my non-Porsche picture of the day
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
A guy I know through watches posted this pic on Facebook today and said....
'70s flashback... my brothers and I drove some pretty cool cars back then. If you were into Alfa Romeo, you needed to be a mechanic to keep it going or have a lot of money to pay a good mechanic to keep it running. I am on the left and Kent is on the right. We both worked on our own cars back then.'
'70s flashback... my brothers and I drove some pretty cool cars back then. If you were into Alfa Romeo, you needed to be a mechanic to keep it going or have a lot of money to pay a good mechanic to keep it running. I am on the left and Kent is on the right. We both worked on our own cars back then.'
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Looks like it's based on an early 1960's ATS.BILLY BEAN wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 8:19 pm Never seen one of these before. A Wells. Looked very much like a rebodied Elise.
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I may have said this before but for anybody of a certain age from Sutton Coldfield, that car will always remind us of an independent clothes shop called Street Fighter which sold Fila, Tacchini, Kappa, Ellesse, Lacoste, etc. fashion wear during the Miami Vice era. Outside the owner kept his black Corvette with flames down the side. As school kids we'd tie our school ties the wrong way round so they were super skinny. Puma G Vilas were the trainers to have.
The Corvette just seemed so ridiculous to me at the time with its massive 6 litre engine, enormous back tyres and 3 speed automatic, but to us schoolkids it was a thing of folklore.
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The Corvette just seemed so ridiculous to me at the time with its massive 6 litre engine, enormous back tyres and 3 speed automatic, but to us schoolkids it was a thing of folklore.
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Rob did you also know the band the au pairs. Also fr Birmingham in the 80s
https://youtu.be/0_kcElE9Biw
I only came across their music recently. This song is brilliant
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I only came across their music recently. This song is brilliant
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Afraid not. I'd have been 11 then, listening to mainstream pop music Yazoo, Communards, Thompson Twins etc.
Twenty years later I promoted a lot of live music in Birmingham but never came across them. I assume they would have packed in by then.
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Twenty years later I promoted a lot of live music in Birmingham but never came across them. I assume they would have packed in by then.
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1970 911T, Signal orange (Restoration thread)
1988 3.2 Carrera backdate, Black
2001 996 Turbo, Lapis blue (am I allowed to put that here?)
I'm looking for a pre-impact bumper 911S or other high-revving 911 to restore - please let me know if you see one.
1988 3.2 Carrera backdate, Black
2001 996 Turbo, Lapis blue (am I allowed to put that here?)
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1986/87RobFrost wrote:I may have said this before but for anybody of a certain age from Sutton Coldfield, that car will always remind us of an independent clothes shop called Street Fighter which sold Fila, Tacchini, Kappa, Ellesse, Lacoste, etc. fashion wear during the Miami Vice era. Outside the owner kept his black Corvette with flames down the side. As school kids we'd tie our school ties the wrong way round so they were super skinny. Puma G Vilas were the trainers to have.
The Corvette just seemed so ridiculous to me at the time with its massive 6 litre engine, enormous back tyres and 3 speed automatic, but to us schoolkids it was a thing of folklore.
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A young Mr Lubbock in his Football Casual or ‘Dressers’ as we preferred to be known - on tour in France - a rare Fila track top, no doubt a Lacoste Polo underneath, bleached jeans and Diadora Gold trainers.
My collection of 80s casual clothing was unrivalled! Worth fortunes now if I’d have kept it / not that any of it would fit!
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That R4 is gorgeous! Thanks Andy!
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My pal test drove that R4 the other day: https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1445009
Apparently it runs really rough and the motor actually takes away from the sweetness of the R4 experience. He was gutted. He really wanted it before the drive.
Apparently it runs really rough and the motor actually takes away from the sweetness of the R4 experience. He was gutted. He really wanted it before the drive.
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Local police from back in the day
James
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With a “run flat” front tyre?
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1970 914/6 2.4E/Webers
1970 VW Beetle project
1972 911 Hillclimber (now 3.5 litre on Management ) Part of the family for 39 years!
2006 Hymer Merc Starline 630
2000 T4 Van LPG
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