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Post by fatherjackhackett on Mar 23, 2020 17:27:32 GMT
Favourite food - chicken How old are you - 52 How many tattoos - 1 Ever hit a deer - No, no deer, no female deer Ridden in an ambulance - never Ice skated - Twice. The things you do as a date night when you’re 17 Ridden a motorcycle - Yes, if Vespas count Stayed in hospital - once Last phone call- Mum Broken bones - never Favourite colour - blue Sunrise or Sunset - sunset Ocean or Mountain - Ocean Favourite Movie - Quadrophenia Mums name - Pam Favourite singer - Weller First car - A Vauxhall Viva
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Post by toteend3 on Mar 23, 2020 17:30:05 GMT
Somebody play!!!! Let’s read something other than virus and toilet paper posts!😊😊 * Favourite food - pasta * How old are you - maturing * How many tattoos - 0 * Ever hit a deer - no * Ridden in an ambulance -yes * Ice skated - badly * Ridden a motorcycle - very badly * Stayed in hospital - yes * Last phone call- sister * Favourite Drink - red wine * Broken bones - several * Favourite colour - blue * Sunrise or Sunset - sunrise * Ocean or Mountain - mountain * Favourite Movie - Apocolypse now * Mums name - Eunice * Favourite singer - satchmo * First car - triumph herald see if this works, copy and paste, then delete the previous answers and fill in your own My first car was a Ford Popular, which at the time seemed like the ugliest car ever, bellowing out black smoke it went to the' scrapper in the sky'. My second car was 'as it appens' was a Triumph Herald metallic blue soft top. I swapped over the front with a sporty looking Vitesse front, then ruined it by hand painting it bright orange. I was fortunate enough to off load it to Stevie Wonder.! The third was my 'piece de resistance' a white Triumph Spitfire, bit of a 'babe magnet' still got a pic of me sitting on the boot with a handmade blue and white scarf on! Happy Days!
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Post by lostinspace on Mar 23, 2020 18:16:38 GMT
Somebody play!!!! Let’s read something other than virus and toilet paper posts!😊😊 * Favourite food - pasta * How old are you - maturing * How many tattoos - 0 * Ever hit a deer - no * Ridden in an ambulance -yes * Ice skated - badly * Ridden a motorcycle - very badly * Stayed in hospital - yes * Last phone call- sister * Favourite Drink - red wine * Broken bones - several * Favourite colour - blue * Sunrise or Sunset - sunrise * Ocean or Mountain - mountain * Favourite Movie - Apocolypse now * Mums name - Eunice * Favourite singer - satchmo * First car - triumph herald see if this works, copy and paste, then delete the previous answers and fill in your own My first car was a Ford Popular, which at the time seemed like the ugliest car ever, bellowing out black smoke it went to the' scrapper in the sky'. My second car was 'as it appens' was a Triumph Herald metallic blue soft top. I swapped over the front with a sporty looking Vitesse front, then ruined it by hand painting it bright orange. I was fortunate enough to off load it to Stevie Wonder.! The third was my 'piece de resistance' a white Triumph Spitfire, bit of a 'babe magnet' still got a pic of me sitting on the boot with a handmade blue and white scarf on! Happy Days! Mine was green and white, 292 MTX! with the walnut dashboard, and that magic "clunk" as you slipped into first gear, i scrapped the side of it where the bonnet clips were, made one slightly insecure , was coming back from Eastville after a game and the road at the top end of ST Pauls had been prepared for new tarmac and was like a ploughed field and the bonnet flipped forward as a result of the vibrations, couldn't see a bloody thing!!
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Post by TaiwanGas on Mar 23, 2020 18:53:47 GMT
Somebody play!!!! Let’s read something other than virus and toilet paper posts!😊😊 * Favourite food - pasta * How old are you - maturing * How many tattoos - 0 * Ever hit a deer - no * Ridden in an ambulance -yes * Ice skated - badly * Ridden a motorcycle - very badly * Stayed in hospital - yes * Last phone call- sister * Favourite Drink - red wine * Broken bones - several * Favourite colour - blue * Sunrise or Sunset - sunrise * Ocean or Mountain - mountain * Favourite Movie - Apocolypse now * Mums name - Eunice * Favourite singer - satchmo * First car - triumph herald see if this works, copy and paste, then delete the previous answers and fill in your own My first car was a Ford Popular, which at the time seemed like the ugliest car ever, bellowing out black smoke it went to the' scrapper in the sky'. My second car was 'as it appens' was a Triumph Herald metallic blue soft top. I swapped over the front with a sporty looking Vitesse front, then ruined it by hand painting it bright orange. I was fortunate enough to off load it to Stevie Wonder.! The third was my 'piece de resistance' a white Triumph Spitfire, bit of a 'babe magnet' still got a pic of me sitting on the boot with a handmade blue and white scarf on! Happy Days! If you took the Ford Pop to a scrapper in Chock Lane, Westbury-On-Trym, my old man cut it up, I remember row upon row of pop's waiting for the cut & crunch.
