Author Topic: Re: My new steed (Read 9583 times)

Timbox · « **Reply #15 on:** February 27, 2016, 08:21:02 pm »

Quote from: drumwrecker on February 27, 2016, 07:12:55 pm

We had a Ford Popular TWD 3.
What would that be worth now?

£20K or more I would say, one of my Dads old Morris Oxfords was 105 AD

Timbox · « **Reply #16 on:** February 27, 2016, 08:24:46 pm »

Quote from: drumwrecker on February 27, 2016, 03:59:38 pm

My G9 Matchless with Jampot rear suspension seemed to keep going no matter what. At one point the big end had gone and the piston was just hitting the cylinder head. I took it to bits and had the crank metal blasted and reground.

We also had a Hillman Minx convertible

That minx bit the dust and was replaced by another. Paid £8 with three months tax on it and sold it for that a year or so later. Those were the days.

Looks like the bow of the Cutty Sark, Greenwich then

drumwrecker · « **Reply #17 on:** February 27, 2016, 10:12:03 pm »

Yep, Cutty Sark, Greenwich.
From my clothes you can tell I lived nearby.

TomL · « **Reply #18 on:** February 27, 2016, 10:14:48 pm »

Quote from: Timbox on February 27, 2016, 08:24:46 pm

Quote from: drumwrecker on February 27, 2016, 03:59:38 pm
My G9 Matchless with Jampot rear suspension seemed to keep going no matter what. At one point the big end had gone and the piston was just hitting the cylinder head. I took it to bits and had the crank metal blasted and reground.

We also had a Hillman Minx convertible

That minx bit the dust and was replaced by another. Paid £8 with three months tax on it and sold it for that a year or so later. Those were the days.

Looks like the bow of the Cutty Sark, Greenwich then

+Before it caught light.

Do you remember the famous person that had NAB1 through to NAB10 all on his Rollers.

tiggerwood · « **Reply #19 on:** February 28, 2016, 12:52:44 am »

Sir Gerald Nabaro
married the daughter of a BSA director to get on!

TomL · « **Reply #20 on:** February 28, 2016, 02:42:20 pm »

Absolutely correct

tiggerwood · « **Reply #21 on:** February 28, 2016, 04:58:11 pm »

Can I claim the prize for doing it from memory rather than Wikipedia?

TomL · « **Reply #22 on:** February 28, 2016, 05:13:38 pm »

The prize is all yours if you check out your karma. I only remember Sir Gerald Nabaro because of his personal number plates. I like the idea of a number plate that nobody will remember.

Phmode · « **Reply #23 on:** February 28, 2016, 05:20:50 pm »

I've had loads of those, hence the personal plates. Too old to remember who I am so every little helps!

tiggerwood · « **Reply #24 on:** February 28, 2016, 05:36:54 pm »

Is this part of a stealth strategy.

Given the hazards of making good progress in this country, I've always thought a personalized plate as a disadvantage if it's easy to remember.

My ideal number would be one that looks almost like the one which belongs to the vehicle but doesn't exist in the DVLA database.

TomL · « **Reply #25 on:** February 28, 2016, 05:39:45 pm »

Quote from: tiggerwood on February 28, 2016, 05:36:54 pm

Is this part of a stealth strategy.

Given the hazards of making good progress in this country, I've always thought a personalized plate as a disadvantage if it's easy to remember.

My ideal number would be one that looks almost like the one which belongs to the vehicle but doesn't exist in the DVLA database.

IAM/ Rospa speak!

Phmode · « **Reply #26 on:** February 28, 2016, 05:42:57 pm »

Quote from: tiggerwood on February 28, 2016, 05:36:54 pm

My ideal number would be one that looks almost like the one which belongs to the vehicle but doesn't exist in the DVLA database.

....and that would be so illegal even the ANPR operator would notice before the alarm went off....

tiggerwood · « **Reply #27 on:** February 28, 2016, 05:44:05 pm »

Can't a man dream?