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No amount of bombastic hyperbole about getting things done can hide the fact that HST is an answer to a question that nobody asked.
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Not without first submitting an action plan, a method statement and a full risk assessment.
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You forgot the traffic cones and environmental impact statement.
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Hold hard! Surely if we having two lines on the new permanent way judicious avoidance of interconnecting points may reduce signalling requirements to a schoolboy level of sophistication while still being safe or perhaps safer. It would be interesting to see how budgets for signalling replacement on the existing mish-mash network compares with that proposed for HS2.
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Took this pix at the Earl's Court Motorcycle show back in the 70's. I came very close to signing my life away in order to buy one of these, the classic Triumph Trident 'Slippery Sam' replicas of the bike that won the TT production race 5 years in a row in the early 70's. And this against some pretty serious competition.
I wish I had now, I shudder to think what one of these would cost these days ...
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A few more vintage vehicles to jog the memory.
A nice little Austin drop head - 8hp. Jowett Javelin. Armstrong Siddley Saphire. Triumph Mayflower. My father had one of these. When you see these old cars they were so small compared with todays models. The baby of the Renown. Neville Last edited by Hawkey01; 22nd March 2020 at 14:10. |
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Ford GT40
Being advertised in Car & Classic is a 1967 Ford GT40, of "The Ford that beat Ferrari fame in the mid '60s.
It's very rare to find a genuine and not a kit copy for sale anywhere. When they do change hands it's usually in the £millions and this one is POA. JJ. |
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We shipped one from somewhere to somewhere else I think. It seemed impossibly glamorous when it was off-loaded (non crated) and went off.
I may be pessimistic here, but I don't think "POA" means it is for my pocket.
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Ah, amazing how a pic will bring back a memory....
Changing wheels, tyres, was intended to be done with the race-pit jack. Doing the job with a standard trolley jack was a real pain, just getting the jack underneath was a two man job.
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FJ. My guess would be £2-3mil. I sent an 'e' to the seller but he would not disclose as confidential to prospective buyers only!!
I had to buy a racing jack when I got my very low Firebird Formula 400 (6.6ltr), back in 1977 and it's been invaluable ever since. The car was very cheap and unloved with a "knock" which turned out to be a cracked flex plate. The picture is not my car - I took very few photos back then. JJ. |
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Good choice JJ. Firebirds just looked better than the Chevrolet equivalent, the Camaro. I had a friend with a Firebird when I lived in the US. My chariot back then was another Pontiac, a GTO ragtop. 400 cu.ins. of mayhem and unbridled fun with the top down.
Roy.
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"Hello, this is Jim Rockford. I'm out at the moment so please leave a message and I will get back to you....." Familiar theme tune plays in background.
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Jeeez all this makes my Reliant Regal Van (AKA Del Boy) look a bit uncool. (I only had a bike licence, and I was starting to feel the cold.)
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Bet you wish you'd kept it.
Clays Independent Traders. Last edited by Engine Serang; 23rd August 2020 at 04:11. |
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I used to work with a man who's pride and joy was a Bond Bug. What a vile joke that was, I only rode in it if I had to.
What were the other 3 wheelers, when in trouble you could open the bonnet and there was a kick-start?
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The Bond minicar had a Villiers motor bike engine mounted on the front wheel and did indeed have a kick start pedal.
Some were fitted with Dynastart and later models had a 'reversible' Dynastart so that you could make it go backwards.
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AAaaaaarrrgh, hated the "Judge". A stupid concept model inspired by Rowan and Martin's Laugh In. What the publicity guys were thinking of, only they will know. Strangely they are now collectable, with many bog standard GTO's and Tempests of that era being converted into "tribute" Judge replicas. There's no accounting for taste, especially in the USA!
Now for a fun muscle car concept, the Plymouth Road Runner was brilliant. It even had a horn that went "beep, beep," just like the bird in the cartoons.
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For "Bling" Mobiles or "Pimp my Ride", once, when visiting my sister-in-law in Philadelphia, she had to go somewhere on a weekend and arranged for me to borrow, from the Consulate, a pool car. It had been confiscated from a "drug lord". All chrome was gold plated and it was armoured. Additionally, it had diplomatic plates and couldn't get ticketed, as long as I didn't get out of the vehicle. Boy, did I draw a crowd and funny looks when I went IHOP on Saturday morning for breakfast! I think it was an 80's Le Baron, not the tops in the look stakes standard when new!
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Didn't they fit some Bond Bugs with the alloy Hillman Imp engine ?
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My enduring memory of a Bond Bug was of one attempting to overtake me in an open area of the New Forest, when he was about level with me the front end was noticeably lifting - I thought that it was about to take off, before he dropped back.
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