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[sheffcortinacentre]

Is that rot on the viva frt valance?

[adw1977]

4 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Is that rot on the viva frt valance?

Looks like it, but it was at least 3 years old!

[MorrisItalSLX]

12 hours ago, SunnySouth said:

Looks like the start of a Clarkson vs Hammond/May segment!

Just waiting for the 3rd member of the trio to arrive:

[MiniMinorMk3]

[SunnySouth]

7 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

That’s a long attachment he’s got there…

[warren t claim]

Is there any truth in the rumour that in the USSR they used to fit Mazda Wankel motors into their police Ladas?

[Dyslexic Viking]

8 minutes ago, warren t claim said:

Is there any truth in the rumour that in the USSR they used to fit Mazda Wankel motors into their police Ladas?

 

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, SunnySouth said:

That’s a long attachment he’s got there…

Don't mess with Tall Jack

[warren t claim]

3 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Don't mess with Tall Jack

And it's hit the road.

[High Jetter]

Don't you come back...

[martc]

[martc]

A VAZ-2106 of the 'Road Patrol Service' on the Orenburg Highway, Moscow, 1989.

[martc]

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 18/02/2024 at 17:21, MiniMinorMk3 said:

the vivalasvegas is marking its territory

[Dyslexic Viking]

On 18/02/2024 at 18:21, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I like how the Vauxhall is with crooked registration plate and rust. It looks well used.

[SunnySouth]

5 hours ago, martc said:

Resembles a Matchbox set!

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[eddyramrod]

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

What force was that?

[sheffcortinacentre]

Wasn't it Merseyside?

[eddyramrod]

7 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

What force was that?

Yes, as above, it was Merseyside, about 1979.

[SunnySouth]

14 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

The SD looks oddly dated in that company!

[adw1977]

10 minutes ago, SunnySouth said:

The SD looks oddly dated in that company!

And yet the SD1 was a clean sheet design launched in 1976 while the Escorts are based on the original 1968 model.

[eddyramrod]

39 minutes ago, adw1977 said:

And yet the SD1 was a clean sheet design launched in 1976 while the Escorts are based on the original 1968 model.

Also note the number plates: the Escorts are older than the Rover, if only by a few weeks.  I don't remember seeing the RS2000s in Southport, and 79 was my first full year driving so I think I would have noticed!

[MrT]

On 16/02/2024 at 18:17, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Because I am a complete sad bastard. The Lightning is actually not an RAF one. It is one sold to the Saudis in the late 60's. They were returned (with a lot lower flying hours than their RAF contemporaries). Because they were flown back and I think it was a government deal, they were all given military serials rather than civil regs. Apart from a few in museums, most ended up as scrap. 

[martc]

[martc]

[martc]

GAZ-24 Volga and Moskvich-2140's in police service in the Kostroma region.

[martc]