A.J.
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That looks a beast
Very Bergerac
That looks a beast
Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac: Jersey is an island. It's nine miles by five. And if you drive *very* slowly, you can take a whole hour to go right round it.Very Bergerac
A comfortable and spacious car in its day, not sure when that actual “day” was thoughView attachment 49172 Sorry missed this thread....one of these
And Jim's car originally came from Northern Ireland and kept it's original ji number plate...they just move the i over to the right and made it a 1...so, it looked Jersey.Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac: Jersey is an island. It's nine miles by five. And if you drive *very* slowly, you can take a whole hour to go right round it.
It was a Tuesday I thinkA comfortable and spacious car in its day, not sure when that actual “day” was though
Morris 1300 - not this one but the same colour
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Just followed a restored Triumph Stag in red with roof off, that was my dream car 40 years ago..
Mercedes SL500 R231
I had a 1984 micra from new. Did 125000 miles in it mostly driven hard as I was always late for work and it was faultless the whole time I had it.(Though the gearbox was making some absolutely dreadful sounds when I traded it in)1972 Volkswagen Beetle 1300cc rustbucket, I think it was YKH556L. Spent months getting rid of the rustand bolting the wings back on only for the engine to pack in after about 6 months. Replaced it with a 1982 Nissan Micra that I drove all over the country and it never skipped a beat.
Leyland P76 conversion was the done thing in NZ. The P76 was an Aussie derived family car powered by a long stroke 3.5 Rover V8 to give 4.4 litres. More power and torque with none of the slipped liner shenanigans of the Rover 3.9, 4.2 and 4.6 variants. Made the Stag into a serious road rocket.I would still love one to-day, but it would have to have had the Rover V8 conversion
Leyland P76 conversion was the done thing in NZ. The P76 was an Aussie derived family car powered by a long stroke 3.5 Rover V8 to give 4.4 litres. More power and torque with none of the slipped liner shenanigans of the Rover 3.9, 4.2 and 4.6 variants. Made the Stag into a serious road rocket.
I just had a horrible turn, my ex wife's first car was an Austin 1300 of similar vintage, and I hate thinking of my ex wife. Personally I had an Austin Princess 2200 which I actually liked, nice and smooth, loads of space and never broke down, I must have been lucky, I traded it in for Mk.V Cortina 2.3 Ghia.Mine was a Morris 1300 on an H plate, 1970 perhaps, in grey but with leather seats and radio. Had a few Austin /BLMC cars and admit to owning an Allegro in “baby sick yellow” at some point.
Didn’t really get into cars for a while as you may have noticed.
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I think that the overheating/gasket blowing of the original 3 litre V8 can be resolved with a larger radiator. But I still could not trust it sufficiently to own one with the 3 litre lump.
I just had a horrible turn, my ex wife's first car was an Austin 1300 of similar vintage, and I hate thinking of my ex wife.
No that wasn't her.I bought it off a girl, in a pub on the outskirts of Birmingham.
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The rear dickey seats were fun though.