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Rick
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 11:07 pm    Post subject: Motoring attire Reply with quote

Evening all,

Just perusing the link to Holden's that lowdrag posted, found me gravitating to the motoring clothing section. Do you have any attire that solely gets used when you're behind the wheel?

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 11:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Indeed. The good old flat cap that stops my hair from blowing all over the place, and leather gloves that make a thin, cold metal wheel a lot more comfortable for arthritic hands. Also the RayBans stay in the Morris—Polaroids are much better when driving the modern because they eliminate glare reflected from the top of the dash.

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 7:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

String back gloves from 1964 Embarassed
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 10:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was given a pair of Les Leston driving gloves for Christmas about six years ago as they appear on a Riley 1.5 brochure (along with a flat cap). I've never worn them as they don't look quite right with the T-shirt and shorts I usually wear on summer outings. I've been threatened with the flat cap this year...
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 1:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Am I the odd one out? I have nothing........
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I regularly wore a Deer Stalker hat until it was so worn that it had to be retired.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like the idea of Nothing!
Naked Classic car driving....could be the next big thing!
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 1:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

petelang wrote:
I like the idea of Nothing!
Naked Classic car driving....could be the next big thing!


Er.... not quite what I meant!
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

petelang wrote:
I like the idea of Nothing!
Naked Classic car driving....could be the next big thing!


Someone that worked for the same firm as dad did, was known to take to the road behind the wheel of his Saab 96 with zero attire about his person. I believe his missus did the same.

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 10:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Many years ago I spent a few months driving an artic in the UK. From my lofty driving position I did once see a totally naked (and attractive!) young woman in the passenger seat of a Herald convertible. Absolutely true. Never seen anything like it since.......
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 9:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dipster wrote:
Many years ago I spent a few months driving an artic in the UK. From my lofty driving position I did once see a totally naked (and attractive!) young woman in the passenger seat of a Herald convertible. Absolutely true. Never seen anything like it since.......

I worked for a transport firm who had on the fleet some of the old BMC lorries with windows down by the drivers feet (like the old BMC threepenny bits).
One driver would often pick up hitch hikers even though this was totally against the rules. One day driving with a young lady in the passengers seat wearing a mini skirt he realised he was being followed by one of the managers as they swung out to overtake he ordered his passenger to duck down in the footwell so they wouldn't see her. The manager looked in his rear view mirror when he got in front and was amazed to see a bare backside in the lower passenger side window.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've just got my new cap from Hannah Hats. Sad
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 4:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My mate was driving across the Sydney Harbor Bridge in a truck, when he looked down, this woman , in an open sports car, was holding the private parts of the male driver....
Another one I heard of from a worker at Macca's , she called a male friend to come and have a look. Four girls all naked, drove in to order Macca's it must have been a dare !
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 8:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe I should be looking out for this style of clothing?



from: http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/motorist-clothing.htm

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 8:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

At those prices, yes!
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