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Ellis



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:04 am    Post subject: If Santa Claus drives a classic car............ Reply with quote

If Santa Claus drives a classic car, which one do you think it would be?

I think he would drive a pick up truck, perhaps one of these :

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A vintage Chevy or possibly one of these :

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A Ford Model T.


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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 1:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote



(Frontispiece of a Christmas card I made some years back.)

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 8:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Have a great picture of him driving a red Volvo Amazon in the snow but can not post at the moment from the iPad Sad
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 9:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Surely, considering his world wide delivery programme that must include poor roads (that, of course might be under summer sun or winter snow depending on the hemisphere), he would have a Series 1 Landrover.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You mean he's real after all ?.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ukdave2002 wrote:


Looks a bit claustrophobic to me ...

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dipster wrote:
Surely, considering his world wide delivery programme that must include poor roads (that, of course might be under summer sun or winter snow depending on the hemisphere), he would have a Series 1 Landrover.


Perhaps not a Series 1, but YES he does drive a Land Rover
(not that I am bias of course)





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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe an Australian Elfin sports-car?



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 6:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In modern times, he'd drive a Hyundai SANTA Fe, wouldn't he?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He drives a hot rod. This is him at Santa Pod Shocked



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ukdave2002 wrote:


See this in Norwich quite often this time of year
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 7:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I hear he has a Vixen in his transport fleet.



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 3:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Strangely enough, as I walked for my paper this morning he drove past me in a Kia Cee'd. (but up here on the Fylde that's normal behaviour)
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