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Wossname wrote: Fri Oct 07, 2022 9:16 am horizontal rectangular tail lights -
Yup, unusual.

Much of the stuff then was influenced by US styling, or similar with 'fins' and vertical lights.
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Was thinking Volvo myself but the tail lights tended to be upright/portrait so probably not :D
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Could be a Delorean in the pic. At least one of those could time travel.
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Skub wrote: Fri Oct 07, 2022 9:28 pm Could be a Delorean in the pic. At least one of those could time travel.
Nah

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ImageMonkey Paw by MrLongbeard, on Flickr
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Congratulations :thumbup:
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There's so much fake in that photo it's hard to know where to start.
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This shoud take your mind off of it...

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cheb wrote: Sun Oct 09, 2022 8:34 pm There's so much fake in that photo it's hard to know where to start.
Let's start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
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Health and safety Spanish style. They were struggling for ages to free the steel shuttering. I was scared just watching. That fall would have hurt.
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Taipan wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 12:17 pm Image
Most random thing I've seen is someone riding one of those up the A12 between Colchester and Ipswich - I was gobsmacked not only seeing one being ridden but also on one of East Anglia's busiest roads!
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Lizzy.
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Skub wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 4:39 pmLizzy.
Looks like he could be with Robert Plant
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Felix wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 5:14 pm
Skub wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 4:39 pmLizzy.
Looks like he could be with Robert Plant
I thought that was RP too. The bloke leaning on the bus shelter looks familiar too. A bit like Robert Palmer?

Edit: Clappo?
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Yep - that's clapton.