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Jul 16, 2004 18:58:07 GMT
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Went to Coventry Motor Museum last week..... worth a visit if you're in the area, especially as it free ;D. They've got a section depicting the people who lived and worked in Coventry through the 50's, 60's and 70's.... one of the 70's cars is a yellow 2-door MK1 Escort, complete with chrome 8-spokes and furry dice  . there's also an original Lotus Sunbeam rally car. |
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... the only injury I sustained was a bumped head when I let the seatbelt of without realizing the car was upside down  and that's not really the car's fault. |
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Jul 16, 2004 19:16:08 GMT
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Jul 16, 2004 19:19:07 GMT
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I've heard there's a lot of Rootes stuff in there lately. Is the Hillman Swallow (the prototype for the big, 4-door Imp that was scrapped for the regular Hillman Hunter) still there?   |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Jul 16, 2004 19:25:01 GMT
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Coventry was a Rootes town, and it looks a tiny bit like an Avenger, so I'll go with a prototype for the Avenger, or a restyle of the Avenger, it's the roofline that does it for me, even though its missing the pretty 'L' shaped taillights.  |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Jul 16, 2004 19:35:15 GMT
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You're not far off. Apparently its a supposed re-design for the big Chrysler 180 but I'm not 100% sure, as I thought it might be some Ozzie oddity.... Very much 'the forgotten car of the seventies'. What is odd is that it had 'cortina' badges on it.
I don't recall the minx design still being there, but there is a Fergerson saloon, which looks really neat for a 50's design. I haven't got a piccy of it though. Fergerson where responsible for the Jensen FF, and did neat 4WD specials of the Capri and Triumph 2000.
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Jul 16, 2004 19:56:58 GMT
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Somebody probably mistook the poor thing for a Cortina! It's not far off really.
Ferguson Tractors weren't bad either. That's it, I'm getting a tractor and customising it for track-days!!!
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Jul 16, 2004 20:02:40 GMT
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I'm a Lamborghini tractor man meself... ;D
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Jul 16, 2004 20:41:04 GMT
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Or maybe a Fordson Major with a Ford small-block V8 and autobox for cruisin' around looking for victims in Novas at the traffic lights, and making them wonder what was in that last joint they smoked, as a tractor disappears into the horizon and leaves them behind! You get yourself a Lamborghini tractor and we could drag race them! ;D
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Keep your Fordsons and your Lamborghinis...I'll take the Porsche!:  |
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Coventry Motor MuseumDarrenW
@darrenw
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Leah and I went to the Coventry museum last weekend! I hadn't been for about 15 years, it's changed a lot! I got plenty of photos which I'll put up in the gallery ASAP!
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Jul 17, 2004 19:06:52 GMT
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Isn't that the Aussie Chrysler that was going to be the replacement for the big humbers?
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... the only injury I sustained was a bumped head when I let the seatbelt of without realizing the car was upside down and that's not really the car's fault. |
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Jul 17, 2004 22:46:02 GMT
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Maybe we should start a Retro Tractor race series! ;D Just don't let that capitalist old fool Ecclestone run it!
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Mattblack, You might well be right. I maybe incorrectly asssumed it was a restyle for the 180. Anyone remember this?  Leyland P76, made for the ozzie market. I wonder if it would have sold here? |
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Coventry Motor MuseumBenzBoy
@benzboy
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Jul 18, 2004 12:21:35 GMT
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Maybe we could arrange a sort of informal Retro-Rides gathering in Coventry? I've never been to the museum - looks really good day out! There seem to be quite a few Midland members here!  |
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Jul 18, 2004 13:05:21 GMT
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Sounds like a fine plan. Maybe we could do a few hours at Gaydon too - its only down the road on the M40.
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Jul 18, 2004 19:19:02 GMT
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Mattblack, You might well be right. I maybe incorrectly asssumed it was a restyle for the 180. Hmmmm, I'm not sure now, I think that when we went there was a different, but very similar looking car parked in the same position next to that Sceptre. I think THAT was a Chrysler Centura. |
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... the only injury I sustained was a bumped head when I let the seatbelt of without realizing the car was upside down and that's not really the car's fault. |
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Jul 18, 2004 21:16:35 GMT
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P76, I'd have bought one! Great for getting Imp spares from scrappies, you could get an eight gallon oil drum in the boot and still shut it no bother! So think of how many Imp 998s i could shove in the back! Anyone ever see the Force 9 coupe version of the P76? Bloody lovely, and only the Aussies got it!  |
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. there's also an original Lotus Sunbeam rally car.
and that's not really the car's fault.
