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Seth South East MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi Posts: 15,513	Specials Show Seth @seth
	Aug 14, 2022 17:43:50 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Had a family trip to the Cotswold Wildlife Park today. This was prompted since friend was supposed to be heading there in his 1950s special for an annual gathering of, err, 50s specials and similar. Unfortunatly he didn't make it but this is what had arrived (several on trailers by the looks of things). We also saw rhinoceroses and penguins and some falconry (besides the Carribean below). Many old Fords buzzing about on the M40 on the way home too so all in all a good day. A number of Lotus 6s Swoopy thing on an early Ford chassis, and presumably still with old sidevalve. This is the Lotus Mk2. The earliest car built by Colin Chapman. This Berkeley is fantastic. In place of the usual little motorbioke engine (or the often seen and not really fitting Mini subframe swap) there's a Saab two stroke!
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	Aug 14, 2022 18:53:45 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Aug 14, 2022 17:43:50 GMT Seth said: No idea what these are, I like the gawky red one and the trio are really quite nicely proportioned.
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Seth South East MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi Posts: 15,513	Specials Show Seth @seth
	Aug 14, 2022 19:25:41 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Gawky red one is a Rochdale (there's a more commonly seen Olympic next to it) and the trio are Turners.
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melle South West It'll come out in the wash. Posts: 1,983	Specials Show melle @melle
	Aug 16, 2022 19:56:50 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Aug 14, 2022 17:43:50 GMT Seth said: there's a Saab two stroke! And Saab 95/ 96 V4 wheels.
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Seth South East MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi Posts: 15,513	Specials Show Seth @seth
	Aug 16, 2022 22:08:56 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Aug 16, 2022 19:56:50 GMT melle said: Aug 14, 2022 17:43:50 GMT Seth said: there's a Saab two stroke! And Saab 95/ 96 V4 wheels. Yes, that's what first made me realise there was something a bit special about it before clocking what the engine was.
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akku Probably posted too much Posts: 15,734	Specials Show akku @alistairk
	Aug 17, 2022 7:17:32 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I love these kind of cars. Something less than a production car and more than a kit car. The Rochdales were always a favourite of mine and the Turners are lovely. I find them kinda fascinating. I've often thought of taking one of these and updating with say MX5 running gear.
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	Aug 17, 2022 7:40:33 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	This is a fabulous collection of cars. Still a big fan of a Peerless. Is that a Fairthorpe Electron we have the back end of in green?
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Roach Part of things Posts: 717	Specials Show Roach @roach
	Aug 17, 2022 14:31:20 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	How awesome, didn’t know this was a thing, I only live 5 mins a from there. Cool motors.


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Seth South East MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi Posts: 15,513	Specials Show Seth @seth
	Aug 18, 2022 17:54:48 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Aug 17, 2022 7:40:33 GMT HoTWire said: This is a fabulous collection of cars. Still a big fan of a Peerless. Is that a Fairthorpe Electron we have the back end of in green? Yup!
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