1970 Nurburgring crashes
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From: Hog on 16 Apr 2010 11:05 Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote: > On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:42:25 +0100, "Hog" > <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >> Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: >>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ >>> <news(a)champ.org.uk> typed >>>> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:36:29 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel >>>> <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Oddly, my new (Bell) car insurance policy is the first one I've >>>>> ever seen to explicitly exclude the Nurburgring. >>>> >>>>> Not that I'm likely to be toting a Rav4-wivva-slushbox around >>>>> there at speed, but... >>>> >>>> What vehicle *would* you tote round at speed? >>> >>> A valid point, succinctly made. >> >> You still own a fine British steed which as we all know will achive >> 140 on a dry day > > Only if it's been well screwed together. What are you trying to say about Nigel? -- Hog
From: Ace on 16 Apr 2010 11:06 On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:05:50 +0100, "Hog" <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: >Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote: >> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:42:25 +0100, "Hog" >> <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: >>> You still own a fine British steed which as we all know will achive >>> 140 on a dry day >> >> Only if it's been well screwed together. > >What are you trying to say about Nigel? I wouldn't dare.
From: Salad Dodger on 16 Apr 2010 13:13 On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:44:22 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:36:29 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel ><wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > >>Oddly, my new (Bell) car insurance policy is the first one I've ever >>seen to explicitly exclude the Nurburgring. > >>Not that I'm likely to be toting a Rav4-wivva-slushbox around there at >>speed, but... > >What vehicle *would* you tote round at speed? It was *supposed* to be a Voyager. At least we now know where to set up the camera.
From: Lozzo on 16 Apr 2010 15:57 Dan L wrote: > Hmm,that date for compulsory retro fitting must have been post 1980 > then as I acquired my Minor with an MOT in 1980 with no belts fitted. > I had to retrieve a set from another Minor at the breakers yard. Nope, it was before then because they were already fitted to that car when I inherited it from my dad after he got a different newer Traveller. I was 15 when I got that car, so that would have been 1977. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
From: Dan L on 16 Apr 2010 16:05
"Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote: > Dan L wrote: > > > Hmm,that date for compulsory retro fitting must have been post 1980 > > then as I acquired my Minor with an MOT in 1980 with no belts > > fitted. > > I had to retrieve a set from another Minor at the breakers yard. > > Nope, it was before then because they were already fitted to that car > when I inherited it from my dad after he got a different newer > Traveller. I was 15 when I got that car, so that would have been 1977. > My 64 Minor definitely has no belts when I acquired it in 1980 -- Dan L not using a PC |