You missed it, Tony….
Let's play Name That Car
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abscate
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Re: Let's play Name That Car
Empty Nester
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1999-V70-T5M56 2005-V70-M56 1999-S70 VW T4 XC90-in-Red
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A Captain in a Sea of Estrogen
1999-V70-T5M56 2005-V70-M56 1999-S70 VW T4 XC90-in-Red
Link to Maintenance record thread
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At the Turin airport, hidden under a shroud of secrecy…visiting these guys
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Empty Nester
A Captain in a Sea of Estrogen
1999-V70-T5M56 2005-V70-M56 1999-S70 VW T4 XC90-in-Red
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A Captain in a Sea of Estrogen
1999-V70-T5M56 2005-V70-M56 1999-S70 VW T4 XC90-in-Red
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Revisiting the Fairthorpe, it was just too weird a story to pass up for the thread.
From Wiki:
"Fairthorpe Ltd was founded by Air Vice Marshal Donald Bennett..." in '54, with motorcycle engines and sort of sold as complete cars, but kits too. A follow-on model had a Coventry Climax engine for a short while.
Then in '67 his son Torix - I did not make that up - joined the company, and designed the series of TX cars. One source says ca.50 built of the early cars.
Then they built this:
https://www.below-the-radar.com/fairthorpe-tx-tripper/
http://www.classic-kitcars.com/articles.php?aid=4
From Wiki:
"Fairthorpe Ltd was founded by Air Vice Marshal Donald Bennett..." in '54, with motorcycle engines and sort of sold as complete cars, but kits too. A follow-on model had a Coventry Climax engine for a short while.
Then in '67 his son Torix - I did not make that up - joined the company, and designed the series of TX cars. One source says ca.50 built of the early cars.
Then they built this:
http://www.classic-kitcars.com/articles.php?aid=4
69 1800s, @500k Death by Rust
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94 850 Turbo, T-boned, ambulance for me, crusher for it
97 855 T5, 855 R projects
98 V70R x2, Silver Junkyard rescue, Coral Red
98 V70GLT x2, parts cars
00 V70xc x2, both now dead
62 122s, gone to live in Richmond
56 445 Duett basket project
1950 Studebaker 2R10 flatbed, T9 crashbox
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9 days ago on University at DU... I was going to shout out to the driver how incredible this car is, but the car in front of me did first.
I called off Operation Call Out at that point. The guy probably gets a hundred compliments a day. I didn't want to overdo it.This is the only photo I got. We were at a stoplight, city traffic, etc. Trust me, it was every bit as good as this photo suggests, possibly museum quality.
BlackBart I should have given warning so you could take some heart medication.
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volvolugnut
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Well of course it is a BMW 2002 (not the year) maybe tti.
Saw one around Kansas State University in early 1970's.
volvolugnut
Saw one around Kansas State University in early 1970's.
volvolugnut
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Volvo: 2001 V70 T5, 1986 244DL, 1983 245DL, 1975 245DL, 1959 PV544, multiple Volvo parts cars.
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Yep not tii. That would have been a real mindbender.
What's a good guess for the year, 1980? Earlier?
What's a good guess for the year, 1980? Earlier?
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scot850
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Wiki link to 2002 history. 1972-77 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_02_Series
I'm surprised they ran to 1977 as I had a first year UK BMW 3 series 320 (carb and 2l engine) and it was a 1976 car I bought in 1983. It was my first car out of university. It broke a lot, but it had had a bad previous owner and I got it as it was cheap. My Dad had a door damaged when using my 1968 Volvo123GT. I needed a car to get to my first job in Swindon, SW England so had to get a temp car. Ended up keeping it for maybe 4 years as it took 2 years to find a door for the 123GT. You could no longer buy new so we had to look for a used one and 2 door 120's were rare in the UK. It was finally sold to a crazy Iranian buddy of mine who eventually took it backwards through a hedge into a field writing it off at high speed. 123 GT was also written off when my younger brother was using it and was hit by a box truck in a stopped queue.
Neil.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_02_Series
I'm surprised they ran to 1977 as I had a first year UK BMW 3 series 320 (carb and 2l engine) and it was a 1976 car I bought in 1983. It was my first car out of university. It broke a lot, but it had had a bad previous owner and I got it as it was cheap. My Dad had a door damaged when using my 1968 Volvo123GT. I needed a car to get to my first job in Swindon, SW England so had to get a temp car. Ended up keeping it for maybe 4 years as it took 2 years to find a door for the 123GT. You could no longer buy new so we had to look for a used one and 2 door 120's were rare in the UK. It was finally sold to a crazy Iranian buddy of mine who eventually took it backwards through a hedge into a field writing it off at high speed. 123 GT was also written off when my younger brother was using it and was hit by a box truck in a stopped queue.
Neil.
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