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« Last Edit: September 13, 2010, 06:15:51 AM by Britman »
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« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2010, 06:17:15 AM » |
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« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2010, 06:19:05 AM » |
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« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2010, 06:20:03 AM » |
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« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2010, 06:20:39 AM » |
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« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2010, 08:04:25 AM » |
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As a former Mechanic in a British snobbish only shop, Bravo. I still love those cars. I still have an 88 jag. Thats mechanically very sound, I'm looking for a decent body, or a 66/68 nova. Had a 58 Bentley that I brought home in 3 pick-up trucks and a trailer. Chick magnet! A Kiwi friend of mine told me that an Engineer for Jaguair cought a mechanic buggering his daughter. Thats why their designed that way. I have no reason to doubt him.
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Aot of guys with burn marks,gnarly scars and funny twitches ask why I spend so much on safety gear
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« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2010, 01:04:59 PM » |
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I want the green thing with the BOOM stick mounted....I like the cycle count on the turret. 
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« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2010, 01:18:52 PM » |
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Hey Britman, were you impressed with the Evora? I prefer them to the Elise and Exige'but when you have to look at them all day they end up looking like any other car,too many wheels . I've worked for Lotus for nearly 8 years as a Quality Inspector.
There's a couple of stunning new cars coming out soon,big and powerful
Pitbull
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« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2010, 01:50:11 PM » |
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I have owne a TR3, a Spitfire and several TR6s in my lifetime. All great cars! Bernie
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« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2010, 02:43:42 PM » |
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The eType Jag is one of my favorite cars of all time. I remember a 1973 V-12 Royal Blue eType parked next to the gasoline station I worked part-time in high school. The dude was a major nerd that owned the car, but the car was a chick magnet!
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« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2010, 04:43:24 PM » |
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[/quote]I want the green thing with the BOOM stick mounted....I like the cycle count on the turret.  [/quote] My father was in one of those during WWII - North Africa.
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« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2010, 05:26:03 PM » |
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Hey Britman, were you impressed with the Evora? I prefer them to the Elise and Exige'but when you have to look at them all day they end up looking like any other car,too many wheels . I've worked for Lotus for nearly 8 years as a Quality Inspector.
There's a couple of stunning new cars coming out soon,big and powerful
Pitbull
I thought the Evora was great. More like a car than a roller skate on steroids.
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« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2010, 05:33:41 PM » |
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Any Sunbeam Tigers there? I had one for 19 years and was rookie of the year way back when in the SCCA's midwest division. Loved that car as much as the Valk.
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« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2010, 05:48:40 PM » |
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Any Sunbeam Tigers there? I had one for 19 years and was rookie of the year way back when in the SCCA's midwest division. Loved that car as much as the Valk.
I think so. There were quite a few hairdressers cars as they were known in England.  Spitfires, TR6's (the GT6 fast back not included)
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« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2010, 06:55:45 PM » |
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Hairdresser Cars???? Here is a pair of 1500's 
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« Reply #15 on: September 14, 2010, 04:00:55 AM » |
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Now don,t get me wrong, I have worked on some of Britans finest. But the last thing we Americans got from Britan that worked was the Bristol AC and we had to put a V8 in that. Now ther are some very great cars that have come from there. But why do they always put 20 things in front of what you need to work on. Shortleg[Dave]
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« Reply #16 on: September 14, 2010, 06:09:23 AM » |
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Now don,t get me wrong, I have worked on some of Britans finest. But the last thing we Americans got from Britan that worked was the Bristol AC and we had to put a V8 in that. Now ther are some very great cars that have come from there. But why do they always put 20 things in front of what you need to work on. Shortleg[Dave]
Don't forget "Lucas", The Prince of Darkness 
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« Last Edit: September 14, 2010, 08:36:52 AM by Britman »
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« Reply #17 on: September 14, 2010, 06:33:21 AM » |
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I went to a Brit Car show in Indiana, PA this summer. It was a lovely affair. I'll have to find my pics and share them later. I liked the t-shirt that read, "British Cars, Gentlemen should not drive after dark." Great joke about Lucas electronics! The Brit show I attended had less variety than the one you found. I like the tank!
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« Reply #18 on: September 14, 2010, 06:36:21 AM » |
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Great pictures!!!!! 
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« Reply #19 on: September 14, 2010, 10:34:58 AM » |
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My family had a few English cars when we lived in Jamaica in the '60's. Our first was a 1958 Hillman Minx, followed by a Morris 1100, and later a 1968 Ford Cortina. Other cars we had were a '64 Dodge Polara and an Alfa Romeo. Because Jamaica was a British colony the majority of cars were English. They had some really high tarrifs on imports there and they had higher fees to import cars with longer wheelbases. That was to keep people from importing luxury cars like Cadillacs and Lincolns but rich people just imported Mercedes-Benzes and Jaguars instead.
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Live to ride, ride to...uh, what was the question again?
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