For Sale OMG GGG Fucking Fourbanger Führerwagen - Now Force Ale again!

[Guest Hooli]

A diversion via the Highlands of Scotland? no wonder it took you forever!

[Jim Bell]

Some lovely views there man. Looks like a lovely run out. Spikey looks like he enjoyed it too. In as much as an inanimate novelty companion can look content and pleased, he does.

 

Yes, Im assuming Spikey's gender. Sue me.

[oldcars]

Spikey and I went on a road trip.

 

 

 

We passed by an old garage.

 

 

 

OMG, we have arrived already!

 

 

 

There were bunnies.

 

 

 

When they saw Spikey, they ran away.

 

 

 

 

Our roomshite in our hotelshite.

 

 

 

The roomshite has double standard.

 

Not that anyone cares but i have that radio alarm clock too.

[SiC]

Why are you guys always in such a hurry?

I shouldn't need to answer this Mr Junkman, such a question should have an obvious answer to a good man such as yourself! However I will answer this for you in the form of a rhetorical question.

 

Why would I want to spend any longer than is necessary in my modern plastic kraut, devil fueled, post-1986, 4 cylinder biscuit tin?

[Junkman]

That's why one has a pre 1986 non kraut properly motorised conveyance, no?

[SiC]

This is true. Your thoughts on driving on non-motorways has made me think about shedding the MatchBox TT and using the MGB as a daily for a bit. Just lacking the required number of cylinders. However the correct number of cylinder version is a bit out of my pauper paygrade.

[Junkman]

Same hotel, different alarm clock.

 

 

 

Spikey wanted to go home.

 

 

 

A ford was mercedesed.

 

 

 

Water what you make beer out of.

 

 

 

A fairly uncongested road lies ahead.

 

 

 

Someone put something there.

 

 

 

 

It's not that crowded out here.

 

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Flowing along the country lane

Following the three pointed star

Dreaming of what might have been

If only we'd kept at it another week.......

It would have been all ours!

 

 

 

H Goering (1940)

[Felly Magic]

I will just leave this here

 

[Junkman]

Valuable plate shocker?

[Felly Magic]

Sadly not JM. You buying a 4 pot Merc has not made the climate worse*, I really want it to rain now

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I will just leave this here

 

This is my mnemonic for remembering the plate, since that's what my grandad called ITV well into the 2000s. 

 

Just for over 60s, TVS.

[Junkman]

I will forever be unable to memorise UK numberplates.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

All Michael Jackson's computers had 512MB of ram Forever

[Shep Shepherd]

This is my mnemonic for remembering the plate, since that's what my grandad called ITV well into the 2000s. 

 

Just for over 60s, TVS.

 

My father refers to Meridian Tonight (Meridian being the company which superseded TVS) as the Southern News, despite Southern Television being superseded by TVS in 1982. He's 70 years old.

[Frogchod]

My father refers to Meridian Tonight (Meridian being the company which superseded TVS) as the Southern News, despite Southern Television being superseded by TVS in 1982. He's 70 years old.

Ah, Southern tv, that can only mean Jack hargreaves. Lovely old guy, probably had a P6 or a landrover and probably spent too much time in a quaint English pub.

Was it Out of town ?

[666jjp]

Ah, Southern tv, that can only mean Jack hargreaves. Lovely old guy, probably had a P6 or a landrover and probably spent too much time in a quaint English pub.

Was it Out of town ?

yes, was on LWT on sunday mornings iirc

[Shep Shepherd]

Ah, Southern tv, that can only mean Jack hargreaves. Lovely old guy, probably had a P6 or a landrover and probably spent too much time in a quaint English pub.

Was it Out of town ?

 

It was!

 

I loved Out of Town! 

[Guest Hooli]

Meridian was when ITV started to get shit.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Meridian was when ITV started to get shit.

 

No, it gave us the fourth Ford to share a name with an ITV region, the Fiesta Meridian. 

 

K242 BCG (3) by Nivek.Old.Gold, on Flickr

[Squire_Dawson]

Well, when the sun passes the meridian the day is coming to an end.

[Ghosty]

That even shares a logo with the ITV company  

 

[Junkman]

So, I ask, what's a Sarfan Telly Merc doing in Granadaland, I ask.

[Felly Magic]

I think 'VS' is a Swindon area mark, used to work for a firm that re reg'd a Rotmaster to SVS618

[Junkman]

It's a Luton reg.

[Pillock]

 

 

No, it gave us the fourth Ford to share a name with an ITV region, the Fiesta Meridian.

 

 

Ok, I'll bite.

 

Granada

Anglia

Meridian

?

 

Was there an Orion Yorkshire?

[Lacquer Peel]

Ok, I'll bite.

 

Granada

Anglia

Meridian

?

 

Was there an Orion Yorkshire?

Thames?

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

Thames?

 

Ahhh!

 

 

I admit I was wondering this myself.

[richardmorris]

Mr 6cyl was bold enough to ask me to cut short my holiday sur le continont just to photograph a page from a thirty year old Haynes manual. Well I ( almost ) did and drove him to drink too. Anyway, I can’t find his thread and I’ve copied all the wiring diagrams and thought they can go here as a resource.

[Junkman]

Is his heater still on permafullblast?