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What’s the story Grub, is that yours?
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Erie Fred
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Tapecaria Boaretto, Barra Bonita, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 568 likes · 1 talking about this · 4 were here. TAPEÇARIA PARA AUTOS RUA ANTONIO PETRI Nº 781 PARQUE INDUSTRIAL SÃO DOMINGOS BARRA BONITA S/P FON
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Bobupndown
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Two things come to mind, first decent pothole and the forks would bend and how do you stop it wheelying?Log in to Facebook
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Farside
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That massive lump of pig-iron in the middle will make sure it never does, either from raw power or weight distribution.
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That's in better nick than the one I had. First time my Mum got in it, her foot went through the passenger footwell, which some ingenious previous owner had replaced with cardboard.
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An ex girlfriend asked me to sell her car when she packed in her nursing job to go backpacking in Asia for a year. It was an amiable split and she was a good mate's sister so I agreed. Then she told me it was an applejack green Metro with copious amounts of rust. I thought my work was cut out for me. I fixed the major issues and got an MOT on it, and hoped somebody without high expectations would buy it.
The somebody turned out to my boss at BT in London. His wife was heavily pregnant and they decided to get a car to make visiting family and getting around less hassle.
First time they used it, his missus sat on the passenger seat and lifted her heavily swollen ankles directly into several inches of cold water. That didn't go down very well!
Note to self, if you fibreglass the footwell of a metro, remember to put a drain hole in it as they leak from every orifice.
zx9
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Bromley Pageant was cancelled this year because of ULEZ, 2025 is planned to be out at Gatwick, personally I can't see it going well, people get into habits re shows and rallies and don't like change.
Bullet2012
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Show at Newbury tomorrow, normally a good turnout.
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colnerov
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Bromley Pageant was cancelled this year because of ULEZ, 2025 is planned to be out at Gatwick, personally I can't see it going well, people get into habits re shows and rallies and don't like change.
Close, it's at the South of England showground at Ardingly in Sussex. Lots of large events held there over the years, but a good comment about some peoples habits.
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At least one member will know this mob
Bullet2012
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Lots of the usual Mini, MG, Triumph, Ford and Ferrari.
Then this
Then this
Bullet2012
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Henry, Skid and Allen were in attendance.
Barking Mat
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Mehari, fully reconditioned, or new, 563 Kms on the clock.
KemppiFrog
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Seems to have a recent reg? Thort it would have a department number at the end.
Guy over on the Il de Ré will give you a zero hour Mehari (usuially in a nicer colour..) for €25/30 K Though I could be out of date on the prices.
Barking Mat
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When vehicle papers change hands, since about five years ago, you get a new standard plate.
Bobupndown
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Nice to potter about in on a summers day. (Not this summers day however, in NI anyway
)julianthegypsy
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That brings back memories! We spent a week on the Il de Rê in 1967. My dad was upset to see another car on the island with GB plates and when my mum agreed to buy a chicken and some runner beans off a local farmer who visited the campsite, he returned with a wicker basket full of beans and the chicken happily sat on top of them. Apparently it's changed a lot since then and doesn't sound like anywhere I'd want to go anymore sadly.
KemppiFrog
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Very different now, nicknamed Paris-Plage...
Some friends built a house near a beach on the west side. Finally decided to sell it, but as non residents, the tax office caned them on various pretenses, think they are still fighting it... Cost them about €200K. Nice house, but anything on the island is expensive.
We liked a restaurant by the port in the delightfully named Ars-en-Ré, but it is quite a hike from here plus the length of the island and they put the bridge toll up in the summer... crowded too.
One thing that the friends showed us, not mentioned in the tourist stuff, are the Atlantic Wall defences still there in a pinewood. Loads of gun emplacements, a big fire control tower and a lot of underground accomodation and hospital stuff. Massive concrete structures, esp the tower.
