Can someone talk me through the early type front valances on 'S's.....?Pete wrote:Not watched that Whitmore one before, will do later and it's a shame he never brought a book out about his racing career. There's also an MCR video of Whitmore , Christabel Carlisle, Whizzo and Rhodes on a Q&A panel from the 90's.
Whitmore leads Hopkirk and Carlisle here...
That sounds a bit worrying, not sure I'd have been so polite either!YMJ wrote: some bloke arrived at my front door yesterday evening asking if he could see my racer. He had tracked me down using Google , Facebook and the internet and was offering to confirm the car's provenance
Any clues to who it was???
YMJ wrote:
Incidentally, possibly a warning to us all.......some bloke arrived at my front door yesterday evening asking if he could see my racer. He had tracked me down using Google , Facebook and the internet and was offering to confirm the car's provenance and authenticity purely from just a "nosey" (his words) point of view.
Fortunately the car was at the menders having it's LHS straightened out after my....(ahem) moment at the Classic last month.
However, without even seeing it he was confident that what I own is at best a "Trigger's' Broom" and at worst a total re-shell job and not at all what I thought I had.
After carefully noting the reg number on his car and making a mental note of his hair/eye colour, height, weight, etc....I bade him a polite farewell.....then re-checked the security of YMJ's usual home!
Be careful what you post about yourself and what you own out there!
He lay awake all night and the night after listening out for suspect bangs and noises. petePete wrote:It's probably quite easy to become paranoid about security , but for someone to knock at a complete stranger's door solely to criticise their car doesn't sound particularly "kosher" to me.
Many a word spoken in jest....etc, etc.....rich@minispares.com wrote:petePete wrote:It's probably quite easy to become paranoid about security , but for someone to knock at a complete stranger's door solely to criticise their car doesn't sound particularly "kosher" to me.
you clearly haven't heard of the new MCR initiative then
a group of middle aged men prowl the county wearing brocade berets, hunting down owners of Coopers and 's's - once they have found a car, they will interrogate the owner and inspect the car....
as long as your 'papers' are in order they will let you go,
its part of the new world order, comrade
Don't get me wrong, Pete.....my sources all agreed that he's an arsehole......but harmless all the same.Pete wrote:It's probably quite easy to become paranoid about security , but for someone to knock at a complete stranger's door solely to criticise their car doesn't sound particularly "kosher" to me.
