Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

I'm beginning to think this corner of the forum is turning into little more than a convenient political soapbox, given some of the recent posts on here, not what I intended it for.

I think it may ...

You know what they say - it is better to have loved & lost than never to have loved at all.

Which is quite possibly one of the things that is creating the decline. Youngsters, or those under sa ...

I'm voting with my feet pigtin, I'll leave Britain to implode behind me.
In 1930's Europe those with any political awareness set sail for the USA, they are the ones who prospered, we know the rest.
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No...not what you think, this time it's British citizens seeking asylum from Britains politically correct government!

http://northwestnationalists.blogspot.com/

And another chap that has researc ...

I think that must be a typo - the Somerset was in production in '52.

Like many others I do have call to roam around a little during the day and since the cost of petrol has risen from merely expensive to downright extortionate, I have been forced to modify my driving h ...

For those partial to them this one looks a very nice example.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C45532?pt=pf

I have some possible commissions for those line drawings that you do if you are interested? pm me for details.

Exactly so zandy, personally I find it very ignorant to make no attempt to adopt the host country's language and culture. As Greeney says the French do respond well to those that make the effort.

I can only repeat what the general consensus of the forum was, as told by those that live there and contribute, and it did seem to be southerners that were the main culprits.
It could be due to the r ...

Going slightly off topic I have recently been visiting forums run by ex-pats in France, and their main concern is that too many Brits are moving over!

Quite apart from their reluctance to integrate ...

I'm quite taken by that kind of local interest, it's like living in the 1950's again, and that's no bad thing when you consider the present day. Cool

Put some more pics on when she's finished won't ...

I think it goes back to the 'copycat' thing that we have had with America for years. An American car looks nice modified, British cars modified always look like the poor relations to me.
I have endu ...

...and gone on to confiscate and crush the vehicle for not having the various legal requirements. Crying or Very sad

It seems that the Gendarmerie is still composed of human beings using discretion as opposed t ...

looks almost there Greeney, great stuff. Cool