Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

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Justayellowbadge

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37,057 posts

250 months

Thursday 31st December 2015
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Continued from:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by Justayellowbadge on Thursday 31st December 13:54

mgtony

4,074 posts

198 months

Thursday 31st December 2015
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Sorry looking state:

uk66fastback

16,948 posts

279 months

Thursday 31st December 2015
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mgtony said:
Sorry looking state:
Ooo, my first car. 1725cc, G reg in green. LDO 585G. Went like stink at 17yo (me). The addition of a white vinyl roof, some front fogs, a cassette radio and graphic equaliser plus no hubcaps made it quicker still. It died in 1984 through rust I think after I'd sold it a year earlier for £200.

texaxile

3,398 posts

158 months

Thursday 31st December 2015
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God I must be getting old, brain fade is setting in big time. Spoke about thses to a mate today , he seems convinced they made a 2 door, but for the life of me I can't recall seeing one. I know they did a 2 door avenger, but not a Hunter iirc.


iSore

4,011 posts

152 months

Thursday 31st December 2015
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Humber Septic! Aka the Hillman Grunter and Singer Vague.

The 2 door fastback was either the twin carb Rapier or the cheaper single carb Alpine. Based on the Hunter Estate floorpan and used the rear lights too. Horrible looking things - the Capri crucified it.

Robin Hood

703 posts

213 months

Thursday 31st December 2015
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texaxile said:
God I must be getting old, brain fade is setting in big time. Spoke about thses to a mate today , he seems convinced they made a 2 door, but for the life of me I can't recall seeing one. I know they did a 2 door avenger, but not a Hunter iirc.
Sunbeam Rapier/Alpine was the 2 door version of the Hunter types.

samuri

152 posts

230 months

Thursday 31st December 2015
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Bought an Alpine with Holbay 1725 engine and twin webbers from the local paper while watching some rallying on the Isle of Man with four mates around 1978 for £70, cos we couldn't find a hire car for the weekend. On the last day we just left it behind the seafront hotels with the key in the ignition, happy days. Engine and webbers alone would be very rare and expensive now probably.

eccles

13,821 posts

230 months

Thursday 31st December 2015
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mgtony said:
Sorry looking state:
I have fond memories of those Humbers when in simpler times a mistake by my Mum nearly got us all killed.
She decided to give the car a wash and a polish, including the interior, with lots of sparkle. This lead to my Dad sliding sideways off the drivers seat, and nearly crashing at the first roundabout we encountered!I can still see the look on the Diamond 'T' wreckers drivers face as he had to stamp on his brakes to avoid us! biggrin

mgtony

4,074 posts

198 months

Thursday 31st December 2015
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Also used to be this 6 series rotting away nearby but noticed recently that it's gone:



and saw these two recently as well, looks like the Jag is being used:



smile

RoverP6B

4,419 posts

136 months

Thursday 31st December 2015
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I wish to register with the moderators my protest at the old thread being closed. Please kindly reopen it and merge the posts here back into it. It's a bugger not being able to go back and quote stuff. There appears to be no valid or useful reason to close threads at 500 pages. It's arbitrary, stupid, pointless, unnecessary and only contributes to a feeling of disillusionment with a forum which is already clunky and irritating to use, technologically stuck in the 1990s...

Shaw Tarse

31,683 posts

211 months

Thursday 31st December 2015
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RoverP6B said:
I wish to register with the moderators my protest at the old thread being closed. Please kindly reopen it and merge the posts here back into it. It's a bugger not being able to go back and quote stuff. There appears to be no valid or useful reason to close threads at 500 pages. It's arbitrary, stupid, pointless, unnecessary and only contributes to a feeling of disillusionment with a forum which is already clunky and irritating to use, technologically stuck in the 1990s...
Not going to happen.

