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  • 2 weeks later...
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I was sure Swiss Tony was already in this thread, but it looks have been killed in the photobucket nuke so glad to see it again

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Swiss Tony says...."The Woollarding thread is like making love to a beautiful woman.   You can always have another go...."

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  • 2 weeks later...
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An inverted Woollard on a Renner 16 TX, good show

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  • 7 months later...
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The difficulty in recreating the look is that William never Woollarded. He wasn't posing for a knitting pattern, Man at C&A flyer or flashing his latest purchase for the press release of a Midlands car builder. He was just Being William. The only possible way you could ever recreate the look would be to:

 

1. Drive a Fiat X1/9, a Dino Coupe, an 850 coupe, a 124 coupe, a 131 Racing in orange, a 128 and a Panda. You’re going to need to drive them a lot and live with them and learn to appreciate what these fine cars brought to the common man.

2. Find a camera crew.

3. Set out to test the 1988 Fiat Tipo.

4. Praise the general improvements in build quality.

5. Pass positive remarks regarding the handling and ride.

6. Comment on the generally clear and well laid out instrument panel and minor switchgear.

7. Cast your mind back to those earlier Fiats and remember the novel designs, vivacious engines and delicate responses.

8. Feel a growing sense of resentment towards the car you are driving. You need this to build over the next few hours. If you are struggling try to think of a teacher talking to a pupil who they know could do so much better if only they tried harder. 

9. Draw to a halt, open the bonnet and get the camera crew to film your conclusions.

 

If you have carried out your preparation diligently you will not need to think about how your face looks. It will already have that delicate blend of exasperation, frustration and disappointment. You won’t need to think about lifting your foot because it will already be there. Now you have truly Woollarded.

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Glad this thread has been resurrected as it gives me a chance to post my Invacar Woollard. I wonder if anyone had ever Woollarded one of these before.

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Woollarding an Invacar must be the earthly equivalent to Woollarding the first Lunar Lander.

Let's ask Juri Gagarin, a real American hero.

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Have we had this yet?  The man himself introduces the latest Rover SD1 range to the BL sales force.  Props to the friend who sent me the link direct, I know he reads this forum sometimes but not under what userID.

 

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In the absence of a Volvo, Action McMan performs a wheel woollard on the closest thing he can find:

 

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Bugger me. It's been a while since Pug was mentioned in the same breath as Merc and BMW while Audi was pointed at and mocked in William's understated way.

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When would this video have been from - late '77?

 

 

I guess so because that's when they launched the 2300 and 2600, according to Wiki.

  • 4 weeks later...
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Just saw this one on FB: upstate New York no less!

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  • 4 months later...
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New Top Gear, new presenters, classic Woolarding:

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  • 3 weeks later...
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Woollard in the early days,

1) getting it terribly wrong (thinks - 'I need a USP which will excite future generations, but I'm not sure this is it', also thinks 'what the hell is a USP?' further thought 'anybody copyrighted the 'pull my finger' gag?')

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2) the first successful woollard,

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and the rest is history

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  • 1 month later...
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Ford 4000! I've driven one of those. Tractorshite.

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