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1984 was my first (legal ;) motorised road experience too Andrew... the last of the FS1-E's and AP 50'S..... :D
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:lol: Dubble trouble :lol: :lol:
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;) DOWNTON 1100
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Bridport station in Dorset...
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Nice picture, when was that taken?
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miniminor wrote:Nice picture, when was that taken?
Just before the line closed in '75 I think.
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nice i like old minis and trains
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O yes those old train stations, I do remember
them very well. In those days my brother
and I travelled a lot by train in the UK in ouwer
vacation.

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:o Oké, why not this way :lol: :lol: :lol:

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^^^ That's just odd...!

Regent Street in Rugby c.1970... Cosmic arches on the Mk1 Mini on the right...?
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WMU 211G wrote:^^^ That's just odd...!

Regent Street in Rugby c.1970... Cosmic arches on the Mk1 Mini on the right...?
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...well spotted ..nice width arches ..other group 2 types always sit well on a mini... Happy new year..rgds Dennis...
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I used to work around the corner from there. Pughs used to make and sell the best ever hot sausage rolls - long before anyone in the Midlands had heard of Greggs. It was a sad day when they closed in the mid 1980's.
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My old and much missed Mk1 S in almost the same spot in 2008...
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WMU 211G wrote:My old and much missed Mk1 S in almost the same spot in 2008...
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...now that's a beaut to....
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WMU 211G wrote:My old and much missed Mk1 S in almost the same spot in 2008...
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Where is it now Nidge? Nice set of recliners in it as I remember!
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Pete wrote:
WMU 211G wrote:My old and much missed Mk1 S in almost the same spot in 2008...
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Where is it now Nidge? Nice set of recliners in it as I remember!
I sold it a nice guy in Leamington in 2010, a big mistake on my part but there you go. Not seen or heard anything of it since, I've often wondered if he stashed it away somewhere or had it restored and cashed in on it. It was getting to the point where I would've had to make a decision to restore it or not, it was original throughout and those factory recliners were fantastic despite the stitching coming adrift in places. I knew I'd made a mistake the minute he drove away from my house in it... :roll:
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WMU 211G wrote:I knew I'd made a mistake the minute he drove away from my house in it... :roll:
Yep been there done that with my Radford. :oops: I was just talking about this with a mate the other day how so many cars we used to see at events havent been seen since the 90s/Noughties and ironically how many restored cars nowadays seem to pop up from nowhere.
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DPV is still taxed and tested.
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woodypup59 wrote:DPV is still taxed and tested.
Thanks, nice to know it's on the road ;)

Another bit of nostalgia, no Minis but what a feast for the eyeballs... Rugby Cattle Market in the '50s...
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WMU 211G wrote:
woodypup59 wrote:DPV is still taxed and tested.
Thanks, nice to know it's on the road ;)

Another bit of nostalgia, no Minis but what a feast for the eyeballs... Rugby Cattle Market in the '50s...
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And farmers reckon they aint got no money
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