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It looks like an Aussie Leyland P76...
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Love that colour .... spanish olive, i'll remember that for any future Activa respray 

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Yes, spot on there Jim. The first vehicle to come up on the "Spanish Olive Car" search is this.CitroJim wrote:It looks like an Aussie Leyland P76...
DuPont must think Spanish Olives are greyGorgeous body and paint work and an amazingly deep color called Spanish Olive by DuPont.
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Too easy for a whatsthisthen?
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It's a long time since I last saw one of those and never in such fine fettle either.
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When I used to run British bikes, they all had total-loss lubrication, despite having conventional pressure fed systemsCitroJim wrote:Yes. It is the sight-glass to monitor the operation of the drip-feed total-loss lubrication system for the engine...NewcastleFalcon wrote:any ideas what iis it, and how it works![]()
It was a popular system back in the 20s, especially on motorbikes...

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dnsey wrote: When I used to run British bikes, they all had total-loss lubrication, despite having conventional pressure fed systems


I once upset the owner of a new Triumph motorcycle a year or so back, one of the ones that look very vintage but is in fact brand-new.
I asked him how much oil it leaked....
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Yes,
Triumph owner's garage floors proved to be a useful source of oil during the oil crisis of the 1970's
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Triumph owner's garage floors proved to be a useful source of oil during the oil crisis of the 1970's
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Tis true... BL was short for Bloody Leaking
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Not quite as incontinent as the Frauds an Poxhalls of the era though as I recall..Stickyfinger wrote:Tis true... BL was short for Bloody Leaking
Remember when every parking bay in every carpark had an ever-present wet oil-slick present... Hardly seen these days, even where Citroens park!
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I have to agree there, the other pics of the car exterior and interior show a beautifully restored car. Why would you bother buying a new VWmyglaren wrote:It's a long time since I last saw one of those and never in such fine fettle either.



Just to clear up the "Spanish Olive" it does look a little more olive-like here

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myglaren wrote:It's a long time since I last saw one of those and never in such fine fettle either.
Does that go for this as well ?



....Well ....... It is nearly in Spanish Olive - and you don't see many of them in such good order over here


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Ah, so that is why it is such a nice shade of green!
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Does it glow in the dark though?Hell Razor5543 wrote:Ah, so that is why it is such a nice shade of green!
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Been a while, random link......Jim's HVan in the wall at a Brocante...to..."Louis La Brocante" French TV Series about a rural antique dealer featuring an H Van...to...."Lovejoy" UK TV Seires about an antique dealer..to...episode 3.14 minor action vehicle used only in a short scene!...to......a less dull example in something very close to avocado if not avocado itself.....
Sio, whatsthisthen?

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Sio, whatsthisthen?

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T613 "Chromka" from Tatra