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Pete wrote:I had a Minx estate.........paid 125 quid for it in 1972...........

Pete

Blimey mate, that was expensive. My first Morris Minor was £26 in 1973 and my second one a few years later was £40.

snayperskaya wrote:

dromia wrote:I lost all interest in cars when they stopped putting starting handles on them.

That, along with Sputniks and asking bairns what they want for their tea, was the start of the slippery slope to the ruin we have today.

You'll probably be pleased to hear that Rickets are making a comeback!

Doesn't surprise me - kids don't get free milk at school any more and it's often compounded by parents following the mantra that dairy and meat products are bad. On top of that kids no longer play outside any more. Their vitamin D is seriously depleted. I expect their teeth are suffering more too - also worsened by the difficulty in accessing an NHS dentist these days. Don't get me started.

What Dark Skies said..........and "millennial" parents are the worst.

Pete

And this thread has moved from firearms manufacture to social science via hot Fords............

Says something about us, I suppose.........dunno what, though

Pete

Pete wrote:And this thread has moved from firearms manufacture to social science via hot Fords............

Says something about us, I suppose.........dunno what, though

Pete

Grumpy old gits perhaps?

Pete wrote:And this thread has moved from firearms manufacture to social science via hot Fords............

Says something about us, I suppose.........dunno what, though

Pete

It’s the art of conversation Pete. Another social skill that has disappeared...

But back to cars, my first a 1978 Cortina 2.3 Ghia. V6, rear wheel drive used to scare the bejesus out of the girlfiend going round the roundabout from the pub...

A different time.

"my first a 1978 Cortina 2.3 Ghia. V6"

I had a 1980 Cortina Mk4 2.3 V6 but only the GLS, the Ghia was posh....

Pete wrote:And this thread has moved from firearms manufacture to social science via hot Fords............

Says something about us, I suppose.........dunno what, though

Pete

Had me a MK1 Mexico once. Weber DCD Carb and Piper cam went pretty well. Those kent engines were pretty bullet proof. (There you go, cleverly back on topic )

Ok fellas, hands up, my fault for starting this (there was a genuine connection though)..........I'll take myself off to the naughty step now.










I suspect though that I'm also the only one that still owns an ancient old Ford - sorry couldn't resist

And finally (!!), I've never owned a Ford, but I squeezed 125bhp (at the wheels) out of a 1600 Escort engine to make a 500kg kit car go a bit faster..........

Pete