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XL391
Joined: 07 May 2008 Posts: 147 Location: The Red Side of Liverpool
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 10:07 pm Post subject: The Ultimate Garden Ornament...EE Lightning T5!! |
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This little beauty is up for disposal at the minute! You can read her history here if you're interested. She needs to be moved this month, let's hope the scrapmen don't get near her...
.jpg) _________________ Regards,
Will
1972 Daimler Sovereign 4.2 Series 1
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Greg
Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 445 Location: Dreamland Margate
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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I want it, I want it, I want it.......
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Rick Site Admin

Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 20494 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 8:01 am Post subject: |
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If we had just a bit more space I'd definitely look into it (although I suspect the price, based on the value of the metal alone, might end up being a factor!?!?!)
R _________________ Rick (OCC Admin)
Various 1920s-1960s - Austin, Morris, Commer, Dodge etc. |
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Nic Jarman

Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 1035 Location: Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
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Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 9:34 am Post subject: |
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Whip round? _________________ 1936 Morris 8 Series 1
1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
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47Jag
Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 1463 Location: Bothwell, Scotland
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Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 10:16 am Post subject: |
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Do you really want your garden to look like Jeremy Clarkson's??
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Rick Site Admin

Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 20494 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 11:17 am Post subject: |
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47Jag wrote: | Do you really want your garden to look like Jeremy Clarkson's??
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I don't think he kept his for long - but yes I'd be quite happy for my garden to look like that!
R _________________ Rick (OCC Admin)
Various 1920s-1960s - Austin, Morris, Commer, Dodge etc. |
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peter scott

Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 6059 Location: Edinburgh
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Rick Site Admin

Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 20494 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 7:28 am Post subject: |
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Various 1920s-1960s - Austin, Morris, Commer, Dodge etc. |
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Greg
Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 445 Location: Dreamland Margate
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 10:49 am Post subject: |
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very sad, I've seen this too, you can't help notice it really, a once beautiful aircraft sitting in the middle of an old scrapyard!...does catch your eye.
........it'll probably be on E-bay one day "one careful owner, just need minor TLC, bit of polish, ready to fly away"!!!  |
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peter scott

Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 6059 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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The A1 is quite good for plane spotters. Just 35 miles south of the Lightning you can see a Harrier in rather better looking condition just by the roadside.
Peter
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4013 Location: Lancashire
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Is it a real one, or one of those American fakes?
The Imperial War Museum in Manchester has a Yank one suspended from it's ceiling. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
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peter scott

Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 6059 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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The Harrier sits outside RAF Wittering but I've never stopped to examine it.
Peter _________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
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Rick Site Admin

Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 20494 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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Whereabouts is the tatty Lightning on the A1???
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Riley Blue
Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 1717 Location: Derbyshire
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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Around ten years ago there was a Fairey Gannet in a back garden in Cirencester, it could be seen by anyone driving on the ring road. It was quite bizarre, sitting there with its wings folded. I think it's now at White Waltham. |
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peter scott

Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 6059 Location: Edinburgh
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