Vampyrebat
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It's on BBC2 Saturday at 9:00pm.....A Life In 10 Pictures.........I love a classic Mini, one of the cars I have never owned but should have. I was in the Beetle camp!What channel was it on?
It's on BBC2 Saturday at 9:00pm.....A Life In 10 Pictures.........I love a classic Mini, one of the cars I have never owned but should have. I was in the Beetle camp!What channel was it on?
I have lost count as to how many Minis i have had and a few Beetles too never owned an Imp though.It's on BBC2 Saturday at 9:00pm.....A Life In 10 Pictures.........I love a classic Mini, one of the cars I have never owned but should have. I was in the Beetle camp!
It's on BBC2 Saturday at 9:00pm.....A Life In 10 Pictures.........I love a classic Mini, one of the cars I have never owned but should have. I was in the Beetle camp!
I can count the number of cars I've owned on less than two hands! Only ever sold one on!I have lost count as to how many Minis i have had and a few Beetles too never owned an Imp though.
I can count the number of cars I've owned on less than two hands! Only ever sold one on!
Eb
Mini back from storage not seen it for 18 months. View attachment 85394
Love that, very nice - dare say you're fed up with people asking this but is it a genuine S...? (I get it a lot with my Mk2 S)
Quick, somebody post a pic of something Italian....!
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I can count the number of cars I've owned on less than two hands! Only ever sold one on!
Eb
Wow - I tried to count back and, on average over the last 30 years, I change a car twice a year.......
Looks like a nice example...........I had 4. My first car was a 67 with towel rail bumpers given to me by a friend of my fathers (wish I kept it)! and the last was a bit of a rolling resto, a totally original 56 which again I wish I had kept. And the only one I have a photo of...Thanks, I’ll watch it on iplayer. I had a Beetle too. Brilliant bits of engineering. When you work on one you realise how badly thought out some other cars are.
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and also 1967: Scott McKenzie’s “if you’re going to San Francisco (be sure to wear some flowers in your hair) “
Excellent.Should be interesting Alfa with Ferrari 360 power.
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I remember fitting Triumph Stag engines in those things back in the 70's!
Dave you really are going to have to write all your memoirs down mate hopefully one day have a proper yarn with youI remember fitting Triumph Stag engines in those things back in the 70's!
Dave
I have lost count as to how many Minis i have had and a few Beetles too never owned an Imp though.
For the time was a very advanced engine Coventry Climax sounds like an Adult magazine but all aluminum and very light weight ohc.Never been a beetle fan but most friends had mini when younger, however one had a modified Imp and it was superb. The engine was 998cc and lots of trick parts and it revved its little heart out and made a fantastic sound. He eventually put the engine in a kit car, I think Ginetta, which then had the looks to match the go. Remember him racing a Renault engined Europa and truly whooping its ****