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gremlin wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 4:00 pm Where I walk my twat-arse dog there's the rear subframe from a Mini (guessing) slap bang in the middle of a densely wooded area. How it got there, and why, has always been a bloody mystery to me.
That is a mystery. Mini subframes used to dissolve in the rain. :hmmm:
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Count Steer wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 4:24 pm
gremlin wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 4:00 pm Where I walk my twat-arse dog there's the rear subframe from a Mini (guessing) slap bang in the middle of a densely wooded area. How it got there, and why, has always been a bloody mystery to me.
That is a mystery. Mini subframes used to dissolve in the rain. :hmmm:
Pah. My first car at the tender age of 17 was a Fiat Panda. I've known ice cream wafers have more longevity when they get wet.
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Taipan wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 3:53 pm
gremlin wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 3:49 pm
Taipan wrote: Sat Feb 11, 2023 10:50 am Image
I can see it looks like a cock, but I'm trying to figure out what it actually is.
Its the cut out to lift the box with!
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Gregor wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 3:13 pm Image



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Please sir! I know this one! Vauxhall Victor FB, 1962 to 1965....
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Quite amazing that its windows haven't been smashed.
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Wossname wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 4:58 pm
Gregor wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 3:13 pm


Please sir! I know this one! Vauxhall Victor FB, 1962 to 1965....


What about this one ?


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Gregor wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 6:33 pm What about this one ?


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Mk1 Cortina.
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JackyJoll wrote: Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:03 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:51 pm Image
The one on the right is a BSA twin.
Is the one on the left Rick Astley ?
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JackyJoll wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 11:01 pm
Gregor wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 6:33 pm What about this one ?


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Mk1 Cortina.
Hmm...not sure. Heater controls don't look right.
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This one looks like a Triumph but what model ?




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Gregor wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 1:51 pm This one looks like a Triumph but what model ?




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Dunno, but I reckon the bushes need sorting.



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gremlin wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 2:07 pm
Gregor wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 1:51 pm This one looks like a Triumph but what model ?




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Dunno, but I reckon the bushes need sorting.



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gremlin wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 2:07 pm Dunno, but I reckon the bushes need sorting.



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Wossname wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 1:11 pm
JackyJoll wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 11:01 pm
Gregor wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 6:33 pm What about this one ?


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Mk1 Cortina.
Hmm...not sure. Heater controls don't look right.
Through-flow ventilation was a big selling point.
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Gregor wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 1:51 pm This one looks like a Triumph but what model ?




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Later 2000 or 2.5.( Michelotti)
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But where are they?
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David wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 5:35 pm But where are they?
On land adjacent to a byway nr Lenham, Kent, taken in 2010. I rode down there a few weeks ago and looks like they’ve gone now.
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David wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 5:34 pm
Gregor wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 1:51 pm This one looks like a Triumph but what model ?




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Later 2000 or 2.5.( Michelotti)
Yep. Mk2.
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My absolute favouritist car ever. Had several. Followed by an xj6 that was awful.
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