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Oct 17, 2023 14:02:16 GMT
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Where I work we ship a lot of prototype cars around Europe. If they go on a truck they have a carnet. Ours are arranged the transport company we use and cost about £1000 per car. If it's road-legal, you're driving it and it's your personal car you don't need one. But you may have issues if you're transporting a lot of spares/tools/tyres. That may need a carnet even if the car doesn't.
If you're driving a car, at the border they won't care. The ferry/tunnel people won't care. It's only if you get stopped by the police for any reason and they ask for your documents, then it will get complicated. We regularly drove cars out to Europe until one incident where a car was stopped (I think in Austria) and impounded until duty was paid on it. Since then everything gets a carnet whether it's driven or shipped on a truck. It's costing a fortune and it's a PITA. If you're driving with a carnet you have to stop at Sevington Inland Border Facility on the M20 and get it stamped. Then stop when you enter France and get it stamped. Then repeat on the return journey. Hope to God you're not passing through Switzerland. You need all the stamps for the carnet to be closed. We've had to drive cars back to France to get a missing stamp before now.
None of that applies if you're drivng your personal car, so going on holiday isn't an issue. I don't know the current situation for race cars on trailers. At the start of Brexit the MSA were warning that some authorities in Europe were being especially bureaucratic and race cars stand out as easy targets. It's possible they've negotiated a more sensible agreement since then. I'd go with what they advise. Yes, it's possible to get away with it, but you don't want to get stiffed for ££££s in duty.
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Sept 27, 2023 11:13:40 GMT
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Kid approved!
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Last Edit: Sept 27, 2023 11:14:42 GMT by kabman
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Aug 31, 2023 15:46:20 GMT
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The pink and blue one was Dolly Mixture and the owner's name was Derek Day. I bought a buggy off him in about 1995 and he owned a string of unusual vehicles.
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Well, I was all poised to get a photo of my daily '98 Lupo ticking over to 200,000 miles, just so I could post it on this thread. Then, teenage daughter borrowed it while I was out and came back with 200,007 showing. Oh well - only another 10 years or so until I can try again at 300,000
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kabman
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Going by the wheels - Austin Big Seven.
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Is that a German reg number on a UK style plate ? I've seen plenty of German style plates on UK cars but never the other way round.
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May 11, 2022 13:03:56 GMT
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Nissan PAO radio. Also just about anything on a PAO. I always wanted a CX because Grace Jones makes anything look cooler.
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In 40 years of driving I've only been recovered twice and both times it was in new cars only a few months old. One was an epic recovery from Brusselles to Frankfurt when an fitting came loose and dumped the oil all over the E40, the other was a diesel injector leak that required a special tool. And I've had to rescue my wife's car a couple of times due to a crank sensor and a clutch position sensor. It's the complexity and tight packaging of new cars that make them impractical to diagnose and work on at the side of the road. They were all easy fixes once at home.
On the other hand I have no worries driving a Beetle anywhere and have done plenty of trips across Europe in one. Not because it won't go wrong but because there's not much that can stop it completely or can't be bodged enough to limp home.
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Sept 18, 2021 11:10:42 GMT
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His vision of small, electric, personal transport was way ahead of the curve. People knocked it but it took everyone else decades to do better. The C5 wasn't a successful solution but now the power density and cost of batteries has improved, E-bikes and scooters are everywhere. Those cheesy 80s promotional videos of commuters on C5s don't look so bizarre anymore.
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RSR build space frame mk1s and also do a composite body to suit SHP Engineering in Ely make the RSR Escorts.
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Jun 25, 2021 20:39:37 GMT
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COLD WAR MOTORS
I'm up early every Sunday morning so I can watch the new episode before the family get up.
It's an alluring mix of bodgery and stunning restoration (and pi$$-taking).
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Rinsing the dirt out is key. Otherwise you're just moving it about. Get hold of a wet vac or, as I did, a cheap carpet cleaner off Ebay (3 quid!!!) and suck until almost dry. I use ordinary liquid laundry detergent, diluted in a squirty bottle. If it can clean my pants it can clean car seats. Smells fresh.
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May 16, 2021 10:19:52 GMT
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SOLD to Mr S.
Cheers Martin
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May 14, 2021 17:46:40 GMT
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Sure. It's 160cm high, 64cm wide and 60cm deep.
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This blast cabinet was one of the DIY plywood kits that Frost Restoration used to sell. It's been nicely built. Not by me, I must add. There's no way I would do such a tidy job of it. Although I've since fitted a flood light inside, new gloves and some wheels so it's easy to move ouside. It comes with a half full tub of Al oxide grit and a full tub of glass beads and a Hetty vacuum for dust extraction. It's just about big enough to get a wheel in and have room to work. Be warned though - you'll need a beefy compressor to run this. I had a 5HP/100l compressor and it could only just cope with the light blasting of alloy castings that I was using it for. For rusty steel you are going to need something a lot more powerful. £100 for the lot. I'm not far from Warwick/Solihull.
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Apr 30, 2021 10:40:44 GMT
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Normally I have little interest in vintage car, I felt the same about pre-war cars until I saw this at Shelsley Walsh. It wasn't a vintage event so it came as a bit of a surprise when this drifted round the corner. That made me go to some VSCC hill climbs to see more of this sort of lunacy.
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Beetle running board trims are that length. Width suggests post '67.
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Feb 10, 2021 22:03:33 GMT
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My '72 had a rectangular plate.
I expect it just came down to whatever was fitted by the dealer.
The recess widened at some point but I don't know what year. It may just be splits that had the narrow recess for a square plate.
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My PAO had those wheels. They really suit the cars. I did have an original option list that showed them but the brand name was Mitsuko? or something like that. I figured that was the reason for the 'M' on the hubcaps. I found some more old photos. I give you the ultimate PAO accessory...matching guitar. You could slide the radio out of the car and slot it in this boombox. And a PAO shop.
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