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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22447 Location: UK
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6313 Location: Derby
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:46 am Post subject: |
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Not only that... it was "built by a top class engineering genius"
Quite sad, really. |
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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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Is it ugly, or is it just me...... ? |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6313 Location: Derby
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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Peter_L wrote: | Is it ugly, or is it just me...... ? |
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. |
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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4105 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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Chassis by Wolseley
Engine by Ford
Brakes by Land Rover
Bodywork by Goofy |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6313 Location: Derby
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Is that what they mean by diversity? |
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Miken
Joined: 24 Dec 2012 Posts: 544
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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Ray White wrote: | Not only that... it was "built by a top class engineering genius"
Quite sad, really. |
Did he need glasses?
I have to keep going back to look at it (and it's not because I like it). |
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Bitumen Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2012 Posts: 1735 Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 1:50 am Post subject: |
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I'm amazed this guy's guide dog let him go in the shed, looking at those pictures. |
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Riley Blue
Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 1750 Location: Derbyshire
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Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:58 am Post subject: |
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It may not be the most elegant of cars but specials often aren't. It reminds me of a car we built at school in Germany during the 1960s. It started life as a Ford Taunus, had its body removed, was tacked together and raced round the sports field until it expired.
I bet, like the car advertised, it was far more fun than the saloon on which it was based - which is what it's all about really, isn't it? _________________ David
1963 Riley 1.5
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22447 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:10 am Post subject: |
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Riley Blue wrote: | ...
I bet, like the car advertised, it was far more fun than the saloon on which it was based - which is what it's all about really, isn't it? |
Clearly a lot of work has gone into it, fair do's, but I don't see it as superior to (presumably) the saloon car that the chassis once supported. As originality and a car's history is a big deal to me, I'd much prefer the original saloon (and I say this as someone who is also a fan of well-built specials, so long as no saloons were sacrificed any time recently in their build).
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6313 Location: Derby
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Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:26 am Post subject: |
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Riley Blue wrote: | It may not be the most elegant of cars ... |
Would that be an understatement by any chance? |
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Miken
Joined: 24 Dec 2012 Posts: 544
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Rick Site Admin
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MVPeters
Joined: 28 Aug 2008 Posts: 822 Location: Northern MA, USA
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2020 4:55 am Post subject: |
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Hardly surprising at 48k.
One could get a decent MkIV for less. _________________ Mike - MVPeters at comcast.net
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Rick Site Admin
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