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Post by Bamber Gashead on Mar 24, 2020 23:47:16 GMT
Favourite food - Cake (otherwise Italian) How old are you - 52 How many tattoos - 0 Ever hit a deer - No Ridden in an ambulance - Yes Ice skated - No Ridden a motorcycle - No Stayed in hospital - Yes Last phone call- Mum Broken bones - No Favourite colour - Turquoise Sunrise or Sunset - Sunrise (by The Enormous Radio) Ocean or Mountain - Mountain Favourite Movie - Life Of Brian Mums name - Mum Favourite singer - Jon Anderson (Yes) First car - Don't drive
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Post by Teigngas on Mar 25, 2020 7:12:07 GMT
Reading some of your replies on here has made me realise I`m not so old after all * Favourite food - Steak & Ale pie as long as it is a good one * How old are you - 56 * How many tattoos - 0 * Ever hit a deer - Yes, made a right mess of the front of my Ford Transit and ruined work for the day. * Ridden in an ambulance -No * Ice skated - A couple of times, usually on my arse. * Ridden a motorcycle - Yes when I was younger. * Stayed in hospital - Yes * Last phone call- Mum * Favourite Drink - Doom Bar * Broken bones - Surprisingly No. * Favourite colour - Blue & White Quarters * Sunrise or Sunset - Sunrise * Ocean or Mountain - Ocean * Favourite Movie - Blues Brothers * Mums name - Gillian * Favourite singer - Suggs * First car - Austin 1100
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Post by mangogas15 on Mar 25, 2020 7:51:54 GMT
* Favourite food - Steak, well done, or Bottegino's Pizza * How old are you - 49, I appear to be the youngest honest gashead on here * How many tattoos - 0 * Ever hit a deer - no * Ridden in an ambulance -no * Ice skated - badly * Ridden a motorcycle - no * Stayed in hospital - yes, had to think. Measles when i was a kid * Last phone call- My boss coz I'm working from home... * Favourite Drink - Stella * Broken bones - none * Favourite colour - red (LFC) fan as a kid, born Cardiff, moved to Bristol 1987, first gas game 1995. * Sunrise or Sunset - sunset * Ocean or Mountain - mountain * Favourite Movie - Jaws * Mums name - Jacqueline * Favourite singer - Bowie * First car - BL Mini V reg 1979 850cc, that was Blue... Great idea, thanks. Cheered me up a bit
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Post by eppinggas on Mar 25, 2020 9:24:29 GMT
Data analysis: Average age 55.1 (I have a feeling that those choosing not to share will push that number considerably higher). Minimal tattoos. Mostly like sunsets and oceans. Gasheads first car was generally crap. This concludes the data analysis. Stay Safe and UTG.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2020 9:25:55 GMT
Favourite food - Hybrid..with spice How old are you - 68 How many tattoos - None Ever hit a deer - No Ridden in an ambulance - Once Ice skated - Never Ridden a motorcycle - Yes, Triumph 250 Stayed in hospital - once Last phone call- Sons Broken bones - never Favourite colour - blue Sunrise or Sunset - sunrise Ocean or Mountain - Ocean Favourite Movie - Raging Bull (De Niro) Mums name - Margaret Favourite singer - Van Morrison First car - Ford Capri, 2.0s. Lime Green, Go Fast Stripes and Black Vinyl Roof.
