 1968 Vitesse by the time we met.)

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I was driving about in a 1962 Vauxhall Cresta (it was Peter Bodens but he was banned from driving) when I met the second wife and she liked the bench seat.

When Peter got his licence back I got a Spitfire, then another then the last model GT6 which is a Vitesse with a two seater sports body. By then the first wife had left me and so the bench seat wasn't needed as she was good enough to leave me a settee, a table and a bed, plus two knife's and forks and a great load of debt. You wouldn't believe how much a woman can spend on the drip in two years of marraige.

I have had 27 cars in all and would be a rich man if I had stuck to a push bike.

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Mk2 Ford escort 1600 ghia ( PEY 309 S ) - crashed at bottom of lonsdale street
MK2 Ford escort 1100 pop plus " The beast", driving like it was stolen everywhere
Mk1 Ford Escort 1300GT - I rally prep'd this and drove it like a maniac but is one of the cars I'd have again tomorrow without a thought ( GRP 959N)
MK3 Ford Zephyr 4 - Black, fins, Bench seat, column change, pose tool and bought because it was SOO SLOW another I'd have back without a thought (214GUV)
MK3 Ford Zephyr 6 - ex plod, was too far gone to restore so stripped to keep the 4 going ( Can't remember as it only lasted 12 months but think it was C reg )
MG BGT - rubber bumper rubbish car, one of my worst ever buys ( LRN 380N)
Mk1 Triumph Vitesse 2 litre - rusty, but an absolute hoot to drive, roof unbolted for wind in the hair motoring ( LTJ425F)
Moss Malvern kit car ( Morgan copy ) Herald 13/60 based - car was cursed and brought nothing but bad luck - given away to simply get rid of it!
Austin A40 - 1959 and about as slow as you can possibly imagine, even snails overtook this - ( Can't remember its reg for some reason) - car was written off after vandals let the handbrake off and it rolled down the hill into another car
Ford Fiesta 950 pop plus ( bought so SWMBO could learn to drive) only owned 5 months before I skidded on black ice and bent it beyond economical repair
Citroen BX - first "modern" car - utterly reliable but equally forgettable
Rover 418 SLD - bought when I got my first non local job - written off by a Merc Vito hitting it at 40+ mph whilst I was stopped at lights ( M412 SLD)
VW Golf 1600 - cheapo bought as temp replacement for above - given to mate who was down on his luck
Alfa Romeo 155 2.0 Twin Spark - (K441ANE added shortly after purchase, private plate still with me today) - was LPG'd in 2000
Saab 9000 - also LPG'd - L43 NEC but wore the PP above most of its time
Volvo V70 T5 - also LPGd some P reg thing, ( wore PP all its life with me )
Audi A8 4.2 QS - also LPG - too fragile, constanly something wrong with it, my only other "Bad buy"
Honda Accord 2.2. CDTI - current motor - wearing the PP as usual - boring, cheap to run, 5 YO with 171K on the clock

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Here we go Attachment 18378 This is the first time I've tried this; so it probably won't work.

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Wow ... it worked:alright: Now if only I can remember what I did, I can get some pics of the Caddy .... This is not an old motor; it's my other toy.:D

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Attachment 18379

Hey .... another one worked.

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No doubt Ian but I got rid about 38 years ago, would think one in good nick would bring thousands today

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a good one is around 8-10 k..... :D

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8-10 K. :eek::eek::eek::eek: I only paid £350 for it when I bought in in 71,:eek: traded it in for a Rover 2000TC in 73

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Austin Healey FROGEYE SPRITE Classic Cars for Sale, Austin Healey Classic Cars Wanted. New/Used, UK

:D read em and weep..... :D

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The one thats been sold looks like my blood car:s_cry::s_cry:

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A very old motor;
1987 VOLKSWAGEN POLO C MK2 BREADVAN HATCHBACK LONG MOT | eBay

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Very old, yer havin a larf

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Think we've got things in our cupboard older than that mate, probably crimbo puddin's. :rolleyes:

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Attachment 18381 Rover 3500 is the way to go. This is my mates at Aintree motor racing circuit last Sunday

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Well it's 24 years isn't it :D :D :D

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Benipetes Vauxhall is about that age, and it's one of the newest cars he's ever owned.
:)

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A car that age is usually a persons pride and joy;)

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Has he got a patent on the Rust Less:D

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No sign of rust, I think the thick layer of moss is hiding it.
:)

I believe it was one of those lucky finds, it spent it's early life tucked away in the owners garage.
Pete reckons it's not quite run in yet.
:)

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So you mean just two careful owners then:D

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Attachment 18384 Another old motor.

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Sorry Bee ... this one is only 21 years old;):D

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The first Land Rover was introduced in 1948 and the body panels were aliuminium because steel was hard to find just after the war. Land Rover Defender and Range Rover are still made from aluminium.

The LR factory in Solihull is the original factory.

A few years ago LR were advertising that 72% of all land rovers were still on the road. Trading Standards stopped them from using this advert because many land rovers had been rebuilt.

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Interesting photo Gremlin.

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:hehetable:hehetable:s_aim1::s_aim1::rofl38:

That's funny Alan

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Spotted this old girl again today, coming back towards preston from blackpool way on the old road just by the fork in the road where it splits to go to lytham.

