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    They don't build 'em like they used to...

    And thank f#ck for that.




    Modern cars eh, they just crumple...

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    When petrol was 40 cents a liter ... it was ok (sort of) to get 8 miles to the gallon. And when you hit "things" in them ... they stayed hit. usually coming off worse than you did.
    When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by FJRider View Post
    When petrol was 40 cents a liter ... it was ok (sort of) to get 8 miles to the gallon. And when you hit "things" in them ... they stayed hit. usually coming off worse than you did.
    As long as you were well belted in - no airbags/inpact absorbent materials in old stuff - you hit steel and stayed hit!
    “- He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”

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    Erk!
    Did you see that steering column go straight into the driver in the old tank?
    ...she took the KT, and left me the Buell to ride....(Blues Brothers)

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    Yeah I like seat belts,refuse to drive anything without one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Road kill View Post
    Yeah I like seat belts,refuse to drive anything without one.
    Your bike too..?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Road kill View Post
    Yeah I like seat belts,refuse to drive anything without one.
    I don't know that a seatbelt would have been any use there.
    ...she took the KT, and left me the Buell to ride....(Blues Brothers)

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    Hmm, a waste of a perfectly good '59 Chev...
    Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
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    Quote Originally Posted by slofox View Post
    Your bike too..?
    Ha,don't drive me bike do I ?

    I ride it mate,,,wif most of the gear.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog View Post
    Hmm, a waste of a perfectly good '59 Chev...
    That was my first thought!

    Except I had the year wrong, didn't realise it was written on the side.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    That was my first thought!

    Except I had the year wrong, didn't realise it was written on the side.
    How else do you think SD could identify it?
    He's a Suzuki man through and through!
    ...she took the KT, and left me the Buell to ride....(Blues Brothers)

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    That's sorta the point... there are no good old cars.

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    Drug package in the Bel Air's boot was more important than the driver anyways.


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    Fark. From the looks - Malibu, can still open the front door. Bel Air, can't even open the rear door.

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    Quote Originally Posted by imdying View Post
    That's sorta the point... there are no good old cars.
    That seals it, this^^^ guy likes the cock!

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