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Classic car spotting this week.
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路路Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega CollectorTomorrow I intend to spend a lot of time attempting to find an old image of my Morgan with the Coventry Climax side valve.
It must be somewhere on a slide or whatever, fingers crossed.
Edited to add that I can't find a single image, from a time that obviously I never gave a thought to photographing a car 馃檨
It must be somewhere on a slide or whatever, fingers crossed.
Edited to add that I can't find a single image, from a time that obviously I never gave a thought to photographing a car 馃檨
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tmw57
路I bought this '97 C2S in 2004. It has north of 120K on the odometer and is still as tight as the day I got it...
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MRC
路You certainly have a good eye, spot on 馃憤
In late 1973 I was on a drawing board at Girling designing brakes & transmission components. I went into the garage, don't remember why, and there was an Elite, which was still still secret, up on a hoist. I was quickly pushed out because I was in commercial vehicles and not passenger cars and not authorised to see it. Still I knew it was part of the upcoming new Lotus model range from the spy pics in the comics. My road car then was a Mini-Cooper "S", soon to be replaced by an Elite -- but the 1950's Type 14.
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路1950s Wolseley, not sure which model,
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路The side windows had non locking plexiglass sliders. After market ones had zippers.
I got relentlessly hazed for that car. One time while I was in class, my friends put the car in my parking stall sideways. They just lifted the back end up and rotated it.
I should add that my friends were all VW guys. I ended up with British cars because my dad was pretty good with them.
My second car was a 1959 TR3
Unfortunately it did not look as nice as the pic, but it was a runner.
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路My first car was a 1961 MG Midget. It had the plexi sliders and a pull chord for the door latch.
My 2nd car was the Austin-Healey near equivalent and it had a little lever near the trailing end of the door -- still inside though. Mine was an early 1098 with the front disk brakes that the wheel rim could (and did) cut through the hydraulic hoses. Taping some heater hose around the brake hose and checking it regularly made braking more dependable.
My first car, a Mini-van from 1961, had the cord-pull interior door release and a button on the floor for engine start. The Mini-Cooper "S" that replaced the A-H had a lever for the door and key-start. Luxury!
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路路Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega CollectorIn my early twenties I owned this ex police Jag which was a great car and never gave me any grief but the strangest thing was every bulb had been removed from the dash which was obviously a quick fix.
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ArmbandUhr69
路Had 3.8 S with E type carbs etc but the cooling wasn't up to hot country standards and the power steering pump and generator were on the same shaft if I recall, one dead seal and both systems went down. Can't say my 5.3 was that much better.
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JwRosenthal
路In my early twenties I owned this ex police Jag which was a great car and never gave me any grief but the strangest thing was every bulb had been removed from the dash which was obviously a quick fix.
Anyone can afford to buy a Jag, but not everyone can afford to own a Jag.
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ArmbandUhr69
路Sadly that doesn't only apply to Jaguars.
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ArmbandUhr69
路With Panama.... snazzy. You just need more clients and the pain goes away.
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PI Lawyer
路It was the only car I have ever had to wear earplugs while driving. It was pretty fun driving down a neighborhood street and those side pipes setting off every car alarm on the block.
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