bl1300
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I was at the Brecon and Radnor show at the Brecon Beacons visitors centre yesterday and was very pleasantly surprised by the variety of metal there. This gave me an idea for a thread. The rules are simple post a picture of a car that you were pleasantly surprised to see at a show. It must be 1. Your own photo 2. No naming what the car is lets see if people can guess. Here's what surprised me yesterday. One I knew of the other I had to look up when I got home as i'd never even heard of them let alone seen one.   |
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Last Edit: Aug 8, 2016 19:10:47 GMT by bl1300
Current fleet.
1967 DAF 44
1974 VW Beetle 1303s
1975 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
1988 VW LT45 Beavertail
1998 Volvo V70 2.5
1959 Fordson Dexta
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I believe the first one is an Aussie Austin Kimberley? Or possible South African in origin, my brain is tired. Second is a Gilbern Genie 1800GT, powered by MGB running gear. Also has Austin A40 Farina rear lights as I recall, a useless anorak fact!
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I, like yourself, haven't ever seen the first car.
The second ISN'T a Genie, but it is a Gilbern, the first one they made - the GT. Engines used in the GT were;
BMC 948cc A series with supercharger option or B series 1500cc.
MGA 1600cc or MGB 1800cc.
Coventry Climax 1098cc.
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Last Edit: Aug 11, 2016 17:08:37 GMT by MkX
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drdick
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Haha, I was thinking that..... |
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bl1300
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Haha, I was thinking that..... Wrong. The only time when you should use you're is when the sentence could still make sense if it was substituted with you are. The apostrophe used is that of contractions and signifies missing letters. In this case to write You're own photowould be the same as writing you are own photo which does not make sense. |
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Last Edit: Aug 8, 2016 18:49:01 GMT by bl1300
Current fleet.
1967 DAF 44
1974 VW Beetle 1303s
1975 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
1988 VW LT45 Beavertail
1998 Volvo V70 2.5
1959 Fordson Dexta
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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I was consoling a weeping grammar Nazi yesterday, I patted his back and said "They're their there".
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Haha, I was thinking that..... Wrong. The only time when you should use you're is when the sentence could still make sense if it was substituted with you are. The apostrophe used is that of contractions and signifies missing letters. In this case to write You're own photowould be the same as writing you are own photo which does not make sense. I'm afraid you're quite wrong. Your thread title makes no sense. |
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Last Edit: Aug 8, 2016 18:56:06 GMT by algernon
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Pembrey about a month ago.   |
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bl1300
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Wrong. The only time when you should use you're is when the sentence could still make sense if it was substituted with you are. The apostrophe used is that of contractions and signifies missing letters. In this case to write You're own photowould be the same as writing you are own photo which does not make sense. I'm afraid you're quite wrong. Your thread title makes no sense. And that's what happens when you look through the posts for the mistake but not the thread title! Although this could have been cleared up a lot easier had it been pointed out the error was in the title. My apologies the error shall be corrected with all due haste. |
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Current fleet.
1967 DAF 44
1974 VW Beetle 1303s
1975 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
1988 VW LT45 Beavertail
1998 Volvo V70 2.5
1959 Fordson Dexta
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bl1300
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Pembrey about a month ago. I was at that show too. Couldn't tell you what either was though.  |
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Current fleet.
1967 DAF 44
1974 VW Beetle 1303s
1975 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
1988 VW LT45 Beavertail
1998 Volvo V70 2.5
1959 Fordson Dexta
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The last one's a 1960 DeSoto (probably an Adventurer), haven't a clue about the others.
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Last Edit: Aug 8, 2016 19:23:57 GMT by ratchart
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Zagato Nissan thing* *"thing" might not be the exact model name  Can't remember what it was bloody called now. |
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The Orange car is a Razor. It was a kit car that should have sold like hot cakes to the three wheel lovers. The demo had a Hyabusa (IIRC) bike engine and back wheel assembly
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Can I have a go as reward for getting one half-right? This is an easy one, but it sure surprised the hell out of me!  |
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The last one's a 1960 DeSoto (probably an Adventurer), haven't a clue about the others. Definitely an Adventurer. √ 10/10 |
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The Orange car is a Razor. It was a kit car that should have sold like hot cakes to the three wheel lovers. The demo had a Hyabusa (IIRC) bike engine and back wheel assembly Yep. It seemed to attract as much interest as any other car that turned up. A sort of back to front modern day Bond Bug on steroids. |
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bl1300
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Stanley Steam Car.
One day I will own one and when I do it's going to the gathering.
As others has have now correctly identified mine were
Austin Kimberley and Gilbern GT the latter of which was built fairly close to the show it was spotted at.
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Last Edit: Aug 8, 2016 20:19:44 GMT by bl1300
Current fleet.
1967 DAF 44
1974 VW Beetle 1303s
1975 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
1988 VW LT45 Beavertail
1998 Volvo V70 2.5
1959 Fordson Dexta
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Can't remember what it was bloody called now.