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Post by toteend3 on Mar 25, 2020 11:00:37 GMT
Favourite food - Hybrid..with spice How old are you - 68 How many tattoos - None Ever hit a deer - No Ridden in an ambulance - Once Ice skated - Never Ridden a motorcycle - Yes, Triumph 250 Stayed in hospital - once Last phone call- Sons Broken bones - never Favourite colour - blue Sunrise or Sunset - sunrise Ocean or Mountain - Ocean Favourite Movie - Raging Bull (De Niro) Mums name - Margaret Favourite singer - Van Morrison First car - Ford Capri, 2.0s. Lime Green, Go Fast Stripes and Black Vinyl Roof. Back in the day when I was into sales - I was promised a white Ford Capri if I hit certain sales targets - Which I achieved the management however tucked me up and never did get that Capri. What fun in that 'beast' of a car I would have had - things in life could have turned out so different -UTG
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2020 11:07:26 GMT
Favourite food - Hybrid..with spice How old are you - 68 How many tattoos - None Ever hit a deer - No Ridden in an ambulance - Once Ice skated - Never Ridden a motorcycle - Yes, Triumph 250 Stayed in hospital - once Last phone call- Sons Broken bones - never Favourite colour - blue Sunrise or Sunset - sunrise Ocean or Mountain - Ocean Favourite Movie - Raging Bull (De Niro) Mums name - Margaret Favourite singer - Van Morrison First car - Ford Capri, 2.0s. Lime Green, Go Fast Stripes and Black Vinyl Roof. Back in the day when I was into sales - I was promised a white Ford Capri if I hit certain sales targets - Which I achieved the management however tucked me up and never did get that Capri. What fun in that 'beast' of a car I would have had - things in life could have turned out so different -UTG It was a laugh. I bought it after returning from working in Iran in 1977. Those were grey days in Britain and the lime green stood out. To piss people off even more I wore driving gloves...
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Post by kingswood Polak on Mar 25, 2020 11:30:53 GMT
Favourite food - Hybrid..with spice How old are you - 68 How many tattoos - None Ever hit a deer - No Ridden in an ambulance - Once Ice skated - Never Ridden a motorcycle - Yes, Triumph 250 Stayed in hospital - once Last phone call- Sons Broken bones - never Favourite colour - blue Sunrise or Sunset - sunrise Ocean or Mountain - Ocean Favourite Movie - Raging Bull (De Niro) Mums name - Margaret Favourite singer - Van Morrison First car - Ford Capri, 2.0s. Lime Green, Go Fast Stripes and Black Vinyl Roof. Back in the day when I was into sales - I was promised a white Ford Capri if I hit certain sales targets - Which I achieved the management however tucked me up and never did get that Capri. What fun in that 'beast' of a car I would have had - things in life could have turned out so different -UTG That is typical of any sales job. They keep moving the goalposts. I reached the lofty position of sales director and MD designate but I packed the whole lot in, after 18 years of it. Too much scrutiny now with trackers in cars and a55 lickers trying to undermine, at every juncture. Back in the 80’s you could do a deal in the morning that fulfilled your whole months target and be in the gym for a couple of hours as it was all about figures. Now, they want to know where you are all of the time and have a new level of management, who just check on where you are It’s an awful job now and one I’d want no part of. My view is that as long as you hit targets and surpass them then let them carry on. My teams were always top in the figures. I knew all the tricks but never pulled anyone up, so long as they were performing well. As a young rep in the plastics industry, I was promised 1.5% of every months figures , so long as they were hit. I got a deal worth 3 million and the company took that deal as a “ house account” and I never got a penny from it. Had I known then, what I know now, I’d have gone legal. Sales, or field sales, has become an awful job now
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2020 11:59:11 GMT
Back in the day when I was into sales - I was promised a white Ford Capri if I hit certain sales targets - Which I achieved the management however tucked me up and never did get that Capri. What fun in that 'beast' of a car I would have had - things in life could have turned out so different -UTG It was a laugh. I bought it after returning from working in Iran in 1977. Those were grey days in Britain and the lime green stood out. To piss people off even more I wore driving gloves... Ah, so that was you I overtook in my black 3.0 V6 Capri.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2020 12:23:53 GMT
It was a laugh. I bought it after returning from working in Iran in 1977. Those were grey days in Britain and the lime green stood out. To piss people off even more I wore driving gloves... Ah, so that was you I overtook in my black 3.0 V6 Capri. Not a chance. By the time you reached driving age Capris' were passe. I think I was in the States by that time. Could you see over the steering wheel?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2020 12:54:39 GMT
Ah, so that was you I overtook in my black 3.0 V6 Capri. Not a chance. By the time you reached driving age Capris' were passe. I think I was in the States by that time. Could you see over the steering wheel? In all seriousness, was working in Clarke Bros on Muller Rd in 1978, servicing those things. The V4 2.0 was a good old engine, not bullet proof, the timing gears failed, cranks would also fail, and there was a crazy oil seal set up on the rear of the engine which leaked oil into the clutch area, but this is what engines were like in the 1970s, then they went over to the straight 4 OHC, that was a bit of a disaster, without getting too technical, the oil feed that lubricated the top of the engine failed, constantly, and Ford set it up so that you had to remove the cylinder head to repair the damage it caused. Did that job so many times, eventually I could get the head off of one of those in about 40 minutes. These days an engine with 100,000 miles is nothing, back then, 60,000 miles and you were starting to get nervous, waiting for the thing to fail. Youngsters today don't even know what a de-coke is
