Practically Classics versus Retro Rides

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Phil P
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Re: Practically Classics versus Retro Rides

#51 Post by Phil P »

I think it's the bus route.
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#52 Post by rich. »

as a regular hitch hiker ive never taken a 42 except on tuesdays :D
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#53 Post by JPB »

:lol: Have another weird car to look at:

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Lovely GRP! (Also available in Dural for the plastic haters). What's the vehicle that Bentley replica is based on and who built these?
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"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true.. :oops:
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#54 Post by zipgun »

That if i remember right ,is a Jag xj6 ! I've still got Kitcar mag with it in !
OK ..Whats the motorbike ? I don't know ... Look at the size of that headlamp !! :lol: :lol:
The baby was my Mum,gone now , the rider was her oldest brother ,also gone . It must be about 75 years ago

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#55 Post by rich. »

lovely pic! :D
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#56 Post by TerryG »

A mobile search light! ;)
You can almost read the plate I think it is *TD* 94. You might be able to clean up the original enough to read it and ask the DVLA :)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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#57 Post by zipgun »

The brother was caught by the Japs in Burma and went into a concentration camp... came back a walking skeleton , died not long after ...Malaria or something.. Good looking lad wasn't he...a bit like me! Is it an Indian motorbike with the gears on the tank?
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