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alastairq
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Ray White
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Before anyone starts saying I will be up in arms about hot rods etc. etc. let me say I am very impressed. I bet this guy is in demand when the weather closes in.
Here is a hot rod that is actually USEFUL |
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Rootes75
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Location: The Somerset Levels
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It sounds from the story to have been continually modified during its lifetime.
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alastairq
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That's what appeals to me about it.
Good use for a redundant Ford cab?
Plenty of nice black smoke as well.....[I like diesels that can poison the grandkids......spent 25 years, often doing early shift on buses.......starting a Gardner up for the early drivers ....just 'got on with it' as they used to say? Hot sweet tea of the bus depot kind usually cured any ill effects.]
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Whitegoatie
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Location: Stamford, Lincolnshire
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| alastairq wrote: | That's what appeals to me about it.
Good use for a redundant Ford cab?
Plenty of nice black smoke as well.....[I like diesels that can poison the grandkids......spent 25 years, often doing early shift on buses.......starting a Gardner up for the early drivers ....just 'got on with it' as they used to say? Hot sweet tea of the bus depot kind usually cured any ill effects.]
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A yard full of Cummins engined ERFs starting up on a cold morning was a sight to behold. |
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winchman
Joined: 21 Feb 2014
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Location: Merseyside
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Now thats my kind of vehicle
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Riley Blue
Joined: 18 Jun 2008
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Location: Derbyshire
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Did you watch he videos in the snow - great fun (if a little smokey...) but I love it!
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alastairq
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Location: East Yorkshire
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| Smoke's fine.....we're all far too used to modern controlled diseasels..... |
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Ray White
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Location: Derby
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| alastairq wrote: | | Smoke's fine.....we're all far too used to modern controlled diseasels..... |
I have a theory that particulates from modern Diesels are more dangerous than the black smoke from old engines. You can at least see the smoke and avoid it ! |
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alastairq
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Location: East Yorkshire
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| Given that a huge number of folk are busy puffing away on E-fags, I cannot see the issue? |
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Ashley
Joined: 02 Jan 2008
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Location: Near Stroud, Glos
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This might be of interest. The car is a 1941 Ford Business Coupe modified by a Californian artist in the style of a forties tail dragger. They sloped down at the back like a speedboat rising out of the water and they got fancy trim, extra chrome and fender skirts.
This is the custom interior my son has designed and built for it. He imported the car.
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
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Location: Edinburgh
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Now is that a space saver spare wheel?
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Ray White
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Location: Derby
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 [/url[url=https://postimages.org/
This is what the White Yellowstone tour bus might have looked like originally.
This one has a body by Bender & Co. |
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Ashley
Joined: 02 Jan 2008
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Location: Near Stroud, Glos
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Here’s one of the Taildragger finished and ready to tour France and the Alps.
It’s a pretty incredible thing to see on the road and more elegant than the original though huge and 12mpg. |
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