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Rootes75
Joined: 30 Apr 2013 Posts: 3820 Location: The Somerset Levels
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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A very logical reason and simple fix when you think about it. _________________ Various Rootes Vehicles. |
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Keith D
Joined: 16 Oct 2008 Posts: 1129 Location: Upper Swan, Western Australia
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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I understood that the main reason for tape over the gun ports was simply to prevent the oil in the guns from freezing at the very high altitudes that dog fights were generally fought at.
Keith _________________ 1926 Chrysler 60 tourer
1932 Austin Seven RN long wheelbase box sedan
1950 Austin A40 tourer
1999 BMW Z3
Its weird being the same age as old people.
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4761 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Miken
Joined: 24 Dec 2012 Posts: 544
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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About 20 years ago I restored an A35.
It looked very smart and I was quite proud of it.
One day my 11 year old daughter asked me to collect her and a friend from a party.
"Can you come in Mums car please" she said. |
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BigJohn
Joined: 01 Jan 2011 Posts: 954 Location: Wem, Shropshire
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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About 3 yrs ago I was showing Mk1 Escort at an agricultural show, a lad of about 9 came running towards the vehicle display and skidded to a halt in front of my car, I was by the car next to it. He just stared and the shouted "Modena Green!"
A breathless dad arrived and the lad repeated himself, and asked his dad for a photo. I walked over, opened the car and said to him, "Get in". His dad took lots of pictures and told me his son had a poster of a Mk1 Escort in Modena green on his bedroom wall, it was his dream car.
I was just happy to oblige, I remember my excitement at seeing a racing Anglia fighting it out with the British VitaMin chop roof Mini's when I was his age. _________________ 1974 Mk1 Escort. |
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