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hampshire



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:17 pm    Post subject: Bond Minicar Reply with quote
This is the Bond Minicar[[url]
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Uncle Joe
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ah, one of Prestons finest....

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pigtin



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Location: Herne Bay
PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Back in the 60s a neighbour of mine drove one of those, with his wife and teenage son, from the South Coast to Newcastle, and back.
I am still in awe of this feat, second only to crossing the Sahara on a pogo stick. Shocked
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PAUL BEAUMONT



Joined: 27 Nov 2007
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Location: Barnsley S. Yorks
PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yesterday must have been the day for letting them out. I was at Locke Park in Barnsley and there was a red one there too!
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peppiB



Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
pigtin wrote:
Back in the 60s a neighbour of mine drove one of those, with his wife and teenage son, from the South Coast to Newcastle, and back.
I am still in awe of this feat, second only to crossing the Sahara on a pogo stick. Shocked


I suppose Newcastle was a bit rough in the 60's - especially for southerners!! Laughing Laughing Laughing

We are a bit more civilised now, and even have indoor loos Wink
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pigtin



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Er! I think they were visiting relatives and took the Bond to underline the 'swanky' lifestyle they were having down south. Wink
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the fly



Joined: 11 Jul 2008
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
In the late 1950s a man often brought into my place of employment parts of steel furniture that he made for us to weld together . his sole means of transport a Bond mini car it would apear with steel tubing stiking out in all directions resembeling atwo stroke porcupine .This continued for about two years with a very large driver and i gues 2 cwt of steel . I never heard of the worthy beast of burden failing
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gordon28



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:29 am    Post subject: Another old ad (Lightcar Mag) Reply with quote


From the lightcar magazine , 1952.
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