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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22438 Location: UK
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norustplease
Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Posts: 779 Location: Lancashire
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:42 am Post subject: |
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A friend had an old Phase 2. One icy day a Renault on a test drive slid down the hill outside his house and hit the Vanguard, breaking a rearlight and twisting the back bumper (of the Vanguard).
The insurance company didn't want to know, they offered him a hundred and twenty quid for a write off. He accepted this, bought it back off them for fifty, repaired it with bits from the local scrappy for about twenty and put it back on the road, having made a profit. _________________ 1953 Citroen Traction
1964 Volvo PV544
1957 Austin A55 Mk 1
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6304 Location: Derby
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:01 am Post subject: |
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I may be speaking out of turn, but I always thought the Vanguard was pig ugly. Pre War Standards, on the other hand, were much easier on the eye.
Each to their own I suppose. |
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:30 am Post subject: |
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They did look like they had been pumped up like a balloon.
Peter _________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
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Keith D
Joined: 16 Oct 2008 Posts: 1129 Location: Upper Swan, Western Australia
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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They may have looked peculiar but they had an absolutely awesome engine. Imagine today an engine that successfully powers a family hack, a sports car and a tractor.
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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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6304 Location: Derby
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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Keith D wrote: | They may have looked peculiar but they had an absolutely awesome engine. Imagine today an engine that successfully powers a family hack, a sports car and a tractor.
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Absolutely. I just don't like the styling. It is a personal thing. |
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BigJohn
Joined: 01 Jan 2011 Posts: 954 Location: Wem, Shropshire
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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I'd have another Phase2 Vanguard with O/D. The ugliest of the family but bigger front doors, so comfortable, stopped well with racing linings. Admittedly it had a tendency to roll like a drunken heifer and tramline when on cross plies but it was built like a tank and easy to work on.
The TR3/4 following made engine bits easy to find. It had the charm of a family mutt, lovable, reliable, and different. _________________ 1974 Mk1 Escort. |
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