breakdown truck

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JPB
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Re: breakdown truck

#2291 Post by JPB »

:drool:
If my old Thames Trader horsebox had been one of those instead, I'd probably never have moved into a house. :oops:
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"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true.. :oops:
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Re: breakdown truck

#2293 Post by Grumpy Northener »

This would a fab & very rare car once restored http://www.prewarcar.com/classifieds/ad217350.html
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
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Re: breakdown truck

#2294 Post by rich. »

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Re: breakdown truck

#2295 Post by TerryG »

It's rare and pretty cool but at £4500 reserve not met, it's not cheap.
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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Re: breakdown truck

#2296 Post by JPB »

:evil: Every time I see that ignorant twunt's eBay handle, I need a real medical practitioner to come and calm me down!
Would you buy an overpriced old car from him (below)?

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Me neither, yet both are incredibly skilled at the fairy tale game. :roll:

So I found something with a much more credible description attached: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i- ... ns-8043671
:lol: Mrs Roberts, is that you? :scared:

Chris' Citroen from the post above that has more chance of getting you home than anything from the master of eBayese "English" :roll: best known for his long scarves, sonic screwdriver and dalekophobia.
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Re: breakdown truck

#2297 Post by rich. »

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
i fancy one of those little fiats :oops:
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Re: breakdown truck

#2298 Post by GHT »

Absolutely breath taking Rover:
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Re: breakdown truck

#2299 Post by GHT »

rich. wrote: Sat Feb 25, 2017 9:08 pm :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
i fancy one of those little fiats :oops:
You would, but that's not to say they couldn't be made to look acceptable, at least you wouldn't have to drive with a paper bag over your head.
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