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Bitumen Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2012
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Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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That blue is a modern shade, to my eyes... but it is photograph on a computer screen and perhaps it looks fine in reality.
As for the black bumpers, maybe they are painted as the owner is unable to afford rechroming or replacement, in which case well done for getting the car on the road in the meantime! Some people use silver paint, that never looks right either but I would rather see the car complete and being used rather than gathering dust until the owner can scrape up the cash for some cosmetic bits and pieces. |
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MikeEdwards
Joined: 25 May 2011
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Location: South Cheshire
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Oh, turns out it does tow, but a single-wheel trailer. I didn't get chance to see how it's attached to the car.
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Bitumen Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2012
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Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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| Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:38 am Post subject: |
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| Now that IS odd! |
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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long ago Practical classic or similar hada design for a single wheeler. Good for ferries because it could be off loaded into the car and then folded up against the boot to be a shorter vehicle for a lower ferry fare.
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Rootes75
Joined: 30 Apr 2013
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Location: The Somerset Levels
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It is pretty odd. Surely if you overload one side or the load slides when you corner it may end up toppling?
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014
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Location: Derby
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| Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Rootes75 wrote: | | It is pretty odd. Surely if you overload one side or the load slides when you corner it may end up toppling? |
Maybe there is a Gyro hidden inside? 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO7pn3uiWA0 |
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MikeEdwards
Joined: 25 May 2011
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Location: South Cheshire
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| Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Rootes75 wrote: | | It is pretty odd. Surely if you overload one side or the load slides when you corner it may end up toppling? |
Perhaps it's fixed to the bar in two places - I'm trying to think whether that would work or not. I have just watched him reverse it down a driveway and into the road without any trouble, though he might just be good at reversing with a trailer. He's doing up a house over the road, I'll find the binoculars tomorrow and get a better look. Or I could go across and ask him, though that sounds a bit too much of a step.
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:43 am Post subject: |
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The one I mentioned obviously had 2 bumper fixings, so thaat it would hinge up against the boot.
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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: South Cheshire
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| Penman wrote: | | The one I mentioned obviously had 2 bumper fixings, so thaat it would hinge up against the boot. |
The rear wheel must pivot then, would make reversing very easy  |
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Bitumen Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2012
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Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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| ukdave2002 wrote: | | Penman wrote: | | The one I mentioned obviously had 2 bumper fixings, so thaat it would hinge up against the boot. |
The rear wheel must pivot then, would make reversing very easy |
That sounds too much like an outsize supermarket trolley for my liking  |
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Rootes75
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Light Blue TR6 just seen departing the garage opposite my office.
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peter scott
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Rootes75
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Was passed by a nice Y registered Ford Capri on my way to work, looked well restored and looked after.
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Rootes75
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I saw a Meastro restored as a Police Car yesterday just driving out and about.
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