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Eamo
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Joined: 13-May-2003
Location: Ireland
Status: Offline
Points: 3450
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Posted: 02-July-2004 at 11:52 |
89 vw golf diesel van with a "No Fear" sticker on the windscreen!!
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M3AG
Really Senior Member II
7 series & e36 m3 registrar! (Madness)
Joined: 17-October-2002
Location: Good Old Hertfordshire
Status: Offline
Points: 1644
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Posted: 02-July-2004 at 11:57 |
73 Ford Mexico
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tris
Groupie
Joined: 04-July-2003
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 86
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Posted: 02-July-2004 at 13:18 |
71 Hillman Imp with crossply RE-MOULDS!!
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E30 320i Touring
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BMWE34sport
Really Senior Member I
Joined: 30-April-2004
Location: Hertfordshire
Status: Offline
Points: 353
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Posted: 02-July-2004 at 14:55 |
My first car was a D reg Escort 1.4l with a wonky steering wheel ....however that isn't as bad as what i'm driving at the moment until I find the E34 i want ......a montego !!!! oh the shame
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MIKE 318IS
Really Senior Member II
Joined: 21-March-2004
Status: Offline
Points: 980
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Posted: 02-July-2004 at 17:12 |
M3AG wrote:
73 Ford Mexico |
cool car i worked with someone who had one kept on hitting farmers gates
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Horsetan
Really Senior Member II
Say Neigh to Gatsos
Joined: 11-April-2003
Location: Please let it be Ireland
Status: Offline
Points: 6381
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Posted: 02-July-2004 at 19:02 |
tris wrote:
71 Hillman Imp with crossply RE-MOULDS!! |
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sleeper
Really Senior Member II
Original and STILL best
Joined: 26-March-2004
Location: East Sussex/Kent border
Status: Offline
Points: 2098
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Posted: 02-July-2004 at 19:05 |
mmmmm, beast!
hello legal dude, what is your bag man?
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Badger 540
Really Senior Member I
Joined: 23-October-2003
Location: West Midlands
Status: Offline
Points: 451
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Posted: 02-July-2004 at 19:37 |
Mine was a '76 Gold Hillman Imp. Excellent car to learn to drive in.
This led onto Imp powered kit cars (one of which I still own) a Maserati, and finally the 540.
I think I can safely say without fear of contradiction, that the BMW is one of the best engineered and best built cars you can own.
Andy West Midlands
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Badger540 West Midlands
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Nigel
Moderator Group
Joined: 09-November-2002
Status: Offline
Points: 6941
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Posted: 02-July-2004 at 20:18 |
Horsetan wrote:
tris wrote:
71 Hillman Imp with crossply RE-MOULDS!! |
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If its a 71 why has it got a 65 plate on it mr solicitor, (anyone want free legal advice...feel free to pm horsey !!!)
If thats you getting into the driving seat...you looked a lot better in them days lol
How much was the op ?
If I remember correctley the rear window used to open on those, and the estate was called a husky.
Edited by Nigel
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Best Wishes
Nigel
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Nigel
Moderator Group
Joined: 09-November-2002
Status: Offline
Points: 6941
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Posted: 02-July-2004 at 20:21 |
Mine was a 65 HA viva, bought in 77 for £25.
It had crossply tyres, and I painted the bonnet mat black....yeah...so cool...bet your all jealous now !
It was the deluxe model.....which meant it had a heater !
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Best Wishes
Nigel
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Goldryder
Bavarian-Board Contributor
Illegitimi Non Carborundum
Joined: 02-April-2004
Location: Acomb, North Yorkshire
Status: Offline
Points: 5301
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Posted: 02-July-2004 at 20:25 |
Did you have the optional matress in the back too Nigel? pmsl
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Nigel
Moderator Group
Joined: 09-November-2002
Status: Offline
Points: 6941
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Posted: 02-July-2004 at 20:29 |
Goldryder wrote:
Did you have the optional matress in the back too Nigel? pmsl |
I didnt know you then.......layby lil lol
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Best Wishes
Nigel
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Goldryder
Bavarian-Board Contributor
Illegitimi Non Carborundum
Joined: 02-April-2004
Location: Acomb, North Yorkshire
Status: Offline
Points: 5301
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Posted: 02-July-2004 at 20:32 |
Don't forget I still owe you a thump or 3 Nigel
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October 2-6 2008 - Houston, Texas - Long Distance Wedding
March 15-April 1 2009 - Transatlantic Cruise
October 10-25 2009 - China, Korea, Taiwan & Japan Cruise
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Brucey
Really Senior Member II
Joined: 07-March-2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 744
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Posted: 02-July-2004 at 20:42 |
-'68 model mini van, ex AA patrol car, heavily and, uh, 'tastefully' modified mostly by a previous owner.
