Bangers and Cash - Yesterday channel
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Hope that absolutely mint looking Rootes group saloon shown briefly is covered later on. Singer Gazelle maybe? I recall from an earlier series that Matthewsons had a regular seller who restored Rootes group stuff to cracking condition.
Damnit, just had a look on website. VW Karmann Ghia
Damnit, just had a look on website. VW Karmann Ghia
Edited by FiF on Saturday 6th March 15:24
Have you ever appeared in front of the camera Mumbles boy? Are you preferring to be anonymous or have you said who you are before? I presume you are named in the credits. Great show by the way. I don't make a point of watching much on TV but bangers and cash is on the must watch list.
Rich1973 said:
Have you ever appeared in front of the camera Mumbles boy? Are you preferring to be anonymous or have you said who you are before? I presume you are named in the credits. Great show by the way. I don't make a point of watching much on TV but bangers and cash is on the must watch list.
Or are you the voice asking the odd question from behind the camera?
Escort3500 said:
biggbn said:
Red9zero said:
Is it wrong that I quite liked the Excaliber too ? Even the Beetle lights 
I liked it for what it was, gloriously of its time kitsch On close inspection it was a very well put together motor.
I do think that the fact that the big O had owned it mattered a lot.
I saw the paperwork, and if you check out his album covers you will find one of him in
an Excalibur - albeit a different model.
I am a big fan of his music as you may have guessed, and I imagine cars and bikes were, like for a lot of us - part of him and an escape.
I really don't think he owned them just because he could.
I am sure many will know that his 1st wife, Claudette died in a motorbike accident and two of his sons perished in a house fire a few years later.
He bought this car 18 months after that.
Just sitting in it sent shivers down my spine - but as I say, I am a fan!
MB
Mumbles Boy said:
I really liked it too and for all its "kitsch", which is a great description - it was a proper car.
On close inspection it was a very well put together motor.
I do think that the fact that the big O had owned it mattered a lot.
I saw the paperwork, and if you check out his album covers you will find one of him in
an Excalibur - albeit a different model.
I am a big fan of his music as you may have guessed, and I imagine cars and bikes were, like for a lot of us - part of him and an escape.
I really don't think he owned them just because he could.
I am sure many will know that his 1st wife, Claudette died in a motorbike accident and two of his sons perished in a house fire a few years later.
He bought this car 18 months after that.
Just sitting in it sent shivers down my spine - but as I say, I am a fan!
MB
I'm surprised Derek let it go with so few puns. I did hear him say he drove it all night though On close inspection it was a very well put together motor.
I do think that the fact that the big O had owned it mattered a lot.
I saw the paperwork, and if you check out his album covers you will find one of him in
an Excalibur - albeit a different model.
I am a big fan of his music as you may have guessed, and I imagine cars and bikes were, like for a lot of us - part of him and an escape.
I really don't think he owned them just because he could.
I am sure many will know that his 1st wife, Claudette died in a motorbike accident and two of his sons perished in a house fire a few years later.
He bought this car 18 months after that.
Just sitting in it sent shivers down my spine - but as I say, I am a fan!
MB
I've always thought the Excalibur is execrable, in all its forms. It's a nasty, lazy pastiche with no consideration given to either proportion or aesthetic.
If you must go faux, then get a Desande. Much harder to find, but has a far more coherent design, and doesn't look like a Gazelle SSK kit car
If you must go faux, then get a Desande. Much harder to find, but has a far more coherent design, and doesn't look like a Gazelle SSK kit car
Doofus said:
I've always thought the Excalibur is execrable, in all its forms. It's a nasty, lazy pastiche with no consideration given to either proportion or aesthetic.
If you must go faux, then get a Desande. Much harder to find, but has a far more coherent design, and doesn't look like a Gazelle SSK kit car
What do you think to the Clenet? If you must go faux, then get a Desande. Much harder to find, but has a far more coherent design, and doesn't look like a Gazelle SSK kit car
They do all leave you thinking why, but make some sense when you see them with palm trees in the background.
Doofus said:
I've always thought the Excalibur is execrable, in all its forms. It's a nasty, lazy pastiche with no consideration given to either proportion or aesthetic.
If you must go faux, then get a Desande. Much harder to find, but has a far more coherent design, and doesn't look like a Gazelle SSK kit car
The one Cher is driving in the picture above looks a lot less Vegas...If you must go faux, then get a Desande. Much harder to find, but has a far more coherent design, and doesn't look like a Gazelle SSK kit car
Mumbles Boy said:
What do you think to the Clenet?
They do all leave you thinking why, but make some sense when you see them with palm trees in the background.
The Clenet and the Desande are very similar (even down to the MG Midget doors They do all leave you thinking why, but make some sense when you see them with palm trees in the background.
), but I think the Desande is a little more, um, understated.
Doofus said:
Mumbles Boy said:
What do you think to the Clenet?
They do all leave you thinking why, but make some sense when you see them with palm trees in the background.
The Clenet and the Desande are very similar (even down to the MG Midget doors They do all leave you thinking why, but make some sense when you see them with palm trees in the background.
), but I think the Desande is a little more, um, understated.
nicanary said:
Going even more OT, but John Lennon himself was a fan of the Big O. He always admired Orbison's voice and singing style.
Don't forget Roy Orbison was one of the Travelling Wilburys so I can well imagine that. As result of watching B&C this week I just played one of my Roy Orbison CDs while eating Sunday dinner. Sadly I Drove all Night wasn't one of the tracks!
Edited by RichB on Sunday 7th March 19:58
RichB said:
Don't forget Roy Orbison was one of the Travelling Wilburys so I can well imagine that.
As result of watching B&C this week I just played one of my Roy Orbison CDs while eating Sunday dinner. Sadly I Drove all Night wasn't one of the tracks!
I doubt John Lennon knew anything about the Wilburys having been shot in 1980 and the supergroup not forming until later on that decade. As result of watching B&C this week I just played one of my Roy Orbison CDs while eating Sunday dinner. Sadly I Drove all Night wasn't one of the tracks!
Edited by RichB on Sunday 7th March 19:58
Promised Land said:
RichB said:
Don't forget Roy Orbison was one of the Travelling Wilburys so I can well imagine that. As result of watching B&C this week I just played one of my Roy Orbison CDs while eating Sunday dinner. Sadly I Drove all Night wasn't one of the tracks!
I doubt John Lennon knew anything about the Wilburys having been shot in 1980 and the supergroup not forming until later on that decade. Gassing Station | TV, Film, Video Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff