Friday, April 24, 2015

Anyone fancy Top Trumps?

Your Best or Worst motor
£400 bought off Dad.. He'd tow me round Chinnor with his Saab to get it to start.. so new engine and off to France camping 1989
never got it going rust bucket towed away
£250 eBay Gem and Clive took me down to Bournemouth to collect in case we ever did Mongolia again.
Collected Biggles in it in 2 foot of snow 2009
Goldie this Strada was named. Barbara took it to Berwick for the summer 86 while I was in Hong Kong
Traded in for the Fiorino Van.
After 2 Maxi's gave the foreigners a go seeing as we liked Chuggy. Caught fire then rusted away.
Now desirable and rare 3p Berlinetta.. still in LA I think
Barbara's 2nd Chuggy. I drove up to Berwick in it!

Transit from Perry's in Alton.
Sold for cash to fund new septic tank

Paid £125 in Aylesbury after got married and joined the RCT. Sills were cardboard- sold to Phil Jowett after it was welded 
First auto.. cams seized on way to gig in Hendon so I loosened them off and we did the gig 
bought in Aldershot-rebuilt wing with brass drum shell-gear link fell out on A1
bought off brother who'd put new rings in.. air cooled 1200 quick until it dumped it's oil on the new M3
Got it from Gem's pal at HMV (carb version not fuel injection)
Barbara's gig/baby wagon. Engine wasn't bolted in though but we got married in it after Trevor fixed it.
'Toby' towed it up the A40 back from E17 and gave him a Gold Seal 1000cc engine from Passey's in Dad's drive.
Took it camping and to V99 loved it. Kipped in it at college. Scrapped as every panel had a ding.
Saw it in a layby in Deddington. It ended up with a red bonnet after a shunt on way to Mandy's
Bella is in Mongolia Ulaan Bataar
Converted to LPG sold it on the bay to an oil rigger in Blackpool 
Used that red stain polish on this a lot 1998
bought new.. gave us £800 for the Visa. The wind up North blew the passenger door nearly off
bought off Val with side windows.. towed it home from a gig in Bordon with Chuggy after running out of petrol
bought off geezer at Unipart.. £150 1997
BIG car 222SPP sold to get married £50 no MOT
first motor spun it at Crowell then hit a car in Wheatley 1972
Gisit from Ticky -parked on lawn and it fell into a hole full of rusty tins
spun it and hit an 8 wheeler near Alton
Chuggy- bought in the dark one wet night-handy for runs down to Bognor with the roof open
Ginger's kennel
got this off Mac -MOT guy said 'you don't let your missus drive about in this?'
£500 ebay then new hubs brakes wheel bearings shocks exhaust
saw this at Robin Lackfords practically a barn find needed new valves
Trophy 160 going up to 200bhp


Anyone fancy Top Trumps?

Your Best or Worst motor £400 bought off Dad.. He'd tow me round Chinnor with his Saab to get it to start.. so new engine and off to ...