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by John F
Thu Sep 12, 2019 1:16 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourselves
Topic: Evening gents!
Replies: 5
Views: 4795

Re: Evening gents!

Welcome in.
by John F
Wed Sep 11, 2019 2:21 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Bullshit of the day
Replies: 39
Views: 20428

Re: Bullshit of the day

Junkman wrote: Wed Sep 11, 2019 1:18 pm They could always hark back to Otto Lilienthal. Or Leonardo da Vinci.
More likely to be George Cayley for a British company tbh.
by John F
Wed Sep 11, 2019 1:11 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Bullshit of the day
Replies: 39
Views: 20428

Re: Bullshit of the day

They're probably harking back to their predecessor Imperial Airways, but they didn't kick off until well into the 1920s iirc.
by John F
Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:47 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Mini Maserati for sell spears repair £250
Replies: 51
Views: 25231

Re: Mini Maserati

Looks like some bastard's fitted a Fiat steering wheel to that Maserati.

And slung it in a canal for a few weeks... lol
by John F
Mon Sep 09, 2019 10:35 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Wobland Spottage
Replies: 2945
Views: 579879

Re: Wobland Spottage

I saw a TACR2 driving through Shipley in West Yorks yesterday afternoon. I wasn't close enough to see whether it was this one that lives at the Yorkshire Air Museum, but given the location it seems likely... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/YAM_Range_Rover_Airport_Crash_Tender_-_E...
by John F
Thu Sep 05, 2019 10:49 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: StandBy for Class
Replies: 86
Views: 43059

Re: StandBy for Class

Have you bought that Peugeot / Golf thing? :-D
by John F
Thu Sep 05, 2019 10:15 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: StandBy for Class
Replies: 86
Views: 43059

Re: StandBy for Class

Hmmm, that's a confident intro for your new car.

It had better be a Lonsdale estate, now.
by John F
Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:45 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Jag! The Ghostly fleet thread
Replies: 780
Views: 341846

Re: Jag! The Ghostly fleet thread

SiC wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2019 7:24 pm
Is Max old enough to remember Mystic Meg? Might just be before his time.

(Just to make you feel old...)
I did wonder whether he'd know who she was, but you can't mistake what she's doing with that crystal ball in her mitts :-)
by John F
Wed Sep 04, 2019 4:14 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Jag! The Ghostly fleet thread
Replies: 780
Views: 341846

Re: Jag! The Ghostly fleet thread

I had a V12 XJS 30 years ago next month, October '89. Purchase and resto cost me 5 grand, a lot more then than it is now. I was 22 at the time. Do I regret it? Not for a solitary second. I did better than you then. In the early 1990s I got a 1978 pre-HE v12 XJ-S for £100 (i.e. the amount of back-re...
by John F
Wed Sep 04, 2019 12:43 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15660
Views: 3198082

Re: What did you do today?

That'll do.

Yeah, it's ruined. Bridge it.