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5 minutes ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

One would like to respectfully disagree; you were observed travelling in comfort earlier in your career:

 

I'd not been to one of Uncle Boris's parties and was not tired and emotional. It didn't happen, nothing to see here, fake news. And I can't say anything else until the report into my not travelling in a car is published.

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Yesterday I spotted a transporter loaded with these weird little vans that look like previous-gen Transits shrunk in the wash and had no idea what they were.

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Meet the DFSK EC35, a cheap and cheerful electric van from those Chinese folks who used to make the little trucks with the BMW-style grilles.

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On 08/06/2022 at 19:46, martc said:

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Wartburg Melkus RS1000. 101 where made in Dresden between 1969 and 1979, it had a fibreglass body, a tuned Wartburg 353 engine, with 3 carburettors rather than the usual one and a Barkus 5 speed gearbox. It developed 68hp and could do 165 km/h. Very decadent.

And despite its obscurity, @Datsuncogfound me one!

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I went to a car show in Devon on Sunday and saw this XL1 diesel electric hybrid. Had no recollection of them before but a search suggests they are known to some Shiters here. 250 built. The owner of this one was very protective as it seems the interior can get very scratched because it is made of lightweight fragile material. So he was fending off kids who wanted to climb in. He said it does 150mpg.67EA115C-359E-437E-826F-A780F5F526B5.thumb.jpeg.b6f935d84eb5fbce592630bd5b4d3b12.jpeg

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On 6/8/2022 at 7:47 PM, martc said:

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Bernardet-Remondini, built from 1935 to '39 it featured streamlined lines, front wheel drive and fully independent suspension.

Transverse FWD I believe... Only learned about this the other day via IG, and I thought I knew every 1930s techno-streamliner. Turns out nobody else has heard of it either - comissioned an article on it, but the people with all the documents relating to the project won't play ball because they're working on a book about Jonghi motorcycles, to which this is connected. So look out for a big French-language Jonghi book in the next couple of years for the full story, I guess...

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