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

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..

Warning, you may need eye bleach if you gaze upon this 1980's Concept Car.

I see that MG have pulled the plug on UK production at Longbridge. Oh dear how sad. Not.

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?

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.

and here is todays selection of tasty motor

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C795117

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



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i shall be sad to see it go mate! your enthusiasm for the car is quite infectious
meanwhile
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/12/15/41401/

JPB wrote:
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.)

Myth. It's a contraction of Star Orion.