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by arttidesco
Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Spotted today.
Replies: 2484
Views: 1077573

Re: Spotted today.

Stand corrected Mr Harris :oops: (I think I have made that mistake some where else on this site today :oops: :oops: )

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Saw this 68/69 van on Greater London plates on the 25th Nov.
by arttidesco
Tue Nov 30, 2010 7:24 pm
Forum: Electrical
Topic: Will a alternator help?
Replies: 32
Views: 5215

Re: Will a alternator help?

More than an alternator keeping the engine running for 20 to 30 mins a day above idle speed will help, a good thirty min drive snow permitting or simply running the engine outside. Never do this in an enclosed space like a garage with the door open carbon monoxide poisoning will ensue and death is n...
by arttidesco
Tue Nov 30, 2010 7:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Minor Details Pics.
Replies: 9
Views: 2184

Re: Minor Details Pics.

Didn't know about the Bluemels steering wheels Sgt Bilko :o

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Did Moggie 1000's come in purple / aubergine as a standard colour in 69/70 ?
by arttidesco
Wed Nov 24, 2010 11:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Spotted today.
Replies: 2484
Views: 1077573

Re: Spotted today.

[frame] http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?src=1290642355_13353 [/frame] First time out of the house in nearly a week thanks to the dreaded flu, first up was this aubergine (?) 69/70 1000 with Liverpool plates, [frame] http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?src=1290642504_13353 [/frame] then this '53 Minor 4 do...
by arttidesco
Wed Nov 24, 2010 11:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Minor Details Pics.
Replies: 9
Views: 2184

Re: Minor Details Pics.

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I saw this one earlier today and have just found out Bluemels http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/vintage/bluemels.htm was a number plate manufacturer not the supplier as I originally thought :roll:
by arttidesco
Wed Nov 24, 2010 12:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Minor Details Pics.
Replies: 9
Views: 2184

Re: Minor Details Pics.

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Apologies for the Billion Minor error that would be flu fever talking :oops:
by arttidesco
Tue Nov 23, 2010 7:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Minor Details Pics.
Replies: 9
Views: 2184

Minor Details Pics.

A couple of months ago i was stumbling around Bristol's Ashton Court in the relative darkeness after the balloon glow when I came across a lilac Minor 1 000 000 000. With the aid of a lighter I discerned the car had been restored in Taunton after being found a non runner in the wrong colour. I only ...
by arttidesco
Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:58 pm
Forum: Stolen!
Topic: Dodgy message from buyer
Replies: 7
Views: 6613

Re: Dodgy message from buyer

Always beware of anyone offering you more money than you asked for on the internet, I was once sent a cheque by some one for 5K when I had not even sent a price list or quoted a price for some photographs, the cheque would of course have bounced and the sender would have asked me to refund the diffe...