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aeropilot said:
I'm not really into the post mid 70's exotica.......I suppose the love of Americana by then having seen American Graffiti took over (apart from rallying and rallycross stuff of course) so I never really 'got' the Countach or other stuff like that. I remember being in London with a mate in the early eighties, and he was astonished I walked right past a parked up winged Countach without even glancing at it.....he was going all wibble-wibble and I had ignored it 
Now a Muira or Daytona, or a lovely old 250 Lusso, I would have stopped and admired.....but after the Daytona/Muira era, there's not much 'exotica' I have any interest in.
There's tooooooo many stunning cars whether American or Italian, the 3 you just mentioned are all at the top of myNow a Muira or Daytona, or a lovely old 250 Lusso, I would have stopped and admired.....but after the Daytona/Muira era, there's not much 'exotica' I have any interest in.
lotto win list along with the 275 GTB , I met Joan Collins brother , he owns a underground car park in Kensington and while i was there he showed me his Lusso,
he bought it many years ago and only paid a few thousand pounds for it,fortunately he had the foresight to keep it,
mate of mine paid£40K for a Miura in several box's ,restored it mostly himself and couldn't get £100K for it at the time,
had to swap it for 3 cars and a little cash, Sadly the car caught on fire while in the hands of Coys Auction,
it's now been restored again,
I was liucky enough to drive a plexiglass Daytona ,I had a ex/works Ferrari factory Le Mans driver in the passenger seat so
not relaxed as i should have been, apart from a heavy dead feeling steering and heavy clutch it was a great, Long legged for
that trip down to the South of France rather than go shopping in,
Drove the ex Clint Eastwood 275 GTB but only from Earls Court to Kensington, Both remembered as red lettered days.
Must admit to loving the Countach ,looks like it just landed from outer space even today,
Edited by rat rod on Tuesday 13th July 09:44
roscobbc said:
Totally different subject - remember when you had gas station attendants? - usually some old boy adding to his pension. Took me back to the mid/late 60's. Picture this........
There was a really basic filling station on the A127 a hundred yards east of Gallows Corner, Romford. It didn't last for too long. I guess its the sort of place you'll call a 'pop-up' shop nowadays (here today, gone tomorrow) - there was nothing here, just concrete forecourt, 4 pumps and a little shed for the attendants and till.
Very clever marketing as the owner employed rather attractive young ladies in short, (very short) mini skirts. This was the late 60's remeber, and really the only place to get your petrol for us young lads.
The trick was to own a car with the filler cap on the offside of the car (or offside rear) so when you pulled-in left to the forecourt off the dual carriageway you'd be sure to pull-up a little bit further away from the pump and somewhat short of it than perhaps ideal.
The logic here was that the miniskirted attendant would have to stretch over the side of the car to get the hose in the filler cap..........hopefully you'll get the (wonderful) picture here. Of course the girls knew what was happening and would play-up to it all. Those were the days.....
Wonder what those lovely young girls would look like today in their mini shirts , There was a really basic filling station on the A127 a hundred yards east of Gallows Corner, Romford. It didn't last for too long. I guess its the sort of place you'll call a 'pop-up' shop nowadays (here today, gone tomorrow) - there was nothing here, just concrete forecourt, 4 pumps and a little shed for the attendants and till.
Very clever marketing as the owner employed rather attractive young ladies in short, (very short) mini skirts. This was the late 60's remeber, and really the only place to get your petrol for us young lads.
The trick was to own a car with the filler cap on the offside of the car (or offside rear) so when you pulled-in left to the forecourt off the dual carriageway you'd be sure to pull-up a little bit further away from the pump and somewhat short of it than perhaps ideal.
