The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVI)

The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVI)

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Gruber

6,313 posts

213 months

Sunday 12th October 2014
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L100NYY said:
Great to see some of the Threadista at the open day yesterday and was a great turn out in general, happy Loon.
I was very sorry not to make it. Poorly wife and grumpy baby put paid to any hope of a morning's fun.

Pleased to hear it went well.

jeremyc

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23,335 posts

283 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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L100NYY said:
Great to see some of the Threadista at the open day yesterday and was a great turn out in general, happy Loon.
Thanks for the invitation and the coffee, croissants, burgers and sausages. burgerthumbup

No thanks for shrinking that Alfa to undrivable proportions. irkedwink

Good to put a face to the rejn name. smile

In other news, one of the cars of the day at Brooklands on Sunday.





It has an Alfa 1750 donkey amidships. cool

rejn

1,991 posts

221 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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jeremyc said:
Good to put a face to the rejn name. smile
good to meet you too Jeremy

And the PH'ers I met all seemed surprising reasonable - not the bunch of mis-fits I was expecting...

(although maybe that just says more about me!!)

smile

L100NYY

35,078 posts

242 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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jeremyc said:
hanks for the invitation and the coffee, croissants, burgers and sausages. burgerthumbup

No thanks for shrinking that Alfa to undrivable proportions. irkedwink

Good to put a face to the rejn name. smile

In other news, one of the cars of the day at Brooklands on Sunday.

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It has an Alfa 1750 donkey amidships. cool
Arrggghhh, what did I miss on Sunday? Auto Italia day??

jeremyc

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23,335 posts

283 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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L100NYY said:
Arrggghhh, what did I miss on Sunday? Auto Italia day??
Autumn Motorsport Day which seemed to be an excuse for anyone/anything to turn up. hehe It seemed to incorporate a lot of the Auto Italia day.

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hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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That 500 is absolutely insane wobble

L100NYY

35,078 posts

242 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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Bugger.

braddo

10,399 posts

187 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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jeremyc said:
No thanks for shrinking that Alfa to undrivable proportions. irkedwink
I'm sure your arms are the correct length, just the legs which need to be shortened considerably. biggrin

jeremyc said:


It has an Alfa 1750 donkey amidships. cool
Randomly, once on holiday in Sorrento a parade of stuff like this went through the town centre. I remember one or two similar cars with central driving positions too. What is the car on the left?


My Saturday morning didn't go to plan, having discovered the Porsche's battery had gone flat and needing to source a new one. grumpy In 6 months I have a slashed tyre (thanks to runnng over a discarded stanley blade; new pair of tyres required), a coolant leak that needed engine removal to fix, and now the battery. Cars... banghead

jeremyc

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23,335 posts

283 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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braddo said:
Randomly, once on holiday in Sorrento a parade of stuff like this went through the town centre. I remember one or two similar cars with central driving positions too. What is the car on the left?
The red and yellow one is a Fiat X19; the white one is a Fiat 1000 Abarth (I think).

Another highlight for me was seeing a Fiat 128 for the first time in many years - my first ever car. smile

L100NYY

35,078 posts

242 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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Abarth 1300 coupe is the car in the left

braddo

10,399 posts

187 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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thumbup Great looking little coupes, those.

GreatPretender

26,140 posts

213 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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Hello boys and girls, and greetings from Qatar wavey

After ditching the Cherokee (the novelty wore off rather quickly once it revealed its ineptitude at negotiating sand dunes), I have apparently since settled for something a little more relaxing and rather more anonymous:



But all is not quite what it seems... Eleventy Manpoints* if you can:

a) guess what model of Chevy it is
b) what it's got under the hood

Go!

*facebook crowd and their affiliates are hereby excluded


L100NYY

35,078 posts

242 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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a) A white one
b) An engine


What do I win...? Huh? Huh?

Justayellowbadge

37,057 posts

241 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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Impala with a 5.7?

Was the car in 'Drive' iirc.

bmthnick1981

5,310 posts

215 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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An Impala. Thought the 'fast ones' of those had a 6.2 v8 but the front bumper should look different, or it does on US spec cars?

jeremyc

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23,335 posts

283 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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GreatPretender said:
a) guess what model of Chevy it is
b) what it's got under the hood
Is it the Spark with a throbbing 67bhp four cylinder? silly

With red lettering in the Pirelli sidewalls? wink

Crook

6,714 posts

223 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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jeremyc]url said:
Autumn Motorsport Day|http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/events/details/autumn-motorsport-day2/[/url] which seemed to be an excuse for anyone/anything to turn up. hehe It seemed to incorporate a lot of the Auto Italia day.

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Look at that 131!




braddo

10,399 posts

187 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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GreatPretender said:
a) guess what model of Chevy it is
b) what it's got under the hood
Holden Commodore with a Chevy badge
6.2L V8 as someone mentioned earlier - LS3?

jeremyc

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23,335 posts

283 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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Crook said:
Look at that 131!
It still has the brown velour seats as well. biggrin

This one, on the other hand, was somewhat more sparse. cool


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