Manky Monkey Motors

General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Manky Monkey on December 10, 2018, 08:38:54 PM



Title: Christmas viewing sorted
Post by: Manky Monkey on December 10, 2018, 08:38:54 PM
14 disc box set of The Sweeney
-that should keep me going through Christmas :)


Title: Re: Christmas viewing sorted
Post by: paulywombats on December 10, 2018, 09:52:37 PM
Happy days...1978 in our Ford Granada L in Metalic Brown with me Dad at the wheel.


Title: Re: Christmas viewing sorted
Post by: Manky Monkey on December 10, 2018, 09:55:40 PM
Cool! :)


Title: Re: Christmas viewing sorted
Post by: stinkey on December 11, 2018, 07:52:05 AM
December 1980,while at a TOPs plumbing city and guilds course..listening to the radio,repairing my bright Yellow/black vinyl roof 2.5 Granada ..using copper pipe to replace all the worn out hoses..I was poor..John Lennon got shot dead in New York..


Title: Re: Christmas viewing sorted
Post by: Tony oily bike on December 11, 2018, 09:40:06 AM
Great line from episode one (I think)

"We're the Sweeney son, and we haven't had any dinner"   8)


Title: Re: Christmas viewing sorted
Post by: Tony oily bike on December 11, 2018, 10:27:04 AM
Here’s an interesting widget, if you type in the registration number of the car into the gov website for MoT history, it shows NHK295M to be a Ford Consul.

https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/


The original car apparently has a facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1029158957130521.1073741846.444075692305520&type=3


Title: Re: Christmas viewing sorted
Post by: poprodder on December 11, 2018, 01:20:44 PM
consul gt,

 i had a consul l,  just very early mk1 granadas.  mine had v4 2litre.


Title: Re: Christmas viewing sorted
Post by: Manky Monkey on December 11, 2018, 05:52:47 PM
Get yer traasers on, yer nicked :)