Border Terrier
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Steve Bell of Bellway now PLC, passed his test in 1965? and his first car was a Lotus (alloy panels) Cortina. Smokiiiiiin!
Hi Stephen!!
What car is your boat?
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Steve Bell of Bellway now PLC, passed his test in 1965? and his first car was a Lotus (alloy panels) Cortina. Smokiiiiiin!
Hi Stephen!!
auditdata
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Of course you old softie, although I did speculate that looking at the wake on your profile picture you probably had a Subaru Impreza with the extra body kit!!!! If it's a Bugatti Veyron then you are right to keep shtum!Enjoy
Clive
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Hmm, at least you avoided the horror that was the Rover 1.4 Vanden Plas. That would not be good 'cos the one I got saddled with (saddled - Sadler ... geddit? Never mind ...) leaked like a sieve. Good job it had leather upholstery 'cos by the time the windows had leaked, the sunroof had leaked, the door seals had leaked and so on it was usually drier on the outside than the inside. I've had Series Landies that were more watertight than that piece of carp!
Border Terrier
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My father had a "Princess R" in the '60's. I used to run it up to Edinburgh where my brother who was incarcerated at a posh school.
It went like s**t off a shovel and I enjoyed giving sports car owners the victory sign at traffic lights and then burning them off.
Similar memories of start lines in Int. 14 Open Meetings. "Eat my transom".
Mad Pad
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Folkboat=Volkswagen!
spottydog
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BUT a Beetle goes backwards where its driver intends it to go
As rear vision is limited in a Beetle, also best not to go backwards unless you really need to
sailorman
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BUT a Beetle is has steerage asternAs rear vision is limited in a Beetle, also best not to go backwards unless you really need to
EuanMcKenzie
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Trying to think of a classic retro 70/80s car thats damn fast handles well but rots.. ... lol Oh has to be worth nothing as well!
Rover SD1 V8
The wedge shaped one!
Rover SD1 V8
The wedge shaped one!
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sailorman
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I had one of those apart from the rear axil splines it was a nice car, in 1981 i spent £3k on petrol
ronsurf
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Who wants a boat that really is a Citroen DS?
Must say, I'm tempted.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CITROEN-D...2735842?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1c4b51cae2
Must say, I'm tempted.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CITROEN-D...2735842?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1c4b51cae2
ChrisRayner
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Arthur Ransome famously referred to his Laurent Giles ketch, Peter Duck, as the nautical equivalent of a Bath chair. I like to think that our Hunter Pilot 27 is an updated version, more like a nautical mobility tricycle. Roller reefing jib, steering from below decks if you want, slab reefing from the cockpit, all mod cons. Ver' civilised.
Koeketiene
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A Volvo V70
- Spacious
- Comfortable
- Reliable
- Often mistaken for a Swedish boat (HR), but like most Volvos my boat was built in Belgium.
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Melleman
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One day...:encouragement:
Melleman
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I´ll take it as a tender.lol
But my god it´s ugly.
Their is one problem though,it does not float.......so it´s not realy a boat,it just look that way.:dejection:
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Tomahawk
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That surely goes to the Morris Ital with hydroelastic suspension…
Tomahawk
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Small 1930s design, with bags of character and a distinctive exhaust note. However progress is very sedate, and its not too good round corners.
It's got to be an Austin Chummy.
My parents have got one… it needs a lot of work
Highndry
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I had one of those as a company car for a while. Far less exciting than the Renault 5 Turbo that replaced it though. I rolled that.
As for a car to compare to my Medina? Probably my very first car, a Morris 1300GT. Less rust though.