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You can check car details here;
https://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/Ev...app/home/intro

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Also an older motor;
1986 VAUXHALL NOVA MERIT BLUE | eBay

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Found a pic of my old car other day , why did i ever sell it !
Attachment 18630:(

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Because they did nt handle very well, were not very quick unless you had the 2.8. Rusted like billy ho, :D

In a time when the hot hatches took over the capri and manta were dinosaurs....

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Oh how you get used to power steering

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They were a great car Ian, my mate had a few of them, he used to tinker about and soup them up, they could catch pigeons

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I agree,
I have had two and they handled terrible with the cart springs at the back. The headlights rusted away in no time.
The two litre auto was a bit quicker than the 1600 I had and better on fuel.
They looked OK in their day.

I spotted this one at Leyland recently.

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They looked the business in the day, but as others have said crap to handle.

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Yeah, but you gotta admit there is more to cars and bikes than handling. My Hardly Dangerous is not a very forgiving bike . I've ridden my buddy's Honda Goldwing ... like driving down the road in a comfortable armchair ... boring. You buy a Harley 'cause, well, it's a Harley ... the sound:alright:, especially with the ground pounder pipes I have:D

Want safety and reliability? Ride Jap scrap. Want syle? Ride a Harley.:alright: And if you want a beautiful machine, and you have the bucks, ride Italian.

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I agree Eric and if you want nostalgia ride a:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...ette-venom.jpg

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That looks a mean machine Gremlin

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This was one of my favourite cars I had. I think it was 1963 approx. Sunbeam Alpine ... had to change it when my daughter became too big for the seat at the back.... :(

My father-in-law and ex did it up for me ... they had it coach painted in pale blue. The new owner (in Gt. Harwood), amazingly, turned up some years ago and was an acquaintance of my daughter. He sent her this photograph.

Attachment 18646

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I only ever bought the 2.8i , had 3 of em , and that handleing problem wasnt you just drove side ways everywere !!:eek:
ian

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A Velocette venom jaysay,

Reason for the fishtail exhaust was to stop the coppers pushing their stick up to see if the baffles had been removed, so my dad told me.

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There is a lovely one for sale in a garage at Bucklow Hill, cheshire. He wants top dollar for it though...

When I was ~ 18 a friend bought one that had been "customised" with huge back wheels silly wheel arch extentions etc. We spent teh next year or so putting it back to standard. it had been properly butchered though..

@Eric

"Hardly Ablesons" are not my cup of tea, they are too much "lifestyle" than bike IMHO. I know what you mean about some modern stuff being boring though. I have two 1000cc V twins, a Honda Varadero which is so capable its as you describe, boring unless you are doing a million miles an hour. my other is a Moto Guzzi which is technically rubbish but feels much more involving to ride at a fraction of the speed I ride the Honda.

I guess it depends on the situation, on a nice sunny sunday out for a potter give me the Guzzi, if I had to cross Europe on a wet windy winters day give me the Honda everytime!

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An old mate of mine perfected rear wheel steering in a mk2 ghia, he was extremely good at it as well.

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dont get me wrong, I loved my Mk1 1300 GT escort, you could powerslide that thing like anything and I did far too often just for kicks... in fact teh only reason I sold teh car was I was young and realised I was driving like a twonk and would probably lose my license or have a big accident if I carried on. So I sold it and deliberately bought the slowest car I've ever owned ( and yet probably my favourite car I've ever owned closely followed by the escort) a Mk3 Zephyr. 1700cc putting out about 65bhp in a car that weighs 2 ton is never going to be quick, 70 mph was about it if I had a long road and a slight downhill slant. Bench seat, column change, big fins,lots of chrome, pumping stereo made it an ace car for clubbing in though plus you could legitimately carry 7 people( but that made it even slower!!!! )

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Beautiful ... the glory days of motorcycles:alright: If I had the bucks to spare, I would have me one of these ... Or, a Vincent Black Knight:D .... And if I won millions on the lottery, a Brough Superior:cool:

But my Harley will have to do ... at least it's black, with lots of chrome (no plastic crotch rocket in my driveway) and it has the sound.

Even though the weather is still nice, I already have the bike stored against the onslaught of my 45th Canadian winter.

I do have a project I will be working on over the winter ... a '78 Yamahammer 650 ... with he help of a friend, a real wrench who knows his way around bikes (he has a '48 Indian Chief), we already have the soft tail off, a nice hard tail on, with a solo, sprung seat, a peanut tank from god knows what kind of machine, a springer front end, mini apes, and lagged pipes ... when I get up to the Rez where we are doing the work, I will get some pics for those who are interested in bikes.

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http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1320778870

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1320778870

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1320778870

A buddy of mine has restored this one ... more or less ... 1950 Ford Coupe, with a 350 small block Chevy ...

I also got some pics of a 1934 Dodge at the beginning of restoration ... has in it a 353 hemi from a 1950s Chrysler Imperial.

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What was the reason you sold the Saab 9000 and Alfa 155 Ian?.

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Alfa was rotten round the rear suspension mounts, saab, I just fancied a change and with a new baby an estate was more practical.