Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.
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badhuis
Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 1390 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:34 pm Post subject: Standard 8 Drophead |
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Lovely little car, unrestored it seems.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153159601199
_________________ a car stops being fun when it becomes an investment |
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Uncle Alec
Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 734 Location: Manchester
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Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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A particularly well-presented and well-written listing.
A masterclass in motoring journalism.
OCC admin dept. could learn much from the vendor. |
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Rootes75
Joined: 30 Apr 2013 Posts: 3785 Location: The Somerset Levels
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 7:13 am Post subject: |
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That is a lovely car. Unmolested and with such great patina. _________________ Various Rootes Vehicles. |
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roverdriver
Joined: 18 Oct 2008 Posts: 1210 Location: 100 miles from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 8:23 am Post subject: |
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Just like the one that I had in about 1963, _________________ Dane- roverdriver but not a Viking. |
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alastairq
Joined: 14 Oct 2016 Posts: 1950 Location: East Yorkshire
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:12 am Post subject: |
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My Uncle had a pale blue version. I used to play in it [after it was garaged & parked up] as a kid...then, when older, I had permission to try & get it going....failed.
I also suffered my first real automobile injury in it [aside from being run over by an Austin Cambridge in Cardiff, aged 4]...when Uncle stopped the car dead, and I didn't. Nasty cut on forehead, [brains probably leaked out at that point, which explains a lot]....also cracked the windscreen......[said crack remained until I last saw it, around 1967]...
A 'cute' motorcar......did it inspire a certain Enid Blyton, I wonder? _________________ Dellow Mk2, 1951 built, reg 1952.
Fiat 126 BIS
Cannon special [1996 registered. Built in 1950's]
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Ford Pop chassis, Ashley 1172 bodyshell, in pieces. |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6284 Location: Derby
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:00 am Post subject: |
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I once discovered one of these nice little cars in a garden in Lightwater, (Near Bagshot, Surrey). I was quite excited at first but it soon became clear that the car had been languishing unprotected from the elements for a long time and had sunk down to it's axles in the ground. The floor had disappeared and the car was - at best - only fit for spares. In the end I think it was scrapped. |
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