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The Abbey Road Beetle was found and restored many years ago.
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Didn't OP find a Paxo 18 months ago?
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Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread
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Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread
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Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread
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Decimal day, 15th February 1971. -
Brilliant, thanks!
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Go on then... who can identify this Routemaster?
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Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread
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Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread
Dick Longbridge replied to Dick Longbridge's topic in AutoShite
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Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread
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That's lovely. The classic Imprezas are so good to drive too although I'd have to own another turbot if I ever went back down that road.
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Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread
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Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - Next FoD set for 4/5 June 2022
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What's the story with the Samurai? It looks like it's previously had some lift attention. -
How much shite is too much shite? Sonic but no hedgehog
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Does your mate work for Practical Classics? Just spotted this on my Twitter... -
Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - Next FoD set for 4/5 June 2022
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Any dash light (bulb)s illuminated yet? 😅 -
Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread
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Frankenstein and his old Folksfarken. -
His two door saph looked good. It just worked. This carbuncle... ouch.
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I'm in awe of the level of detail you're going into with the fabrication of various NLA parts for your Invacar along with your general attitude towards making the resto top notch. Just brilliant 😎.
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Tight-ass manufacturer short cuts and cost saves
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Yes, yours was a facelift, same as my father's E plate Ghia. I mentioned in my post that the facelift cars had a sleeved extension bolted over the end of the tailpipe to make the exhaust longer. I think you're missing the entire point I'm stating about the pre-facelift Orions which didn't have this... -
Tight-ass manufacturer short cuts and cost saves
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Nope. Standard setup on them as per photos. -
Tight-ass manufacturer short cuts and cost saves
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There seem to be a number of Ford lickers on here so thought I'd ask. Mk1 Onions had a stubby tailpipe as standard. It was much shorter than the equivalent on the mk3 Escort and tucked quite far in contrast. Father Longbridge replaced his C plate Onion with an E plate Ghia equivalent with a mild facelift. From what I remember, the tailpipe had a short extension piece bolted onto the end from new so it appeared someone in Ford decided to do a cheap fix*. Can anyone confirm this? I'm assuming the exhaust was sourced from the Escort and then bodged onto its booted brother to save Ford's design team a few £££ ... As an aside, Orions have aged very well, haven't they? -
Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread
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