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#166 Post by MIG Wielder »

.........was another Dolomite ! An 1850 I think , in a nice Carmine / Damson colour. Maybe a Sprint with the vinyl roof. Reg VAR?????? in Bracknell. If you are visiting for Christmas then Welcome to Sunny (?) Berkshire .
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#167 Post by Oli_88 »

What wheels did it have? Sounds like it might be Brian...
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#168 Post by Dolly Doug »

I spotted this today, at the Winchester park and ride. I was there for the classic bus running day. :D Didn't see its owner, and I don't know whether it is somebody from on here or not? :)

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#169 Post by sprint95m »

As unlikely as it may first appear, I have seen that 1300 too.

It was at John O'Groats during the most recent Club Triumph Round Britain Reliability Run.
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#170 Post by DoloWIGHTY2 »

Sprint alloys on a 1300!?! Now there is a first for me.
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#171 Post by Nick C »

That belongs to Justyn's friend Yogi. Not a member of this forum AFAIK.
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#172 Post by Aar0sc »

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This was at Brooklands :)
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#173 Post by Jon Tilson »

What is next to the porsche?

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#174 Post by Aar0sc »

Jon Tilson wrote:What is next to the porsche?

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A Triumph Toledo. :lol:
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#175 Post by Magenta Auto Sprint »

The black car next to the Porky is a 1959 ish Rollys Royce or Bentley Continental, a very nice car based on the Silver Cloud and worth a few bob now, some go for about the 100k mark now.
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#176 Post by MIG Wielder »

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Wednesdays top spot was a spotless classic Merc 280 SE from 1969 which turned up in the works car park. It must have been a visitor as nobody confessed to owning it ! I suppose seeing as how it was the 4th Jan it must also have been the Top Spot of 2012.
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#177 Post by tinweevil »

Parked outside the St John hall Horley on Wednesday evening when I emerged light an arm full.
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#178 Post by Jon Tilson »

It really is a wonder to me that BMC didnt survive when they were clearly capable of making customers pay a substantial
premiun for badge engineered abortions like the elf and hornet, seeing how popular they were at the time. At least the ADO16
equivalents didn't look quite so ridiculous.
Still a good spot...and I do have a soft spot for all BMC's efforts of the 50's and 60's....especially Palmers Z's and Farinas.
I think I'd still give a nice duo tone 4/72 riley or 6/110 woosel a home.

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#179 Post by DoloWIGHTY2 »

Spotted this A35 the other morning:

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#180 Post by Magenta Auto Sprint »

the A35, what a vehicle. My English teacher had one when i was at school in 1970, she managed to break the crankshaft somehow, her husband took it out and she brought it into school to ask the metal work teacher if he could do anything with it, bless her, she did try.
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