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Jan 12, 2019 19:08:31 GMT
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta
2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van
2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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Jan 15, 2019 13:06:00 GMT
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There is one thing missing from that video, a finished restored vehicle. You can't keep touting nigerian engineering and artisans etc without a final product otherwise it's hard to accept that they are genuinely car fanatics orrrr just found them in a back alley somewhere and bootlaced them back to running order because they were cheap and no-one else would touch them. I'm just getting the top gear african desert vibe from those cars, where I feel those cars are owned because of necessity rather than genuine appreciation.
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moglite
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Jan 15, 2019 14:47:20 GMT
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Interesting video :-)
I spent 3 years in Lagos, albeit over 20 years ago.
In my time there, I saw one classic car in use, a 1950 Rolls Royce Wraith or similar in a queue for the petrol station.
Old cars were used until they were dead, then poorly repaired until they died again. There was no classic car scene I ever found.
Convertibles were hated with a passion because it was so damn hot.
I don't see any good vehicle engineering in this video, but the civil engineering looked pretty well done.
I tried to export a 6x6 Pinzgauer whilst I was there, but I wasn't 100% sure the person who was selling it, was the person who owned it, IYSWIM. That would have got very messy - so I walked away.
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1967 Morris Oxford Traveller
1979 Toyota LandCruiser BJ40
1993 Daimler Double Six
2007 Volvo XC70 2.4D
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lord13
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Jan 15, 2019 14:54:28 GMT
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That video...THAT is the essence of our whole scene right there . . .
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Jan 15, 2019 17:46:29 GMT
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at least i wasnt the only one waiting for clarkson to come thundering over the horizon in some random classic held together with hyena scrotums and a bog on the roof!!
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Jan 15, 2019 21:30:35 GMT
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In most of Africa cars just keep moving down the food chain until they are completely dead, then stripped of any still usable odds and ends to kept others going a bit longer. In more recent times more complex technology seems to prevent cars from being totally mechanically and bodily worn out when electronics failure stops play. Can’t fix an ECU with a hammer and fencing wire.
Nick
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1967 Triumph Vitesse convertible (old friend)
1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing)
1972 GT6 Mk3 (Restored after loong rest & getting the hang of being a car again)
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And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
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Jan 17, 2019 13:36:29 GMT
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That looks like my welding on that Merc  |
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