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[HMC]

Beta HPE

[Skizzer]

You’re all going to be very disappointed in me.

[HMC]

Giving up but a last guess

[Tadhg Tiogar]

16 hours ago, Skizzer said:

80s actually - it's a 1983 on an A prefix. ...

I'm going to have a go at this:

Datsun Bluebird.

Family friends in Maidenhead had one, and it was very brown. And it had a brown interior.

[Royale80]

Vauxhall Carlton 1.8 L

 

[barefoot]

The Scirocco actually broke down on Friday, just before its previous owner H Imp was to visit barefoot towers. It had been starting up on three for about a week, but I had ignored it. On Friday, I diagnosed and ordered new ignition leads, today they arrived and I managed to fit them successfully! That is the second repair I have managed this year - I is fucking mechanic me!

[Skizzer]

4 hours ago, HMC said:

Giving up but a last guess

Mmm, very nice. Good guess but no. Plus they were on to the aerodynamic C3 by 1983.

3 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

I'm going to have a go at this:

Datsun Bluebird.

Family friends in Maidenhead had one, and it was very brown. And it had a brown interior.

Nope. More executive than that.

1 hour ago, Stevebrookman said:

Vauxhall Carlton 1.8 L

 

Nope, not a Carlton.

And 1.8 L?  How dare you, sir.  

 

It has a proper executive cylinder count, i.e. more than four.  I decided it’s been too long since I bought a car with a civilised number of pistons.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 minutes ago, Skizzer said:

.... More executive than that.....

The only other one(s) I can think of that were available in brown were either the BMW E28 520i/525i or a Rover SD1 2300/2600. Those were executive cars to me.

[Skizzer]

Think more advertising executive than executive director.

 

[catsinthewelder]

Saab 900?

[BorniteIdentity]

11 minutes ago, Skizzer said:

Mmm, very nice. Good guess but no. Plus they were on to the aerodynamic C3 by 1983.

Nope. More executive than that.

Nope, not a Carlton.

And 1.8 L?  How dare you, sir.  

 

It has a proper executive cylinder count, i.e. more than four.  I decided it’s been too long since I bought a car with a civilised number of pistons.

What could possibly be more executive than a Datsun Bluebird “1983 on an A”? 

 

The mind boggles. 

[egg]

Proof* that the end of the twentieth century was when it all went wrong...

Wow, yes please!

So poetic!

FFS.

 

[wuvvum]

42 minutes ago, Skizzer said:

Think more advertising executive than executive director.

 

Senator?

[Skizzer]

44 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

Saab 900?

Excellent guess! I’ve always fancied a 900 turbo. But not this time - insufficient cylinders.

5 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Senator?

Or perhaps a Royale, for a bit of extra shiny trim?  Mmm, would.  Hopefully one day.  But not this week.

 

It’s probably going to be a massive anticlimax now.  Sorry.  Apart from the brownness.  It’s very brown.

[mitsisigma01]

Granada 

[bramz7]

Surely nothing brown and made in 1983 could in anyway be anticlimactic?! 

 

[skattrd]

Has anyone suggested a 5 series yet skizz? 525?
edit: yes they did … e30 3 series?

I know what you mean about more than 4 cylinders, I've been running mostly 6-pots this year.

[wuvvum]

Renault 30 with dodgy brakes?

[Noel Tidybeard]

if a carlton is too rep & a senator/royale are too exec what about a viceroy?

[Skizzer]

A Renault 30 or a Viceroy would definitely not be an anticlimax!

Skattrd, you have smoked me out:

[rickvw72]

Just had 4 Vredestein Sportrac tyres delivered from my tyres (through eBay). 205 55 16 size.

170 quid!

Made in 18th week of 2019, so not old stock. How do they make money on that? Postage is gotta be worth 20 quid.

Also, why would you fit Luckyland Happygallops, unless your insane. 

 

 

 

[brownnova]

MX5 is in for MoT today...

How many times will the words “excessively corroded” be used... 

 

 

Hopefully none... 

[The Moog]

18 minutes ago, brownnova said:

MX5 is in for MoT today...

How many times will the words “excessively corroded” be used... 

 

 

Hopefully none... 

Not possible on a wee mazda ... they are hewn* from granite* 

[HMC]

FLP’ing heck, brilliant! Hoping it’s not got alloys for that never seen e30 look.

[shedenvy]

12 hours ago, rickvw72 said:

Also, why would you fit Luckyland Happygallops, unless your insane. 

 

 

 

Apparenly Multipla owners can be categorised as insane. Who'd have thought it?

[Skizzer]

39 minutes ago, HMC said:

FLP’ing heck, brilliant! Hoping it’s not got alloys for that never seen e30 look.

I’m afraid it does have alloys - factory bottletops, which are high on my list of favourite wheels of evah.  

I do really like the look of standard silver steels on these though. Maybe I’ll get a set with winter tyres for OMG snokaos.

Collection thread to follow.  Just had a call from the seller to warn me of a new quirk it’s developed.  More on that story later.

[Skizzer]

1 hour ago, brownnova said:

MX5 is in for MoT today...

How many times will the words “excessively corroded” be used... 

 

 

Hopefully none... 

Good luck ?

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, shedenvy said:

Apparenly Multipla owners can be categorised as insane. Who'd have thought it?

I honestly thought Luckyland Happygallop was a joke name.  Every day is a school day...

[egg]

FFS, bin day and my Mondy mirror gets smashed. Coincidence?

[stuboy]

7 minutes ago, egg said:

FFS, bin day and my Mondy mirror gets smashed. Coincidence?

hardest working men in uk... so long u bring ur bin to roadside and it dont weigh more than 10kgs..lol