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Got this old listings magazine off eBay, not one I'd seen before:

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Car Buyer Sept-Oct 1979 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Chock-full of ad's for some mouthwatering stuff. Sadly no pictures though.

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Car Buyer Sept-Oct 1979 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Something for everyone here! I'm intrigued by the 1968 Daihatsu from JK Sportscars, and also their 1974 Datsun 120A Samurai (actually Samuri) was also a bit of a rarity. Would have been one of these:

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Datsun 120A Shoo Samuri TGT 390M by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

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9 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Got this old listings magazine off eBay, not one I'd seen before:

49366351808_e33f48e204_c.jpg

Car Buyer Sept-Oct 1979 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Chock-full of ad's for some mouthwatering stuff. Sadly no pictures though.

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Car Buyer Sept-Oct 1979 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr...

 

God Almighty, a Ro80 and a K70 LS! I'd have gone up the North Circular and bought both!

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On 1/9/2020 at 9:38 AM, cobblers said:

Usually facebook groups are incredibly tiresome "THANKS 4 THE ADD" bollocks etc but there's a bloke on the Talbot Express owners club earnestly asking where his OBD socket is and it's absolutely made my morning

My 1979 Chrysler Sunbeam had a diagnostic socket, though I can't imagine what information you'd get out of it.

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Needed to do a change of address on the BX insurance policy.  I wasn't sure what to expect so was pleasantly surprised when there was no change of details fee, and no increase to my policy.  Something of a relief, really.  MoT next which I'm cautiously optimistic about, except for the little drop of LHM I found under the back of the car the other day (that has not since reappeared), so here's hoping it behaves itself on the day and the garage I take it to understands that old Citroens sometimes leak a bit of LHM out of anxiety/spite and it's nothing to worry about.

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Am at work, talking with colleagues, so distracted.

I was thirsty so took hold of my diluted apple cordial. Except it wasn't.

I unscrewed a cap, put a bottle to my lips and took the hugest gulp of ever.

Sadly it was neat double strength apple cordial.

Think apple flavoured battery acid.

I am now burping apples. I need to drink about 4 pints of water to dilute the cordial appropriately in what is left of my stomach.

My throat hurts. As does my stomach.

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1 hour ago, purplebargeken said:

Am at work, talking with colleagues, so distracted.

I was thirsty so took hold of my diluted apple cordial. Except it wasn't.

I unscrewed a cap, put a bottle to my lips and took the hugest gulp of ever.

Sadly it was neat double strength apple cordial.

Think apple flavoured battery acid.

I am now burping apples. I need to drink about 4 pints of water to dilute the cordial appropriately in what is left of my stomach.

My throat hurts. As does my stomach.

Presumably cider won't fix it.

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On 1/10/2020 at 12:36 PM, Tickman said:

Excellent news, how big is the garage?

I promise I didn't choose the house just because of the garage :)

well, not just for the garage, the house is nice too !

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it's needing a bit of work on the electrics - the feed from the house is live at one end but not at the other - the cable runs under the patio which is small paving stones, hopefully not too much of a pain to lift and run a new cable. for now, an extension cord out the window was enough to get the lights working :)

 

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