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Apr 14, 2020 14:27:53 GMT
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Jaguar XJ12 s2. Éire. £3½K 1978. Low mileage. Drives. Last MOT'd 2007, unclear if it has been used on Irish roads since. From the (poor) photos it doesn't look like a rotbox but it's difficult to know what's going on underneath without an inspection. The original purchaser appears to have specified cloth seats. Looking good, driving well and with a clean MOT this should be a £10K-£15K car.
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Apr 13, 2020 23:03:46 GMT
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Apr 13, 2020 21:27:58 GMT
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Apr 13, 2020 18:23:10 GMT
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The Clio Williams was released with no colour options; you bought in in code '449' metallic sports blue or not at all. Henry Ford famously said to his staff, of the model T, that " Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants, so long as it's black."
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Last Edit: Apr 14, 2020 8:58:40 GMT by MkX
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Apr 13, 2020 17:32:47 GMT
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Duesenberg Twenty Grand (evocation);
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Apr 13, 2020 16:32:24 GMT
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Spennymoor is about 5 miles from where I live, that's also where the Gray's pop factory was. 😀
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Apr 13, 2020 16:28:15 GMT
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Well, perhaps it was something I just made up when I saw the surname . . . but you never know! In that case id be interested to know when that pic was taken. Any idea? 1905, 5 years before the driver set up his own business. Article
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Apr 13, 2020 16:21:52 GMT
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Love the ‘Daktari’ Land Rover (if you’re under about 45 google it) 😀
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Apr 13, 2020 15:40:27 GMT
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Pickup Brothers; Interestingly, they also developed an open backed style of van which became known as the Pickup truck. Gray's (Anty Gray shown driving for Pickup above); Curtesy of Wikipedia The term pickup is of unknown origin. It was used by Studebaker in 1913 and by the 1930s, "pick-up" (hyphenated) had become the standard term.[6] Well, perhaps it was something I just made up when I saw the surname . . . but you never know!
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Apr 13, 2020 14:18:25 GMT
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Pickup Brothers; Interestingly, they also developed an open backed style of van which became known as the Pickup truck. Gray's (Anty Gray shown driving for Pickup above);
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Apr 13, 2020 12:24:44 GMT
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Apr 13, 2020 11:53:34 GMT
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That is hard core autoporn!
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Apr 13, 2020 11:31:40 GMT
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Louis XVI inspired Rolls-Royce interior. Commissioned by Woolworths' financial director as a gift to his wife. Another one that Liberace would have loved! Made me think of the Top Gear one
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Apr 13, 2020 11:25:14 GMT
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I appreciate the intent of this being the cars and the support but, can someone please tell me more about these vehicles please: Leyland Beaver with Brockhouse conversion circa '50-'51, shown below with the with Brockhouse trailer; Article:The Beaver itself was ingeniously used as a ramp to first load the upper rigid deck of the trailer; If that rig was still around today and loaded with 8 'as new' s1 Landys it would be worth £½M+
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Last Edit: Apr 13, 2020 11:35:06 GMT by MkX
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Apr 13, 2020 10:28:39 GMT
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^^^^^^^ that makes my eyes go funny, it’s awful . . . by the end of it id probably throw up in it . . . Would anyone be able to tell?
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Apr 13, 2020 10:25:37 GMT
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^^^^^^^ that makes my eyes go funny, it’s awful Didn't Porsche do one in the 924 that had the same effect? I wouldn't have believed a Porsche would feature on this thread, as I've always considered their interiors quite spartan, but is this the cloth you're referring to? Trippy & Trippier!
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Last Edit: Apr 13, 2020 10:26:17 GMT by MkX
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Apr 13, 2020 10:21:55 GMT
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^^^^^^^ that makes my eyes go funny, it’s awful It's pretty trippy! Compared to the interiors of other cars of the inter-war years can you imagine how wild this would have been?
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There's another very similar thread in play (air-cooled awesomeness) but I'm happy to give THIS another plug. There's some amazing attention to detail in this 12.4 litre 7 cylinder beastie!
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Last Edit: Apr 13, 2020 2:19:50 GMT by MkX
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Apr 12, 2020 23:56:37 GMT
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Diesels don't do well pottering about clocking up a few miles a week then being mothballed for years. Unless it's absurdly low mileage I would anticipate significant expense in the recommissioning. Would have been a different proposition if it was VAG.
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Apr 12, 2020 22:03:17 GMT
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Now you see round our way 'Corona' pop never got a look in Alpine was the favoured brand - a crate of six large bottles had to last us 2 weeks - has to if the driver was a key worker - well as a kids essential & favoured choice of high sugar content fizzy drink - most certainly came top of our list - Now 'Dandelion & Burdock' how the hell did that name come about then - has you were Not one I've ever heard of before! Corona probably had a bit more kudos in this neck of the woods as it was originally sited at Porth in the Rhondda. The buildings were subsequently taken over as a music production / recording facility which is appropriately named The Pop Factory. When I was a child, my great-aunt always used to treat me to a glass of 'council pop' whenever we went to her house, (tap water!)
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Last Edit: Apr 12, 2020 22:04:47 GMT by MkX
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