The logic here was that the miniskirted attendant would have to stretch over the side of the car to get the hose in the filler cap..........hopefully you'll get the (wonderful) picture here. Of course the girls knew what was happening and would play-up to it all. Those were the days.....
you probably be looking the other way now fear of putting you off your breakfast
I can talk ,only got to look in the mirror and wonder what happened to that handsomeyoung man,
rat rod said:
aeropilot said:
I'm not really into the post mid 70's exotica.......I suppose the love of Americana by then having seen American Graffiti took over (apart from rallying and rallycross stuff of course) so I never really 'got' the Countach or other stuff like that. I remember being in London with a mate in the early eighties, and he was astonished I walked right past a parked up winged Countach without even glancing at it.....he was going all wibble-wibble and I had ignored it
Now a Muira or Daytona, or a lovely old 250 Lusso, I would have stopped and admired.....but after the Daytona/Muira era, there's not much 'exotica' I have any interest in.
There's tooooooo many stunning cars whether American or Italian, the 3 you just mentioned are all at the top of myNow a Muira or Daytona, or a lovely old 250 Lusso, I would have stopped and admired.....but after the Daytona/Muira era, there's not much 'exotica' I have any interest in.
lotto win list along with the 275 GTB , I met Joan Collins brother , he owns a underground car park in Kensington and while i was there he showed me his Lusso,
he bought it many years ago and only paid a few thousand pounds for it,fortunately he had the foresight to keep it,
mate of mine paid£40K for a Miura in several box's ,restored it mostly himself and couldn't get £100K for it at the time,
had to swap it for 3 cars and a little cash, Sadly the car caught on fire while in the hands of Coys Auction,
it's now been restored again,
I was liucky enough to drive a plexiglass Daytona ,I had a ex/works Ferrari factory Le Mans driver in the passenger seat so
not relaxed as i should have been, apart from a heavy dead feeling steering and heavy clutch it was a great, Long legged for
that trip down to the South of France rather than go shopping in,
Drove the ex Clint Eastwood 275 GTB but only from Earls Court to Kensington, Both remembered as red lettered days.
Must admit to loving the Countach ,looks like it just landed from outer space even today,
Edited by rat rod on Tuesday 13th July 09:44
rat rod said:
I thought you would be there, I don't think they open till you ,Stewart and Milton get there,
At least it stayed dry for most of the day, Along with covered trailers probably on the way back from F.O.S i saw quite a few yanks
heading back up the north when i was on my way to Manchester today, Good to come away with some prizes ,only ever won
a prize once but i went home early and my mate had to collect it for me.
never that fussed about trophies myself, just like an excuse to have a ride out in a car and to catch up with matesAt least it stayed dry for most of the day, Along with covered trailers probably on the way back from F.O.S i saw quite a few yanks
heading back up the north when i was on my way to Manchester today, Good to come away with some prizes ,only ever won
a prize once but i went home early and my mate had to collect it for me.
Dream Cars were at Goodwood all weekend, they had a pretty impressive display on the Cartier lawn of the GM Triple Crown, a 53 Caddy Eldorado, 53 Olds Fiesta and a 53 Buick Skylark, all low production cars. They also just got a real nice 56 Packard Caribean Convertible, one of only 276 built which was there
P5BNij said:
I can't quite put my finger on why, but the Daytona has never really given me the same 'fizz' that the Miura, Espada, Countach, Urraco, 250 Lusso, the various 330s, Dinos and 275s always have, it's a bit odd really. Not that I've ever riven any of these... rat rod I do envoy you a lot!
Yes it's nice driving them but not so good having to hand the keys back, When i was sitting at the lights to turn right into Cromwell rdfrom Earls Court in the 275 GTB i really was tempted to go left and put my foot down away from the heavy traffic but the owner was sat
behind me in his Daytona ,don't think he would be to impressed.
