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BigJohn
Joined: 01 Jan 2011 Posts: 954 Location: Wem, Shropshire
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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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Christmas Day somewhere on the A49 travelling north near Oulton Park, a GT40 in Gulf Oil colours. Gorgeous! The sad thing is even if I was as wealthy as a Bill Gates, I'm 6'5" with a bad back and therefore would never be able to sit in my boyhood poster car... _________________ 1974 Mk1 Escort. |
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norustplease
Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Posts: 779 Location: Lancashire
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Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:15 am Post subject: |
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Yes, I have similar problems, 6' 5" tall and although my back is reasonably okay most sports cars, modern or classic, are out of the question because i simply don't fold up as well as I used to.
Morris 10/4 circa 1933, seen the other day on the A6 between Chorley and Preston. _________________ 1953 Citroen Traction
1964 Volvo PV544
1957 Austin A55 Mk 1
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Rootes75
Joined: 30 Apr 2013 Posts: 3814 Location: The Somerset Levels
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Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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We were passed in the village yesterday by a lovely WW2 Willys jeep, the chap looked pretty cold driving it, he was well wrapped up! _________________ Various Rootes Vehicles. |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22446 Location: UK
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consul 57
Joined: 09 Nov 2017 Posts: 487 Location: somerset
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2021 10:54 am Post subject: |
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Rick wrote: | A two-tone grey Mk2 Zephyr drove by earlier.
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nice
can't wait to get my mk2 out again |
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MikeEdwards
Joined: 25 May 2011 Posts: 2470 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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Brown Morris Minor on the back of a flatbed this morning, disturbingly heading down a road that goes towards a local scrap metal dealer. There may be other things down there too. From the distance I was it, it didn't look bad enough to be scrapping it. |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22446 Location: UK
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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: Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:34 am Post subject: |
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A Mini Clubman, mustardy yellow colour, heading north on the A467 just outside Abertillery this afternoon. |
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Rootes75
Joined: 30 Apr 2013 Posts: 3814 Location: The Somerset Levels
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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A very loud sounding car pulled into our road this afternoon, when I looked out the windo to my surprise it was a chap making deliveries in a white Ford Sierra estate!! _________________ Various Rootes Vehicles. |
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MikeEdwards
Joined: 25 May 2011 Posts: 2470 Location: South Cheshire
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4756 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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Riley Monaco??
Bad guess.
Did a DVLA search afterwards and it is a 1932 Alvis, 1442cc
That engine size doesn't appear on here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvis_Car_and_Engineering_Company _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6313 Location: Derby
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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I don't buy '32 Alvis; at least not the body which, in my opinion, is much more like a Riley San Remo from the late 'twenties. |
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6313 Location: Derby
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:49 am Post subject: |
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Maybe, but the fake hood irons (found on Alvis saloons of the period) are absent - as is the front quarter light. The general look of the body in question is, I would say, somewhat 'perpendicular'; so perhaps a bit too old fashioned for 1932. |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22446 Location: UK
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