breakdown truck

[rich.]

http://www.lesanciennes.com/annonce/A83 ... cat=autres
http://www.lesanciennes.com/annonce/A88 ... cat=autres
http://www.lesanciennes.com/annonce/A77 ... cat=autres
http://www.lesanciennes.com/annonce/A27 ... cat=autres

[GHT]

is that lovely dacia on spanish plates?

Lovely & Dacia are never mentioned in the same sentence. Lovely Dacia indeed, see the eye bleach above.
When I get time, I will tell you the story of my trip to Romania with humanitarian aid convey, after the fall of the communist regime. Before I do that, I need to edit it because it's rather long and might send you off to sleep. The reason that I want to share that with you is all about the Dacia. At the time it was an absolute clone of the Renault 14. But a very shabby, paper thin metal clone, ghastly thing. But as there are enthusiasts who like to spend good money restoring crappy Ladas, I guess there's one or two specsaver candidates that will wet their pants over The Dacia/Renault clone.

That Chrysler Fargo looks like it's had a headlight transplant by one of Stevie Wonder's mates.

[rich.]

mmmm dacia just for you mate..
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/911378816.htm?ca=18_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/934828827.htm?ca=18_s

i was involved with a group sending aid to the former yugoslavia, the chap organising everything had his truck hit by shrapnel at one point, made a mess of his leg..
where did all the yugo cars go?

http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/918143251.htm?ca=18_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/920834475.htm?ca=18_s

[JPB]

[GHT]

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[JPB]

But it has Ford Escort headlamps, surely that must make it almost as desirable as a Talbot Tagora Diesel with a boot full of truffles?

[rich.]

is it going to be your new daily john?

[rich.]

very similar to the first breakdown truck from the original post!
http://www.lesanciennes.com/annonce/A86 ... %20prairie

not sure what happened here
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/931837186.htm?ca=18_s

[JPB]

is it going to be your new daily john?

Erm, no! I'm far too used to the modern having a carb that stays in tune for longer than a week at a time (13,000 miles since I bought the Corolla last June and the CO and HC figures are exactly as they were then), seats that don't try to kill my leg on long trips, brakes that stop the thing, etc. etc.
But I still have many fond memories of VCU284T and VBW723T, blue and green Renault 12 TL Breaks, the latter with all of the uprated bits that made it almost as quick (as the bog-stock Toyota with its quiet, sweet engine that's never been apart and doesn't sound like someone pushing a freezer down a fire escape when it's warmed through).

I like that Renault truck though, it reminds me of a Standard Vanguard - that I still see sometimes at local shows - which has a Harvey Frost crane on it and, although totally free from rot, doesn't have a single panel that's not bruised to some extent.
On that Standard; I recall a show that was part of the Nearly Everywheres' schedule back in the mid eighties. During the sunday afternoon, while sitting in his cab eating a haslet & pease pudding stottie** from the local Carrick's, the owner of the truck was astonished when another exhibitor, heading back round to the display area after taking his turn in the arena for the commentary, slid the back end of his large, American vehicle (a 1940s Chevrolet, IIRC) into the front bumper of the relatively tiny Vanguard and carried on, not realising that his misdemeanour had been seen and felt by Standard man.
So, biding his time, the driver of the pickup made sure that he popped into the queue at home time immediately in front of the Chevy. Unfortunately, the Standard's driver had to execute a perfect emergency stop as a result of an invisible crocodile slithering out of its collar and running into the track ahead of the convoy that was moving at a crocodile-threatening 3, maybe 4mph. The Chevy stopped easily enough too, but was now quite a lot closer to the back of the Standard, whose owner had apparently neglected to secure the hook on the Harvey Frost before setting off. I'm sure that I wasn't the only other exhibitor that day to laugh at the consequence of the loose hook, the Chevy was fitted with a new grille before the next event and no more was ever spoken of this unfortunate happening..




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[rich.]

was that your dinner john?