Forgot to say the Daytona i drove was up for sale at £19,995at Maranello's in Egham back in the day when it was still privately owned by Colonel Ronnie Hoare ,
It was one owner ,chairman of the F.O.C ,19,000 miles, in comparison i was paying £12K/£13K for 3 year old 308GTS's at the time,
should have taken a mortgage out on the Daytona instead, but we can all say that now about something
Probably the Daytona reminds you to much of a 2 door SD1 or does the Rover remind you of a 4 door Daytona , ???? sorry 5 door,
Edited by rat rod on Tuesday 13th July 18:34
Motorama said:
never that fussed about trophies myself, just like an excuse to have a ride out in a car and to catch up with mates
Dream Cars were at Goodwood all weekend, they had a pretty impressive display on the Cartier lawn of the GM Triple Crown, a 53 Caddy Eldorado, 53 Olds Fiesta and a 53 Buick Skylark, all low production cars. They also just got a real nice 56 Packard Caribean Convertible, one of only 276 built which was there
I'm the same ,just go for a day out and see people i haven't seen for a while, a mate took 4 cars to the Worthing American show as he doesDream Cars were at Goodwood all weekend, they had a pretty impressive display on the Cartier lawn of the GM Triple Crown, a 53 Caddy Eldorado, 53 Olds Fiesta and a 53 Buick Skylark, all low production cars. They also just got a real nice 56 Packard Caribean Convertible, one of only 276 built which was there
every year and come away with 3 cups , He said it was getting embarrassing by the time he had to collect the 3rd cup.
Ye the boys have some lovely cars, Was the Packard the blue/white one from Scotland that was on Car & Classic,
A real glamorous Hollywood car but aren't they all.
rat rod said:
P5BNij said:
I can't quite put my finger on why, but the Daytona has never really given me the same 'fizz' that the Miura, Espada, Countach, Urraco, 250 Lusso, the various 330s, Dinos and 275s always have, it's a bit odd really. Not that I've ever riven any of these... rat rod I do envoy you a lot!
Yes it's nice driving them but not so good having to hand the keys back, When i was sitting at the lights to turn right into Cromwell rdfrom Earls Court i really was tempted to go left and put my foot down away from the heavy traffic but the owner was sat
behind me in his Daytona ,don't think he would be to impressed.
Forgot to say the Daytona i drove was up for sale at £19,995at Maranello's in Egham back in the day when it was still privately owned by Colonel Ronnie Hoare ,
It was one owner ,chairman of the F.O.C ,19,000 miles, in comparison i was paying £12K/£13K for 3 year old 308GTS's at the time,
should have taken a mortgage out on the Daytona instead, but we can all say that now about something
Probably the Daytona reminds you to much of s 2 door SD1 or does the Rover remind you of a 4 door Daytona , ???? sorry 5 door,
Edited by rat rod on Tuesday 13th July 16:58
So i steered clear 95% of the time, Yanks were fun , quick enough to run with most stuff and could be repaired on a budget.
On the Show front all our local Seafront shows have been cancelled again, my local Tankerton Slopes show was a good un , as was Deal and Faversham
But there all Kaput ! Im quite despondent with the lack of any car scene around here, ive mentioned this before but unless your 25 and drive a rice burner and eat a lot of Maccy'D's there really aint anything going on !
Seriously thinking its time to get completely out of it now, ive had a good run, been messing with these things for over 45 years, and after the day ive had today, covered in rust and crap, shards of glass from shattered windscreens , cuts from mangled metal, all the stuff no ones see's on the glossy tv shows,
newsatten said:
rat rod said:
P5BNij said:
I can't quite put my finger on why, but the Daytona has never really given me the same 'fizz' that the Miura, Espada, Countach, Urraco, 250 Lusso, the various 330s, Dinos and 275s always have, it's a bit odd really. Not that I've ever riven any of these... rat rod I do envoy you a lot!
Yes it's nice driving them but not so good having to hand the keys back, When i was sitting at the lights to turn right into Cromwell rdfrom Earls Court i really was tempted to go left and put my foot down away from the heavy traffic but the owner was sat
behind me in his Daytona ,don't think he would be to impressed.
Forgot to say the Daytona i drove was up for sale at £19,995at Maranello's in Egham back in the day when it was still privately owned by Colonel Ronnie Hoare ,
It was one owner ,chairman of the F.O.C ,19,000 miles, in comparison i was paying £12K/£13K for 3 year old 308GTS's at the time,
should have taken a mortgage out on the Daytona instead, but we can all say that now about something
Probably the Daytona reminds you to much of s 2 door SD1 or does the Rover remind you of a 4 door Daytona , ???? sorry 5 door,
Edited by rat rod on Tuesday 13th July 16:58
So i steered clear 95% of the time, Yanks were fun , quick enough to run with most stuff and could be repaired on a budget.
