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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 6:26 pm
by BILLY BEAN
In 1969, in my first year at college, I needed transport and purchased a Ford Pop ( sit up and beg) for £10.00. It was very slow and the brakes were, well they slowed the car down. It overheated on journeys greater than 50 miles or so. However, it lasted around 8 months before it ground to a halt. I sold it for £8.50 to another student who was building a Ford special of some kind.
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 8:01 pm
by 911hillclimber
That is close to my heart.
Year before the Y Type I too bought an E93A pop non runner for £5.
My mate towed it back with me in it for miles through Birmingham on the No 11 bus route.
Brakes?
Nope not really. When home I dreamt of my hot rod plans, my mother and sister thought me mad and had it towed to a scrap yard while I was at work.
Never quite got over that.
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 8:57 pm
by rhd racer
Ouch - that’s horrid Graham!
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 9:29 pm
by 911hillclimber
It was.
It was a really mint car, no rust and no engine or box. £5…
You could do anything in the 70’s
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 9:29 am
by Lightweight_911
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:11 am
by jwhillracer
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:33 am
by Lightweight_911
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No, not an Allard ...
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:06 pm
by KS
It's a Gatso 1500!
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:50 pm
by Lightweight_911
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Slight correction Keith - it's actually the Gatso 1500 Sport - only one of the model was built by Maurice Gatsonides (based on Fiat 1500 underpinnings) in 1949 ...
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 5:08 pm
by Bootsy
London, West End today
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 5:44 pm
by Lightweight_911
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Some years ago I remember going into Stefano Ricci's to enquire about the price of a jacket that I'd seen in the window - it turned out to be £3500 ...
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 7:00 pm
by jb
A pretty little red car
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 8:12 pm
by 911hillclimber
20 years ago a business freeing had one, inherited from within his family.
He loved and hated it in equal measure, but saw the funny side of the meaning of FIAT…
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 8:55 pm
by Nine One One
911hillclimber wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 8:12 pm
20 years ago a business freeing had one, inherited from within his family.
He loved and hated it in equal measure, but saw the funny side of the meaning of FIAT…
Which one............Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino or Fix It Again Tomorrow?
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:12 pm
by matteo68
