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PostPost by: h20hamelan » Sun Mar 06, 2022 9:01 pm

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PostPost by: Slowtus » Sun Mar 06, 2022 10:26 pm

That was cruel.

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PostPost by: HCA » Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:36 am

I loved the Mk1 GT - only for the dash layout and gear lever position! In 1970, I drove one from Perth in Western Australia up to Darwin in the wet season! This was in the days when the road was only metalled up to Broome! The car took everything in its stride...one of my favourites indeed!
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PostPost by: englishmaninwales » Thu Mar 10, 2022 12:26 pm

My father's Mk1 he bought new in 1965 as our family car. These pictures were taken in the late 1970's (when were the revised number plates introduced?). I had the pleasure of passing my driving test in this car :D
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PostPost by: Mazzini » Thu Mar 10, 2022 12:30 pm

Your father was a man of impeccable taste.
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PostPost by: pharriso » Thu Mar 10, 2022 12:38 pm

englishmaninwales wrote:I had the pleasure of passing my driving test in this car :D


I bet that raised some eyebrows! :roll:
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PostPost by: englishmaninwales » Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:45 pm

Mazzini wrote:Your father was a man of impeccable taste.

Ha! Yes Rob, he had also (not at the same time!) an Elan S2 and a Mk1 3.0 Capri as company cars (his boss was a Petrolhead and encouraged interesting choices).
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PostPost by: englishmaninwales » Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:53 pm

pharriso wrote:
englishmaninwales wrote:I had the pleasure of passing my driving test in this car :D


I bet that raised some eyebrows! :roll:


I recall the tester was utterly disinterested and necessity of the test required my youthful exuberance to be rev limited!
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