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« Reply #780 on: December 17, 2009, 11:25:17 PM » |
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John took some photos of the car minus it's roof & has promised to email them to us, so we'll show you our Charger Cabriolet when we get them.
On the opposite side of the workshop is another Charger, belonging to a chap called Mark. This is what we aspired to when our car first arrived at the shop, though we never really thought it'd get that far.
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« Reply #781 on: December 17, 2009, 11:31:09 PM » |
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« Reply #782 on: December 17, 2009, 11:32:34 PM » |
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This week's "What's in the yard" photos have moved indoors cos it's bloomin' cold out there.
A Lotus in front of the paint booth.
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« Reply #783 on: December 17, 2009, 11:36:32 PM » |
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Daimler -did they have rear discs as standard? -& my favourite of the day, a luvverly old Landie, in for a new paint job.
Personally, I think it's perfect as it is.
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« Reply #784 on: December 17, 2009, 11:38:39 PM » |
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It's so-o-o cool! Like a big Tonka Toy.
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« Reply #785 on: December 17, 2009, 11:43:24 PM » |
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Opening the door & peeking out into the yard, a very nice '64 275 GTS Ferrari.
One identical to this was recently driven by Jeremy Clarkson on "Top Gear". Can't be many of these about so probably the same one as Top Gear's filmed just down the road at Duxford aerodrome.
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« Reply #786 on: December 17, 2009, 11:47:18 PM » |
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Would you be brave enough to take a sheet of sandpaper to a Ferrari?
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« Reply #787 on: December 17, 2009, 11:48:43 PM » |
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Belongs to a certain Mr Sainsbury.
Yes, that Mr Sainsbury.
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« Reply #788 on: December 18, 2009, 12:45:29 AM » |
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that charger coming on in leaps and bounds  i know there's loads to do but from where it was, sure looks the part now  |
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« Reply #789 on: December 18, 2009, 05:49:37 AM » |
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Yup it sure does. At least it's now starting to look like a car rather than a pile of scrap
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« Reply #790 on: December 18, 2009, 07:54:06 PM » |
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Looks pretty exciting to me - remember the days when you said you'd love to own a charger but it was never going to happen?
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You don't stop havin fun because you get old - you get old if you stop havin fun!
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« Reply #791 on: December 18, 2009, 10:17:25 PM » |
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Daimler -did they have rear discs as standard?
Yes Andy having owned the 2.4 and 3.8 i can say yes they were way ahead of the time for disc brakes all round. |
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« Reply #792 on: December 19, 2009, 10:17:21 AM » |
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I used to earn some extra cash by working a couple of hours a week as a workshop monkey & tea boy for a local guy who restored Jags. I got to drive a couple of mark 2s & very nearly wrote off the front of an XK120 when I couldn't find the brake pedal in time when being towed across the yard in it. Always fancied a mark 2.
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« Reply #793 on: December 19, 2009, 12:22:13 PM » |
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"Remember the days when you said you'd love to own a Charger but it was never going to happen?"
Seems a long time ago now Bobbi. We were very naive when we bought the car & against everyone's advice, thought we could throw it back together quite cheaply. It's rapidly emptying our bank account & has reached the point where selling it would just about recoup what it's cost us. We know it's shaping up alright though cos John the workshop owner's gone from jokingly offering us 50 quid for the scrap metal to offering us the 6 grand we paid for it!
There's around a hundred Chargers in the country, (we followed a white one through Guildford the other evening!), & John's known nearly all of them at one time or another. They're all over 40 years old. He says Taz's may well be the most solid in the country. Not suprising as it's virtually a brand new car now!
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« Reply #794 on: December 19, 2009, 07:58:17 PM » |
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Here's some photos of a '69 Charger, taken from the Mopar Muscle Association website.
Just how I intend to drive mine!
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