invacar LightBulbFun's Invacar & general ramble thread, index on page 1, survivors lists on Pages 24/134 & AdgeCutler's Invacar Mk12 Restoration from Page 186 onwards, still harping on...

[danthecapriman]

Great to see REV coming home @LightBulbFun! 
Can’t wait to see it doing its thing on London’s streets.

REV must be one of the most famous Invacar’s ever after all this, along with @dollywobbler one.

[lesapandre]

  On 18/10/2024 at 01:26, LightBulbFun said:

oh very much so, thats very much on the plan of things to do with REV  although sadly I am not sure if you can actually park a vehicle in front of most land marks these days? I dont think one can drive up to and park outside of 10 downing street for example!

but maybe I can sneak her in front of the gates of Buckingham Palace?  it does not look *too* pedestrianised?  

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Best time for that is in the summer very early - say 6.00am especially on a weekend - or Christmas/New Year when London outside the shopping streets  is very quiet. One of my my neighbours is a political press photographer - if I see him I'll ask if he has any tips.

It's all certainly possible with a photographer set up - though Downing Street is gated. 

Be good to get it set up with one of the original Routemasters still running on Route 15? But that could be set up at the garage with a bit of blagging.

There is also the opportunity to bring it into town on the day of the veteran car run one November. There are also other car events in Central London occasionally - I recall one on Regent Street.

[Landy Mann]

Great to see Rev on the move,  hope all goes smoothly.

[calebaaront]

REV has already been spotted!

[lesapandre]

The Apostrophe Police have been notified. 😂

Who's is a contraction of "who is," as in "who's there? and "the friend who’s calling," or of "who has," as in "who's got the time?" and "the friend who’s helped before." Whose shows possession, as in "whose shoes are these or whose Invacar is this?".

[calebaaront]

  On 18/10/2024 at 13:49, lesapandre said:

The Apostrophe Police have been notified. 😂

Who's

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Must be a northern thing 🤣😉

[Christine]

Tell Dez  WHERE  does not mean WERE .  I give up ! 

[Dyslexic Viking]

Can someone explain this to me? 

[Christine]

Cream pie 

[lesapandre]

The Apostrophe Police are only concerned with crimes against apostrophes - for other type of alleged grammar crime you need the relevant force.😂

[Christine]

Where is Santa     Saabnut ? 

[ETCHY]

  On 18/10/2024 at 08:11, Saabnut said:

Setting out from the overnight halt just north of the border. Still dry at the moment…….

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Good to see !

[calebaaront]

  On 18/10/2024 at 13:57, Dyslexic Viking said:

Can someone explain this to me? 

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[horriblemercedes]

  On 18/10/2024 at 13:57, Dyslexic Viking said:

Can someone explain this to me? 

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That's Mary Berry, who is famous for making cakes on television. I don't know if there's anything more than that (I don't watch television programmes about people making food as I find cooking very boring)

[Sheefag]

  On 18/10/2024 at 13:57, Dyslexic Viking said:

Can someone explain this to me? 

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She's stuck her oar in, mate.

[Christine]

That's not an oar , it's a  cake  spactula

[Remspoor]

  On 18/10/2024 at 13:57, Dyslexic Viking said:

Can someone explain this to me? 

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Her.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Berry

The image, I suppose, implying they are a winner.

[LightBulbFun]

and she has Landed at the FoD!  hopefully all going well she will be arriving here home, in a week or so  

 

[busmansholiday]

  On 18/10/2024 at 13:57, Dyslexic Viking said:

Can someone explain this to me? 

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As said it's British celebrity baker Mary Berry. In England people bake cakes to celebrate things, REV arriving back at the FoD is worth a gigantic cake.

[Christine]

Saabnut must be whacked out .. well done Saabnut ! 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

That's great news, Dez. What a trooper @Saabnut is. 

Bet you can't wait!

[LightBulbFun]

  On 18/10/2024 at 16:21, Dick Longbridge said:

That's great news, Dez. Bet you can't wait! What a trooper @Saabnutis. 

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very much so! I had hoped to to have her home by this weekend, but the logistics did not quite work out, hopefully she wont mind a week at the FoD  

and indeed hopefully @Saabnut is able to get some good rest during all of this! its a fair old jaunt as they say! 

[Saabnut]

Currently at another (cheap) travelodge as tomorrow is over to Cirencester for the Saab OC AGM then up to Sheffield for the Vitesse. That will be on my own thread! @LightBulbFun  - @Mrs6Chas the keys, one does everything except the drivers door. The other key does that but the lock is a bit of a bodge so suggest you leave it locked and use the left hand door in normal use. She also has the spares box.

That's me done for now.

 

[Christine]

Thank you very much Saabnut  . How's the tinnitus ! .?

 

[IronStar]

What a rollercoaster this thread is! I’m so happy seeing this.

Hats off @Saabnut!

@LightBulbFun I hope to soon see a lot of photos of REV doing things in London. Please please please be careful though!

Wholesome content all round!

[High Jetter]

  On 18/10/2024 at 13:42, calebaaront said:

REV has already been spotted!

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Graham Walker has an unusual middle name.

[High Jetter]

  On 18/10/2024 at 17:30, Saabnut said:

That's me done for now.

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The phrase 'This place' applies in spades here, and to you. Well done that man.

[Christine]

Apparently the big cake is made from flowers ..

[lesapandre]

Very well done to all. If you need a hand back in London @LightBulbFun PM me - to see if I am home in the London.

[juular]

One in the autumn sunshine looking very minty.

And being unloaded.