breakdown truck

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Re: breakdown truck

#1881 Post by JPB »

Very nice. Not only very nice but also (IMHO of course) so much cooler than yet another VW van. :thumbs:

OK, so my own '73 loaf was a spectacularly bad example but I can't get the foul-smelling, slow, uncomfortable, thirsty, unreliable and generally incredibly rubbish sack of crap out of my head. Even now, the sight of a "patinated" 'dub at a show - or worse, on the road - triggers my gag reflex.

So if it's cool vans we like, feast your eyes folks:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-1965-CHE ... Sw9NdXucjO

Now that's almost as desirable as the shiny Estafette. Almost.. 8-)
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#1882 Post by GHT »

Warning, you may need eye bleach if you gaze upon this 1980's Concept Car.
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#1884 Post by JPB »

I couldn't care less about the cars, even after I'd had a hurl in one and experienced its traditional British build quality at first hand. However the plant, the dealer (s?) and the parts supply business were employing people who may now have little choice but to become strippers, perfecting their dance routines in a disused warehouse to pass the time of day.
Come to think of it, there was an ADO71 in that film so maybe my comparison with the fate of British Steel isn't so far short?
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Re: breakdown truck

#1885 Post by TerryG »

This thread looks like an appropriate place for a link SWMBO sent me
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... e-masthead
Some photos from inside MG-Rover at Longbridge.
I quite fancy snaffling the TF shell and building it.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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#1886 Post by rich. »

and here is todays selection of tasty motor
:drool: :drool:
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C795117
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#1887 Post by JPB »

:oops:

Jeez mate, you don't half post some tat in this thread. Thanks.

:mrgreen:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6552 :P
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#1888 Post by rich. »

i shall be sad to see it go mate! your enthusiasm for the car is quite infectious :thumbs:
meanwhile
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/12/15/41401/
:D
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#1889 Post by GHT »

JPB wrote::oops:
Jeez mate, you don't half post some tat in this thread.
Well that's for sure, I'm still waiting to see if he gets his rocks off over some weird thing like the Mitsubishi Starion.
Is it true or myth, The Starion was so called because Orientals have difficulty pronouncing the letter 'L?' (Stallion.)
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#1890 Post by JPB »

Myth. It's a contraction of Star Orion. :geek:
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