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The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Flathead V8s

Aw, it's the whole family 

hyundai sonata 2008 | eBay
'front windscreen has home made sun visor tape put on' 

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202312114737337

"Car works fine .The drivers seat ain't seating up straight but the car moves okay."
Eerrrrr...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202312114737337

"Car works fine .The drivers seat ain't seating up straight but the car moves okay."
Eerrrrr...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202312114737337

"Car works fine .The drivers seat ain't seating up straight but the car moves okay."
Eerrrrr...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202312114737337

"Car works fine .The drivers seat ain't seating up straight but the car moves okay."
Eerrrrr...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202312114737337

"Car works fine .The drivers seat ain't seating up straight but the car moves okay."
Eerrrrr...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202312114737337

"Car works fine .The drivers seat ain't seating up straight but the car moves okay."
Eerrrrr...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202312114737337

"Car works fine .The drivers seat ain't seating up straight but the car moves okay."
Eerrrrr...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202312114737337

"Car works fine .The drivers seat ain't seating up straight but the car moves okay."
Eerrrrr...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202312114737337

"Car works fine .The drivers seat ain't seating up straight but the car moves okay."
Eerrrrr...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202312114737337

"Car works fine .The drivers seat ain't seating up straight but the car moves okay."
Eerrrrr...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202312114737337

"Car works fine .The drivers seat ain't seating up straight but the car moves okay."
Eerrrrr...

It's when you see it parked up amongst modern tat you realise how overbloated modern cars have become.
Congratulations on the work though.

Real tragedy...

"Why are you sitting downstairs at the back above the engine and not enjoying the views ?"

Or;

 

its a shame that does not have a ramp or otherwise it would be a serious contender, (insurance is a reasonable £1K)
could stock up on Derby 100 lightbulbs while I was in the area too
 

https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/1380435285895024/

@LightBulbFun
Automatic ✔️
ULEZ compliant ✔️
Room for a mobility scooter ✔️
Towbar fitted so gr8 4 towing Invacares ✔️
Looks a bit shit so unlikely to attract the attention of London council estate ne'er-do-wells ✔️

 

My tea's gone cold I'm wondering why I
Got out of bed at all
There's rain and bird shit on my window
And I can't see at all
Even if I could it's only Rochdale anyway
but your picture on my wall reminds me
that it's no so bad, it's not so bad

Dear Scim, I  wrote you but you still aint callin'
I left my bag my coat hanger and sweet wrappers at the bottom
and 4 litres of water in autumn,  and the tax in the windscreen you must have got them
There probably was a problem with the Post Office or something

Reliant Scimitar GTE se5a, project, last owner 21 years | eBay
Sometimes my Scimitars look quite sloppy when I drop them

But anyway, fuck it, what's up hun, how's your daughter?
My girl had a kid, but Mark Phillips is the father
We have a daughter guess what I've gone and called, her name is Zara
Did  you read about my brother Andy too, I'm sorry
His lawyer said not to sweat over some bitch who didn't want him
I know you probably hear this every day 
but I've  robbed your engine and your fan
I even took the gearbox off for the ultimate scam

I've got a Rolls Royce in the pictures, man
Do you like the sausage fingers of that bro of mine, they're so fat
Anyways, I hope you get this man, hit me back
Just to chat, truly yours  your biggest fan,  this  is Princess Anne

Reliant Scimitar SE5a | eBay
Fifteen grand, I'm wondering why
This hasn't sold at all

The morning rain clogs up my camera
Got your picture on my wall
It reminds me that that colour's bad, it's fucking bad

Dear Scim, your engine belongs in a boat I hope you have a chance 
to jettison it near France  I just think it's fucked up they have electric fans
If you didn't want to be photographed outside your own house you didn't have to

But I should have got a signed autograph from our Andrew
For your little sister man, she's only 16 years old
And she waited for him in the blistering cold and he just an (alleged) paedo
Starting to wonder if  RIGHTGUARD JUST KICKED IN, YO!
That's pretty shitty,  you were his biggest fan
He just wants to be like me mam, even more than I do 
He ain't a stamp though, so don't lick him like he wants to
Remember when you said Edward was a bender?
You said if I wrote you, you'd write back
See, I'm like you and  did you ever meet my pops
He said me ma's fanny was like an Indian's fuse box
You gotta call me, man, I'll be the biggest fan you'll ever lose
Sincerely yours, Princess Ann
Ps we should be together, too.
1976 RELIANT SCIMITAR 3.0L V6 MANAUL, VERY NICE CAR THOUGHOUT. WOLFRACE SLOTS, | eBay
 
 

It was indeed Guide Friday who were involved. I remember seeing one in the garage at Stratford around 1998 lettered for Le Tour de Paris. No idea why it was there or what became of it but it was dusty and had a few bits missing so had obviously been out of use for a while.

I remember grabbing a run the last of them In Berlin a good while back and they do sound magnificent! IIRC a number of them were shipped over to the UK to be open topped before heading back out of the country again - I’ve an inkling that Guide Friday was behind that but my memory fails me. I do remember grabbing the convertible roof off one in a scrapyard in Barnsley for use on a stillborn project to convert one of our Metrobuses.