Justayellowbadge

Original Poster:

37,057 posts

250 months

Thursday 31st December 2015
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RoverP6B said:
I wish to register with the moderators my protest at the old thread being closed. Please kindly reopen it and merge the posts here back into it. It's a bugger not being able to go back and quote stuff. There appears to be no valid or useful reason to close threads at 500 pages. It's arbitrary, stupid, pointless, unnecessary and only contributes to a feeling of disillusionment with a forum which is already clunky and irritating to use, technologically stuck in the 1990s...
I am sorry you feel this way. It would be a great shame to lose your insightful and valid posts, which consistently display the deep subject knowledge and understanding that you have displayed here, so I genuinely hope you can overcome your dislike for the stupid and arbitrary actions of the moderators.

If, however, you feel you cannot continue here under such objectionable circumstances, we would of course miss you, but, given time and intensive therapy I'm sure we will learn to live with the profound pain and regret.

Edited by Justayellowbadge on Thursday 31st December 21:29

uk66fastback

16,948 posts

279 months

Thursday 31st December 2015
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Bodo

12,423 posts

274 months

Thursday 31st December 2015
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Justayellowbadge said:
RoverP6B said:
I wish to register with the moderators my protest at the old thread being closed. Please kindly reopen it and merge the posts here back into it. It's a bugger not being able to go back and quote stuff. There appears to be no valid or useful reason to close threads at 500 pages. It's arbitrary, stupid, pointless, unnecessary and only contributes to a feeling of disillusionment with a forum which is already clunky and irritating to use, technologically stuck in the 1990s...
I am sorry you feel this way. It would be a great shame to lose your insightful and valid posts, which consistently display the deep subject knowledge and understanding that you have displayed here, so I genuinely hope you can overcome your dislike for the stupid and arbitrary actions of the moderators.

If, however, you feel you cannot continue here under such objectionable circumstances, we would of course miss you, but, given time and intensive therapy I'm sure we will learn to live with the profound pain and regret.

Edited by Justayellowbadge on Thursday 31st December 21:29
Where does P6B speak of stupid and arbitrary actions of the moderators or mention he cannot continue here?
What a condescending comment on your behalf.

williamp

19,577 posts

281 months

Thursday 31st December 2015
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uk66fastback said:
Love the chin spoiler and front undertray. Active aero, browns lane style.. biggrin

uk66fastback

16,948 posts

279 months

Friday 1st January 2016
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uk66fastback

16,948 posts

279 months

Friday 1st January 2016
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RoverP6B said:
I wish to register with the moderators my protest at the old thread being closed. Please kindly reopen it and merge the posts here back into it. It's a bugger not being able to go back and quote stuff. There appears to be no valid or useful reason to close threads at 500 pages. It's arbitrary, stupid, pointless, unnecessary and only contributes to a feeling of disillusionment with a forum which is already clunky and irritating to use, technologically stuck in the 1990s...
I've always thought it was a software thing but not sure ...

PH is a lot less clunky than it used to be, believe me ...

hidetheelephants

27,899 posts

201 months

Friday 1st January 2016
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Cut and paste; repeat after me, cut and paste. This has been a patronising information announcement from HTE.

Big Al.

69,110 posts

266 months

Friday 1st January 2016
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uk66fastback said:
I've always thought it was a software thing but not sure ...

PH is a lot less clunky than it used to be, believe me ...
It is, it goes flakey after 10000 posts hence a new volume on any thread that exceeds 10K.

Now back to classics

Move on nothing to see here.......

cossy400

3,261 posts

192 months

Friday 1st January 2016
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RoverP6B said:
I wish to register with the moderators my protest at the old thread being closed. Please kindly reopen it and merge the posts here back into it. It's a bugger not being able to go back and quote stuff. There appears to be no valid or useful reason to close threads at 500 pages. It's arbitrary, stupid, pointless, unnecessary and only contributes to a feeling of disillusionment with a forum which is already clunky and irritating to use, technologically stuck in the 1990s...
Nearly 2900 posts in 29 months, "SHIRLEY" this isn't the first thread that's come to the 500 pages??


Copy and paste.