Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 26)

[Iva Barchetta]

Yes,had to log off due to phone problems.

[Fishtigua]

Any Alfa/Lancia/Fiats there?

[Iva Barchetta]

Fishtigua said:

Any Alfa/Lancia/Fiats there?

Yep.




I asked the owner about the blue n yellow stripe,thinking it was a Swedish thing.
It's the colours for Turin....

[Iva Barchetta]

Here's the engine in the other Fulvia there.

[Iva Barchetta]

This is the Barchetta I mentioned the other day.



It's a scruffy Herbert.

[Fishtigua]

What a poor old knacker. We have a red one here in a similar state, even the boot lid doesn't shut.

[Iva Barchetta]

It does have nice alloys and a red hood,which works well on a black car.
Only took one pic..

[hidetheelephants]

Iva Barchetta said:

What was the owner attired in? I think you really need a chauffeur's outfit or be sporting an outrageous Jason King look(cravat, suit so sharp it will cut you, frilly shirt) to get away with it. Awesome looking bit of design even now though.

[Fishtigua]

A mate's Dad bought his from the Duke of Westminster. In BRG with a cream interior, it looked stunning with those huge wheels. He drove it down to the Riviera to see us, which almost doubled it's mileage.

He paid £8k for it back in 1990.

[Jimmy Recard]

I would really, really, really like a Lagonda.

[DickyC]

Jimmy Recard said:

I would really, really, really like a Lagonda.

Welcome to Trivial Towers. One day all this will be yours. Including the Lagonda.



We should stress it's a bit scruffy.

[DickyC]

Thanks for the Aston pic, iva. It was an era of the V8 referred to as Oscar India for reasons no one can remember.

A thug in a Savile Row suit, as someone once said.

[DickyC]

Been for a ride in a Bill Towns Lagonda but not driven one

One day.

[hidetheelephants]

DickyC said:

Thanks for the Aston pic, iva. It was an era of the V8 referred to as Oscar India for reasons no one can remember.

Press launch on October 1st '78 wasn't it? Not terribly meaningful but allows you to pretend to be a beard.

[jeremycorbyn]

Life's a bit of a bh at the moment.

[DickyC]

You only have yourself to blame.

Jeremyonics or whatever it's called.

[Iva Barchetta]

Yo !

MBH is the new Labour leader,who knew ?...

[StuntmanMike]

DickyC said:

Thanks for the Aston pic, iva. It was an era of the V8 referred to as Oscar India for reasons no one can remember.

A thug in a Savile Row suit, as someone once said.

I'm pretty sure that engine had some sort of mental maintenance schedule which made them entirely impractical for big millage's, timing chain type of thing maybe.

[StuntmanMike]

My wife is taking the piss because I can still only type two fingered.

[DickyC]

StuntmanMike said:

I'm pretty sure that engine had some sort of mental maintenance schedule which made them entirely impractical for big millage's, timing chain type of thing maybe.

Thoroughbred? Is that the word?




Pain in the arse, possibly.