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10-16-2008, 08:01 AM
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Country:  | No worries Terry. Worst decision of my life was getting rid of a 1969 British Leyland LandRover 88 - Chevy 250 installed with aftermarket overdrive and a tranny brake. Freakin' miss that crate!
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10-16-2008, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by syscom3  What were you doing driving on railroad tracks? | Sys: You obviously know what a "shoo-fly" is. It also applies to highways.
It serves the same purpose when a bridge is under repair.
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10-16-2008, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by ccheese Sys: You obviously know what a "shoo-fly" is. It also applies to highways.
It serves the same purpose when a bridge is under repair.
Charles | I thought you were going to tell us a story on how you drove your car on some tracks as a dare!
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10-17-2008, 12:34 AM
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Country:  | I now see where all the fuel in the world is going. To run the members of WW2 aircraft huge V8 beasts!
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10-17-2008, 07:25 PM
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Country:  | Yeah Watanbe, you're right! Has anybody got anything seriously small, like a Smart car!!??
Coincidendce, Njaco, I had a '78 Land Rover 88, Series III, that I kept for 10 years! Had it fully kitted-out for off-roading, with cage, recovery points, harnesses, suspension strenghtened etc. That's another one I should have kept! It went about 5 years ago, still going strong in Blackpool. Used to call it (and had decal on it too) SLUF. Yes, like the A7 - Short, Little, Ugly F****r ! | |
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10-18-2008, 01:51 AM
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Country:  | a vw gol cl 1.6 5 speed, great car for rally ! great gearbox and engine, small but nervous. 
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10-18-2008, 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Airframes Yeah Watanbe, you're right! Has anybody got anything seriously small, like a Smart car!!??
Coincidendce, Njaco, I had a '78 Land Rover 88, Series III, that I kept for 10 years! Had it fully kitted-out for off-roading, with cage, recovery points, harnesses, suspension strenghtened etc. That's another one I should have kept! It went about 5 years ago, still going strong in Blackpool. Used to call it (and had decal on it too) SLUF. Yes, like the A7 - Short, Little, Ugly F****r ! | american culture is more for the v8´s bigblocks, but today this kind of cars are considered dinossaurs, just the real enthusiasts still having these machines.
i like the ford line of 60´s, the mustangs, galaxies and t-birds, but is too rare to find here and too expensive to import from there.
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10-20-2008, 05:38 AM
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10-20-2008, 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Henk This is the car I will get December. | hey mate that's a ripper, excellent little cars you will have so much fun in it! Hopefully you have some nice roads around your area to have some fun. It wont lose any value either I dont know about South Africa but in Australia these are increasing in value!
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10-20-2008, 03:31 PM
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Country: | My first car was a present from my dad, he had his own Garage in a place called Oldham, Lancashire, England. it was a second hand Jaguar 2.4 MK2. when I joined the forces, I could not take a car to boot camp, so I had to sell it, It was Old English Ivory Color, Jaguar didnt do White, and it had Red Calf leather Upholstery. I sold it for £200. it would be worth £20,000 plus now. | |
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10-20-2008, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Watanbe hey mate that's a ripper, excellent little cars you will have so much fun in it! Hopefully you have some nice roads around your area to have some fun. It wont lose any value either I dont know about South Africa but in Australia these are increasing in value! | Yes thanks mate, in SA the Citi golf is selling like hot cake and luckily the roads are nice in my area.
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10-21-2008, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Henk This is the car I will get December. | great gearbox, very nervous !
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10-22-2008, 04:24 AM
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10-22-2008, 07:58 AM
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Country: | My first car was a 1951 Chevy coupe, with a custome rip and tare interior and tires so thin you could see the air in them, paid 25 usd for it. Boy what a deal in 1968. First time it rained the paint job was down the driveway (the previouse owner had painted it with interior laytex paint) and boy was DAD mad.
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10-22-2008, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by vonmallard My first car was a 1951 Chevy coupe, with a custome rip and tare interior and tires so thin you could see the air in them, paid 25 usd for it. Boy what a deal in 1968. First time it rained the paint job was down the driveway (the previouse owner had painted it with interior laytex paint) and boy was DAD mad. | Im cracking up picturing that. Bit of a lemon was it?
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