my non-Porsche picture of the day
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Very cool photo, Paul! It's the kind of dream find that gets you all excited and then you start to think, 'But what the hell am I going to do with it?' 
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I had a Montecarlo many years ago - a model that many people said didn't exist: a RHD 'solid buttress' model.
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My mum used to have one of these, I thought it was cool!


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My Mum used to have a Dodge. It was never very reliable though...Bootsy wrote:My mum used to have one of these

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I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE SHAPE OF THOSE RENAULTS WAS TERRIFIC....................bad news the tailgates used to rust incredibly quickly and fall right off !
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Vic Cohen wrote:I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE SHAPE OF THOSE RENAULTS WAS TERRIFIC....................bad news the tailgates used to rust incredibly quickly and fall right off !
At the time they did look quite special - she only had it for a year from memory and it was the Turbo
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If that's your mother then I apologise now, unreservedly... I felt so much better afterwards, she knew nothing about itFerry Man wrote:My Mum used to have a Dodge. It was never very reliable though...
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Is that 'Daisey Duke' with the steamer?
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911hillclimber wrote:Is that 'Daisey Duke' with the steamer?
The wonderful Daisy Duke - Catherine Bach. The subject of many a young boys Saturday night fantasy

memories are best left in the 80s !

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My Dad leant me his R17 TS once after I had passed my test - it had fabulous torque-steer!
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" Bootsy the Dream Buster!"
Nothing lasts forever it seems, best part of the Dukes of Hazard by a mile or more.
Nothing lasts forever it seems, best part of the Dukes of Hazard by a mile or more.
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Getting back to the dream




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“Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three
decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good "..
1971 911 2.2T sold
1970 911 2.2S Sold but remains within DDK
1959 Lancia Flaminia PF Coupe
decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good "..
1971 911 2.2T sold
1970 911 2.2S Sold but remains within DDK
1959 Lancia Flaminia PF Coupe



