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- Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:59 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What classic vehicles have you seen?
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Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?
While walking along the street in the French Atlantic coast seaside resort of Royan the other day I heard a vaguely familiar sound. Then, to my great surprise, three Mini Mokes drove past. Don't think I've seen one for more than 20 years.
- Fri Oct 03, 2014 10:17 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Sad reading
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5014
Re: Sad reading
There was a scrappage scheme in France some years ago - before the British one. Some garages in rural areas still have fields behind them full of motors turned in then, because - as is often the case in France - they never got around to actually scrapping them. There's some interesting pictures in t...
- Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:33 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Help required re stolen leaper
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1247
Re: Help required re stolen leaper
I saw one a bit like that outside an antiques shop in Villefranche-sur-Mer, not far from Monte Carlo, a couple of years ago. It had a price tag of 16,000 euros.
So how much is the stolen one worth, maybe?
And how did the tea-leafs get it away?
So how much is the stolen one worth, maybe?
And how did the tea-leafs get it away?
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 2:52 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What classic vehicles have you seen?
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Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?
Yesterday on local TV here in central/west France they interviewed a bloke who had a mint 2CV. Nothing odd in that, I hear you say. There was. This one had - wait for it - chrome wire wheels. Bloke said they were made in UK at the time when 2CVs were built in Slough. I'm rarely rattled but I never w...
- Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:47 pm
- Forum: Members Cars & Projects
- Topic: Post pictures of your pride and joy
- Replies: 270
- Views: 283147
Re: Post pictures of your pride and joy
Nice one - and interesting too! I took my XJS V12 convertible to the testing station here in France the other day and the owner was full of the fact that he'd bought a Fregate the previous Sunday. He offered to buy the Jaguar but I told him he'd probably have enough to worry about for now...
- Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:11 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Bonkers
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4035
Re: Bonkers
If you fancy something a bit different in that line, how about this? It's a converted 1950s Magirus Deutz fire engine with their famous air-cooled V8 diesel, that I spotted parked near where I live in France a couple of years ago.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64660965@N03/7648946838/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64660965@N03/7648946838/
- Mon Jul 08, 2013 1:57 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What classic vehicles have you seen?
- Replies: 2264
- Views: 475928
Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?
Somebody once said that when the Bentley/Napier started up it was like God clearing his throat
- Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:42 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What classic vehicles have you seen?
- Replies: 2264
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Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?
God almighty. I know I've been away a long time but whatever have they done to West Bay?
- Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:08 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What classic vehicles have you seen?
- Replies: 2264
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Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?
I said to someone just the other day 'you never see a Renault 12, 14, 16 or a Fuego these days, even in France, do you?' Yesterday I was strolling through a village not 3km from home when I saw a 12 tucked into an open barn and a Fuego dumped in someone's garden. Both looked not too far off roadwort...
- Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:19 pm
- Forum: Feedback arena
- Topic: March 2013
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2426
Re: March 2013
I've just worked my way through the events calendar and there's a worrying number of errors. OK, everyone knows Silverstone isn't in Somerset but things like days and dates are important to get right. Here's a tip lads - forget all the tired old lines about tea drinking and the like, just get back i...