On the Show front all our local Seafront shows have been cancelled again, my local Tankerton Slopes show was a good un , as was Deal and Faversham
But there all Kaput ! Im quite despondent with the lack of any car scene around here, ive mentioned this before but unless your 25 and drive a rice burner and eat a lot of Maccy'D's there really aint anything going on !
Seriously thinking its time to get completely out of it now, ive had a good run, been messing with these things for over 45 years, and after the day ive had today, covered in rust and crap, shards of glass from shattered windscreens , cuts from mangled metal, all the stuff no ones see's on the glossy tv shows,
Worst part after the 19th it would have been allowed to go ahead, A mate of my nipper's has a You Tube channel and is
not only filming Jap/German /fast Fords at shows over the weekend but evening meets in these commercial shopping areas,
They are rammed even in the rain, Once spoilt for choice now there is almost nothing left and it's only the middle of July,
Looks like the Sunny Sunday Worthing American and Hot Rod show is cancelled no doubt something to do with the council again.
The Mopar meet is still on at the pod so that's something i suppose,Can't see you giving it all up,your just having a wobbly moment,
we all get them from time to time but more often than i used to.,
The problem with these high end cars even when they were affordable is the eye watering cost of parts, tempting for you
as you are capable of repairing all things , If lucky the specialists can get you out of trouble sometimes , they are cheaper but still not cheap
in the real world, Does make you think ,we have all this money tied up in fairly unusable cars ,ended up doing a 450 mile trouble free
round trip yesterday in a £1000 banger, would been nice to have gone in something like a late Bullitt to do those sort of trips in and
still got something to go to the shows especially the ones that are further away..
Edited by rat rod on Tuesday 13th July 18:32
P5BNij ------ this may be of interest to you and maybe a few others,
Bear with me, On "Ferrari Chat" forum there's a account from pop star Bobby Whitlock (Unfortunately died recently) straight from the horses
mouth when he crashed his Daytona , you feel like you are in the car with him the way he tells it,he was driving home from Keith Moons house
in the early hours ,tales of rock & roll folk law in the early seventies,
during the period when he was with Derek and the Dominos's one of Eric Claptons biggest bands at the time,
It's taken from his face book but is also quoted in his book "A Rock 'N' Roll Autobiography,
I'm sure i've read this on here somewhere with photo's of the damaged car ,don't know how on earth he got out alive,
Can't remember how i got into it in the first place, It might have been on the" Supercar" forum but haven't a clue how to look for it.
Maybe i should have posted this on there instead but i'm sure one of you tech bods can find it if interested.
Bear with me, On "Ferrari Chat" forum there's a account from pop star Bobby Whitlock (Unfortunately died recently) straight from the horses
mouth when he crashed his Daytona , you feel like you are in the car with him the way he tells it,he was driving home from Keith Moons house
in the early hours ,tales of rock & roll folk law in the early seventies,
during the period when he was with Derek and the Dominos's one of Eric Claptons biggest bands at the time,
It's taken from his face book but is also quoted in his book "A Rock 'N' Roll Autobiography,
I'm sure i've read this on here somewhere with photo's of the damaged car ,don't know how on earth he got out alive,
Can't remember how i got into it in the first place, It might have been on the" Supercar" forum but haven't a clue how to look for it.
Maybe i should have posted this on there instead but i'm sure one of you tech bods can find it if interested.
Edited by rat rod on Tuesday 13th July 22:28
rat rod said:
All real world stuff ,as you say no one see's, Shame about cancelling your local shows, is that the councils over reacting.
Worst part after the 19th it would have been allowed to go ahead, A mate of my nipper's has a You Tube channel and is
not only filming Jap/German /fast Fords at shows over the weekend but evening meets in these commercial shopping areas,
They are rammed even in the rain, Once spoilt for choice now there is almost nothing left and it's only the middle of July,
Looks like the Sunny Sunday Worthing American and Hot Rod show is cancelled no doubt something to do with the council again.
