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Classic Chim said:
mjlloyd500 said:
worth big money nowdays
Mine was L Reg. One of the first then. Yeah looked at one at the bike show, 2K awesome and I'd love one now. Good run about 
Then in 2002 I bought one for a friend's teenage son, and had to drive it, on a summer Friday afternoon in a thunderstorm, from Cambridge to East Wales.....I stopped just off the M6 around Birmingham after 4 hours of driving in crawling stop start traffic, with my knees under my chin, stepped out of the car and fell over - my right leg had gone completely to sleep. How on earth, as a teenager, did I/we do so much in such a cramped car?
Edited by QBee on Monday 29th May 19:51
QBee said:
Classic Chim said:
mjlloyd500 said:
worth big money nowdays
Mine was L Reg. One of the first then. Yeah looked at one at the bike show, 2K awesome and I'd love one now. Good run about Then in 2002 I bought one for a friend's teenage son, and had to drive it, on a summer Friday afternoon in a thunderstorm, from Cambridge to East Wales.....I stopped just off the M6 around Birmingham after 4 hours of driving with my knees under my chin, stepped out of the car and fell over - my right leg had gone completely to sleep. How on earth, as a teenager, did I/we do so much in such a cramped car?
N7GTX said:
Well.....I got married in 1973 and went on my honeymoon in my £80 1963 grey Minivan - floor starter and direct gear lever. Set off from Sleaford and drove to Keswick - no problems. Next day went exploring and the clutch started slipping. Spent a week driving up and down hills trying to keep the clutch alive. Got home and scrapped the car.
Thought you were going to say "got home and scrapped the wife". My 67 Mini had the direct gear lever too, about a yard long. And the floor mounted dip switch for the head lights. The wires came off that going down Mt Vesuvius in the dark in 1974. I knew immediately what had happened, as I had just hit the switch with my left foot to dip the lights. Much to the girlfriend's horror, I leaned down without even stopping and pushed them back on again.
TR4man said:
I think the wheels look retro-cool (I can see minilite influences)
But why on earth have you called the poor thing Shelly?
My wife is Scouse and is called Michelle. She hates being called Shelly especially spoken in a Scouse accent. I tried to make a joke about both her and the car being loud and unpredictable but she deosn't see the funny side of it. But why on earth have you called the poor thing Shelly?
Jhcolling said:
TR4man said:
I think the wheels look retro-cool (I can see minilite influences)
But why on earth have you called the poor thing Shelly?
My wife is Scouse and is called Michelle. She hates being called Shelly especially spoken in a Scouse accent. I tried to make a joke about both her and the car being loud and unpredictable but she deosn't see the funny side of it. But why on earth have you called the poor thing Shelly?
fausTVR said:
Great looking car OP, with allegedly the best engine option also.
A note of caution though, your front o/s tyre seems to be on backwards judging by the tread, it would channel water to its center.
I've checked the tyres and all is good, "outside" is written on the outside of all. I've has this before with some Vreds, my understanding is the tyre doesn't have to channel water to the outside, it just has to channel water away fro the centre of the tyre.A note of caution though, your front o/s tyre seems to be on backwards judging by the tread, it would channel water to its center.
Jhcolling said:
fausTVR said:
Great looking car OP, with allegedly the best engine option also.
A note of caution though, your front o/s tyre seems to be on backwards judging by the tread, it would channel water to its center.
I've checked the tyres and all is good, "outside" is written on the outside of all. I've has this before with some Vreds, my understanding is the tyre doesn't have to channel water to the outside, it just has to channel water away fro the centre of the tyre.A note of caution though, your front o/s tyre seems to be on backwards judging by the tread, it would channel water to its center.
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