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1971 Lotus Europa |
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A pair of pre-war Jaguars 2.5 litre SS |
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Alvises in parade ring |
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P6 Rovers |
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A mini monster car |
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A 1969 Opal GT |
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Lovely Mk 2 Jag |
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A parade of military vehicles including a desert equipped
Land Rover complete with Bren gun. |
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V12 engine in Jaguar E-type |
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E Type in Lilac |
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Ford Zodiac 6 cyl - Our family car when I was young. I
learnt to drive in this car, well its 4 cyl version the Zephyr, on private
roads when I was about 15. It was killed by brother Norman when he took it for
an unauthorised drive while I was repairing the engine and it had no water in
the radiator. |
I tend to feature the beautiful & interesting, but what
about the mundane & ugly? British Leyland gave us these examples
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The Vanden Plas - the much maligned "posh" version
of the Austin Allegro in a very repulsive brown |
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Gone & mostly forgotten - the Austin Maxi. In any colour
like so long as it's beige. |
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This one really fell out of the ugly tree - the Austin 3
Litre |
Will he ever stop going on about the Zephyr? You'd think I'd committed a murder or something, and it was nearly 40 years ago!
ReplyDeleteHe has kept that one quiet Stuart, I thought I had heard Normans stories at least a dozen times each! Keep them coming :-)
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