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Post by kingswood Polak on Mar 25, 2020 12:57:35 GMT
Not to worry guys, escorts are still “working” 😂😉
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Post by kingswood Polak on Mar 25, 2020 13:01:34 GMT
Ah, so that was you I overtook in my black 3.0 V6 Capri. Not a chance. By the time you reached driving age Capris' were passe. I think I was in the States by that time. Could you see over the steering wheel? Try buying one now. They go for anywhere from 15k up for fair examples or you can buy a project car for 4-5K. I wish I had my mark I cortina GT. They fetch thousands too. The lotus cortina is very big money and they don’t even stay advertised longer than a day. I found the Capri awful to handle. They would spin out very easily so my brothers used to stick a bag of cement in the boot to help, same with the E type jags they had
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Post by kingswood Polak on Mar 25, 2020 13:07:36 GMT
Not a chance. By the time you reached driving age Capris' were passe. I think I was in the States by that time. Could you see over the steering wheel? In all seriousness, was working in Clarke Bros on Muller Rd in 1978, servicing those things. The V4 2.0 was a good old engine, not bullet proof, the timing gears failed, cranks would also fail, and there was a crazy oil seal set up on the rear of the engine which leaked oil into the clutch area, but this is what engines were like in the 1970s, then they went over to the straight 4 OHC, that was a bit of a disaster, without getting too technical, the oil feed that lubricated the top of the engine failed, constantly, and Ford set it up so that you had to remove the cylinder head to repair the damage it caused. Did that job so many times, eventually I could get the head off of one of those in about 40 minutes. These days an engine with 100,000 miles is nothing, back then, 60,000 miles and you were starting to get nervous, waiting for the thing to fail. Youngsters today don't even know what a de-coke is If I remember well the V4’s were prone to pop a rod quite often. That’s what my brothers used to tell me anyway ? I do remember them buying a certain model of ford Corsair as they said they had Porsche made gearboxes. They would swap the gearbox out and replace with either Cortina or other than fit and I do remember them selling them for a good profit. Don’t know if it was true, maybe you can shed some light on that ? i remember dad buying a Granada that had the Taurus v 6 engine and they had problems with oil feed to one side of the cylinders and the fibre gear would breakdown too. He had 3 rebuild engines on the one car and because he loved it so much
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2020 13:31:16 GMT
Not a chance. By the time you reached driving age Capris' were passe. I think I was in the States by that time. Could you see over the steering wheel? Try buying one now. They go for anywhere from 15k up for fair examples or you can buy a project car for 4-5K. I wish I had my mark I cortina GT. They fetch thousands too. The lotus cortina is very big money and they don’t even stay advertised longer than a day. I found the Capri awful to handle. They would spin out very easily so my brothers used to stick a bag of cement in the boot to help, same with the E type jags they had Check what E-Types are selling for. Utterly bonkers for front heavy, unreliable rubbish cars, but they do look pretty funky.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2020 13:33:36 GMT
In all seriousness, was working in Clarke Bros on Muller Rd in 1978, servicing those things. The V4 2.0 was a good old engine, not bullet proof, the timing gears failed, cranks would also fail, and there was a crazy oil seal set up on the rear of the engine which leaked oil into the clutch area, but this is what engines were like in the 1970s, then they went over to the straight 4 OHC, that was a bit of a disaster, without getting too technical, the oil feed that lubricated the top of the engine failed, constantly, and Ford set it up so that you had to remove the cylinder head to repair the damage it caused. Did that job so many times, eventually I could get the head off of one of those in about 40 minutes. These days an engine with 100,000 miles is nothing, back then, 60,000 miles and you were starting to get nervous, waiting for the thing to fail. Youngsters today don't even know what a de-coke is If I remember well the V4’s were prone to pop a rod quite often. That’s what my brothers used to tell me anyway ? I do remember them buying a certain model of ford Corsair as they said they had Porsche made gearboxes. They would swap the gearbox out and replace with either Cortina or other than fit and I do remember them selling them for a good profit. Don’t know if it was true, maybe you can shed some light on that ? i remember dad buying a Granada that had the Taurus v 6 engine and they had problems with oil feed to one side of the cylinders and the fibre gear would breakdown too. He had 3 rebuild engines on the one car and because he loved it so much Don't know anything about gearbox swaps. Worked at main agent, doing PDI and servicing on those things, then went in to engine reconditioning, so know all about worn and failed fibre gears, but nothing about gearboxes.
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