One for those over a certain age

[GetCarter]

I so hated this, that I spent my entire life trying to be the opposite. Half a crown spent elsewhere.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A3wacuIsdug

Edited by GetCarter on Tuesday 13th February 17:29

[driverrob]

FiF said:

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We always had one of these in the Physics departments I've worked in, to power the air track.

[AMG Merc]

driverrob said:

FiF said:

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We always had one of these in the Physics departments I've worked in, to power the air track.

I bet young Dyson was eyeing up his Mum's Electrolux and thinking - that ain't right!

[Einion Yrth]

eldar said:

My mum had one of those, it included a spray gun. I resprayed a Ford Anglia with it, and it came out surprisingly well!

To be fair, it was a Ford Anglia. You'd have struggled to make it any worse.

[driverrob]

Einion Yrth said:

To be fair, it was a Ford Anglia. You'd have struggled to make it any worse.

Easy, easy! My third car was an Anglia - 1250cc Super, no less. I fitted seat belts and wing mirrors to it.

[Morningside]

driverrob said:

Einion Yrth said:

To be fair, it was a Ford Anglia. You'd have struggled to make it any worse.

Easy, easy! My third car was an Anglia - 1250cc Super, no less. I fitted seat belts and wing mirrors to it.

Carlos Fandango wheels as well?

[V8 FOU]

FiF said:

One of these carpet sweepers, and yes it is made from wood.

Yeth, but it thwept with a lithp......

[V8 FOU]

eldar said:

My mum had one of those, it included a spray gun. I resprayed a Ford Anglia with it, and it came out surprisingly well!

Used one of those to spray a few cars. You had to thin the paint a bit more than usual.
Forerunner of the HVLP spray gun!

[eldar]

Einion Yrth said:

To be fair, it was a Ford Anglia. You'd have struggled to make it any worse.

I put a 289ci Ford V8 in it. That made it much worse. It was shiny, though.

[welsh blackbird]

MXRod said:

Pride and Clark Stockwell
http://www.prideandclarkelondon.com/p-c-gallery/
http://www.realclassic.co.uk/opinionfiles/opinion0...

I bought a Honda 550k3 from Pride & Shark in 1978 - YHM292T - for £1,044.

I also remember Elite Motors in Tooting, and Streamline Motorcycles in, I think, Forest Hill.

Those were the days!

[driverrob]

Morningside said:

driverrob said:

Einion Yrth said:

To be fair, it was a Ford Anglia. You'd have struggled to make it any worse.

Easy, easy! My third car was an Anglia - 1250cc Super, no less. I fitted seat belts and wing mirrors to it.

Carlos Fandango wheels as well?

Whatever they ^^^ are, I couldn't afford them.

[Halmyre]

driverrob said:

Morningside said:

driverrob said:

Einion Yrth said:

To be fair, it was a Ford Anglia. You'd have struggled to make it any worse.

Easy, easy! My third car was an Anglia - 1250cc Super, no less. I fitted seat belts and wing mirrors to it.

Carlos Fandango wheels as well?

Whatever they ^^^ are, I couldn't afford them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX__PlOda0E

[FiF]

eldar said:

FiF said:

One of these carpet sweepers, and yes it is made from wood.


being replaced by one of these

My mum had one of those, it included a spray gun. I resprayed a Ford Anglia with it, and it came out surprisingly well!

Crumbs, completely forgotten about the spray gun!

[AMG Merc]

Never heard of that attachment, interesting. If ours had come with one the dog would have been in danger of a colour change.

[FiF]

One thing I liked was the ability to plug a blocked vacuum pipe into the exhaust. Mind you had to be done outside, but the impressive general build up of pressure before the plug of dust, dog hairs, bits of general whatever was launched across the garden with accompanying plume of dust was a hoot. But not a hoot if done inside.

Plus you could make a hovercraft model.

Mind you the dog hated it.

[MXRod]

Don't know how to copy / paste on phone , but look up hoover constellation
A vacuum cleaner that hovers

[motco]

MXRod said:

Don't know how to copy / paste on phone , but look up hoover constellation
A vacuum cleaner that hovers

This one is rarer though...

[anonymous-user]

Nad Amp that found its way into many a system

For the more basic starter for a 70s teenager:

Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 16th February 08:19

[Stan the Bat]

Another popular amp of that era. Still have one the loft somewhere--wonder if it still works ?

[Wacky Racer]