The Mopar meet is still on at the pod so that's something i suppose,Can't see you giving it all up,your just having a wobbly moment,
we all get them from time to time but more often than i used to.,
The problem with these high end cars even when they were affordable is the eye watering cost of parts, tempting for you
as you are capable of repairing all things , If lucky the specialists can get you out of trouble sometimes , they are cheaper but still not cheap
in the real world, Does make you think ,we have all this money tied up in fairly unusable cars ,ended up doing a 450 mile trouble free
round trip yesterday in a £1000 banger, would been nice to have gone in something like a late Bullitt to do those sort of trips in and
still got something to go to the shows especially the ones that are further away..
Worst part after the 19th it would have been allowed to go ahead, A mate of my nipper's has a You Tube channel and is
not only filming Jap/German /fast Fords at shows over the weekend but evening meets in these commercial shopping areas,
They are rammed even in the rain, Once spoilt for choice now there is almost nothing left and it's only the middle of July,
Looks like the Sunny Sunday Worthing American and Hot Rod show is cancelled no doubt something to do with the council again.
The Mopar meet is still on at the pod so that's something i suppose,Can't see you giving it all up,your just having a wobbly moment,
we all get them from time to time but more often than i used to.,
The problem with these high end cars even when they were affordable is the eye watering cost of parts, tempting for you
as you are capable of repairing all things , If lucky the specialists can get you out of trouble sometimes , they are cheaper but still not cheap
in the real world, Does make you think ,we have all this money tied up in fairly unusable cars ,ended up doing a 450 mile trouble free
round trip yesterday in a £1000 banger, would been nice to have gone in something like a late Bullitt to do those sort of trips in and
still got something to go to the shows especially the ones that are further away..
Edited by rat rod on Tuesday 13th July 18:32
Yeah you could be right, had a sh-- day, and to add insult to injury , just managed a quick blast while the rain has stopped, and ive still got my rattles from whatever!
rat rod said:
I'm the same ,just go for a day out and see people i haven't seen for a while, a mate took 4 cars to the Worthing American show as he does
every year and come away with 3 cups , He said it was getting embarrassing by the time he had to collect the 3rd cup.
Ye the boys have some lovely cars, Was the Packard the blue/white one from Scotland that was on Car & Classic,
A real glamorous Hollywood car but aren't they all.
Yes the one from Scotland, nice chap called Marcus had it, I was really sweet on it myself along with a silver 60 Caddy Conv he had, I was trying to put a package deal together for both cars but the Caddy sold. He has a few other nice American cars but is mainly a RR/Bentley guyevery year and come away with 3 cups , He said it was getting embarrassing by the time he had to collect the 3rd cup.
Ye the boys have some lovely cars, Was the Packard the blue/white one from Scotland that was on Car & Classic,
A real glamorous Hollywood car but aren't they all.
rat rod said:
newsatten said:
rat rod said:
P5BNij said:
I can't quite put my finger on why, but the Daytona has never really given me the same 'fizz' that the Miura, Espada, Countach, Urraco, 250 Lusso, the various 330s, Dinos and 275s always have, it's a bit odd really. Not that I've ever riven any of these... rat rod I do envoy you a lot!
Yes it's nice driving them but not so good having to hand the keys back, When i was sitting at the lights to turn right into Cromwell rdfrom Earls Court i really was tempted to go left and put my foot down away from the heavy traffic but the owner was sat
behind me in his Daytona ,don't think he would be to impressed.
Forgot to say the Daytona i drove was up for sale at £19,995at Maranello's in Egham back in the day when it was still privately owned by Colonel Ronnie Hoare ,
It was one owner ,chairman of the F.O.C ,19,000 miles, in comparison i was paying £12K/£13K for 3 year old 308GTS's at the time,
should have taken a mortgage out on the Daytona instead, but we can all say that now about something
Probably the Daytona reminds you to much of s 2 door SD1 or does the Rover remind you of a 4 door Daytona , ???? sorry 5 door,
Edited by rat rod on Tuesday 13th July 16:58
So i steered clear 95% of the time, Yanks were fun , quick enough to run with most stuff and could be repaired on a budget.
On the Show front all our local Seafront shows have been cancelled again, my local Tankerton Slopes show was a good un , as was Deal and Faversham
But there all Kaput ! Im quite despondent with the lack of any car scene around here, ive mentioned this before but unless your 25 and drive a rice burner and eat a lot of Maccy'D's there really aint anything going on !
Seriously thinking its time to get completely out of it now, ive had a good run, been messing with these things for over 45 years, and after the day ive had today, covered in rust and crap, shards of glass from shattered windscreens , cuts from mangled metal, all the stuff no ones see's on the glossy tv shows,
Worst part after the 19th it would have been allowed to go ahead, A mate of my nipper's has a You Tube channel and is
not only filming Jap/German /fast Fords at shows over the weekend but evening meets in these commercial shopping areas,
They are rammed even in the rain, Once spoilt for choice now there is almost nothing left and it's only the middle of July,
Looks like the Sunny Sunday Worthing American and Hot Rod show is cancelled no doubt something to do with the council again.
The Mopar meet is still on at the pod so that's something i suppose,Can't see you giving it all up,your just having a wobbly moment,
we all get them from time to time but more often than i used to.,
The problem with these high end cars even when they were affordable is the eye watering cost of parts, tempting for you
as you are capable of repairing all things , If lucky the specialists can get you out of trouble sometimes , they are cheaper but still not cheap
in the real world, Does make you think ,we have all this money tied up in fairly unusable cars ,ended up doing a 450 mile trouble free
round trip yesterday in a £1000 banger, would been nice to have gone in something like a late Bullitt to do those sort of trips in and
still got something to go to the shows especially the ones that are further away..
Edited by rat rod on Tuesday 13th July 18:32
roscobbc said:
Yeah, 'getting out of it all' - know where you are coming from. Its the CCCUK Nats this weekend up at Bedford - a 85/90 mile trip from me in the Vette......and I just can't be ass'd to go. TBH the Covid thing still concerns me - meeting up with people from all over the UK (and particularly from further north) just worries me. I didn't bother with Speedfest - the risk of getting caught-up in stationary traffic on the M25 and particularly the Dartford tunnel just made it a no-no for me. Having spent most of my working life driving in London and the south east I'm certainly used to heavy traffic - but only when working - not during my friggin' weekend leisure time. Considered flogging the Vette a number of times and going back to bikes, a Harley chop/low rider was the dream years ago - now one of those SBC powered V8 choppers would be great (if I could hold the thing up) - great thing about cars is that you can't fall-off (unlike a bike) even a prang on a bike doesn't always mean serious injury or death - whereas a plane/copter/microlight, whatever can easily be terminal. Power boats seem to have risks too........
My mate won the class 2 power boat championship 3 years running, took me out for a shakedown at Brixham before the race,almost cried like a baby i was so scared, bought a Bonito cigarette with twin 350 V8's with straight through exhausts for relaxing in,
looked like something out of Miami Vice, he's now got a Italian power boat with twin V12's which i've yet to see ,he's 65 today so not
a lot of different to us but with boats.
After yesterdays trip i am so off driving long distances any more,two thirds of the M6 from Birmingham to Manchester was road works
under speed limits ,7 mile queue and a hour and a half delay.in fact there was road works everywhere i went, My hat goes off to anyone
now that has to travel for a living especially the lorry drivers, Not sure if we are ready for playing bowls or crocheting class's yet so ye
sell the Vette and maybe replace it with that C6 ,you would be off to the CCC.UK Nats this weekend for sure.
