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mercrocker wrote:For about 25 years, from 18 months old, I had a small dent in my head from nutting the ignition key in my Grandad's Mk VIII Minx. He braked hard, my mum didn't have enough hold of me on her lap in the front seat....The key bent and had to be pliered out!
Of your head! Or the dash?


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My dad apparently saved my mums life which also being the cause of the near miss. He hit a tree in my grandads cortina 1600e, grabbed the wheel and braved himself them struck his arm across her and saved her from the screen.

What a hero/idiot.


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There is a surviving V-8 Humber Imperial prototype. The factory made a couple prior to the Chrysler takeover fitted with, I think, a Ford engine of all things. As soon as Chrysler took over the project was canned. No matter, because in typical American fashion although the engine size increased the performance figures showed no appreciable gain over the inline 6, especially the fuel consumption, which was much worse.
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Here's my old moggy towed by my v70 that I owned for ten years before my ex bitch wrote it off against my van.
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Approved colour scheme and number of doors! Looks tidy, that. "Transitional" model like mine too, banjo wheel and clappy wipers. Nice.
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It had those sticky out indicators as well. Can't remember the name of them atm.
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I paid £250 for it off an architect mate. It was his daily and he'd downgraded to a 3 year old passat estate.
It didn't have mot but I fettled the rear brakes and it passed first time iirc.
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paulplom wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:01 pm Can't remember the name of them atm.
Semaphore arm.
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