Bangers & Cash 1977 Saudi Corvette JNH 820T
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I owned YJD601T 26 years ago, it was a typical just about driving C3, previous annual expenditure must of been £5 a year. it Was pig of the year back then. A pace car replica replica
. The only car I couldn’t sell and had to p/ex to a dealer. This pic was taken prior to 1994.
. The only car I couldn’t sell and had to p/ex to a dealer. This pic was taken prior to 1994.
Hi Corvette 
a very accurate answer, I was forgetting how clever you all are, but I am very sorry I meant how ugly it looked.
The reason for the size of the plate could have been MOT regulations, I think they may have changed to allow number plates to fit in an aperture made by the car manufacture now.
a very accurate answer, I was forgetting how clever you all are, but I am very sorry I meant how ugly it looked.The reason for the size of the plate could have been MOT regulations, I think they may have changed to allow number plates to fit in an aperture made by the car manufacture now.
Roscobbc
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American vehicles in the UK have a DVLA dispensation to use the American sized plates - this coincidentally means that we use the slightly smaller motorcycle sized numerals. Some people with later cars seem to suffer with poor quality adhesive holding the front plates on to the car - always seem to be falling off leaving the owners to rest them in the foot well or on the dashboard........Hi Corvette
The reason for the size of the plate could have been MOT regulations, I think they may have changed to allow number plates to fit in an aperture made by the car manufacture now.
phild
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I have just spoken with my brother who has given me some great information about the Ford built Transit, my brother was one of the apprentices, and some surprising information about the Merlin engine.
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I would have been at Harold Hill when your brother was there but I never worked on any of these projects as was majoring on hydraulics and pneumatic, not the exciting stuff.
No idea why/how the Merlin rebuild came into being but just remember wishing I was in the group working on this and the transit. The only other project I recall in my three year stint was the design and build of a racing Kart, although I never saw it race.
I left Ford to follow a different career path when I discovered I was destined for the Drawing Office in Dagenham.
I have just spoken with my brother who has given me some great information about the Ford built Transit, my brother was one of the apprentices, and some surprising information about the Merlin engine.
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I would have been at Harold Hill when your brother was there but I never worked on any of these projects as was majoring on hydraulics and pneumatic, not the exciting stuff.
No idea why/how the Merlin rebuild came into being but just remember wishing I was in the group working on this and the transit. The only other project I recall in my three year stint was the design and build of a racing Kart, although I never saw it race.
I left Ford to follow a different career path when I discovered I was destined for the Drawing Office in Dagenham.
Hi phid just in case you missed my post I will attach it again. My brother was the same he did not stay to long at Fords, but long enough to get his ONC and HNC.
It was a Ford engine who better to rebuild it.
(Now for the Merlin engine, my brother working for Fords Harold Wood and knew that Ford built some of the engines for Rolls Royce in the Second World War.
We all know Rolls Royce were specialist in hand built engines, so turned to Fords among others to build them on mass, it is funny to read below Fords at Dagenham had the Rolls Royce blueprints redrawn to there more demanding standards.
A funny anecdote my brother told me Fords were asked to put Rolls Royce rocker covers on some or may be all of their engines, may be a Ford rocker cover would not go down to well. Hooray Henry and all that, what a Ford engine old chaps.)
Very brave young young pilots.
just in case you missed my post I will attach it again. My brother was the same he did not stay to long at Fords, but long enough to get his ONC and HNC.It was a Ford engine who better to rebuild it.
(Now for the Merlin engine, my brother working for Fords Harold Wood and knew that Ford built some of the engines for Rolls Royce in the Second World War.
We all know Rolls Royce were specialist in hand built engines, so turned to Fords among others to build them on mass, it is funny to read below Fords at Dagenham had the Rolls Royce blueprints redrawn to there more demanding standards.
A funny anecdote my brother told me Fords were asked to put Rolls Royce rocker covers on some or may be all of their engines, may be a Ford rocker cover would not go down to well. Hooray Henry and all that, what a Ford engine old chaps.)
Very brave young young pilots.
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