Motorama said:
Yes the one from Scotland, nice chap called Marcus had it, I was really sweet on it myself along with a silver 60 Caddy Conv he had, I was trying to put a package deal together for both cars but the Caddy sold. He has a few other nice American cars but is mainly a RR/Bentley guy
I spoke to him regarding the 60 Caddy, yes he seemed a very nice guy ,got the impression that he's very wealthy but down to earth,he was fitting a 2nd new hood on it as the first one didn't fit well but he sounds a perfectionist, he also was selling my old 54 Buick Special
convertible at the same time, I know someone who bought his 59 El Camino from him, seems like he's thinning his yanks down in favour
of Rolls and Bentleys as you said. That Packard would have a bigger following in the States and worth more i should think. ,
The boys got a very nice car there,
rat rod said:
roscobbc said:
Yeah, 'getting out of it all' - know where you are coming from. Its the CCCUK Nats this weekend up at Bedford - a 85/90 mile trip from me in the Vette......and I just can't be ass'd to go. TBH the Covid thing still concerns me - meeting up with people from all over the UK (and particularly from further north) just worries me. I didn't bother with Speedfest - the risk of getting caught-up in stationary traffic on the M25 and particularly the Dartford tunnel just made it a no-no for me. Having spent most of my working life driving in London and the south east I'm certainly used to heavy traffic - but only when working - not during my friggin' weekend leisure time. Considered flogging the Vette a number of times and going back to bikes, a Harley chop/low rider was the dream years ago - now one of those SBC powered V8 choppers would be great (if I could hold the thing up) - great thing about cars is that you can't fall-off (unlike a bike) even a prang on a bike doesn't always mean serious injury or death - whereas a plane/copter/microlight, whatever can easily be terminal. Power boats seem to have risks too........
My mate won the class 2 power boat championship 3 years running, took me out for a shakedown at Brixham before the race,almost cried like a baby i was so scared, bought a Bonito cigarette with twin 350 V8's with straight through exhausts for relaxing in,
looked like something out of Miami Vice, he's now got a Italian power boat with twin V12's which i've yet to see ,he's 65 today so not
a lot of different to us but with boats.
After yesterdays trip i am so off driving long distances any more,two thirds of the M6 from Birmingham to Manchester was road works
under speed limits ,7 mile queue and a hour and a half delay.in fact there was road works everywhere i went, My hat goes off to anyone
now that has to travel for a living especially the lorry drivers, Not sure if we are ready for playing bowls or crocheting class's yet so ye
sell the Vette and maybe replace it with that C6 ,you would be off to the CCC.UK Nats this weekend for sure.
Nothing else like the feeling being in a quick boat, 4 502 Merlins, outriggers and surface props, just epic............Apologies if ive brought anyone down!
been a rough day, the Coral Caddy did pep me though, great looking level car, newsatten said:
Nothing else like the feeling being in a quick boat, 4 502 Merlins, outriggers and surface props, just epic............Apologies if ive brought anyone down!
been a rough day, the Coral Caddy did pep me though, great looking level car, Forgot you were into your boats, maybe that's the answer ,a change is as good as a rest , away from the crowds and traffic chaos.
An uncle of mine served in the RN MTB fleet throughout WW2, almost all of it in the Med until the last 6 months of so of the war when they returned to UK and Norway.
So, when growing up I was subjected to the tales of the noise made by 3 x 2500M Packard V12's at full chat (and what it was like to live and fight at sea on top of 5000 gals of high octane aviation fuel.......
So, when growing up I was subjected to the tales of the noise made by 3 x 2500M Packard V12's at full chat (and what it was like to live and fight at sea on top of 5000 gals of high octane aviation fuel.......
aeropilot said:
An uncle of mine served in the RN MTB fleet throughout WW2, almost all of it in the Med until the last 6 months of so of the war when they returned to UK and Norway.
So, when growing up I was subjected to the tales of the noise made by 3 x 2500M Packard V12's at full chat (and what it was like to live and fight at sea on top of 5000 gals of high octane aviation fuel.......
Scary stuff but when you do it from day to day and got no choice to do otherwise you just got to get on with itSo, when growing up I was subjected to the tales of the noise made by 3 x 2500M Packard V12's at full chat (and what it was like to live and fight at sea on top of 5000 gals of high octane aviation fuel.......
i should imagine, and there's me moaning about sitting in traffic jams for a hour or more, although scary must have been
exciting at the same time, no wonder for some civilian life must have seemed dull ,
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