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Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 24th December 2017, 17:54
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Posted By Farmer John
They really were quite a pretty car. I remember...

They really were quite a pretty car. I remember someone rather foolishly trying to drive his brand new one over the green lane of Mastiles Lane (now thankfully illegal). Then they made the TR7...
Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 4th December 2017, 15:38
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Views: 43,380
Posted By Farmer John
My old BSA trike, although I never got it well...

My old BSA trike, although I never got it well enough to work, had the conventional arrangement of pedals, clutch, accelerator then brake. We have all been radical experimentalists since, using that...
Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 3rd December 2017, 18:59
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Views: 43,380
Posted By Farmer John
Old Francis (Fanny) Barnett?

Old Francis (Fanny) Barnett?
Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 13th November 2017, 20:25
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Views: 43,380
Posted By Farmer John
Is that an easily found source of information.

Is that an easily found source of information.
Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 13th November 2017, 20:23
Replies: 62
Views: 43,380
Posted By Farmer John
A friend of mine bought a TR7, the bonnet release...

A friend of mine bought a TR7, the bonnet release broke. The engineering department said they would fix it that day if he left it there. They used a tank cutter to make a 2.5 inch hole in the...
Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 8th July 2017, 17:00
Replies: 62
Views: 43,380
Posted By Farmer John
They are a car that has virtually disappeared,...

They are a car that has virtually disappeared, but they were excellent little things.
Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 7th July 2017, 21:05
Replies: 62
Views: 43,380
Posted By Farmer John
Always worth buying the ex local policeman's car,...

Always worth buying the ex local policeman's car, they might think he still has it. I did it twice, second time I was going for a good clean 2 CV. It was rotten, but clagged to look good. First...
Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 7th July 2017, 17:38
Replies: 62
Views: 43,380
Posted By Farmer John
I surprised myself, they were made in Shrewsbury....

I surprised myself, they were made in Shrewsbury. I lived near the town in the 1970, never heard the name mentioned.

Here is a Sentinel at Pickering, near where I now live.
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Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 7th July 2017, 09:28
Replies: 62
Views: 43,380
Posted By Farmer John
That sounds like a Sentinel steam lorry. The...

That sounds like a Sentinel steam lorry. The later ones, I hesitate to say nimble, but they could put on a fair turn of speed.
Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 17th May 2017, 23:11
Replies: 62
Views: 43,380
Posted By Farmer John
When I was working in Cumbria we had a TK Bedford...

When I was working in Cumbria we had a TK Bedford truck which we loaded up with shearing gear and went to farms all over the County, teaching people to shear. After a week or so of this, we were...
Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 1st May 2017, 21:47
Replies: 62
Views: 43,380
Posted By Farmer John
That old Triumph Vitesse convertible! I had one,...

That old Triumph Vitesse convertible! I had one, and loved it dearly. The gearbox was so worn, no-one else could drive it but when you knew it it was a quick box, good for double de-clutch and...
Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 28th April 2017, 22:48
Replies: 62
Views: 43,380
Posted By Farmer John
Aargh, and I keep thinking I will get used to the...

Aargh, and I keep thinking I will get used to the new way, but it goes back to the days of the horse!
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