Seth
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Oct 28, 2006 19:46:35 GMT
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Why not put a UK twist on it..... by ripping off one of those 'monkey hangers' they have on the Tube (District Line trains)..... no one will care too much as all the trains are getting re-rurbed anyway.  Noooooo! Don't say that! I'd had that thought ages ago! I didn't think any tubes had those any more? We are talking about the black plastic balls on the end of a spring aren't we?! |
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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Oct 28, 2006 19:49:15 GMT
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Yeah, they're still out there. I think they are the 'D' class stock, and run on the district. There's a 'rolling refurbishment' programme going on at the moment, and the monkey hangers are being replaced with posher stuff.... so either get yourself someone on the 'inside' at bombardier, or go for a late night jaunt out to Upminster armed with a screwdriver |
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Nick
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Yeah they come from the trains in Japan,.. as far as I know the only one in the UK is currently attatched to my car. ah you missed the boat on this one, some uk folk have been going to japanland and stealing these for J-tarting for a few years. originally when i saw these things i thought they looked a bit curse word. but i really like them these days. ahh I'm so fickle. i want a UKDM tyte thing though. surely those fisher price ones will be too soft and not hard enough to use? |
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idea stolen from rattely eddie.
this weeks car count "5"
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Oct 29, 2006 10:18:39 GMT
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ah you missed the boat on this one, some uk folk have been going to japanland and stealing these for J-tarting for a few years. Yeah thats why I said as far as I know,.. I've never seen one in the flesh or in a photo. No one else has mentioned seeing one before either,.. but then I figured some of the drifty guys might have them. Although checking their galleries I never saw one either...  |
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Oct 29, 2006 13:04:19 GMT
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surely those fisher price ones will be too soft and not hard enough to use? I don't think he's actually planning on hanging from it, its more an aesthetical addition. |
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Oct 29, 2006 14:07:40 GMT
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surely those fisher price ones will be too soft and not hard enough to use? I don't think he's actually planning on hanging from it, its more an aesthetical addition. Ahh but when you car is running at the correct height the idea is that they drag on the ground |
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Oct 29, 2006 14:11:40 GMT
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Fantastic ... so long as they don't snag on something.
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Oct 29, 2006 14:18:57 GMT
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I know where to get them:  I just don't fancy the phone call to the British embassy when I get caught! ;D |
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SkoCan
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Oct 29, 2006 14:22:19 GMT
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Fantastic ... so long as they don't snag on something. Why not? It'll just pull the drogue shute  |
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Oct 29, 2006 16:28:02 GMT
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I was thinking of hanging a bathplug from mine to match the toilet in the boot...or is that too much of a pisstake?!?
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You've been telling me you were a genius since you were seventeen ... in all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean !
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Oct 29, 2006 16:39:37 GMT
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Yeah, they're still out there. I think they are the 'D' class stock, and run on the district. There's a 'rolling refurbishment' programme going on at the moment, and the monkey hangers are being replaced with posher stuff.... so either get yourself someone on the 'inside' at bombardier, or go for a late night jaunt out to Upminster armed with a screwdriver Is it me, or do you have just slightly too much knowledge about all this? 'D Stock'? 'Monkey Hangars'? 'Bombardier'? I call Enthusiast!! Either way I reckon a UK-take on it would be excellent, either the underground hangers or one off a london bus. don't think many regular (overground?) trains have allowances for standing do they? |
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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Oct 29, 2006 16:41:46 GMT
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Is it me, or do you have just slightly too much knowledge about all this? 'D Stock'? 'Monkey Hangars'? 'Bombardier'? I call Enthusiast!! Sadly not. I have spent years working down the tube for station refurbs and civils projects. You kinda pick it up by osmosis. |
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Oct 29, 2006 17:28:10 GMT
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Does that mean you'd know who to ask? I'll have a couple!
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Oct 29, 2006 17:33:55 GMT
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Not really. Whilst I have 'encyclopaedic knowledge of lines, tunnels, stations and premises I have no scooby who to ask about the actual trains. Don't really have much to do with them  |
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tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
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Oct 29, 2006 18:53:13 GMT
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Should of made my move when the old snotters were still running from cockfosters.
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1964 Rover P5 i6
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Oct 29, 2006 19:13:35 GMT
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The West Midlands Travel busses in Birmingham have these handles on |
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Oct 29, 2006 19:32:19 GMT
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The West Midlands Travel busses in Birmingham have these handles on you know what to do c'mon its birmingham, they expect a few thefts! ;D |
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Last Edit: Oct 29, 2006 19:33:01 GMT by goaferboy
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Oct 29, 2006 19:36:28 GMT
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you know what to do c'mon its birmingham, they expect a few thefts! ;D May not have too, my brother-in-law works for WM Travel I will see what I can do ;D |
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Oct 29, 2006 21:09:10 GMT
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Just imagine it, they probably have a warehouse FULL of them, for replacements.
A Retro-Rides J-car dreamhouse!
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Oct 30, 2006 13:38:09 GMT
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What are they actually for?
Is it some sort of 'Code' sign on certain cars?
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