Shite at the Vicarage: Riley RMF

[The Vicar]

7 hours ago, hairnet said:

hewligan

That about sums it up 😁 I take it out of race mode when pulling up to the church though!

[puddlethumper]

8 hours ago, hairnet said:

hewligan

Holygan.

[hairnet]

gr9 for incense deliveries and holy water drops

 

[The Vicar]

Getting back on topic, my dad brought this home recently:

‘81, 46k miles. A lovely old thing 

 

[The Vicar]

Thread update! This is for sale for reasonable money (€2750). I don’t need it but I’m very tempted. I can already see myself pottering around in it this summer:

[Matty]

8 minutes ago, The Vicar said:

Thread update! This is for sale for reasonable money (€2750). I don’t need it but I’m very tempted. I can already see myself pottering around in it this summer:

Can confirm that A30/35/40s respond very well to sympathetic reversible upgrades from the BMC stable and can go like stink. And that's an earlier one with the panel ribbing. Get it bought Father. You won't regret it.

[SiC]

21 hours ago, The Vicar said:

Thread update! This is for sale for reasonable money (€2750). I don’t need it but I’m very tempted. I can already see myself pottering around in it this summer:

That's cheap for one of them, even in today's market!

James Hunt famously owned one.

 

[hairnet]

21 hours ago, The Vicar said:

 

 

 

 

cracking cheese gromit father

[Matty]

1 hour ago, SiC said:

That's cheap for one of them, even in today's market!

James Hunt famously owned one.

 

And adored it by all acounts

[tooSavvy]

19 hours ago, Matty said:

And adored it by all acounts

Hmm.... Discovered at his gaff, sans wheels IIRC

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[Dick Cheeseburger]

15 minutes ago, tooSavvy said:

Hmm.... Discovered at his gaff, sans wheels IIRC

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Narp. That was the Merc.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

4 hours ago, Dick Cheeseburger said:

Narp. That was the Merc.

Just looked up the Merc and it's still very much alive. Logged as a 6.9 litre too - just spotted this on the bootlid. I guess it was a fruity alternative to the A35 if Hunt fancied some half decent power on tap. What's the spec- I assume it's a v8? 

[hairnet]

so youll be changing the plate father?

[SiC]

18 hours ago, Dick Cheeseburger said:

Just looked up the Merc and it's still very much alive. Logged as a 6.9 litre too - just spotted this on the bootlid. I guess it was a fruity alternative to the A35 if Hunt fancied some half decent power on tap. What's the spec- I assume it's a v8? 

Anything with James Hunt on the V5 history, I'd be very surprised if it ever died. At least in our living memories. 

[martc]

I read somewhere that James Hunt drove his A35 specifically to keep his driving licence clean as it was impossible to speed in it (NSL obvs).

[The Vicar]

I’ll make a big update to this thread when I get the time, but in the meantime I’ll just drop this in here. I couldn’t turn it down:

98 Atoz, 68k miles

[The Vicar]

So I’m spinning around in this now. It’s…very crap. I’m struggling to find positive words, but it’s endearing. I wish I could say more! 

[Matty]

24 minutes ago, The Vicar said:

So I’m spinning around in this now. It’s…very crap. I’m struggling to find positive words, but it’s endearing. I wish I could say more! 

Proper an car. Size of the wheels in proportion are comical. But I'd bet it'll go on forever just doing the job it was designed for. What's not to like about the little bus? 

[hairnet]

hubnut might buy that

[Dyslexic Viking]

3 minutes ago, Matty said:

Proper an car. Size of the wheels in proportion are comical. But I'd bet it'll go on forever just doing the job it was designed for. What's not to like about the little bus? 

I have created a thread about South American taxis here and these cars are popular taxis there with mileages close to a million km.

[Matty]

35 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

I have created a thread about South American taxis here and these cars are popular taxis there with mileages close to a million km.

This is what we are missing now. Basic cars for folk who just want to get for a to b with minimum fuss. I've seen the thread and know what you mean.

[martc]

20 hours ago, The Vicar said:

So I’m spinning around in this now. It’s…very crap. I’m struggling to find positive words, but it’s endearing. I wish I could say more! 

 

Here's something positive - the name Atoz wasn't some random selection from a name generating computer, it actually means 'A to Z'. It's an car designed to get you from A to Z, geddit?

(soz, doesn't look like they do one for Eire)

Those Korean lads do like a play on words, for example  -

Tivoli = I love it (backwards)

Korando = Korea can do

 

[alcyonecorporation]

On 15/03/2025 at 18:08, The Vicar said:

That about sums it up 😁 I take it out of race mode when pulling up to the church though!

when one is very late for mass 

[Snipes]

On 04/07/2025 at 20:34, The Vicar said:

So I’m spinning around in this now. It’s…very crap. I’m struggling to find positive words, but it’s endearing. I wish I could say more! 

Boss at an old job had one of these as a run around. Named "The Pea" due to the pea green colour. He loved it, and he had all sorts of expensive conveyance in the garage.

[2flags]

It looks like it is up for the job it was meant for, a cheap little car, just right for taking the kids to school, going to the shops and delivering granny to bingo and church.