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I passed my driving test in the saloon version of one of these...
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I passed my driving test in the saloon version of one of these...
Did it have the vacuum wipers?
It did, it did! Was how I learned to back-off in the rain - 'cos the bl**dy things would as near as da*n it stop...
I'm guessing you've experienced 'em, too...
Happy days!
Now it's 140mph in an S/RS Audi whatever on a 'B' road with a yawn...
Where's the FUN in that...
Now a 71 Lotus Elan Sprint around France and back through the Alps, now that's FUN and a tad adventurous; but home safe and a GREAT drive...
Oh, and #4578, sorry...
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It did, it did! Was how I learned to back-off in the rain - 'cos the bl**dy things would as near as da*n it stop...
I'm guessing you've experienced 'em, too...
Yup, my mate used to pick me up in his Ford Popular and the faster you went in the rain, the slower the wipers would go!!! IIRC it also only had a three forward gear, gearbox - No DSG, seven speed in them days
This was duing the late 70's when the UK car customizing was probably at its peak
Yup, my mate used to pick me up in his Ford Popular and the faster you went in the rain, the slower the wipers would go!!! IIRC it also only had a three forward gear, gearbox - No DSG, seven speed in them days
This was duing the late 70's when the UK car customizing was probably at its peak
I quickly moved onto:
And jeeze was it fast, then...
But I digress:
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@45bvtc - Ahhh the Triumph Spitire, being brought up on "Custom Car" magazine (from April 1972 actually!!!), this vehicle was classed by them as the original hairdressers car........... Sorry mate
But no one had heard of that 'hairdresser' term back then, I don't think they existed; so it didn't matter; but for us then came the Spitfire and GT6 duo...
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Love the rear end of an 8P RS3, it's a proper Q-car rear end; if you didn't know then you just wouldn't know...
Yep! With minor mods here and there. Not that much competition in them days. PS: soooo many race cars with Herald front suspension, rack, brakes, etc., even now. Wasn't soooo bad in them days either. Motoring guys today compare anything and everything with a Golf, few are old enough to have had the experience in the day. For sure I didn't get overtaken much; then as now really...
Bare bones of a 45bvtc with a Triumph Herald front end...
Happy days...
