Impromptu BL line up

[anonymous-user]

Sorry, lack of Austin, Morris, and Jaguar, but we covered the other bases.

EDIT to say that I do know what MG is said to stand for, but still no actual Morris Morrises, if you see what I mean.

EDIT: Collection-wise, Morris (and arguably Austin) gap now plugged by 1981 Sherpa campervan. Jag gap plugged some time ago.

Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 29th July 09:22

[anonymous-user]

All of them, except the Midget. I have driven the Midget, and it is a good one, albeit rubber bumpered. I am very meh about MGBs, but think Midgets are fun. I don't just mean Tyrion Lannister, either.

Should I put a big fancy ribbon on the prezzy before collection?

[anonymous-user]

Sharp eyed observers will have noted that there are not four but five sheds in the pictures, the big one in the background being the least leaky and rust prone of the lot.

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EskimoArapaho said:

Eh - what happened to your others; the slightly bonkers and rather more interesting collection?

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Events, dear boy, events! [/Harold MacMillan]

As for bonkers, I do not own any modern car. The three BL sheds and the shonky Lotus are my collective dailies. I hope that on any given day at least one will be working, but you never know.

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Mr_B said:

Nice SD1, but I keep dreaming of pulling one apart and building an LS7 engined and caged track day weapon.

Please use a scabby one for that, thanks! Joking apart, I need to upgrade security on the SD1 as there are unscrupulous types who would steal it to fake it up as a touring car veteran and sell it for big wonga.

[anonymous-user]

The Rover is a mostly original and well preserved 2600 SE, with the straight six engine and a five speed manual gearbox. Viz:-

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

I do not want a Vitesse, thanks. I have a classic sports/GT car (Lotus), a classic sports saloon (Dolomite), and a classic off roader/utility dump truck (Landy). The SD1 is the fleet flagship and is a classic cruisy wafto barge. I am approaching gifferhood, so I need a comfy place in which to fall asleep at the wheel.

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 20th July 15:28

[anonymous-user]

You selling, Blud?

[anonymous-user]

Satan, avaunt!

[anonymous-user]

I know of a Riley that is a daily driver, living outdoors in north London.

[anonymous-user]

Looooooooooooove the Jag Coupes, but I am now skinteroo after excessive car buyage. Also I would be killed utterly by Mrs BV if I bought any more heaps right now.

[anonymous-user]

The only snag with that otherwise most excellent plan is that HMRC are even better at stomping on my nadgers than Mrs BV is, and that's saying something.

[anonymous-user]

Is that the Doctor who has a bad rep on Autoste? I know not whether that rep is justified.

[anonymous-user]

WARNING: ACTUAL PORN ahead.

Buy this book. Wait until you get to page 23. Oooooooooh yes.



http://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Leyland/dp/1906167...

[anonymous-user]

That you did.

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

[anonymous-user]

Hmmm, shall I or shan't I?

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C633877

Don't even get me started on the old Jaaaaaaaaags, and DO NOT mention the Marinas (a blue one, please, in memory of my lovely uncle). Allegros are yay cool, but not for me, I fancy.

[anonymous-user]

I love the 2600, and it is exactly as you describe it. The Dolly is fun too. I would like a Series 2A Landy, but could not find one that was any good and not expensive, predictably enough. I got lucky with my 1500 quid eBay Series 3. It has proved to be most untroublesome, and has a rather lovely engine: a variant of the one used in the Rover P4, and very smooth by late 1950s standards (the Series 3 Landy being in effect a 50s car from the 70s).

Today's news is that a Jaguar-shaped gap in the fleet may be getting filled. More tomorrow, possibly.

[anonymous-user]

A post BL addition, albeit a car that has BL origins. Now, with the (non BL, obvs, apart from the parts bin bits) Lotus, also shown below, my BritFleet is complete.

In Naval terms -

Rover SD1 - Battlecruiser (or maybe fast Battleship), Fleet Flagship
Jag XJS - Heavy Cruiser
Lotus Excel - Light Cruiser
Dolomite Sprint - Destroyer (or maybe Frigate)
Land Rover - Fleet Auxiliary/Amphibious Landing Ship/Troop Carrier

[anonymous-user]

Mrs BV tolerates my mania, and sometimes sort of approves. Better than chasing women, after all. She really likes the Dolly, Rover, Landy, and Jag, and likes driving the Jag (it is sort of hers, really). She hasn't tried the others but says that she will do at some point. She hates the Excel, partly because she thinks it is about to explode (she is probably right), and partly because she is tiny and the large single wiper, when parked, blocks her view. She has a 2000 Pug 206 CC as her daily runabout.

[anonymous-user]

Hmmmmm. I toyed with the idea of an Austin 1300 GT, but now I really want this!


http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C620063

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I think over priced also, and I am not in a hurry. I may wait and see if it is still on sale in a few weeks from now.