-it was a rare thing indeed.....way better handling than the saloon model, with dry subframes (moulton suspension) and good weight distribution. Superb, direct steering, good pedals (& with dodgy synchromesh I soon learnt to heel and toe) it was only let down by brakes that faded under hard use.
-had windows, seats in the back, chocolate brown (Ford 'Brazil' I think) metallic paintwork, 2" wheelarch extensions (blended and painted), matching brown shag pile carpet (told you it was tasteful...), 'magic wand' gearshift, electronic tachometer, crappy radio, stainless steel door mounted wing mirrors, obligatory green sunstrip, and an original 10" Moto-Lita steering wheel on a lowered steering column. And locks that didn't work- only a battery isolator and a hidden ignition switch saved it from theft.
-sadly the stage 3 tuned twin carb 1275 & straight-cut 'box had to go- at 17 I was completely uninsurable with these installed. Ended up with a 3-synchro box, horrible wheel spacers (that broke!!) and a sweet, very revvy (but insurance friendly) 850 lump. Even with this tiddler installed it would wind the speedo needle over somewhere near to the 'E' mark on the fuel gauge set below the big central speedo. The tacho would be reading well over 6000 rpm at this point and the 'woooooooooo....' noise was simply unbelieveable- nothing like as bad as with the previous engine/transmission tho'.....
-eventually after 4 different engines, 12 owners, 8 new sills, 4 new floor skins, 3 'A' panels, 2 fuel tanks, an unknown number of tyres, exhaust pipes, several accidents (ahem), and about 250000 miles over a total of about 27 years, it finally went off to the great scrappy in the sky. Although the car was no longer mine when this happened, I ended up with the steering wheel and the wing mirrors. Still got them in a box somewhere...
-A Top Motor... Not one of the many cars I have owned (let alone the huge number I have driven) has had even a small fraction of the character and utility of that little car....
-now, a 'new mini van' in the same vein.....hmmmm, now you've got me thinking......
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Horsetan
Really Senior Member II
Say Neigh to Gatsos
Joined: 11-April-2003
Location: Please let it be Ireland
Status: Offline
Points: 6381
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Posted: 02-July-2004 at 22:55 |
Goldryder wrote:
Don't forget I still owe you a thump or 3 Nigel |
Could you add another one - or more likely TEN - from me, please.
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Goldryder
Bavarian-Board Contributor
Illegitimi Non Carborundum
Joined: 02-April-2004
Location: Acomb, North Yorkshire
Status: Offline
Points: 5301
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Posted: 02-July-2004 at 23:02 |
Only if you represent me when Nigel has me done for GBH
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October 2-6 2008 - Houston, Texas - Long Distance Wedding
March 15-April 1 2009 - Transatlantic Cruise
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Horsetan
Really Senior Member II
Say Neigh to Gatsos
Joined: 11-April-2003
Location: Please let it be Ireland
Status: Offline
Points: 6381
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Posted: 03-July-2004 at 00:01 |
Goldryder wrote:
Only if you represent me when Nigel has me done for GBH |
I'm sure my colleagues will be more than happy to help
*kof*
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Horsetan
Really Senior Member II
Say Neigh to Gatsos
Joined: 11-April-2003
Location: Please let it be Ireland
Status: Offline
Points: 6381
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Posted: 03-July-2004 at 00:13 |
Nigel wrote:
If its a 71 why has it got a 65 plate on it mr solicitor, (anyone want free legal advice...feel free to pm horsey !!!) |
It's got a '65 plate because I couldn't find a photo of a '71 model. Simple as that. Why are you complaining? It's still an Imp. And it's still tax-exempt. (BTW, that last sentence does not constitute "advice" of the type regulated by the Law Society in the conduct of investment business)
Nigel wrote:
If thats you getting into the driving seat...you looked a lot better in them days lol
How much was the op ? |
Excuse me; I wasn't born 'til '71, Mr. Advanced Driving Instructor. And with the treatment I get from you, I sometimes wish I hadn't been born at all... *deep, meaningful sigh*
...and, anyway, it's a bit rich coming from someone who goes off to play with himself in the woods....
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Nigel
Moderator Group
Joined: 09-November-2002
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Points: 6941
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Posted: 03-July-2004 at 00:19 |
I wasnt by myself....I took the dog !
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Best Wishes
Nigel
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Horsetan
Really Senior Member II
Say Neigh to Gatsos
Joined: 11-April-2003
Location: Please let it be Ireland
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Posted: 03-July-2004 at 00:27 |
Nigel wrote:
I wasn't by myself....I took the dog ! |
That's no way to describe your other half!
Edited by Horsetan
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