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    Quote Originally Posted by Denis O'Shea View Post
    Fouro did you ever use the trick of using mustard powder to block small leaks in the radiator. Den
    denis a few eggs in the rad stops any leaks ? jp

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    Quote Originally Posted by Denis O'Shea View Post
    Fouro did you ever use the trick of using mustard powder to block small leaks in the radiator. Den
    No Den, it's the first time I've heard of it.

    Fouro.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Morrison View Post
    The girl friend's nylons as an emergency fan belt, no chance these days
    It cost my wife a pair of tights on one journey when going on holiday.

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    i had a little fiat sports car nothing but trouble never had a fiat since simple job starter motor crashed but getting it out i had to nearly dismantle the bloody car the works fitter made up a socket on 3ft of reed bar to get at it after that i gave the car away i suppose the thing would be worth a fortune by now? jp

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    My first car was an Austin 30,no heater, freezing in winter.
    Vic

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    I had an Austin A35 van, it was a proper little workhorse, never let me down once, cracking little motor, a mate bought 1932 a Riley 9
    as his first car, it was a convertible with a flat windscreen and hand operated wipers, it was a 4 seater but I've known it to have 7 0f us
    in it at times, it was full of character from a much different era, it came to a very sad end, my mate took his girlfriend on holiday to Devon,
    the car got there no prob but on the way home the engine blew up "His words" and he dumped it in a field, probably didn't put oil in the engine.
    Today you can buy one fully restored in pristine condition for around £30,000, think I'll give that a miss , cheers

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    My first car was a 1953 Ford Mk1 Zephyr six cylinder, three gear column change, air vacuum windscreen wipers, hopeless in heavy rain built in radio never worked, bench seats very handy at times. It cost me £45 in 1966. If I remember correctly 26MPG tops. It was red and black in colour. Found this photo on the net different colour but still looks a nice vehicle today.
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    Hi Bill, I had a mate that had a MK 1 Consul, same shell as the Zephyr but a lesser model, the one's I really liked were the later models of
    the Zephyr and Zodiac, especially the convertibles but they were beyond my reach at that time, thanks for the pic, it brought back memories,
    I have to agree with you about the bench seats, I had that in the Vanguard it was a big asset on a Saturday night ,cheers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vic mcclymont View Post
    My first car was an Austin 30,no heater, freezing in winter.
    Vic
    Mine was an Austin A40.
    Didn't know there was a 30?

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    My mate had a Jag, leather strap across the bonnet, a long bonnet in far better condition that the strap.
    Supposed to be a two seater with some form of dickie seat at the rear.
    Friday night from the pub to the local burger bar, no less than seven of us in it.

    Spent hours working on it but the fuel tank had a leak he could not fix so ran a hose from a plastic tank in the boot to the fuel pump.
    It was a convertible but the top was so hard to put up we got wet when it rained.
    But we had fun and that was all that mattered.
    Happy daze John in Oz.

    Life is too short to blend in.

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